The quilts, remember my friend who can quilt? are at the batting stage, tops done now decisions about insides and unders and edges and actually quiltifying. They must fulfil their clothy destiny and become coverlets. They were bits of stuff but they are no longer or will not be for long.
The more I hear quilty speak the more I think it is more of a science than a craft or at least it leans dramatically towards the alchemy end of creativity, well particularly I suppose if you don’t use a formula or a pattern created by someone else. There are so many factors, variables, possibilities and hypotheticals as far as the eye can see. The placement of fabric pieces with pattern and colour, is just the beginning, the insides need to be stable and sincere, and the edges firm , friendly and precise, and of course the flip side needs to hum wid it. We have decided on ‘tied’ rather than quilted and we are going to tie with a felt anchor like an old mattress. Yummy.
Decisions, decisions, just love quilts for their visual, textural, creative qualities and their element of snug!
Have fun.