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Posted by Roberta on October 21, 2009, 3:24 am
ROFL! Doc has got the quilt bug for sure!
Don't fight it, go ahead and make a block or 2 with your new idea.
You'll sleep better. And what doesn't get started never gets finished.
I also had to laugh at your description of a "crazy" quilt project,
all so neatly organized!
Roberta in D
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:50:50 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Zachary Smith"
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>> Now, what are you looking at that inspires you? Has it been there
>> awhile? Do you need something new to look at that sends your quilt
>> neurons firing?
>Hi Sunny,
>Got a good one for you. After being online earlier today, I've spent
>the rest of the day tending to the needs of His Nibs. When I finally
>put him down for a nap, I took a few minutes to look at the stacks of
>fabrics I'd laid out over the past few days on the cutting table.
>I've arranged them in different ways - by color, texture, type,
>weight... even at random - to try to figure out some of the nitty-
>gritty patching of my CQ project. Then it hit me. I had an epiphany.
>This is the first time this has happened to me (in this way) with
>regard to quilting (though it's happened in other design venues and in
>other ways) and it took a crazy quilt for it to happen. I was staring
>at/admiring an upholstery remnant I picked up over the weekend. It's
>a very textured western motif in reds, golds, and browns - a gorgeous
>warm earth-toney spectrum - that would easily work either as
>upholstery or accents (pillows & sich) with our family room
>furniture. The idea/concept for an entire CQ in this theme & color
>scheme smacked me in the face like a 2x4, and I've got everything I
>need for it right there on the table staring me in the face and daring
>me to proceed. The problem is, it's about as far from my intended
>project as I can imagine, yet it's having such an effect on me that I
>can't just put it on hold, it's totally distracting me from matters at
>hand, and the whole situation is driving me nutzo (admittedly not a
>great distance/leap for me right now)...
>So do I somehow manage to stuff this new concept someplace for the
>time being and force myself to keep going with what I started out to
>do, or do I drop everything and pursue this flash of inspiration
>that's inundating all of my passion?
>AARRGGHH!!
>So to answer your questions:
>1.) It's this single remnant of fabric I'm looking at that inspires me
>right now.
>2.) It's only been there two days.
>3.) Sometimes I (obviously) need something new, but other times I need
>something old, to look at that send my quilt neurons firing.
>Doc
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>> awhile? Do you need something new to look at that sends your quilt
>> neurons firing?
>Hi Sunny,
>Got a good one for you. After being online earlier today, I've spent
>the rest of the day tending to the needs of His Nibs. When I finally
>put him down for a nap, I took a few minutes to look at the stacks of
>fabrics I'd laid out over the past few days on the cutting table.
>I've arranged them in different ways - by color, texture, type,
>weight... even at random - to try to figure out some of the nitty-
>gritty patching of my CQ project. Then it hit me. I had an epiphany.
>This is the first time this has happened to me (in this way) with
>regard to quilting (though it's happened in other design venues and in
>other ways) and it took a crazy quilt for it to happen. I was staring
>at/admiring an upholstery remnant I picked up over the weekend. It's
>a very textured western motif in reds, golds, and browns - a gorgeous
>warm earth-toney spectrum - that would easily work either as
>upholstery or accents (pillows & sich) with our family room
>furniture. The idea/concept for an entire CQ in this theme & color
>scheme smacked me in the face like a 2x4, and I've got everything I
>need for it right there on the table staring me in the face and daring
>me to proceed. The problem is, it's about as far from my intended
>project as I can imagine, yet it's having such an effect on me that I
>can't just put it on hold, it's totally distracting me from matters at
>hand, and the whole situation is driving me nutzo (admittedly not a
>great distance/leap for me right now)...
>So do I somehow manage to stuff this new concept someplace for the
>time being and force myself to keep going with what I started out to
>do, or do I drop everything and pursue this flash of inspiration
>that's inundating all of my passion?
>AARRGGHH!!
>So to answer your questions:
>1.) It's this single remnant of fabric I'm looking at that inspires me
>right now.
>2.) It's only been there two days.
>3.) Sometimes I (obviously) need something new, but other times I need
>something old, to look at that send my quilt neurons firing.
>Doc