I read about it all the time. Really Experienced Talented Quilters put their beautiful quilt tops on their design walls (all Experienced Talented Quilters have design walls). They stand back and wait for the gentle whispers to begin: "feathers in the border" or "vines in the sashing." And somehow the Experienced Talented Quilters take those whispers and weave it into the music that makes their quilts magic.
It doesn't quite work that way for me.
My design wall (aka a flannel tablecloth hanging from two clothespins) hangs haphazardly from my basement wall, with my latest quilt top dangling helplessly from it's surface. If my quilt top could speak, I don't think it would whisper- it would probably scream "what were you thinking!!"
I can't take that kind of pressure. I take it down quickly (before it speaks again) and put it in my quilt top storage area (aka a plastic bin).
But all is not lost. I've been reading some New Age books and I think I may have the solution. As soon as I can figure out how to channel Diane Gaudynski my problems will be solved; the quilt tops will speak music to me. (Or at least they won't yell). And if that works, next I'm going to start channeling Angelina Jolie.
What do your quilts say to you?
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