Well, I finally did it. After ignoring this project forever and continually finding any excuse possible to run away, it's on the design wall. Cracking myself up over the 'willingly' part of this saying!
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| AHIQ Positive Thinking project |
All the words are pieced into their own blocks and now I'm trying to puzzle the background fabric into place. Amazingly enough, I decided to use a subtle stripe for that. Oh my, am I a glutton for punishment or what? Will see where it goes from here. I'm quite, quite determined to at least get this part finished before starting on the next prompt. Will worry about borders and such later on or move on immediately if the mojo starts working better. Otherwise, I'm settling happily into my corner of the couch and doing lots of hand applique or hand quilting. Much more soothing, I can tell you that!
On another note, I have been trying to add quilting blogs to my Feedly reader. Very slow process as I have to add most of them by typing in the entire address. Bloglovin' had been giving me fits for weeks {back in January} until finally I uninstalled it and then tried to re-install. Oops! My I-phone doesn't support the Bloglovin' reader app anymore! So frustrating. Been missing all the random blogs I love to lurk on so Feedly it is. Still not 100% thrilled with the way the feed works, but I suppose it will do till till I find something better. Bloglovin' definitely had its issues, but I really enjoyed the look and navigation of the feed.
How BRAVE you are, Audrey, to use a stripe in the background! I do a lot of things to punish myself while sewing, but that would not be one of them. But it looks pretty fun as the background. I’m rootin’ for you!
ReplyDeletecan you cut and paste the addresses into Feedly that is what I do and not type in the whole thing?
ReplyDeleteLove the "saying" and your lettering. I have never pieced lettering in my quilts - definitely on my "to do some day" list!
ReplyDeleteThis one just might be my new favorite quilt, for I love that verse. I'm still using my blogger dashboard to get updates on all the blogs I follow, Bloglovin turned me off long ago since many of my Bloglovin "new followers" turned out to be spammers of the unsavory sort.
ReplyDeleteAs to that stripe - don't try to line it all up nice and neat. Let it get wonky just like the letters - lots more fun and a LOT less stressful!
ReplyDeleteLove that verse and your lettering is delightful. Your use of a striped background is a great choice and won't be a challenge for you.
ReplyDeleteI do like that verse. Hope you don’t tie yourself in knots with that stripe!
ReplyDeleteA visit with you is always good for some thought, a head scratch and a giggle or two but mostly tons of inspiration. I'm sorry you are having tech issues, rest assured you are NOT alone! Thanks for sharing more gorgeous work. XOXO
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of words and quotes, tho this one sort of rubs me the wrong way, like archaic and condescending? [''she'' 3rd person, instead of "I" 1st person] You are VERY good at these pieced letters! Love the idea of stripes allowed to be free and wonky as a subtle contrast. I got rid of the blog feeds, full of porn spammers, just kept the email follow; I read my oldest blogs on my blogger dashboard or phone app.
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lizzy
lovely quilt top, we all love what we do, so why not willingly sew...
ReplyDeleteI love a stripe, but never, ever try to match up; life is just too short. I feel much the same about tech issues.
ReplyDeleteShe worketh willingly... even with background stripes. Seriously, this is a wonderful positive thinking quilt. I'm glad to see it moving forward.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ann, 'Wonderful positive thinking quilt'! Don't forget to piece 'liberated', as Quilt diva Julie said, 'Get wonky,'!
ReplyDeleteLove it! maybe Lizzy doesn't realize the context in Proverbs. You love working out "quilty problems" and I know this one will be no different!
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