If the path before you is clear,
you are probably on
someone else's.
-Carl Jung
I had a post planned, one that included some media.
But it's not going to happen today. Blog server issues. I'm sure there is enough social media out there to keep you entertained. But there is a picture!
The Simple Life. I will name it and take the weekend off. Try again Monday. Cold is moving in. Maybe I will make bread. It's our anniversary anyway. Every Friday the 13th. How's that for a plan?
Sun's out but it's a bit cooler today.
What a relief.
A little quilting, just simple, around the edge quilting. Seems to add a simple logic of building to the new day side.
And then around the sun. Hardly visible from the other side if you don't look closely. But it is there, the new day has come through. There are many choices for thread and stitch. Stitching does not have to scream, it can simply whisper. There is satisfaction in the way this is going. It takes me back to a simpler time when no one was watching. It is nice to know I am still that person. That I have held fast to what I love. I like the place it takes me to. No, wait, I AM that place.
There is a huge hibiscus tree at the edge of the wood that I had not noticed until it bloomed. This morning it was all-a-buzz. You hopefully know that sound. I saw this pollen drenched bee and thought... keep at it, find a way, do the hard work, gather, take what you need and spread the goodness.
Let's hear it. With me? bzzzzzzzzz
Simple then. A simpler time, a simpler way.
So this can be considered one way to make a quilt from a whole cloth base. I want to talk about that now as I go forward with this one. One piece of cloth as the beginning, as opposed to lots of small patches stitched together. Of course you can only begin that way if you have a bigger piece of cloth. We often do though, could be an old sheet or table cloth or curtain or just a piece of inexpensive muslin. Or something that is not big enough really, for a blanket but can be made bigger later by adding a border. A quilt like this can move very quickly.
This one just simple then. Focusing on this one. Renamed. Heal. To recap, it is 44" square, the size of the cloth I began with. Square-ish. In this case, I filled the empty space by attaching a patchwork cross as an applique. Normally I would cut away the back of the applique, but I did not need to. The cloth used for the pieced applique was so thin. And the slight thickness in the center is pleasing, yet it still seems weightless. I have laid it on a similar size piece of very light weight muslin, which will act as batting. It is ready to baste. I leave it there for now. And will talk, yes, talk, tomorrow.
This part, the quilting. Needle Chanting.
I am quilting a Nest Of Days.
My favorite part is the hardest for me these days. Older with thumb joint issues. Slower than ever. But then, it is the forever part that holds me in the safest place.
The basic quilting style I began with. Just going, along the seams. Simple. With squares, reinforcing the grid. I am back there, in simpler times. Hoping to finish another blanket before winter.
The quilting will be done using what is left in the thread nest from a year of working. No worry about color. Just thread to hold it together. Mostly I use 2 strands of floss. No hoop. I will quilt what is here and then make the whole thing bigger by adding around the edge. A cloth can always become bigger. Even if it is already bound. I am not sure I have ever composed that thought as I have this morning.
A baby quilt might just be the gift of beginning, it could grow with you. Imagine it as a nest of days, adding a ring each year as needed, so it remained big enough to hold you.
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