In July I joined a fiber group. At first I thought it was called "Fiber Fanatics," but it is actually called "Fiber Funatics," which sounds a lot like "Fiber Fun Addicts." Being in a group has forced me to finish projects on a somewhat faster time frame than usual. It has also solidly convinced me that in at least some respects, I am a traditionalist. I am a traditional quilter because functionality is always part of my design. I want to use the quilts I make. Small quilts don't keep you warm. Embellishments are scratchy. How do you snuggle with a wall hanging? That said, how do you learn new things when you only make bed quilts? I need to be a little less practical with my quilting...
Last weekend our show opened at the Bernina Sewing Studio. Here's the photographic evidence:
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| Small journal projects. |
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| The scene. There was lots of food. |
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| Quilts |
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| My quilt. Its corn fields. I spent part of the summer detasseling, and as I willed myself to not quit, I dreamed up corn quilts. I carefully included seed corn, giant muddy expanses, and its kind of crooked to help the viewer experience the unpredictability of the corn...hehehe. |
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| Its really just crooked because I can't sew straight. BUT, I quilted this bad boy myself, and it is sort of flat on the wall, SCORE! |
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