except cutting up fabric (and tidying the garden a bit).
After cutting the fabric up, I've been sewing it together differently.
I don't like orange at all - it makes me feel slightly ill -
but you have to have it in a rainbow. Luckily I've finished the orange stripe and am now on to the yellow one.
Such a waste of time. But such fun. And I do like having something to show for my days. Something, I suppose, to leave behind.
I didn't invent the pattern, but am copying it from a photograph that I found somewhere, a couple of years ago maybe. Thank you to the clever designer; I wish I could give you credit.
That's a wonderful looking quilt and I do love the orange. My grandson's favorite color! Quilting is the perfect pursuit for these days of winter.
ReplyDeleteYou have to claim some artistry for taking different prints and colors and making that pattern sing. From the random bits of color in the first photo to the stunning display in the last is amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear, 'something to leave behind' - are you feeling the black hand of February on your shoulder? Spring is just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteI just started a new quilt that involves experimenting. It's called a one-block-wonder (or kaleidoscope quilt), and I can't believe I've been quilting since 1972 and it just popped up on my radar screen. It's not like I needed to start yet another quilt -- I have about 15 unfinished projects, meaning they are pieced or partially pieced or they are in the sandwich stage and ready for quilting.
ReplyDeleteAnd I too stopped when I read "something to leave behind." But at my age every new project I start is likely to be left behind, unfinished.