I say all the time that I love living in a place with four seasons. It's not that this isn't true. I do like having four distinct seasons, because I appreciate the contrast and think that spring and summer would never be so nice if they didn't come after fall and winter.
That being said, there are few people you hear complaining more at the end of summer than me. There are lots of wonderful things about fall, certainly. It's a great season in many ways. But it can take it's time getting here. I find it a little hard to let go of the warm, no jacket, no worries weather.
This year, though, I will be ready to go having finally finished this project...
This quilt/coverlet/blanket (no batting...what do you call it?), the early origins of which can be found here, is made from felted fool sweaters that I collected over a few years. Most of them came to me pre-felted - either because they were mine and I felted them accidentally (oops!) or because I found them at the thrift store or at the shelter I used to work at already felted - no doubt rendered unusable to the original owner due to a mistaken trip through the dryer.
I love that this project enabled me to give new life to these objects that had been rendered unfit for their original purpose (being worn as a sweater of a particular size!) and might have therefore been thought to be useless. I realize more and more how much we miss when we look at the world that way!
Backed with blue flannel and minimally quilted in the ditch.
It's about 60"x60".
2 comments:
This is so great, Libby! I bet you enjoy it for a very long time.
Such a wonderful idea for a quilt. Love the little clothing touches (buttons, ribbed cuffs) and general cuddliness. Keep warm this winter!
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