Solitary: a Tabletop Quilt

I pieced this little quiltlet as I was finishing "It Was Supposed to Be a Luxury," but it took a couple weeks before I figured out how I wanted to quilt it. I liked the abstract quality of the shapes, and I liked the colors, but it didn't feel complete. I quilted a running stitches in gray, but some made  the pieces look like matza, so I took those particular ones out. Maybe a little text, I thought, would anchor it. Amy's little book weight arrived, which turned my attention back to The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook by Susan Briscoe, and it started coming together.

The circle stitch, a kind of crossed circles is called shippō tsunagi (linked seven treasures), a stitch that is nearly one thousand years old. Using a circle cutter, I cut out the circle (or several) from sticky-back paper, pinned it to the quilt, and stitched around it.

This is really small: 17.5"w x 18.5"h (44 cm x 47 cm).

floating in water
a leaf
solitary
moving 
with breath

I used up the complimentary "Hockney's pool" fabric I had received with an order from Bay Quilts for this one. I like how the overlapping circles suggest leaves.

And it includes a solitary velvet square (lower left).

Another nod to the times and how separated we are physically, yet we can still reach out and create meaningful interactions.

Stay safe. Be well.