The week that was

~ Liz A

I wrote a whole post about how I was quilting E’s coverlet and then, uncharacteristically, left it in draft mode. Because I guess I knew the linen/harem cloth backing wasn’t going to work …

So I started yet another post titled She’s Come Undone, for the lyrics that kept running through my head as I ripped out two days worth of quilting. No music though … I had to Google the lyrics to come up with the Guess Who song of that title, which now refuses to leave my internal radio. Which is to say, I’m not linking it here.

So I unpinned the backing and pondered what to do. I had some white flannel leftover from the Remember 2016 project and some double weave gauze leftover from P’s coverlet …

And both were just the right size, so who am I to argue with the universe? The gauze is now sandwiched between the pieced top and the flannel and I’m stitching them together with a combination of DMC #8 and #12 white perle cotton …

Meanwhile, nothing new (yet) on the art blog as this latest assemblage by Don is still a work in progress (click to see full images) …

And yes, with temperatures in the 80s, it continues to be summer in Texas, so we’re still getting tomatoes. However, temperatures are supposed to get into the 30s over the next few nights … then back up to 80 degrees on Christmas Eve.

50 degree temperature swings? Yep, everything’s bigger in Texas … including, unfortunately, the headlines 🙄

25 thoughts on “The week that was”

  1. Same here in Va. Next week it’ll be back to freezing. I can’t imagine two days of unmaking
    the quilt made you happy but I always notice what’s wrong if I don’t undo what needs correcting.
    Happy Christmas…days will be longer after Tuesday…yeay!!!!!

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    1. As a born and bred New Yorker, I fell in love with Virginia when I was able to walk barefoot in January (back in 1975 when I was a freshman at William and Mary). Of course, it didn’t hurt that I had also fallen in love with the guy I met on a blind date a few months earlier

      and yeah, I knew I would be forever bothered if I didn’t undo what wasn’t right

      Wishing you and yours happiness and health as the days lengthen …

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  2. Love that the pieces magically fit together (after tons of work of course!). I like the ‘ghost’ flowers and I st have that Guess Who 45! 🙂 Of course.

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  3. Oh Liz, I feel your pain. The monologue that happens as you kind of try to convince yourself it ‘might’ be OK, even tho you know the voice in your head saying ‘no it won’t’ is right! And I just love Don’s latest assemblage. It is full of warmth and whimsy (sorry for your heat and fluctuations). I adore little house forms and wondered as I zoomed in if there were lots of old nibs on one? It is a delight and makes me feel happy just gazing at it!

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    1. ha … you’re absolutely right about the “might work” versus “not a chance” back and forth that went on in my head

      and yes, there’s something about little houses (especially little lighthouses) that is delightsome … and no, those are bits of corrugated metal, but now I’m thinking we should seek out old pen nibs next time we go junk hounding as I’m already envisioning how they might stand in for chimneys and doorways

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  4. Hi LA – after the setbacks it is good that the universe delivered – I always like that – right pieces for the job. Crazy weather patterns – matches the crazy pandemic cycles. Grand that Don is creating – another work that one needs to patiently pull the pieces together. Go well and hoping you and your clan have a relaxed and peace-filled holiday period. Love and peace. B

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    1. thanks B … I confess to (more than) a bit of holiday travel jitters, but the gathering of all our most-loved ones in Missouri will hopefully be free of illness … and I read something recently by a person who commented on not having a single head cold since masking up, so there are some silver linings as I’ve suffered post-air-travel respiratory infections many times in the past

      as for Don’s assemblaging … it’s great good fun to watch as the bits and pieces come together … especially as those clock pieces have been in the stash for a number of years while I wondered what would become of them

      wishing you and F and G a peace-full holiday season … may you be well

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    1. at the risk of over-explaining … the planned-for backing was originally put together for an Anthropologie quilt knock-off that I tried to make for Parker almost five years ago … I had glue-stitched two pieces of harem cloth onto linen, with the harem cloth intended to be the “top” but it just didn’t work out … long story short, I tried to re-use that cloth by making the harem cloth the back of E’s covelet, but the linen middle wasn’t marrying well with the pieced top … so I still have this beautiful piece of stuff which I will someday put to good use, perhaps by appliqueing bits onto the linen side Deb Lacativa-style (although she’s inimitable, I’ve been reading through her blog from the beginning in 2006 and my fingers fairly itch in appreciation)

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      1. P.S. In a fantastic bit of synchronicity, I just came across a Muy Marcottage Facebook post about Siddi quilts … which reminded me of Kawandi quilts … and I’m thinking the future of the linen/harem cloth is becoming clearer

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  6. I love it when the universe hands you exactly the right piece of cloth just when you need it. We are approaching midwinter here and I am enjoying the cold and the dark.

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    1. have you ever seen one “in person” or made one, perhaps? … I haven’t gone so far as to seek out more information, but it’s just a matter of time

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  9. So exciting to watch you quilt E’s quilt by hand. On another note our temps have finally dropped into the high 60s and seem to be staying there with even some rain, so we are thrilled! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Holiday. And sending lots of love and hugs your way. xoxoxoxox

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  10. On this day of the Winter Solstice, Liz and Don, a hope that your travels go smoothly and safely and a Solstice Celtic blessing for you and yours:

    Deep peace of the running waves to you.
    Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
    Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
    Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
    May the beauties of the earth, sky and sea
    Fill your heart with lasting peace and contentment.

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