saturday morning

saturday morning

saturday morning (approx 13" x 10")

whenever i want inspiration for a new quilt and to get myself into a mindset of a quilter i often steal my mums copy of nancy crow transitions. its a big hardbacked whopper of a book, and its full of nancys thoughts, notes, sketchbook pages and of course, amazing photographs of her work. its hugely inspirational and i love to get lost in her quilts.

 for a while now ive wanted to make a purely quilt made from plains, but ive put it off because im such a fan of pattern. i design patterns for a (sort of) living, so surely its wrong to want to do this? so i struggled with starting. i ummed and ahhed over my fabric stash. i couldnt cut into anything, couldnt turn on my sewing machine. i had a plan, an idea for my quilt but i just couldnt start. then quickly, on thursday night, something began to happen...i managed to sew a tiny part of my design (click here)...but then i decided it might be that i was bored of my fabrics. so i went to mums and went through her stash and stole all her solids. suddenly, my palette had grown 75%. i had options. so i cut and i sewed last night, and this is the result. this morning, i couldnt wait to get up and carry on. this quilt might drive me nuts in the days and weeks to come, but for now, my tummy is fizzy. that means something is working. and no, i dont suffer from irritable bowel.


saturday morning