bits and piecework
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incandescensWas unable to escape the Royal Wedding while trying to watch the evening news. Oh well.
I've also just seen that Joanna Russ has died. I remember the first time I read The Female Man. I didn't necessarily agree with all of it, but it did make me think.
Here are some photos of recent patchwork:
Dresden Plate cushion
White and blue kimono fabric cushion - front
White and blue kimono fabric cushion - back
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - front
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - back
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - folded over
And yes, I am still working on other stuff. Including Winter War, and trying to compile the first draft of my Library story. What a good thing I have a long weekend.
I'm also being tempted to go to the quilt show in Malvern in May, about 3 weeks off. Positive aspects: I get to go to quilt show. Less positive aspects: it's about three hours either way by train. But hey. One can always doze on the train.
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This book is written in blood.
Is it written entirely in blood?
No, some of it is written in tears.
Are the blood and tears all mine?
Yes, they have been in the past. but the future is a different matter. As the bear swore in Pogo after having endured a pot shoved on her head, being turned upside down while still in the pot, a discussion about her edibility, the lawnmowering of her behind, and a fistful of ground pepper in the snoot, she then swore a mighty oath on the ashes of her mothers (i.e. her forebears) grimly but quietly while the apples from the shaken apple tree above her dropped bang thud on her head:
OH, SOMEBODY ASIDES ME IS GONNA RUE THIS HERE PARTICULAR DAY.
--The Female Man, Joanna Russ
I've also just seen that Joanna Russ has died. I remember the first time I read The Female Man. I didn't necessarily agree with all of it, but it did make me think.
Here are some photos of recent patchwork:
Dresden Plate cushion
White and blue kimono fabric cushion - front
White and blue kimono fabric cushion - back
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - front
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - back
Blue Kaffe Fassett quilt - folded over
And yes, I am still working on other stuff. Including Winter War, and trying to compile the first draft of my Library story. What a good thing I have a long weekend.
I'm also being tempted to go to the quilt show in Malvern in May, about 3 weeks off. Positive aspects: I get to go to quilt show. Less positive aspects: it's about three hours either way by train. But hey. One can always doze on the train.
---
This book is written in blood.
Is it written entirely in blood?
No, some of it is written in tears.
Are the blood and tears all mine?
Yes, they have been in the past. but the future is a different matter. As the bear swore in Pogo after having endured a pot shoved on her head, being turned upside down while still in the pot, a discussion about her edibility, the lawnmowering of her behind, and a fistful of ground pepper in the snoot, she then swore a mighty oath on the ashes of her mothers (i.e. her forebears) grimly but quietly while the apples from the shaken apple tree above her dropped bang thud on her head:
OH, SOMEBODY ASIDES ME IS GONNA RUE THIS HERE PARTICULAR DAY.
--The Female Man, Joanna Russ
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Date: 2011-04-30 12:18 am (UTC)That Kimono fabric cushion is decadent. The quilt is lovely, too.
...Forebears? *groan*
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Date: 2011-04-30 12:21 am (UTC)(In fact, I'm planning to do one like that for a baby quilt, for a friend at work whose wife is due to have a daughter in June. The quilt top should be interpretable as either cogwheels or flowers, depending on how you look at it, in pretty shades of pink, green, and blue. Cross your fingers.)
The kimono fabric is gorgeous. There was a woman at a quilt show last year who was selling bags of it -- she runs a kimono-renting business, you see, but there comes a point where the kimono just get too battered for continued wearing/renting. At which point she cuts them up and sells the fabric at quilt shows. Along with other stuff. I have some more.
The quilt isn't as decadent as the cushion, I agree. :) But I was pleased when I'd finished it, because my work's getting neater and the straight lines are staying straighter. This is important!
(Hey, it wasn't my pun . . . for once.)
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Date: 2011-04-30 08:54 pm (UTC)And ooo, neat idea for baby quilt! *crosses fingers*
Deeeeecadent! (And congrats on straightlines? O:D )
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Date: 2011-04-30 09:46 pm (UTC)Fingers crossed for the baby quilt, yes. If it works out, I might try doing another in less pink shades.
Decadent is good! I agree! (And thanks for the congratulations, it has taken work . . . but I'm sure you remember how it felt when your own crochet (as with my knitting) started being reliably regular.)
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Date: 2011-04-30 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-01 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-01 02:00 pm (UTC)I totally agree, kimono fabric is awesome. I have some more bits of it, too, but I'm holding off on using it till I've decided how best to.