Harriet…
Such incredible work! It looks like it belongs in an art gallery instead of hanging on a wall. I love the ribbons surrounding the stars and the crowns that accompany it. I especially like the black background as it really makes all the other colors pop!
Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
I echo everyone else, this is just magnificent work, Harriet. It is truly art!
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
OH WOW!
Harriet - this quilt is stunning! What a unique and wonderful gift of your talent. I suspect it will be treasured and passed down through present and future generations. Well done!
Harriet - this quilt is stunning! What a unique and wonderful gift of your talent. I suspect it will be treasured and passed down through present and future generations. Well done!
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
Wow!!!! That’s beautiful, amazing, impressive, and I’m sure there’s more, but I’m away from my thesaurus at the moment. Just wow!
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
Wow, Harriet -- your quilt is stunning! So beautiful. Love the colors & the design.
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Thank you all so much for these kind comments. You are some of the smartest people I know, so they mean a lot.
I have used a large, interior-fold-over type pillowcase to store the quilt whenever the couple is not displaying it. I folded the quilt NOT through the center but in thirds, thirds again the other way. This keeps that permanent fold look away. Even if it goes up on a wall or onto a bed in their home soon, they can keep this case and have a helpful way to store.
In theory, a box or any paper can cause aging from acids, unless it is made for the purpose of storing cloth (archival). There are other concerns about storing too tightly in plastic without any airflow, but I'm not sure that's as much of a problem.
I have used a large, interior-fold-over type pillowcase to store the quilt whenever the couple is not displaying it. I folded the quilt NOT through the center but in thirds, thirds again the other way. This keeps that permanent fold look away. Even if it goes up on a wall or onto a bed in their home soon, they can keep this case and have a helpful way to store.
In theory, a box or any paper can cause aging from acids, unless it is made for the purpose of storing cloth (archival). There are other concerns about storing too tightly in plastic without any airflow, but I'm not sure that's as much of a problem.
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Re: Art, Craft and Needlework, June 2024
Takeaways from the time out of comfort zone, and agreeing to a big project... ..
Good for a confidence boost, in that I had a deadline and I met it. It was a gamble, though. We never have a guarantee that we can hold all the other aspects of life together over a long time without having to abandon a large project, do we?
Just that FINISH word is big for me, though, no matter the size, so that's something else that was healthy. I have an extreme tendency to l o v e the burst of creativity with the start of a new project but have dwindling ability to reach completion. That's why I can talk from experience about UFOs! (smile) Something gets in the way, often because of the reality/truth that life happens. But I don't return to the task at hand well. I tend to get reminded about projects because there's a NEW project that is compelling. Squirrel... ..
This one's a biggie - medical stuff can really be depressing
and can also start to "tell" you what you can't do. That makes me irritated. I start pouting and say, "oh YES I can". So, throwing myself into a big test of teaching myself new tricks was somewhat defiant. Defiance is an enemy of discouragement and maybe even tiredness. You don't want too much adrenaline but being a little nervous proves you're alive.
I have spent most of my quiltmaking life being WAY TOO GOOD for other people's patterns. I thought there wasn't enough challenge. I'd look at the method, but I had to be different. Well, I learnt something.
Sometimes trying to stick close to someone else's steps, reading a list of their instructions even if it kills you, following the way they got to the place they are - when you admit you haven't been there yet - can be very challenging. I'll never forget reading some advice, during this project, that you couldn't make a compass block well unless you made a practice block first. (Practice block! She had to be kidding. It would take precious time. And what do you do with practice blocks, anyway? Do you waste the fabric - gasp.) But I made one with all the attention I could, and it helped me. You may not be so competent as you think, and you need to be taught a thing or two.
I'll have to credit the couple's sudden change about what look they wanted in a quilt. I had said, "whatever you want".
I said that.
In their innocence, not knowing what was hard or easy, they threw me out of the comfort zone. So maybe from now on, I'll be a little more careful what I promise.
Next up, some sweet, forgiving patchwork from the UFO containers. Mending. Neatening up the room.
Good for a confidence boost, in that I had a deadline and I met it. It was a gamble, though. We never have a guarantee that we can hold all the other aspects of life together over a long time without having to abandon a large project, do we?
Just that FINISH word is big for me, though, no matter the size, so that's something else that was healthy. I have an extreme tendency to l o v e the burst of creativity with the start of a new project but have dwindling ability to reach completion. That's why I can talk from experience about UFOs! (smile) Something gets in the way, often because of the reality/truth that life happens. But I don't return to the task at hand well. I tend to get reminded about projects because there's a NEW project that is compelling. Squirrel... ..
This one's a biggie - medical stuff can really be depressing
and can also start to "tell" you what you can't do. That makes me irritated. I start pouting and say, "oh YES I can". So, throwing myself into a big test of teaching myself new tricks was somewhat defiant. Defiance is an enemy of discouragement and maybe even tiredness. You don't want too much adrenaline but being a little nervous proves you're alive.I have spent most of my quiltmaking life being WAY TOO GOOD for other people's patterns. I thought there wasn't enough challenge. I'd look at the method, but I had to be different. Well, I learnt something.
Sometimes trying to stick close to someone else's steps, reading a list of their instructions even if it kills you, following the way they got to the place they are - when you admit you haven't been there yet - can be very challenging. I'll never forget reading some advice, during this project, that you couldn't make a compass block well unless you made a practice block first. (Practice block! She had to be kidding. It would take precious time. And what do you do with practice blocks, anyway? Do you waste the fabric - gasp.) But I made one with all the attention I could, and it helped me. You may not be so competent as you think, and you need to be taught a thing or two. I'll have to credit the couple's sudden change about what look they wanted in a quilt. I had said, "whatever you want".
I said that. In their innocence, not knowing what was hard or easy, they threw me out of the comfort zone. So maybe from now on, I'll be a little more careful what I promise.
Next up, some sweet, forgiving patchwork from the UFO containers. Mending. Neatening up the room.