Whoosh...

...and just like that, a month has passed since my last post.  No question, I have been in a blog slump for a while.

Since my last post, I have been at work on the project that came out of a Guild workshop with Cynthia England.  I thoroughly enjoyed her lecture.  She has done some of the most awsome "artsy fartsy" (her term) quilts I have ever seen, including one named among "The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts." Here is a link. She is also funny and actively interacts with and encourages her students.  

I'm glad I did the workshop and lecture.  After all, it's not often I have the opportunity to interact first-hand from someone who has won multiple prizes at the Houston Internation Quilt Festival.  However, I am really struggling to continue with this kit.  I have so much effort already invested in it, I don't want to give it up.

Her paper piecing method, which differs from foundation piecing, makes it possible to join pieces of fabric that are extremely small.

I don't find this process relaxing.  It requires so much concentration that I cannot listen to an audio book or have other desitractions while I'm working on it and I have to take frequent breaks.  Here is what a sample of a section's roadmap looks like.  

I can honestly say, that I have nothing but the greatest respect for her work.