I finished my last quilt project for the "Colour From the Heart" class I've been taking. The exercise was to choose an inspiration (or "subject") fabric to serve as the starting point for the colour selection for the principle design. This inspiration fabric would, in turn, serve as a border fabric. The fabric I chose reminded me of a rainy day walk in the woods, specifically in the woods by my childhood home on the St. Lawrence River.
The photos don't do it justice at all, but they give you some idea. While there's a symmetry to the larger design, the smaller details are asymmetric. Typically nine patches use two colours in a checkerboard pattern-- I chose to create nine-patches with seven to nine different fabrics. Moreover, no two nine-patches are alike. I worked very hard on this project and I love it. It has a texture and character that speaks to the quiet earthiness of this very special place, a place that no longer exists except in my heart's memory.
The course instructor commented that the quilt seems, "so full of hope." In the midst of all the subdued earthy colours are little flecks of light which she called, "persistent." So be it.
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