It's hard to believe how far it has come from the first strip posted at the end of last January
http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com/2016/01/slip-sliding-away.html
A nest ...
and then again last February ...
It's now 25 inches high and 58 inches wide across the top, and ummm, 61 inches across the bottom. Mission creep?
But there's something else that's new in the persimmon. Just over the middle ...
A nest ...
A little messy, but it obviously served its purpose. A metaphor perhaps, for cloth that came together in spite of a less-than-tidy plan.
And then there was this today ...
Hanging Land of Flood and Drought - 2016 in the window to take one last look ...
at the light shining through ...
Surveying the back one last time, the result of using Jude's paperless piecing ...
Tomorrow I will quilt its 7 x 53 inches using perle cotton for the first time. More to learn ... always!
Woo Hoo! Or, should I say Yee Ha!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue ... 366 memory patches + 233 black and white patches in Remember 2016, plus another 371 patches on Land of Flood and Drought ... yee ha is right!
ReplyDeleteWow! they both work beautifully!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful accomplishments! How stunning they look in the light.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mo ... dreams come true
ReplyDeleteStephanie ... the sun makes all the difference ... thanks for coming by
So beautiful and unique. Just yours. There's almost no better feeling, yes?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thank you for sharing.
Hunter
Thank you Hunter ... that means a lot that you see it that way
ReplyDeletewhat you have created. accomplished. in their FULL GLORY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Grace ... and quilting on the Land of Flood and Drought is a joy
ReplyDeleteBoth cloths, works of such meaning and beauty, I see this image of your grandsons, wrapping themselves in Remember 2016, placing it over chairs or as you have done outside, a fort to hold memory, fun and love. Now here comes an image of Logan, wrapping the quilt around her, after she has engaged in the antics of the fort play, she rises as the leader of the gang...so many stories here, and that is such a gift.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marti ... as always, your words have given me much food for thought
ReplyDeleteit is grand how they grow!
ReplyDeleteGrowth is what I seek ... new learning, new cloth ... creation and joy
ReplyDeleteIs that a doll house peeking out in one of the above pics?
ReplyDeleteYes it is ... my father-in-law made it for my daughters. It's now well into a second generation of grandkids.
ReplyDeleteThe light shining through Land of Drought and Flood is exquisite. I love both assemblages and am looking forward to seeing how they settle into your life. Thanks for including us all in this year-long ode.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dana ... your presence here has been a large part of my getting to the finish line
ReplyDeleteHow they both glow in the sunlight! Especially "Remember 2016"- so joy-filled, Liz.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hazel. I've been giving a lot of thought to how each piece "speaks" to me, and how that might shape my decisions about future projects.
ReplyDeletebeautiful, impressive
ReplyDeletei love how it all started with just one small square of fabric, food for thought as always, great stuff Liz
Thank you for this reminder Saskia ... I'm like a deer caught in the headlights as I contemplate beginning another memory cloth
ReplyDeletewow! beautiful pieces however made, but esp. moving, somehow for being diaries and offering the example of how daily effort adds up to something substantial and beautiful. I really love how the rows of black and white unify the large piece.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee ... I've pretty much decided I need to do more remembering in 2017
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