Last Saturday was an SAA Meeting and we had a challenge to do. One of the members, Lucilla Warren had passed away and they gave us bags containing some scraps of her collected fabrics to work with. THe theme was "Outside the Box"and we were to include a 12" X12" section and then we could go outside those dimensions up to 36" on one side. We were to use some of her fabric from the bag and if we had other fabrics purchased from her collection we could also use them plus stash fabrics.
This is what I did. I built a box of wood and covered it in fabrics and words which tend to BOX us in. Things like "Tradition", "We've always done that way", "no" etc. As you know I rarely do anything in the traditional way; (however I can match a corner now and then.) Once you get out of the box and break free of the wall of doubt, opinion, and the "mother" in your head then you can explore, create, and enjoy the process.
This view shows the box. I glued it onto the surface of the quilt beneath. It was challenging to make a statement piece. You know I have few "statements" to make, I just love to create and see what happens.
Next week I will be in Belize with Lisa and her family. See you when I get back. Still not on the surgery schedule yet.
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