Neverending Story
July 24th, 2006
I’ve been back to work on my state bird quilt again. Ryan had to do the late shift at ESPN (he works TV hours!), so I spent my evenings doing needlework last week — how quaint. I managed to complete four in the past week-and-a-half. This, from the woman who didn’t even look at the things in four months. As mentioned in one of my very first posts on this blog, this is my longest, ongoing project ever. I will be so happy when it’s finished. I have 20/30 done, but I have to go back and do the lettering still.
I had this brainy idea to tack my newly completed birds to the kitchen cabinets, so they would look like they were flying. But after the photo shoot was over, I realized that my kitchen is no Posie Gets Cozy or Yvestown. Mine needs a coat of paint and some updating. So, you only get to see the cropped version of one, nameless, stateless bird. Will this project ever be done?
8 Comments Add your own
1. *karen | July 25th, 2006 at 11:57 am
You only have 10 more birds to go, you will soon be admiring a finished quilt :o)
2. Stephanie | July 25th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Fear not Dacia. You shall overcome!!!
3. jeni glasgow-diaz | July 26th, 2006 at 6:36 am
wow, these birds are beautiful. i can only imagine how AMAZING the finished quilt will be. good luck.
4. coleen | July 26th, 2006 at 6:47 am
Love your new laylout! It is so lovely! I especially love what I see already of your quilt. good luck!
5. marybeth | July 26th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Dacia,
These are just beautiful! What a wonderous project to create-remebering that it is ‘the process the journey that matters” not the end result! =)
im thinking this is a hard one to swallow in the art and craft world =)
XO
MB
P.S LOVE MR ROAD RUNNER- our desert friend! can you believe they are carniverous?
6. Meg | July 26th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Thanks for stopping by! I love your blog so much… and thanks for the great tutorial on log cabin pillows. I’ve finished cutting the strips for the pillows; now I just need to find the time/energy for the sewing!
7. aja | July 26th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
hello beautiful new design – i love it! Its so clean and pretty!
8. Eero | July 27th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Wow—that is an amazing project. I’ve often seen great embroidery pieces in thrift stores and daydreamed about collecting them to make a sort of collaged quilt—a good way to honor all of the WORK that goes in to image embroidery! (It looks like you are very good at it, too!)
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