But today's mail call gave me the nudge I needed to get back in gear. A whimsical box ...
holding treasure: tapestry, handspun, and a cunning little vessel ...
Look closely and you'll read Deb Sposa's name scribed into the foot ...
It's a wonderful keepsake from someone I very much admire. And if you don't already do so, please read Deb's blog to see why
And so, finally finding myself online again, I figured I might as well give you a peek at my recent patchplay ...
wonky improvs on the traditional log cabin design made from P's outgrown baby clothes.
Some of the clothing was so sheer that I decided to piece strips together ...
before cutting them into perpendicular strips to provide a little more stability ...
I interspersed the pieced strips with brand new, solid cotton quilting cloth (gasp). That was a first for me as I usually work with thrift store linen clothing, but P's clothes were all cotton and I sensed the need for a consistent fiber content and weight to stabilize the eventual whole.
Besides which, there was no way those tiny baby clothes were going to stretch far enough for another first: a "true" quilt. By which I mean a pieced top and a backing with a third layer sandwiched in the middle, all stitched together into a bed covering of some sort. Something I've never done before. To which end I purchased a double weave cotton gauze to use in place of batting ...
Because I've never followed recipes exactly, so why start now?
