NAILING IT.
I finishing quilts for my yearly showing in the local library. I like to do this showing because it is where I live and create. Somehow its important, to belong and have a sense of place and I hope my work reaches out to my local community who visit the library. I live in a suburb by the bay, cohesiveness of community via knowing everyone is impossible, its not like the country towns I have inhabited in my life's journey. It lacks the easy going friendliness of a small town simply because of its size. I made the top of this quilt using rusted nails and wire. Was not happy with it so never completed it, something seemed to be missing and yesterday I decided to add the hand dyed fabric and extra wire circle rusted piece on the bottom, loved it the moment I laid the green fabric down. Sometimes quilts take a very long time, we have an idea and create but we have to wait for the completion till something else presents and forms the whole. A bit like life really, we have t