In Need of a New Home

These project boxes held a fabric pull

that marinated until late last year.

Thirty pairs of plaid rectangles were cut

along with 60 solid rectangles.

(colors are accurate in this photo)

The (solid + plaid) pairs were sewn and

those pairs were later sewn into four patches.

Each four patch measures 8" wide x 12" long

and there are 30 of them in this photo.

6 wide x 5 long 

(48" x 60")

(see previous photo for more accurate colors)

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This would make an ideal donation top 

but I just don't want to sew the blocks together

or turn this into a finished quilt --

so I am offering the blocks at no charge

to someone who will finish it 

and turn it into a donation quilt.

If you are interested,

please leave me a comment below

that includes a way for me to contact you.

If there are multiple volunteers,

I'll draw a name late Tuesday afternoon.

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On a closely related note, I have spent 

the past week culling through the fabric pulls 

and potential projects lurking in my closet/stash.

One was re-directed to become Dumpster Diving 10.

Three vintage makeover projects have been offered 

to our local quilt appraiser for her collection.

Two other fabric pulls were re-directed 

from their original plans to a single updated one 

that will be more meaningful.

The overabundance of 30s reproduction strips 

(cut when I was making Optic Strings)

will be handed off to another member

of our Wednesday quilt group

for use in her guild's hospice quilt program.

And several others remain on the chopping block.

What prompted this unexpected need

to reconfigure, consolidate, and/or purge?

A protracted encounter with paperwork

for a potential long term care policy 

(ultimately declined due to outrageous premiums)

and its associated set of life expectancy tables.

All of us know that we won't live forever -

but having to work so closely with that fact 

in order to make an educated decision

is an excessively sobering experience.

The whole process has been a major reminder 

why I want to and need to spend my studio time

honoring my process and making with intention 

instead of being so easily swayed by

what others online and elsewhere are doing.

(aside from the influence of my beloved studio squirrels)

Quiltdivajulie

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“Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.”
Barbara Johnson