About six years ago I made this quilt as a sampler for a class I was teaching. I had originally intended it to be a row quilt, but none of the elements seemed to want to stay earthbound. Everything wanted to fly into the air. I tell students that often a quilt will tell you what to do, and what the quilt wants, the quilt should get. So I decided to let everything float up. It was a real struggle to figure out just how to arrange all the elements, and then sewing them together was no small feat, but I love this quilt. The quilting is pretty special too.
So I got to thinking... WHAT IF I made a quilt ENTIRELY of asterisk flowers? I could mass them at the bottom and make them float upwards. I could make asterisks of slightly different sizes... I could have some regular and some asymmetrical. I could have a lot of fun with the colors and fabrics.
Sounds like a plan!
A truly marvelous and magical plan.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt! Such a great combo. The asterisks have a lot of energy going on- will be fun to follow what you do with them.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!! The first picture is one of my favorites of your quilts!!
ReplyDeleteI can see your problem with you sampler. This year, I made nearly 50 birds and since Mai, I try to make them go together. My fault is the background, several different greens. Every time, I look at them, I can't but think: Holy shit, that will never do!
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I love the birds and the asterixs.
ReplyDeletea good plan.....
ReplyDeleteWe live in a VERY dry area, and wild pink/purplish asters are blooming in the dust out here, that so VERY much remind me of your asterisks. Spindly and thin. Barely any leaves, mainly a gangly stalk going up to the flowers!
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