So, as it turns out, this freeform project is not the first time I have though about this. The term Grab Bag Style is already in the glossary.
This is a good start for me to get back into the Forever Zone. I am going to call it Freedom. Fits to the times and also to my idea for a a new large cloth. There are really a lot of these little patches, altered scraps is what I like to call them. A key part of the component system I uses for storycloth.
Some of them were dyed by others or gifted to me. Each one has a story, the fabric, it's history and the techniques used to make them. A great opportunity to explain the theory behind loose patches.
I am holding off beginning, truthfully, my allergies were part of a cold which went into my chest and turned into bronchitis. So my speaking voice is a bit compromised and the coughing is still in my way. You know I like to talk.
I will put together a little Zone newsletter over the weekend.
I have some new ideas.
There are so many. I'll need a big basket.
The boys were dancing today...
Good evening, Jude,
So glad to see your post this evening. Humm, grab bag quilting. My gram use to make her own aprons and other bits and pieces of her clothing like house dresses. all the bits and off cuts she would put in this basket with a lid. Come winter, grandpa would take her basket and piece together a quilt top from the material that had gathered there. He called it rag quilting; he would use the worn-out flannel sheets as a filler and backing. He used string from the chicken feed, sugar and flour bags to tie it off. I remember sitting next to him by the pop belly wood stove as he sat up the quilt frame to tie it off. Wonderful memories from long time ago, I’m 79 come September. Blessings from Ohio, Pat
Pat~ What a rich and lovely story this is! Thank you for sharing it here.
Looking forward to seeing the new quilt grow. If you have too many pieces maybe it could be two sided. I have a two sided quilt my great grandmother made and I have done a couple. Twice the fun.
Wow! Your turkey is much prettier than the ones that spent a lot of time here during the winter. I’ve seen them puffed up with tailfeathers spread, but they were mostly only browns and grays with a little black and more if an orange than red. No blues. Of course, sometimes their peacock friends joined them. Then there was plenty of blue (despite being only two in a flock of twenty +or-), even when they were molting.
I don’t have nearly as many little patches as you do, but I’m really looking forward to seeing how you put them together. I love seeing all that blue, with bits of other colors here and there, pinned to the muslin. I’m imaging some little nine patches filling in some of the gaps created by the different sizes.
I bet soul-o is wondering what that big alien creature is doing in his yard!
Hope you get back to yourself with the allergies and bronchitis.
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love this! interested to see how u’ll connect small patches with big patches… cut to size? appliqued onto a larger cloth? attached in a spiral?
oooooH… great jumping off point, jude! time to do a deep dive into my scrap bins! x
That Turkey is huge!
The cat looked scared when he looked out the window.
LOL!
Oh Jude, I love this! Your Freedom cloth will be a perfect excuse for me to follow along and resume working on a cloth I started many years ago.
And those beautiful Toms always make me giggle when I see them all puffed up and strutting around while the ladies ignore them (or don’t show up at all).
Great, I’m up for it!
They really are fun to watch.
Sounds like an exciting approach, Jude! Love the handsome Tom roaming your land! We have seen wild Turkeys on our property lately, too. Probably looking for nesting sites. Such beautiful birds!
I’m going to try real hard not to curate.
They are great. There were like 20 here today.
Jude~ That IS a lot of pieces! Love seeing that big blue head. I miss seeing the ones that have lived around here. Haven’t seen ’em in ages.
That’s only some of them…
They are here now because I fed the birds during this awful winter. One showed up and then he brought the whole gang l.
I’ve been sewing 9 patches of wool fabric together and had thought about doing a spiral type of pattern with the squares but now am thinking about pulling random ones to sew together. this will be an interesting journey!
i have to say i have seen a flock of wild turkeys run across a road in vermont but have yet to see one of the great males like this one.
Im excited to start this one. And just go.
They are huge here and very showy, I’ll try to get some videos
…and they can get quite protective of their females!! I had a couple stare me down once, while walking towards me. I decided I didn’t need to be there any longer! lol
I actually just saw something about what to do if they are showing aggression. Don’t know why that popped up…unless the internet commanders knew you’d be posting this the next day 😂