Saturday, October 28, 2017

For the Love of Stories

Getting into the fall spirit.
The  live Christmas wreath from last year at Trader Joe's
I found it tossed in the yard.
I save everything!!!!
I added fake flowers for $4...with my 60% off coupon from Michaels.
A daytime picture would be nicer, but impetuous me.....does the night owl thing.
In making a quilt, the idea and the fabric one starts with is often not the end product.
I was so set in sacrificing  my 30's green fabric...now it looks like it will be the binding instead.
The back turned out a bit bluer than I had planned, so using my reproduction blue fabric
This quilt will defintly be a two sided story in its own right.



 I come from a family that tells stories.
My mother certainly did in her poetry.
My grandmother and my brother were/are great story tellers.
Guess I do too....
I married a story teller from a family of story tellers.
This quilt has a story...from the lady I knew from the estate sale to the friend of my aunt's with the flower garden blocks.  I am adding my own fabric story to it.
This quilt has to stew over night so I can be sure.

Tomorrow I will need to cover some plants...
Monday morning should be 31 degrees.
The true changing of the foliage.
Nature's story, again.

My therapist suggested that I hum to reduce panic and anxiety.
He said it was like the monks, ".om"
It makes the diaphragm vibrate, reducing stress
.
I sat on the deck today reading.
I decided to hummmmm
Deep  and loud.
Zoe joined in.
She put that head of hers up...and howled!!!!
Ha ha, that is Zoe's story.

2 comments:

Mary said...

Your recycled wreath is beautiful and perfect for the season. I love quilts with stories.

Karaquilts said...

I believe every quilt is a story, a poem, an expression of visual art, and a musical composition! I think this quilt is all of these and more. The back is lovely and definitely equal with the front in begging for attention!

To hum ~ ~ I will remember that gem and use as needed :) and think of the singing Zoe with a smile.