OMG - It's Time

To Remember

I remember sitting in the dorm window at a retreat, sipping contraband wine while we watched a wedding taking place on the bluff below.

I remember sharing secrets about our lives as free-living young women and the parallels, though we existed miles apart.

I remember her whimsical sense of humor and her abundant love of this country.

I remember the artist who recreated Carmen Miranda in a quilt ... not to mention the toilet seat quilt, "It's a Girl Thing."

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Most often, when I put a quilt I'm working on aside it's because I need to fix something that bothers me, or I've run out of fabric, or it's time for borders, or I am waiting for inspiration.

But with Asian Pinwheels, it was because I couldn't bear to remember.  You see, when it was discovered she had a large inoperable tumor in her belly, our little bee made her a quilt.  The theme colors were black/red/cream.  I knew she had a penchant for Oriental/Asian fabrics and motifs.  Conveniently, I had made a sample block in these colors several months earlier and it was the right size.

First Asian Pinwheel block

But the corners weren't exactly cream so in the end I made a pineapple block.

Judy's Pineapple

I liked the pinwheel block so much I decided that I would make more for a quilt for myself.  Then she died and every time I got the quilt out to work on, it was too painful.  Now it's time.

I used the snowball corners to make the pinwheel cornerstones.  The triple sashing will separate the blocks so I don't have to worry about matching the snowball corners.  And something red will go on the border.

This is my One Monthly Goal for July:  Finish Asian Pinwheel top.