But lucky me--some big and unpopular changes have recently been made in the way we transport items among the libraries and people have very, VERY strong feelings about it all. Suddenly I'm in the middle of a good deal of controversy that's not of my making. A bit more than I bargained for. And everyone has an opinion to share with me, even (especially!) the guy who drives the delivery van. I have become sounding board, mother-confessor, psychologist, and scapegoat. Politics isn't really my thing but here I am, enmeshed.
So I'm glad to see the coming of the weekend.
I HAVE been sewing and am happy to announce the finished-ness of not one but two quilts!
My little black and white project is finished, after months of not-so-fun paper-piecing and lots of little tiny half square triangles and flying geese.
I'm really pleased with the results. I can't show any more than a corner of the quilt at this time. It's a project accompanying a friend's upcoming book. Once she gives me the green light, I'll show the entire piece.
Black and White was the working name but this quilt is now officially called Timesteps.
AND, after procrastinating and dithering for at least a year, I finally sewed up the last 24 inches or so of binding on Honky Tonk and it too is now completed.
What took me so long? Some of my art quilt group thought this quilt needed more detailing in the borders and I was indecisive about that for much of the time. Then good old-fashioned inertia took over. I finally decided to NOT add anything to the border and just finished the quilt. And what on God's green earth was so hard about that?
Forgive the tiny thread. This was the best detail shot and I was in a hurry!
Both these quilts represented personal and creative log jams of one kind or another. And now that the log jams have been broken up, I'm feeling accomplished and productive. Deep breath. Very good.
Oh! And I forgot to post about it last week, but I'm currently at -13.6 at WW. Woo hoo!
10 comments:
Have I mentioned lately how much I love those ANTS?
Too bad about the work cr@p.
Neat black and white piecing here!
big congrats to you. woohoo, now have some fun!!! Honky Tonk looks great. Is it going on a wall or a lap? Love your labels, by the way.
Love the colors in your paper pieced corner! Honky Tonk is very cool, very fun to look at.
Kathy, I love this quilt... and the quilting too... !!!
Love love loving those quilts Kathie, you're my quilting hero :-)
I hope the work stuff sorts itself out soon, it can get so wearing.
Way to go with the WW - I need to revel in your success ... I've stalled.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Your black and white quilt looks luscious! I can't wait to see the whole thing.
And your labels are really cool!
Revel in the feeling of accomplishment. It is good.
I wondered if there was a change at our library. It used to be that the books belonged to the library, and if you returned it to a different location, it would make its way back to that library. Now, it seems like books stay where they are. Or at least I guess that is why there are books in circulation that have different library names.
Both your quilts are magnificent. Such tiny flying geese! I noticed the ants too - my daughter had an outfit with a similar print on it like that.
Congratulations on both your finishes. Love the Honky Tonk, it is just right!
Cant wait to see the whole of the other.
Honky Tonk is fantastic and the peek at the black and white is making me want to see more :0).
As for the work stuff -- UGH. My Mom used to serve on the board of our local system library. I got to go to a few of the board meetings -- um, boring for the most part but man do people get touchy :0). Hang in there -- this too shall pass!
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