Even though I've been sewing throughout the the pandemic, I haven't been blogging as much. I am not sure why, as I have always liked blogging as a way to connect to other quilters as well as keeping a journal of my quilting journey. I have talked to others who feel they got bogged down and weren't as productive as they could've been. I definitely have felt this way.
I started working on Fabrications in July. Using a block I designed and different colorizations of it, I played with layouts even though I had a general idea of how I wanted it to look. That is part of the fun of designing a quilt...trying out different ideas and layouts.
As I worked on finishing it, I debated many names for it. I even asked friends on Facebook to weigh in on a name. To my surprise, many thought the large colorful shapes in the quilt resembled the covid virus pictures/symbols we had all gotten used to seeing over the summer. So their suggestions reflected that. It definitely gave me something to think about but I decided on Fabrications because for me it meant creating something new and beautiful in the midst of a lot of distress and worry in the world around us.
