Given that materials are being packed up for our move, I decided to save a more involved and layered attempt for a later date. I did take advantage of a recent bulk purchase of Mistyfuse and used some to fuse the quilt’s layers so they’d stay together while I stitched. I cut the black backing larger and folded it forward for a border. I then grabbed several colors of some 2-ply perle cotton, needle and thimble and settled in my grandfathers chair. Without any plan at all, I began to create a grid and kept stitching and adding color until I felt it complete.
In an ironic twist, the squares are representative of the packing mode I’m now in – putting our home and our lives into lots of boxes and stacking them against a wall. At face value kind of an odd activity, but in the bigger picture a very good and exciting one.