Scenes from the Road of Life
In between Improv projects, I got out an old project, Small World. I started this in a workshop with Tara Faughnan at Quiltcon 2023 in Atlanta.
I had already cut out a lot of the needed triangles. But, they've been crammed into baskets and needed a bit of pressing to get the folds and wrinkles out.
The triangles have been separated into lights and darks.
I've been making more triangle pie parts for the Small World I'm calling Ganymede.
I put some up on the wall to see how they looked. And, I decided they needed more neutrals. So, I cut and added several shades of grey triangles, some tan triangles and another orange just for fun. I probably have enough triangles cut to make a couple of quilts.
I'm working on my 'Small World' project. I've decided to change to a version that is scrappy and less defined. It is basically alternating light and dark triangles. So, for every 'pie' piece that is majority light I need to make one that is majority darks. It's easiest to make two at a time, one of each.
I still need a name for this project. Tara named her's "Small World". This is her version of a light/dark version. But, mine will be scrappy
The Earth is crowded and food is rationed, but a colony on Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter, offers an escape for teenager Bill Lermer and his family. Back on Earth, the move sounded like a grand adventure, but Bill soon realizes that life on the frontier is dangerous, and in an alien world with no safety nets, nature is cruelly unforgiving of even small mistakes.
So, I guess I'm naming this quilt Ganymede.
