It's election day, and I've voted already. Friends of mine are running for local offices, so I'm anxious to hear the results this evening. One of the good things about living in a small town. Many years ago, my high school civics teacher advised us that the most important vote we'd cast would be the local one because those votes have the most direct impact on our daily lives. That may be the only thing I remember from civics, but it's a good one.
So I did print and cut out and fuse the needed mushroom photos, and put on the binding, and make a label for the back. "Toadstools" is done, I'm relieved. It is up off the floor of the studio, no longer nagging silently every time I walk by. The quilt is 80" by 80", hand and machine quilted. Looking at it now, I think about how I could have redistributed the blocks. All in all, though, I like the colors, love the mushrooms, and I'm very glad to be done with it. Here's a detail with one of the mushroom appliques fused over a "problem area." I think the little appliques add some whimsy to what would otherwise be a pretty static quilt. On the back, the label warns readers against gathering these particular mushrooms, which are toxic.
It's election day, and I've voted already. Friends of mine are running for local offices, so I'm anxious to hear the results this evening. One of the good things about living in a small town. Many years ago, my high school civics teacher advised us that the most important vote we'd cast would be the local one because those votes have the most direct impact on our daily lives. That may be the only thing I remember from civics, but it's a good one.
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AuthorBobbe Shapiro Nolan, Fiber Artist in Eagle Lake, TX. Trying to learn to call the sewing room my studio, and myself an artist. I retired after 15 years in hospice nursing--so now I have the time!. Archives
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