It was time.
I counted up all my Quilts Under Construction again. I haven’t actually done it since my QuiltCon lecture a year and a half ago. A lot has come and gone, mostly come since then.
So many metaphors come to mind but I find them all negative. And I don’t see this as negative at all. Every single quilt or project on this list represents creative action. It’s all about process. If all I cared about was a finished quilt I would go to the mall and buy one. Nope, I would rather make, getting lost in the process and the mess of creativity. It’s all awesome. All positive.
I divide my list into 3 categories: Being Quilted, Quilt Tops, and Blocks. Those categories work for me. Once I have something quilted I am usually quick to bind, so it would only go on a list to get crossed off within days. (Okay, there is a certain satisfaction in that.)
Being Quilted
Quilt Tops
Orange and Servil
C’est La Vie (Improv Curve Sampler)
Single Fabric - Tula Pink Stripes (Mighty Lucky Quilting Club)
Giant Slab Hexagons (It is a completed top, I promise.)
Heather Ross Circles
Blocks
Tie One On version of Lilla Quilt
Places I’ve Taught
Desks
Evil Genius Triangles
Kid’s Cloths/Gee’s Bend
Neutral Values
Studio Slash/Edges
Mid Mod
X Plus Blocks
Pink Pinwheels
Screenprint Log Cabins
Pink and Black Broken Logs
Respite
Meadow Quilt
Liberty Circles
Beach Grass II
Morning Make III
Mila’s Name
Bookof Negroes quilt
God’s Eyes
Pastel and Grey Slab
54!
Whew! Biggest number yet. And I still love absolutely every project on this list. It just depends on the day for what I feel like doing. If I could function without sleep, tea, feeding my family, carrying on our family business, or generally anything else I could get a few of these further along. I’m good, though, making in the moments I can and doing all the other stuff too. You only ever make a quilt one stitch at a time.
