2.25.2007

Dear Jane, Approximately

I am verrrrryyyyy slowly working on a "Dear Jane" quilt. This is a reproduction of an insanely complaex quilt that was made during the civil war. The woman who made it, Jane Stickley, used some traditional patterns, but many of the 200+ squares and triangles in it are patterns that she made up. I keep feeling like I'm flying along, but as of today I've done 35 squares. Mine is going to be red, purple, green and blue. My quilt's name is "Dear Jane, Approximately" after the Dylan song "Queen Jane, Approximately". If you google "dear jane", you'll see all the variations people do of this quilt - it's amazing.
You can see my progress here.

I'm trying to finish all the red squares now because there are fewer of them than the other colors and then I can put my red fabrics away.

Sorry! :)

Not my fault, but you saw all of my posts again because I had to switch to the new Blogger. But you know you wanted a review of my art, right?

pisces newmoon SoulCollage


pisces newmoon SC
Originally uploaded by rivervoodoo.
My first SoulCollage card is a New Moon Soul Collage. see http://www.newmoonjournal.com .
I think I should do a few more cards for Pisces because I'm a Pisces with Pisces RISING even, and I'm *such* a pisces!

I think lost of SoulCollage cards look ugly to other people, so I suspect this might look quite hideous if you're not me. In fact, even I am not sure how I feel about it, but it was what came out, so I kept it.

2.24.2007

left hand mitten


left hand mitten
Originally uploaded by rivervoodoo.
...and so, the non-matching left hand.

right hand mitten


right hand mitten
Originally uploaded by rivervoodoo.
the second fair isle project. Normally when I have to make two of something (socks, mittens...) i make them different so I don't get 100% bored.

first fair isle


first fair isle
Originally uploaded by rivervoodoo.

i decided I was going to learn to knit fair isle this year. so i did. these mittens were the first thing I knit this way.