Amy of Creative Mom Podcast posted a picture of one of her ATCs. It was the ATC response to the March ATC project she does. I think the prompt was Lucky, but am not sure. I kept thinking about that ATC and the squares and wasn’t able to get them out of my mind.
THEN I saw a piece of art that resembled the ATC in the CB2 catalog and knew something was happening. Last hursday night, in the midst of the complete chaos into which my life had devolved, I went upstairs, opened up a sketchbook, which is too big and thus intimidating, and drew some connected squares. Then I went, rummaged around in my scrap basket and got some of those blues of which I am so fond lately. I cut them up into squares and glued them over the drawn squares.
Then I closed the book, did my exercises and went to bed.
The whole experience was good. A little surreal, but good.
Update 5/30/2009 – After reading a magazine I was reminded of some quilts by Denyse Schmidt that also look like the above works. One is a quilt called What a Bunch of Squares and the other was called Mental Blocks.
It reminds me of something like a mobile made of hanging squares on string. I almost expect to see them fluttering in the breezes. 🙂 I also love blue…one of my more favored colors for sure.
I also think it looks like a mobile. Check the post again later or tomorrow as I found another quilt I want to include in the post.
Love your blue squares! Stunning!
Thanks. It was fun and I am really like the blues.
Taking refuge in your journal is a great escape mechanism. Glad you’re utilizing it. The blues looks great. You could do it as a real life mobile with a really stiff non-sewable fusible and two pieces of fabric, fused over a small thread or cord. That would look pretty in your studio window!
Julie: what a great idea! I am also inspired by the wonky log cabin pillow on the cover of a recent Stitch magazine. The colors relate so it has continued by thinking of blue squares.