Sometimes waiting to do a project is a good idea. You may want to do something special, but the mood has not struck. In this case, my waiting yielded more skills being learned during the wait. I have recently mentioned my tidying up of my quilt studio. I came across a number of "Teresa fabrics". Teresa fabrics are 1) fabrics that actually belonged to Teresa; or 2) fabrics that remind me of Teresa. Fabrics that remind me of Teresa are fabrics with cows, bunnies, dogs, polar bears, and those of Victorian and Edwardian period styles. Her and I collected black and white fabrics for about three years, so I still have a nice stash of those, as well. The ones I ran across last month were of the cows, bunnies, and dog varieties.
I have also started doing more hand-stitching in my projects and have thought about doing the long-stitch in actual quilting of a project. Materials, time, and new stitching and quilt design skills have finally arrived at zero. I dove in head-first, and for four solid days, worked tirelessly to complete a totally hand-sewn quilt as a tribute to Teresa, who passed away at the early age of 59.
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