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was going to wait.  but then i realized,  if i made a decision i regretted,  i can take it apart.   Change things.   love this.   so,  i did what i did to let the Red      stand.    to be in all its Red Glory.    Today,  Red rules.    and then,  there was that scrap of Michelle on the table over near the thread/rock basket and i thought…..why not and folded all it's edges and pinned it there and Why Not?  

the grandiose Intention is to make 2 kind of Twin Size quilts.  One for Jenny and one for Alyssia and Emrie to share.  I think i can do it.  I think i have enough.   When i showed Alyssia the first and second squares,  i saw her interest.  Asked if she would want such a thing and she said yes,  but also that Jenny would REALLY want one.  I had no idea.  Jenny doesn't say.  but then,  this is a first for Alyssia too.    She said that Jenny LOVES quilts.  Loves TOUCHING them,  running her fingers over them…????   I never would have imagined.   We are such an odd bunch.  So tight in certain ways but also such mysteries to each other.   Or at least,  them to me.  

 

It's RAINING.   Forecast is for 3 days.    It has never rained in September since i've been here.   So far no downpour,  but  a steady   Very Good     RAIN.  

 

 

 

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12 responses to “Why not?”

  1. jude Avatar

    A quilt is a great gift. It is how I began with cloth and how I will end.
    You will enjoy giving them. when they get big enough, you can sense the joy as they cover you while working. they create place.it is nice to watch this here.

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  2. Liz A Avatar

    “So tight in certain ways but also such mysteries to each other. Or at least, them to me.” … I can so relate to this
    and I love the little patch-on-patch

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    Yes, one of the thing I love about working with small pieces, easy to change. And yes, you can do this. πŸ™‚

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  4. CatherinE Avatar

    The dark piece holds the red so nicely. And the little patch looks like it belongs there. So glad you’re getting some rain.

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  5. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    You own such lively colored cloths, even the neutrals glow. Your rain made me think of a plant called Love in a Mist, but I cant picture it.. will google for my brain to recall more than just the name!

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  6. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    How wonderful that you’re enjoying a long steady rain .. the best kind! Although I’ve now made my fair share of quilts I’ve always made them with purpose .. for someone I could think about while cutting and sewing and or stitching. Each made with love for people I love. I have also made some memory quilt hangings .. wall quilts that fill me with memories of people and places. Making quilts for your girls is so so so wonderful!!! The beauty of log cabin quilts is that they are totally forgiving .. what you’ve done so far is excellent 😘😘😘

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’m glad…about watching here….i am obcessed. Who
    could ever have imagined? but i am.
    i want to give them something they Want. Alyssia has
    some of my loved collages. and some is more than enough.
    Jenny…harder. But she smiled and said Yes.
    there is a thing about giving people what YOU love, what
    is pleasing to You but might not be so much for them….
    This is GOOD.
    and
    AND…i NEED to use up all this cloth here. It needs a Life, a Purpose.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    so interesting…i am the only
    talker
    in the bunch

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    i hold to your encouragement

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    the Rain won’t do much in the Big Picture, but comes as
    a kind of promise that things Can Find a Way

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    a lot of it is Deb Lacativa
    and Love in the Mist. Yes. look it up. is so much
    Love
    in a
    Mist

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    the log cabin….why i can even attempt this.
    I spend time looking long at the Tina Quilt you sent me…fingering it, studying how you pieced it and then quilted
    over and over now
    it teaches me by just the looking/touching
    i need the Forgiving. I could NEVER attempt what you did.

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