At some point in the cuttings and sewings and designings during the Melrose Inn retreat, I had some scraps to deal with. So I made little balls, about an inch across. It turned out that later on I had other scraps, so I sewed those together to create little three dimensional flowers and gave one to each class participant. I still had some scraps left over, so I made some for myself as well.
I guess it's time to give you a little peek at what I'm doing with my quilt. This is the right lower corner, where I have made leaves and grasses. These leaves will eventually be part of a stem system that goes to some interesting drooping flowers in the right upper corner. But that's all the peek you get this time around.
These wonderful hot air balloons were created by Phyllis. She used the spiral, the split fingers, the blaze, the chevron and the flip flop patterns to create these colorful floaters above a background that included the NYC skyline, prior to 9-11-01, and graduated shadings of skies, mimicking a sunrise coming over the city.
Lest you think that all I do is play all day, I did finally finish doing the quilting for the second QOV quilt that showed up on my doorstep some weeks ago, and I even mailed them off to their patiently waiting owner, Karen. Sometimes these quilts are done with simple pantographs, as this one was. Others are quite complex and take alot of custom quilting to do them justice. But each one is made with a spirit of gratitude for our armed forces personnel.
Take a moment to remember that freedom isn't free, and thank the men and women who have heeded the call and sometimes paid the ultimate price for our country.
And while I'm at it, remember not to take things for granted. Our country won't go on being the land of the free and the home of the brave unless we start boning up on what's going on in Washington. Start paying attention now so you can vote wisely in November -- this year, next year, and especially in 2012.
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