Missouri Color Story - The Flimsy

I took this photo last summer

as I was traveling home from St. Louis.

I literally pulled over alongside the interstate,

got out of my car,

and took a dozen or so photos.

I knew I wanted to turn this into a quilt

so I let the photos sit in my gestation file

until inspiration happened.

And then for no reason at all

I remembered this sample barn block made for 

my presentations at the AQS Author Showcase.

And when things were being shuffled about 

in the studio, to save space I pinned the block 

on top of CREATE WITH ABANDON 

when it was waiting to be hung on the wall -- 

and my idea for a border was born.

It didn't take long to cut strips 

of multiple forest-y greens

and piece a saturated piano key border.

So now the 40" x 40" flimsy 

(my first for 2019)

is pinned on the design wall waiting to be quilted.

I've had this fabric in the stash for eons

and it is perfect for backing this quilt.

I have two others to quilt first

and then I'll get busy on this one

so it can hang in our foyer.

Quiltdivajulie

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"All of us need to be in touch with a mysterious, tantalizing source of inspiration that teases our sense of wonder and goads us on to life's next adventure." 
Rob Brezsny