Prettier Perseverance
(Or Two Inches of Air)
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| Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg, VA - March 15, 2011 |
I delay
I doubt
I do not
I begin another project
I wait
I wonder
I do
But with a courageous courage, I pick up where I left off.
Remembering why I started-
These colors bring me relief-
These movements relieve my doubt.
Do you have things you start and never finish? Do you have things you start that were a statement to you as a new beginning? This quilt I started in May 2001. Yes I did. It represented a turning point in my life- one where I would find what and where I had left myself before children. The central part of the quilt was put together in three days. The border however, the edges that framed the quilt top stopped me cold. Three years later I decided on to use a "Seminole border" and began to by cutting each little square, making sure the centers of the light blue had a flower in it. Ok, I guess you can say I am a bit fussy-(this type of work in quilting is called "fussy cutting"). I then found out there was an easier way to do all this- and I stopped completely.
Fast forward 10 years later... As you may know last year I put together a quilt top in a year. (It is currently at my friend Linda's house and she is machine quilting that king size endeavor.) With that on the way to completion I decided that it is time to finish my new beginnings quilt. So now I have 3 out of 4 borders put on! Stay tuned for further escapades in perseverance. Thanks again for all the lovely comments on my blog and in my email box. You are all really a blessing- xo Teri
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| Joyce's bad bobbin | w | e keep on truckin' along even when there is only 2 inches of air! |
Oh, yes, I do the same. I don't quilt - I mean I have but haven't touched it in many years. Since I got remarried, I think. eleven years? Yipes. But with needlework I pick it up, I put it down, I stare at it, I can't remember which fiber I was going to use where, or what stitch... and then a few years or months later I go at it again.
ReplyDeleteYou do the most beautiful work. Your talent shines through! Ten years to finish a quilt that holds such meaning? That's a blink of an eye in life-journey years. *smile
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I sure know what you are talking about. I look at a blanket that I wanted to crochet and realize now that the color is all wrong. Quilts are very different and you will treasure the finished product!
ReplyDeleteI don't even want to think about the projects that are still unfinished years after I started them. I haven't given up on them, though -- I keep plugging away at intervals.
ReplyDeletePerseverance is a beautiful thing, undefinable by time. What matters is that you are moving forward, still turning ...
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