for the love of....

broken dishes and small animals and an artist daughter.

Last September I presented Artist Daughter an unfinished quilt for her birthday... and last weekend I finally finished it! What took me so long? Let me try to describe the creative process I go through with each and every project I take on:

1. hey, I have an idea!
2. I love this, this is going to be fantastic!
3. actually, this is not turning out quite like I envisioned
4. this was not such a good idea, how am I going to fix it?
5. this is ugly, what was I thinking?
6. maybe it's not so bad
7. actually this might be working out...
8. now go back to step 1 and repeat the process multiple times  (it's hard to work through this on a scheduled timeline)

"Broken dishes" is one of many names given to quilts made with half-square triangles. It seemed really appropriate for a my Ceramicist Offspring. I took this photos of the quilt in it's new home -- notice the "shard garden" in the bottom of the picture. It's the place behind the studio where the things that didn't quite work out go to (usually with a satisfying "craaashhhhh").

"Small animals" are another of the great loves of my Kind and Compassionate Offspring. As is green. I am thrilled to realize (very after the fact) that it "goes" perfectly with the pink couch and geometrically painted floor in their current little house.

Ahhh. Not so bad after all I think!