“On a personal level, too, art is life intensified: it delights more deeply, consumes more rapidly; it engraves the traces of imaginary and intellectual adventure on the countenance of its servant and in the long run, for all the monastic calm of his external existence, leads to self-indulgence, overrefinement, lethargy, and a restless curiosity that a lifetime of wild passions and pleasures could scarcely engender.”
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
Just off of the frame, some of the echo quilting I did this week. See that orange fabric…that is the back and it is going to be the binding! I think it will really pick up the appliqued flowers!
Happy Friday!
I hope you have had a wonderful week! I have been busy sewing, prepping, quilting, and enjoying my work. You can see above the lovely echo quilting I did earlier in the week...I am really starting to like custom quilting! I do enjoy the simple stipple I use on t-shirt quilts; it is a soothing pattern that allows me to avoid any parts of shirts that need special care like pockets, buttons, placards, or areas with heavy paint. I do enjoy having the opportunity to do some custom quilting, though, too, and I think in the new year I will endeavor to do more practice with it.
I am deep into getting Christmas projects completed. I am trying to finish the Christmas orders by mid-December, so that if people need to mail items they can. I feel good about my progress, too.
I think the anniversary quilt will have to be put on hold until after I complete that work, though, so you will likely not see more about it until later in December. I have also hinted at showing you the embroidery work I have been doing in the dark evenings before bed...I may get some pictures taken of it, but lighting is not great when I am working on it.
Next week is Thanksgiving, and I won’t post another blog until the week after, I think...unless I get it set up and ready by Wednesday evening. I have promised myself that I will take the entire day of Thanksgiving off, so I cannot set up the blog on Thursday if I do! Maybe I can get it set up on Friday...which will mean it will be late, but even if I do not get a blog written next week, know that I am thinking of you all! I hope you all have a safe, socially distant Thanksgiving, so that we can all enjoy a table full of family next year!
Sending Quilting Love,
Ginger
Coming Next Week: That depends on you...what would you like to hear about? Leave a comment by next Monday or Tuesday...maybe a few suggestions will help me get the blog finished early next week! Really, I would love to hear from you!
I am Reading: Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts by Alexander Langlands. I am also reading Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, and now I am casting about for what my mind needs next. The Mann novel was acquired at the library along with Blue Rose by Carol Muske-Dukes (poetry). I am also reading The Yellow House by Martin Gayford.