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Under Construction
“It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.” - O. Henry
Welcome to the new weekly edition of The Fold! These will be shorter, snackier, and will come to you on the weekends (because you have enough to do on Monday.) Enjoy at your leisure.
...Actually, there is one thing you don't want to wait on:
Hot Stuff Flash Sale
This weekend only, use the coupon code HOTSTUFF15 to get 15% off any item in my web store. (Excludes commissions.) Use it before 11:59 pm central time on Monday, 9/5. Oh, and I just added a bunch of new things for sale!
Mindful Destruction
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Road to Oklahoma II: All Roads Lead Home
Vintage quilt blocks, reclaimed garments, and other fabrics, machine pieced and quilted. 30 x 62 inches.
As a quilt maker, I do a funny thing: I take a pile of stuff, cut it into pieces, then I rearrange the pieces and put it back together. It’s a constant cycle of destruction and reconstruction. I create problems just so I can solve them. I rip seams, make cuts, and poke holes, just so I can reattach them. Eventually, I do enough damage, and my work tells me that it’s complete.
Thus it was with Road to Oklahoma II: All Roads Lead Home.
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Awhile back I was given a shoebox full of unfinished quilt blocks. (The person who gave me these says the maker was a family member, but they’re not sure exactly who.) After some research I learned that these blocks actually form the quilt pattern Road to Oklahoma. Since then I’ve experimented with deconstructing these quilt blocks and remixing them with other shapes and fabrics.
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Road to Oklahoma I: Under Reconstruction
Vintage quilt block and other fabrics, machine pieced and quilted. 15 x 15 inches.
Road to Oklahoma I: Under Reconstruction is available at Cerulean Gallery. Call 214-564-1199 to purchase.
RtOKII: All Roads Lead Home is not yet for sale, as it’s part of the ongoing Qu’aint Collaboration. (Learn more at our Facebook page here.)
Your Reconstructed Quilt
I’m now accepting commissions for custom-made quilts. And I have quite a few of these vintage quilt blocks left that I could incorporate. Interested? I thought so! Start here.
Elsewhere: Mindful Reconstruction
A team of researchers and craftspeople in Bangladesh have been working to revive the ancient art of Dhaka muslin. This legendary fabric is purported to be fine enough to pass through a lady’s ring. Read more about this revival at Bangkok Post. Go more in depth with these articles from the BBC and Smithsonian.
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Podcast News!
In case you missed it, I got to be a guest on the Unleash Your Inner Goddess podcast by Sarah Joyce Hindle. Episode 30, Creativity, Joy & Taking New Paths is now available to listen on your podcast platform of choice.
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And guess what? I recorded another podcast interview this week, this time with the lovely Ari of Made of Mettle! I’ll let you know when this episode drops, but in the meantime, please listen to BOTH of these podcasts because they are thoughtful, entertaining, and inspiring.
Don't forget to shop the sale this weekend, and use coupon code HOTSTUFF15 for 15% off!
See you next week,
xoxo Sarah