On my way to recycling this morning, as I was driving through town, I saw a guy coming out of the grocery store and all he was wearing was a gray, short sleeved t-shirt. (Well, I mean that was all he was wearing 'on top', of course.) True, he may have been 1) delirious because of experiencing a temperature above freezing for the first time in 5 months, 2) rushing things just a bit, or 3) off his medication. But then it could have just been a case of rebellious thinking, 'I'm tired of wearing that blasted heavy parka, and I'm not gonna do it anymore.' More power to him. I'm sure he had ripples of goose bumps all over his body to keep him warm.
In celebration of this day's breath of spring and hope of flowers to come, I thought I'd share this quilted piece. It's not new but rather one I made when my quilt group had a challenge where all of us were to make a piece incorporating curves . . . a little challenging (hmmm, is that why they call it a 'challenge'?) when working with fabric which is usually happier to be stitched together with straight seams.
I'm truly not a flower fabric kinda gal but for some reason chose to use several floral prints this time.
Here's a close-up so you can actually see the flowers.
Can true spring and the hardiest of spring flowers be far away when the snow level is visibly decreasing and we're sorely tempted to take the grippers off the bottom of our
2 comments:
Oh, Lovely! The colours bring to mind my grandmother's garden, the foxgloves and hollyhocks by the barn, the tall spires of delphiniums next to the farmhouse door. And the "hearts combined" element of the design is wonderful too. I've seen Celtic knotwork interpretations of it, but I like this quilted one as much, if not more!
C'mon, SPRING!!!
MaineCelt - Thank ye kindly for the complimentary words. I think the 'old-fashioned-ness' of the floral fabrics is what attracted me to them. Was a fun piece to do.
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