Struck

It's 8:30 in the morning on what's shaping up to be a stunning Saturday (27 degrees today - or 80 if you live in the US - mind boggling weather for Ontario in spring); and I have the house to myself for the day.

My plan was (and is) to sew all day, but I had wanted to work on some spring to finish projects., but my mind this morning is full of the possibilities of green and white.



(Quilt made by Feed Dog in 2007)


I really can't afford to be distracted this way - I have a commission quilt that is due on May 23!!!! - the worst part of it is that the one and only instruction I've been given is that it's to be "insprired" by the quilt I entered in the Bloggers Quilt Festival, but not be exactly like that.

Are those instructions a dream or a nightmare?

It reminds me of (a hundred years ago) when I was doing my master's degree and for one of my courses, the only instruction the professor gave us (for the entire 100% of the course mark) was to "Write a creative, intelligent response to *name of tome*" I agonized over that assignment, writing and re-writing; eventually, the day before it was due, I decided everything I'd done was derivative drivel and I started fresh, handing in my assignment at the end without so much as a read through! I'd worked 18 hours, writing madly through the night, and hoped it was good. When I eventually got my mark, it was an 89.

I hope that that anecdote is not indicative of how this commission project will go, and that I get a better mark than 89!

But in the meantime, I'm off to my sewing room to do... what? :) I guess I'll figure that out when I get there.

Perhaps I'll set up my sewing machine on a table in the sunshine later this afternoon...

In any case, I hope you have a productive and fun Saturday, and if not, just fun. Either way, make it beautiful!

Anonymous

3 comments:

  1. Oooh, isn't it hard working on something you should be doing when you're inspired by something you want to be doing? :-)

    I think it's a dream instruction you've received. It really gives you the freedom to be creative and explore.

    And congratulations on being commissioned!! How exciting :-)

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  2. I managed to combine both (though strangely, not the green and white yen - although I pulled fabrics from my stash for the plan, it would have taken too long and at that point, I wanted a chocolate chip cookie, not a home-made ganache, if you get my meaning. :)

    The commission is very exciting indeed! And I decided what to do today, as well. Even better, I'm using fabrics from my stash. Whee!

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  3. Hello Diva found you off of the LJ community A Day in the Life. Anyhow, you have a very kool blog and even though I don't quilt I'm very interested.

    My grandmother used to quilt and I would watch but when I was younger I wasn't interested in quilting, now I wish I had taken it up. I was considering having a quilt made at some point in life to go along with a blanket my mom knitted for me a long while back.

    I like the subjective nature that you were directed on in that commission quilt. From what I have seen so far you have great imagination and talent.

    katiya

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