I am joining with mybabyjohn/Delores and others in bringing you a photo to stimulate your imagination. Please feel free to take the photo and run off to create a poem, a piece of prose or a picture to show us all. If you do decide to take up this challenge, please leave a comment letting me, and others, know that you have joined into the Monday/Tuesday Photographic Pandemonium.
This is the last patchwork I have made and given my recalcitrant fingers probably the last one I will make. Blood, sweat and tears went into it.
Mondays PhotoPrompt is a laid back project wherein anyone at anytime can join in..post a picture on a Monday, write something generated by the prompt (prose/poetry/long/short/fiction/nonfiction), read, critique...whatever stirs your pot. You have all week to think about what you want to write (or not). That's just how we roll lol.
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This is the last patchwork I have made and given my recalcitrant fingers probably the last one I will make. Blood, sweat and tears went into it.
Mondays PhotoPrompt is a laid back project wherein anyone at anytime can join in..post a picture on a Monday, write something generated by the prompt (prose/poetry/long/short/fiction/nonfiction), read, critique...whatever stirs your pot. You have all week to think about what you want to write (or not). That's just how we roll lol.
Current list of participants:
That quilt is gorgeous! As a fellow quilter, I avoid curves, appliques, and complex points. You made a treasure there. I must give the writing some thought...Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: Thank you. Ignorance had quite a lot to do with choosing a pattern that was so very difficult. I don't think I would have attempted it if I had known just how hard it was going to be to get it right.
Deletethat is one of the most beautiful quilts I've ever seen. And I have to believe that blood, sweat and tears were in abundance as you created this work of art. Hugs to you, dear EC.
ReplyDeleteDJan: What a lovely thing to say. Thank you so much.
DeleteGorgeous colourful intricate quilt....nice photo prompt.
ReplyDeletemybabyjohn/Delores: Thank you.
DeleteBeautiful quilt. Those bias curves are beyond my skill. The bed is so interesting, too. Goes with the quilt.
ReplyDeleteJoanne: Thank you. If only I had known it, those curves were beyond my skill as well. Some blocks were unpicked and resewn more times than I care to remember.
DeleteAs a 'mere male', do you mind if I merely participate by viewing all the lovely images you ladies generate and post?
ReplyDeleteJohnD: You are more than welcome to watch our images - we do need viewers. However, the more players the better. Perhaps you would like to join in (next Monday Northern Hemisphere, Tuesday ours).
Deletewhat a glorious bit of work! i don't think i could manage a simple patchwork even at gunpoint -- this is stunning!
ReplyDeletedaisyfae: Thank you. It was, as I have said in reply to other comments, beyond my capabilities. Sheer pigheadedness kept me at it.
DeleteThat's how you roll, eh? You are funny!!!
ReplyDeleteStrayer: You are always welcome here, but have lost me on that last comment. Funny how? Funny ha ha or funny peculiar?
DeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt!
ReplyDeleteLadyFi: Thank you.
DeleteWow, that's some cover! I'll have a think...
ReplyDeleteDave King: Think away. You are a words master, and I would be flattered if this patchwork did inspire you.
DeleteJaw-dropping! Wowsers. Go out with a bang, eh.
ReplyDeleteCarrieBoo: Thank you - always better to go out on a high note.
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ReplyDeleteI ADORE the previous aussie snow slut!!!
John Gray: She was a Thredbo girl. I loved making her - but we did get some very old fashioned looks from other people.
DeleteI love that quilt! The snow slut was hilarious too! I saw that on my phone yesterday and about died laughing. I think I would enjoy joining up with this. Does the link-up happen every week? Seems like fun! :)
ReplyDeleteJenn June: Thanks on both counts. Yes, the link happens Monday your hemisphere, Tuesday mine.
DeleteJust posted a quick fiction about your quilt. Such a lovely piece of work there. Loved the snow slut. Wish we had snow, just so I could make one, too.
