sexta-feira, setembro 15, 2006

Quilting - Passion for details, or the construction of life.

I always regarded life in a constructive way. I think it is always a process of adding diverse things. Each person has their own "patchwork quilt". It's true that you can also have losses through life, but I can't see those as a subtraction, in the sense that one always gets something out of it... To me crafting is also a similar process. When I "build" a project, either sewing, embroidering, crocheting, drawing... I am making choices, transforming ideas, developing concepts, and above all I'm being me. As a consequence I usually don't manage in following projects. I really like not to know what will be the final result. As for the process itself, it's importance is major. Only by observing the process can you really "deconstruct" the work, the purpose, the achievements and failures... Maybe that's the great thing about blogging too. One can show the working in process disasters, bad experiences, trade precious information on techniques and know-how, all in the same chair, quickly and easily , and in a appealing way.
Here's my new WIP, a quilt, not like the first one, this time bigger, bluer and patience-devouring!


This was the easy part: making eight big squares with 12" to 14"...
















Then I saw a tremendouly gifted quilter's blog ... and I understood she would sew a lot of tiny pieces together...
















And after having one large piece all made of small pieces, one should cut that in other pieces, as if it was a normal fabric.
Here you can see the detailed stripe made of tiny 2,5" wide stripes... lot's of them.. uff!
















I still don't know if it's going to be a big quilt, for a couple's bed or just a small "afghan" to keep on the couch for wintery TV watching nights...

Another of my favorite quilters: Rosa!

2 comentários:

Salamandra Pintarolas disse...

Seja o que for, grande ao pequeno, já está grande em dedicação, em azul e em harmonia. Vai ficar muito bonito, o-que-quer-que-seja-que-irá-ser-e-que-só-descobriremos-no-final!
A propósito da 1.ª parte do post, convido-te a visitares o meu blog muito muito novinho...
Esperamos receber as tuas visitas um dia de quando em vez ;)

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rafaela teves disse...

Sara, está tão bonito!

E concordo contigo quando dizes que nós também somos mantas de retalhos: um dia aqui, outro dia ali, vamos construindo-nos de pequenas coisas....

Bom trabalho e a continuação da paciência!