Monday Morning



I have 't been spending as much time in my sewing room lately as I would like - it isn't that I haven't had the opportunity, only that I have been feeling strangely unmotivated.




I realized on Friday night as BSP and I discussed our weekend and the usual question came up "What will you work on this weekend?" that though I have a host of WIPs to be completed and approximately one thousand quilts in my head to be made, none of them were speaking to me.

So, it was with some reluctance that I approached my sewing room on Saturday morning.  I worked on my Wednesday WIP for a while, but apparently, as I was quilting, a plan was forming in my subconscious, against my conscious will.




When I finished (well  thought I finished but that's a story for Wednesday!); I pulled out a group of fabrics that I had set aside for several months now, fabrics I had been collecting for a certain quilt; pulled out my notebook to refresh my memory about layout and began to cut and prepare the fabric for sewing (again, this quilt is a mix of silk, satins and a silk cotton blend from Japan, so stablizing of some of the fabrics was necessary).

And then I began to sew.  And as I began to sew, I immediately began making something different than I had planned.  The process was a meditative one, and when I post the finished quilt, I'll explain what happened and why.

But in the meantime, here is the finished top.  When done, it will be called  "A Sparrow in the Rain".




Our fence is not tall enough to hang this quilt in the right direction, so I've rotated the picture from its
 horizontal hang to the vertical you see before you.    Please forgive the odd folds!

Although i fear it will be as time consuming to quilt as Berkeley Square was, I'm really looking forward to quilting this.  I could see the quilting as I made the top, and I'm itching to get started. 

So how was your weekend?

Anonymous

7 comments:

  1. at times I am not motivated either - I think sometimes our creative minds have to rest :) then we get re-charged and have too many ideas to cope with again LOL
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  2. You did great for someone who was feeling unmotivated! My weekend was mostly spent trying not to move my right arm and shoulder as it was acting up again... not an easy task when you are right handed... ugh.

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  3. The layout of this quilt is beautiful! I love the patchy rectangles and the big open rectangle...and they gray and everything. I can't wait to see it quilted!

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  4. I too can not wait to see it quilted!!

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  5. That is an interesting quilt - and I think you have the best quilt names of anyone I know! I love the colors and layout in this. I can't wait to see it quilted!

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  6. On the rare occasions that I have let things meander, I have loved the results. This looks like one of those times for you......I love what you're doing!

    Martha

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  7. God to go with the flow sometimes..its what regenerates us. Looks great from here....i also love your Little Hobo quilt...so gorgeous...:)

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