Blue and orange seem to be taking over the studio. I was just standing in my studio, looking at my table and realized that this is quite a coincidence.
First there was the liberated cat quilt that I got out and started making more blocks for over the weekend.
Then there were the piles of fabric I just pulled for a liberated star quilt for Ryan. You see, his graduation is coming up and I just realized that he'd be due a quilt! Hurray, another quilt to add to the growing list. Fortunately, I know I will love to make this one and I think it will do double duty and be in the show this July too.
For the past two days I've been obsessed with trying to make a plan for my next Novel Idea piece. This year the book that has been chosen is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. If you haven't read it, you must! It is a marvelous book, universally liked by everyone I've talked to and very quilt friendly. After two days of poring over books, illustrations and re-reading passages in the book, I've chosen a simple folk arty design with a fox, some trees, and a hand dyed moon. Nearly all the fabrics are ones that I hand dyed and they also include several vintage linens, including the marvelous background piece with the attached lace. I'm looking forward to this one!
So, I guess I'm all about the blue and orange. I just looked back at some older posts and realized this is not a first for me. Both of my quilts in the Sisters Quilt Show flyer are blue and orange and that January AAQI quilt, Dandy Lion, is blue and orange. Hmmmmm.. Wonder what that says about me?