Inching toward the edge

It was good to get away from the dragon quilt for a couple of days. I was really getting bogged down in problems and possibilities, not necessarily in that order.

While at the weekend studio I was able to go through the contents of every shelf and every box, and pull out fabrics that might be useful. The big breakthrough was finding a huge length of african fabric, bought at least 5 years ago and squirrelled away as being "too good to use" (as you do). OK it's african rather than japanese, but the colours and the "feel" is right - and anyway, the quilt already has australian, indonesian, and other non-japanese fabrics -- international fusion.

So there's less pressure, in the long crawl towards the eventual binding, to piece tiny scraps together to eke out the remaining fabric . Finding that fabric gave me a great sense of release and optimism -- it was a metaphorical moment -- how often in your life do you come across some small thing that changes your perspective in that way....

So, in the slow march to the edges, we now have further side panels -and a possible plan for the bit that will go over the pillows -
But as always, I'm playing around with sequences and combinations till it "feels" right.

After quilting the side panels, the next task is to piece the stripey border for the other side.

Another thing that's working quite well is having a computer-based task to get on with - a couple of hours on one, a couple of hours on the other, and the day passes very pleasantly indeed. Must remember to leave the house sometime soon - it can get toooo cosy at home -- and a person can get toooo obsessed with a project.