The first casualty of war is the truth.
~Aeschylus
Quilting
Since I've made so many Four-letter-word quilts, I'm down to pretty dull and dark colors in my scrap bag: black, brown, greens, with a few purples and reds. I've been wondering what to make with these when I was reminded of the Hatchet blocks. What if the blocks were made of strings and split between light and dark sides?
These first pieces were made last summer but I found them in the orphan box.
They look well on the pink and grey print background. Time to make some more. Now it’s hard to find dull strings in my scrap bag.
Eventually I pushed into dark/bright purples. Those two in the top left are too bright. For one I added some duller strips but simply deleted the other.
When I completely ran out of greens, I added light browns and tan. They look okay but the green is better. A small shopping trip is in order so this is turning into a longer term project.
At some point the background pieces must be cut so I'll know how large I can make this quilt... Hopefully, lap size.
While my family’s visiting, we saw the new Pixar movie, Elio. What a treat! Hopefully you can find time to see it, too.
Reading
Max documents several groups efforts to stop the Holocaust including Orthodox Jews in Switzerland.
Enjoy the day,
Ann
