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Me Musing .
. . December
27, 2009 . . .
A month or
so ago Sandi of Fabric
of Vision in Ashland sent me an email that she had gotten in
a few Gee's
Bend Quilt Kits.
Since I had
traveled to Cleveland, Ohio about 4 or 5 years ago to see the traveling
exhibit (I picked Cleveland as it was close to where my two best
friends from Ohio school days live!!!!!), I ordered a kit.
Some
of the fabric . . .
the ones I DIDN'T use!!!!!!!
At first when
the fabric arrived, I thought some pieces were flawed, until I read
that the fabric was hand dyed and much like the original quilts,
it was not uncommon to find slight imperfections in printing.
Actually I think
spots like these were done on purpose
to resemble grease stained fabric!
I
washed the fabrics as I always do and then set them aside as other
work around here had my attention. Then about 2 weeks ago on PBS
was a special called 'The Art of Quilting' which was all about 'Art
Quilts' . . . ones made as art and not for use on a bed.
I
was awed by some of the work and I dug out the quilt kit I had ordered.
The fabrics shown in the first photo looked rather plain,
so I picked the ones from the kit that I really
liked (my favorite green, teal,
sienna (how could Che'usa
Sienna Wend not
pick THAT one?????!!!!!!!!) and amazingly, black.
I
don't wear black and don't usually decorate with it, but nowadays
so much comes in black . . . appliances, tv's, computers, lamps
. . . that it has wormed its way into my life!
Since
the fabrics were hand dyed, the black looked totally different after
washing. It changed to a dark cocoa brown with overtones of dark
brown-black. (One of those things you have to see in person me thinks!)
I
layed out those fabrics and went to my stash to see what else I
could find. There were a few scraps from when we recovered the thousand
dollar chair . . .
some
left from the curtains I just hung in the breakfast room for winter
colour and its mate that I had also gotten in England years ago.
Some more came from a pillow cover that I had just replaced and
a few 'fat quarters' of wonderful Japanese indigo Bev had brought
me back from Portland last year.
Begin
the Begine . . .
I
seem to be attracted to circles just now and thought I would use
some of the indigo as circles for interest . . . the
best layed plans . . .
Laying out strips
. . .
the green is some extra Gees Bend yardage I bought
to fill in for the colours I wasn't using!
By
the time I got the strips sewn together I decided the indigo circles
didn't really add anything so I left them off!
(This just looks
big as it is laying on an orange duvet cover)
I
had enough of the green and black for the backing (actually the
reverse side as I am using this as a duvet cover for an 'almost
a twin size' wool comforter I made a few months ago!).
The
indigo circles fit right in there!
Hmmmmmmmm
. . . are they circles
layed on the green . . .
or are they holes
surrounded by green?????
Ohhhhhhhhh
. . . and
don't forget to make your little
'New Year Bag' before the clock strikes midnight the 31st
. . .
a tradition Mother and I did every year so we would have money for
the new year!!!!!! I have no idea where she got that idea, but I
can remember running around at 11:55 p.m. on New Year's Eve and
she and I finding needle and thread to whip up a little bag to put
a penny in . . . 'seed money' me thinks!!!!!!!!!
Last year's
bag . . .
I'll
use some of my Gees
Bend Zen
scraps
for my 2010
New
Year Bag . . .
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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