In search of a title….

May I say a few words about my new quilt that’s almost done (hurry! hurry!)

First off – I really like the colors – earthy, warm greens and browns balanced with deep cool blues. I like the subtle glittery silk strips. I like the faintly window-like design.

I gave up worrying about making things perfectly straight. It’s impossible (at least for me) to sew pieces that are so small and make them perfectly straight, especially after all the quilting. Get over it if it bothers you.

But what I really like about it is that when it was just laid out, it looked not so concrete – not SO defined. A little sketchy. And when I decided on the quilting, I gave up on making beautiful straight or curvy lines and just went whereever I had to in order to get around. This means I have many places with more than one line of stitching. Took some getting over everything I’ve ever done, but it went right along.

And you know, I think it increases the sort of drawn look of it all. It’s looking to me like a quilt I’d draw. The stitches shine with their own outlining light.

I have to hurry up and come up with a title for this baby.  My working title was “brush” because it makes me think of all the time I spend admiring the light coming through woods, only to realize that I’m ignoring all the brush that’s between me and the light.  It’s invisible as you drive down the road, looking at the trees and the light.  I’m thinking that’s a good thing, but every once in awhile you should look at all that brush too.