Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
~E.B. White
Quilting
No more green scraps in my bag so I switched to tans. At first they looked good but as more have been added, the excitement of the quilt is dimming.
My dear friend, Gayle, gave me some of hers and I found several new greens on a shopping trip. But there's still too many tans.
Out of the blue, Patty sent a box of her scraps which I immediately trawled for greens. I'm switching out some of the tans {so the sets are part tan and part green} but after a while I've just removed the duller blocks and replaced them completely with green. Eventually I decided the beige carpet might be the problem so I cut background triangles. The background is an abstract print of pink, grey, and white. Its value is similar to the carpet but the difference in color livens the quilt.
Here are some of the discarded blocks. Funny how these brighter darks work well with the tans. Perhaps the contrast of bright and dull. I'm making plans for a second quilt to expand this idea.
Meanwhile, I've been creating seed starters from toilet paper rolls for our VBS. The children will fill them with potting soil and seeds, then water and watch for the week. I make these for seeds in my own garden as the edges help distinguish planted seeds from weeks. They aren't difficult but about 250 will be needed. My hands are hurting.
Enjoy the day,
Ann
