Kandinsky's Half Tuna progress

Priority #1 Create

Progress on the larger scale Kandinsky's Half Tuna. Testing border fabrics and how the eye moves across the design. Nearly every scrap or offcut has been used to create about 10 metres of border fabric. It is a change of scale and line as it comprises mainly straight, angular pieces in contrast to the curved blocks.

Inspired by a challenge piece (30cm x 30cm) for Quilt Symposium 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand based on two paint chips.

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Making progress Trees #2

The mess before the beauty

The excavator's words have stuck in my head, rent free. ' I have to make one hell of a mess before it can become beautiful. There is no beautiful end without the mess '. Or words to that effect. The retaining walls at the back of the house have to be finished before anything else can happen in the yard - and in between downpours, a few expletives and more rain, it has beena testing time for all involved in the construction. I thought about his words - and the effort of making a quilt from scratch. The planning, drawing, testing, dyeing, playing, creating, starting again, creating and the final 'ah ha'. There is so much 'mess' before a quilt is resolved becomes a thing of meaning and beautiful in its own way. Blessed are the excavators.

Ali George Artist

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