knots

This title could go either way for me. This week my stomach has been in knots over all of my in-progress projects that I just can't seem to finish. I get very anxious when I can't cross things off my list. I'm not a very zen, in the moment type of gal...much to my and everyone around me's dismay.

but I'm going to go the other way with this title...

Tying knots is one of my in-progress projects. I'm very excited about this idea I had for a friend's baby quilt. I came up with the idea after flipping through a few books on one of my favorite artists, Grant Wood. Besides satisfying my new round tree fetish I was also excited about an idea to tie the quilt off instead of regular quilting. I had envisioned all sorts of different textures made up of knots and x's and dashes with different weights of floss and yarn and string and in different colors. Something that would evoke the same feeling as the different fields in this painting. I started working on a little test quilt last night and I'm less than impressed with how it's turning out. The texture I was envisioning was so much more dramatic. I need to hunt down some precedents for this type of quilt. I'm sure someone has realized this idea wonderfully somewhere. Maybe I'll hunt through Kim's quilting resources for some ideas. I'm really feeling baby quilts right now. Here's another one I'm working on. Must be the new felt wall. Or... have I mentioned my sister is having a baby?! We're all very excited around here! Soon we find out if it's a boy or girl. I've got stacks of fabric lined up for either outcome.