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February 17th, 2015

2/17/2015

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How can I possibly describe the joy the almost-two-weeks-of-retreat gave me?  As the weather was not brilliant, I did not have an excuse not to quilt (as if I needed one!) but no matter what the elements threw at me it was just such a pleasure to be able to look out of the window and see THIS
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See why I'm so crazy about the place now?

This picture was taken when the sun was shining, but the weather was mostly pretty dire - what do you expect for early February?  I really was quite happy about this because it meant I could sit with a crackling log fire, a hot cup of tea and piece away without thinking I should  be outside enjoying the scenery.  After all, I do go to Port Isaac principally to piece!!
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So, without further ado... THIS is what I created during the first week of my stay. Strangely, it was inspired by one of my autumn Port Isaac retreats where the weather was similarly bad and made a sort of mini-maelstrom in the harbour. I am SO looking forward to quilting it, as it matches very nicely with the wallpaper in our main bedroom here in France, but I may have to fight off my son, who has fallen in love with it... some things don't change!
As I got that quilt finished quite quickly I had several days left and so decided to do a rather simpler quilt, the materials for which had been sitting around for a while. I have a theory that 'quilts know their own birthday' and this particular bundle of fabric certainly 'spoke' to me on this occasion!   I originally designed it because I had heard a lot about 'South Western colours' but everything which was designed around them seemed very dark.  I wanted to create something using that palette but which was a bit lighter and 'sparkly'.  Also, because I am quite fascinated by the Clovis settlements in the US - blame my subsidiary studies in anthropology during my first degree for that one! - I was sort of led towards a more 'tribal' feel .
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So... this is 'South West Lite'.  Although I don't normally use this palette, I'm really happy with the results and I do think it has a bit more of a 'primitive' persona than my usual designs, a bit like cave paintings?  Some things do not change, however, because this is another one my son wants to appropriate.  If I let him have ALL the quilts he likes, I doubt whether he could get into his room, still less SLEEP!!

It's back to reality now, and I am feeling so much more energised and positive after my 'time off'!   I'm also feeling the creative juices stirring so... watch this space....
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