A Riot Of Color

Today's "mission accomplished" is a quilt top, batting, and backing that I finally put on my longarm APQS "Lenni" yesterday.  I completed the quilting this morning.  The photo shows the quilt after it was just unpinned and laid across the machine frame.  It's awaiting its trim and binding, and then it will be laid on the pile of quilts and fleece blankets I have previously finished, awaiting donation.

The weather in the beautiful Pacific Northwest is forecast to be summer temps again - including one day upcoming in the 90 degrees territory.  Then, as September approaches, so do the cooler temps.  We've not had a real day of rain in who knows how long - but it will come.  Forest fires are burning once again - in our state and surrounding states plus BC and Alberta to the north of us.  The first rains will bring welcome relief and much-needed help to exhausted firefighters.

The pile of quilts and blankets I'm accumulating will go into big boxes for shipping in the very near future.  Cool fall and cold winter come quickly to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, to the Appalachia hills and hollows back east, to refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan seeking new lives beyond their native lands, and to the small spaces housing homeless families in our area.  With the approaching seasons of grey and gloom, the "riot of color" in this and other quilts I'm making could offer a welcome reprieve from the world of neutrals that so many people inhabit.  

I love painting with fabric.  Moving colors and patterns around, cutting and resewing pieces into new designs and color palettes.  Art moves easily into life, and I love living in it and sharing it wherever it's sent.