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: Thank you. I will head over and have a look in a little.
DeleteWow - that is beautiful. I don't think I can be in on the challenge, but I love the thought of it.
ReplyDeleteLynn: Thank you. When you are ready, if you would like to play you would be more than welcome.
DeleteThis is such a colorful quilt, and I'm impressed that you made it! I'm hoping to join in next week. Thanks for mentioning me. Julie
ReplyDeleteEmpty Nest Insider: Welcome. When I stand back and look I am impressed that I made it. It will be lovely to see you next week.
DeleteYou are always full of surprises! Lovely quilt--I just had to sit and stare at the pattern. But sigh over the @#$% recalcitrant fingers. Damn frustrating.
ReplyDeletePaper Chipmunk (aka Ellen): Pleasant surprises I hope and trust. I do not remember where I saw the pattern for the patchwork, but do know I had to create the template for it. It was a complete cow of a job from start to finish. And yes, I do grieve for the lost functionality (is that a word?) of my fingers. And a few other bits too.
DeleteAlways pleasant surprises from you. I suspect there were difficulties getting the spacial and other aspects worked out, too. When I sew these days (which isn't often), I spend at least half the time tearing out the crazy things I've done, just because I can't think straight. The hands... so depressing. I understand the dread and fear. I've been having noticeably more weakness and less fine control in my dominant hand lately, which scares the @#$%!!!! out of me. Not to brag, but when it came to things like using a scalpel to cut paper, I was quite skilled. Before I officially got diagnosed, I knew I was having a neurological problem that I could no longer deny (even if the doctors insisted there wasn't a problem) when I signed up for a paper cutting class and felt like an uncoordinated preschooler who could barely hold a craft knife. I'd introduced myself as a cut paper artist, and they all looked at me like I was there on a day pass from a "facility." I grieve quite a bit for the person I was, or could have been. M.S.=grief. I'm sure the effort this took could have equalled 10 quilts from someone else. (And making a template with MS Brain! Oh God! Not to mention threading and holding needles and cloth!) I'm glad you finished it, though. It's truly the sort of piece one wants to stare at (in a very good, pleasing sort of way).
DeletePaper Chipmunk: Yes, I knew that you would understand. These days my fingers (and some other bits too) behave as if they belonged to someone else. I ask them to do something, and they think about it. And frequently refuse.
DeleteMany, many of the squares were torn out and redone. And some were torn out so often that they had to be discarded. Which meant cutting the pieces all over again. Tears. Blood for the frequent pinning of self to material.
MS is not an ailment to have if you wish to retain even a small skerrick of pride. Sigh.
What a wonderful quilt!! There seems to be quite a folowing if the craft in your neck of the woods.Ma mere is quite the enthusiast, too.But me? I just stand back and admire.. perhaps I should enter the writing challenge.
ReplyDeleteChristine: I too am largely an appreciative observer of art in all its forms. Do enter the writing challenge - the more the merrier. And your prose is always elegant in its simplicity.
DeleteWhat an awesome quilt, I'm very impressed with that I can tell you. As you know I'm absolutely rubbish at doing Sunday Selections and even monitoring all my friends posts properly, so I'll be no use at joining but I shall have a think about your picture and see what materializes none the less.
ReplyDeleteAll Consuming: Thank you. I await that materialisation with intense curiosity.
DeleteI'm declining the invitation, since I'm trying to figure out ways to keep my imagination from being stimulated, so I can get some sleep. But what a fine, fine quilt! I can't figure out how it was done. I love it.
ReplyDeleteMurr Brewster: I cannot quite remember how I made it either. Or believe that I did. Thankyou. And sleep is always wonderful.
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ReplyDeleteChristine: That is cheating.
DeleteAdding to the "that's gorgeous" chorus.
ReplyDeletezeroatthebone: Thank you. I really appreciate other people's appreciation of, as I said, probably the last patchwork I will be able to do.
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