Monday, November 21, 2011

Almost There: Orca Bay Part 1, Day 4

Reporting from Orca Bay Mystery Quilt Outpost, Mirror, Alberta:  

Here are the hour glass units that passed muster from today's work -- all 52 of them.  There were supposed to be 60, but eight went into the 2.325" square stack instead.*  I must have had a moment of weakness or fatigue, and just not taken enough care to stitch that hair's width inside the sewing lines on those ones.  Sigh.  Ah well: they will be stored and used elsewhere!  More tomorrow, perhaps, though I have to work in the morning and I wanted to get some spinning done in the afternoon because, after all, "Tuesdays are for Spinning".

*This brings my total thus far to 142.  Only 82 to go!

Working Title: I Was Hungry...
In addition to the OBMQ squares, I finally began to 'birth' a new art piece that's been growing inside my head for the past few weeks.  The 'picture' I got for this one has spoken so loudly to me that I just had to get it down.

Sometimes things brew far longer than a few weeks (like a coat I have in mind that's been lodged at the back of my right brain for over a year now) -- but not this one. No way.  I even know how I want to quilt it.  The piece will be 15 inches square.  There is a motif -- a begging bowl or a rice bowl -- fused a bit off-centre on the lower left; I bought the beads I want to use for the rice, from The Crafty Lady, a couple of weeks ago.  The rest will show up in the quilting.  Inspiration? There were two sources: 1) a presentation at church a few weeks ago by our parish rep for PWRDF (the Anglican Primate's World Relief and Development Fund); and 2) the Gospel of Matthew 25:35.  I can just feel it: this is one of those pieces that won't let me go until it's finished.  Stay tuned.

4 comments:

Helen in the UK said...

Looks like you're making great progress on the mystery units :)

Candace said...

Your blocks are looking wonderful and your "I Was Hungry is going to be interesting to see. When I first started reading about it I thought maybe it would be something about spilled mild. I like yours better.

Andee said...

I have a few that slightly smaller size too...thanks for the chuckle!

Ellen said...

Your little blocks are coming along quite nicely!