I have posted a couple of quilts already. This small quilt uses snowball blocks. It is the same block but reverse colors as the Spice Cake quilt which uses dark centers and light corners. I used a light center and dark corners for this one which you can see, changes everything. M gave me a selection of blue fabrics (all her quilts are blue and red) to use. She also showed me how to scallop the edges and cut a bias binding. The backing is length of toile from T's warehouse sale.
Mother received it for her birthday in July. I put it together feverishly and it shows. Some of the blocks don't match up; the corners are dark. I like to think it is a homemade piece and who would care. This makes me feel it's something special and not a mistake. I think I should treat more life situations like this. Can we create our life? The realist dreamer says yes and no. Yesterday I was taken with this piece of writing (audio) from Blaise Pascal's Pensées, returning home from a very enjoyable three days in SG.
Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.
9 comments:
fascinating paragraph. too true in my case.
i'm always thinking about when my kids will be older, throw less tantrums etc. and i know then that i will pine for these days.
I find it impossible not to think of the future or not to think of the past. However, the point is well taken. I need to enjoy more the present. I hope I do.
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