"Epiphany"
After many weeks of thinking –
just thinking about this word “Reach”, I finally went to my “Epiphany Drawer” to
see if I could stir up a bit of imagination or magic; it worked. The “Epiphany Drawer” is where I keep all of
those very special scraps that turn out so amazing that I cannot believe I made
them. (big grin – of course they are.) These are the scrappy treasures from classes
and workshops where I try new things. These
pieces are never big enough to make a ‘real’ work of art, but heaven forbid
that I ever even consider cutting them up!!!
Also, I usually do not have the tools to replicate them at home. So, this is the drawer that I reached into; I
wanted to do something that had a combination of things that I love. I gave
myself permission to play as I reached into the symbolic fuel tank.
This 12 x 12 piece has a
background that was drip dyed with three red colors. The way those reds perfectly melded together,
I knew that I would NEVER cut it apart, so I cut it apart. The green and black piece is silk-screened
and I knew I would NEVER cut it apart, so I cut it apart. I love improv piecing, so I did. I had a never used “Pounce” chalk pack and a never
used stencil from 9 years ago that were
threatening to expire, so I used them, too. This was fun - I should REACH more often.
Reaching into your epiphany drawer was the perfect way to satisfy this theme! And what lovely items turned out to be within your reach in that special drawer. Your quilt is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in this little quilt and it makes me want to see what I could come up with in my stash!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Now this piece is one where you can see those fabrics all the time and I'm sure they make you smile even more. I love how you said you would never cut those pieces and now they are cut and sewn into a quilt. I have plenty of pieces that I just pet and I'm going to have to do some reaching soon.
ReplyDeleteDee this is wonderful! We had the same idea....great minds think alike. Life's too short for "just can't cut" fabric! Love the red.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of your epiphany drawer and must start one right away. Love what you did with the reds, my favorite color. Makes me want to cut up some of my rejected projects and create an epiphany quilt. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt. So exciting the make those Cuts. Its wonderful to use pieces from classes.
ReplyDeleteI totally love it - isn't nice to make something with our saved tidbits! I need to do more of that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt! So dynamic with the complimentary color scheme and the diagonal lines. Fun to reach into your stash and find such precious pieces that deserve to be in a quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful quilt ! From several of the comments, it seems most (all ?) of us have stashes containing bits and pieces of precious fabrics that we don't know what to do with, but just can not, under any circumstances, throw away ! I'm thinking I should check my "stash bin" more often :-D
ReplyDeleteAs with Gail's and Sara's "solution" for Reach, I so love and am even more inspired to "re-visit"/reach into the bin where my little orphaned fabric experiments live and start to play with them! Love the results from the freedom you allowed yourself when constructing this piece, looks like you had such fun! Even though small you have showcased your special fabrics in such a dynamic way.
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