Turkey Painting, Apparently

As part of our basement renovation project, I wanted to make a large abstract painting. I just used some paint samples we had around the house.

There's not too much narrative to add here, so here's a gif of the painting as it evolved.

When I finished it, I sent a picture to Eddy, who promptly informed me that it looks like a turkey. Or possibly a vulture.

Here's what it looks like on its shelf in our basement with some other very random stuff that's just sitting around downstairs waiting for the walls to be skim coated and wallpapered and painted.



So much fun to be had in the basement!

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Quilty Giveaway!

We got a Nest cam for Xmas this year and due to cord-hiding we needed to add a little decor above our front door (it's a long and boring story).  So I got all wound up about it (like I do) and thought I would make a quilt to hang above the shelf.  Armed with Amy Gibson's The Quilt Block Cookbook I aimed to make a sampler in sort of a table runner format.

I really like her block patterns and if you are looking to make a DIY sampler, I highly recommend this book.

Eventually, I got stuck, though, and couldn't decide how to assemble the corner pieces of this block:

I settled it with a Facebook poll! I did some experimentation about the final position of the blocks.

Then I backed the quilt with some rather loud fabrics showing the reverse. This is a new technique for me and I like it because it gives the prints a linen-y look and dulls the colors a bit.

Here's the finished quilt!

After all that, I decided I didn't actually like it above our front door. I went instead for this green cutter quilt, which is divine and looks perfect up there.

That means there's just a little homeless table runner or wall hanging, just waiting for someone to love it.

Disclaimer: I wasn't too careful about burying threads or about how the quilting looked from the back (and indeed, from the front) because I was certain at the time that I was just going to hang it on the wall high up where it could not be seen up close.

With that in mind, if anyone wants this quilt, I'll ship it to you! I'll send it to the first person to send me their mailing address over Facebook or email and I'll update my Facebook post once the quilt has been claimed.

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