I wanted a perfect ending.
Now I've learned, the hard way,
that some poems don't rhyme,
and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking a moment
and making the most of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
~Gilda Radner
This top has taken a long time... partly {or mostly} because I've been gone so frequently this summer. However, it's finally done... perhaps. I think I'd like a border of random green scraps and a second border of lights but there's no more of this light. There was just enough background fabric to eke out the narrow border.
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| String Hatchet quilt top |
While I was inspired by my boring, dull leftover strings and my previous Hatchet quilts to make this, last week I found a photo of Sue Fox's quilt. My goodness, they look similar. Like Kaja at Sew Slowly, Sue makes many quilts with found and recycled fabrics - something I want to try. That's how I found her.
It's always fun to see other people doing similar work. I don't feel so odd.
Speaking of recycled fabrics, I’ve been saving family shirts for years. Husband, sons, and occasionally purchased at the resale store. Almost all are blue and white. Recently Nann made a quilt using similar shirts and I decided it’s time to put mine to work, too. Several quilt blocks are running through my mind but one will look like hers. So cute and… I have loads of solid scraps, too. Perhaps this will use both up.
Deconstruction occurs nightly during the news. It’s taking much longer than expected.
Reading
Sara flies from Sweden to visit her pen pal Amy but arrives in Iowa the day of her funeral. The residents of Broken Wheel insist she stay at Amy’s house for the remainder of her vacation. Then she opens a bookstore to connect people with some of their favorite books.
I wasn’t sure I’d like this but found it charming.
Enjoy the day,
Ann
