I cleared off the cutting table so I can layer the quilt-that-shan’t-be-shown-here. I had come across a bag of picnic table clips we used long ago while layering and it turns out they are perfect for the cutting table (one of those fold up ones from Jo-Ann’s). I’ll give that a try.

Many pink pixels
now that the sky has spun out
its twilight colors.

House full of pink glow,
I open window to roof
and bask in sunset.

Many eyes turned up
toward the fiery sky above
letting the day go.

The heat of the day
cooling itself on the rim
of the coming night.

pink and purple sky;
many paused, watching as it
set the night apart.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. — Henry Miller

I thought, since I wasn’t doing much productive, I could measure and whack off a piece of something for the backing of this quilt. Easy. Simple. Not mindless, but pretty straightforward.

So I went and re-measured. I pulled out a big hunk of fabric that’s been hanging around and hung it up on the wall for a moment. Nope. Not that fabric. It’s one of my rules that if I’m going to quilt the heck out of something it has to at least show on the back.

OK pull out another big hunk of fabric. Black. Just black. Measure off the needed bit and it sounds so simple. Rip the big piece in half lengthwise. Rip the other piece in order to add the stupidly small piece needed to make the necessary width.

Bring it in to press it so I could sew the few long seams together to make the back.

There is absolutely nothing square (as in perpendicular) about any single piece of fabric I have before me. If I start on the fold side, I can make it about 1″ off on each corner. I could throw it in the wash and see if “it relaxes.”

Note to self: when fiddling around with designs on paper – maybe they should be under fabric width wide.

The other option is to seam horizontally and be done with the whole thing.

Later Update: I did iron and trim the pieces pretty much into submission. We’ll see how it goes. At least I know the batting won’t need any putzing around with!