I can't stop.
If we are pals on instagram (which we totally should be) then you know this.
I decided I wanted to try a pieced improv face.
At this point, I am just building this face on the design wall. When I get to the actual piecing it is going to be a bear!
Like my mess? You know how I like to keep it real. I can barely see the floor in there. I keep trying to get Stuart to hang out with me while I quilt but he's not having it. He practically gets hives when I suggest it. Ah, well. He's pretty much perfect otherwise, except for not liking pie. (I KNOW)
So I just crank up some Joshua Radin or Avett Brothers and get to work. Play. You know what I mean.
I love how it is coming out. It is so much fun to see it develop. I get all up close and change things around and then it's so awesome to step back and see how it all comes together.
Is this a pixel quilt? Kind of I guess!? It's not all squares, lots of rectangles. I would love to try making some picture quilts with triangles.
A lot of people make pixel quilts and they are always so cool. I don't think I could make one from a pattern though because a.) I really dislike following patterns, it makes me anxious and b.) for me the fun is creating it as I go. If I designed it ahead of time I wouldn't bother making it because it's the figuring it out on the fly that I enjoy. I paint the same way--- I don't sketch it out first, I just dive in and mess with it until I like how it looks.
And no, I'm not using any kind of reference for this gal. It's just out of my head. I do plan to do specific portraits but this time around is just from my imagination.
I get to put kitties in people's eyes.
There are also skeletons and ducks.
I just love improv!
It's really the only kind of quilting I do. I sometimes feel like I want to learn the basics of traditional blocks and stuff.... but then I'm like.... yeah no.
In other news, I'm SO happy it's summer.
Also, you guys? It's was a crazy and difficult spring but I am now feeling better than I ever have. I was sitting by the garden about a month ago and I turned to Stuart and said, "I have this weird feeling. I think it's like... happiness?" I can't wait to tell you all about it.
xo,
melissa