It’s been so long since I’ve had my wip act together enough to link up at WIP Wednesday–hooray!
I had hoped to turn this little project that possessed me last week into a quilt top by now–but some toddler-milestone-type intense parenting has gotten in the way. (We are very proud of Lucy–she’s doing great.) I’m more tired than I’ve been since Lucy was nursing, so there’s been a little more TV-and-knitting and a little less sewing-machine.
Last Thursday, I dumped out a pile of scraps, pulled some yellow I got from Pink Castle’s Stash Stack Club, and, using the book Tonya Ricucci’s Word Play Quilts, I sewed up these letters in two naptimes.
I think the capital A is my favorite!
I’m hoping to fill in with some yellow sparkly stuff, a la this:
The quote is one of my favorite pieces of English writing ever. It’s from Virginia Woolf’s essay “Modern Fiction,” and the whole thing goes: “Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.”
I started this project when I should have been piecing the last few x-plus blocks last week. Sick of symmetrically arranging gig lamps, I itched to sew something more chaotic and spontaneous. I’m hoping to use this wip to spell myself in between some more challenging projects I have going. Nothing renews my energy for careful piecing like an afternoon spent digging through scraps and improv piecing!
And how about that TV knitting?
I’m two stripes into the “color” part of my Color Affection. 100% garter stitch (I still hate to purl, even though I’m now doing it correctly) = lovely TV knitting. Our summer project is The Wire, which I’ve never seen. I can only watch one episode at a time, because it is sort of work. So we also indulged in season 1 of New Girl on Netflix, and last night, started watching Orange Is the New Black, also on Netflix–the first episode was awesome!
Hope to see you over at Lee’s WIP Wednesday!
little and lots 
Scrappy wonderfulness.
This looks fantastic Laura! I love when you can turn a pile of scraps into something so wonderful!
🙂 Kelly
Love the project and the inspiration. Colour are fabulous. The knitting is pretty gorgeous too. What a lovely project. Have fun and enjoy. Marie
Laura, beautiful words and great ideas for a quilt!! The knitting project is looking good too! It is going to be very pretty striping. Look forward to seeing the quilt finished…..save it for September’s meeting!! I can’t be there in August (coming home that day from vacation) but I will be reading the post and looking at pictures!!
glorious quote! I love your scrappy letters. I have been stashing my favorite quotes away for just such a project. You have inspired me.
Love this. In every single way.
I have that Word Play book too and I need to go ahead and do something with it! It’s difficult to decide on what to “write” though. Good job!
Ack! I love the tiny hedgehog in your scrappy star. Great color scheme of the lettering fabrics – I especially love that coral hue in the word ‘halo.’
Luminous! You always inspire me — now I want to try something with letters! Those yarn colors are looking great together. I’m doing quilt binding during TV time this week. I need a new show… I gorged on The Walking Dead and now I’m in withdrawal.
That’s really cool and I love how personal it is- a meaningful quote. I also like the “A.”
I love the scrappiness of this quilt. The wonky star block is super cute!
Your kitting is fantastic. I love how it is looking with the addition of the mustard.
New girl is one of my favorite shows! Great to have on the background when I’m sewing.
So inspirational Laura! I just love your letters and the quote behind them
xo jan
Oh, this is beeeeautiful! The words charmed me without hearing the quote… and then the full quote is quite intriguing. Your fabricy interpretation makes perfect sense.