It’s back to quilting after the break. It’s not quite a week since I finished doing every day of the 31 day blog challenge. I have had a very short rest and then started new work.
Quilting
Back to quilting and I stitched two backgrounds and put them to one side. This morning I started another and I am determined to finish all three.
They go with the last one I made (see pic above), which still needs a couple of small things doing to it. I also found a fifth in the drawer, a piece that was cut off a longer quilt, which I now know how to use. So begins my year of art quilts, the main focus of this year along with colour. Check out the website for quilts
Inspiration
I have always said that inspiration can come from anywhere. I was having a sleepless night and I began to read a book of poetry. Right there, I found words that resonated and started off ideas for not one but three quilts. I don’t think I have quite the right fabrics for those yet, but nonetheless, it started off another train of thought about birds. So I looked through my sketches and found a kingfisher I had sketched some years ago and he has been the start of a new quilt.
In turn this connects to my river series because the kingfishers are sometimes seen on the River Don.
“To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose
Under heaven” Pete Seeger
Other Work
I am well into a series of art that might just become quilts. My knitting is doing well too. Launch of the Peak District Knitting Pattern Collection looks like February 2020. Next week will see the launch of my latest insiration Book 13, Reflections. All in all a very exciting beginning to 2020.
Words (except the quote), images and work copyright Karen Platt 2020