Tuesday is our day off from daily Mass. I have a devout altar boy son who gets up six days of the week to serve Mass and he really needs that one morning to sleep in and vegetate a bit. It also gives me that one day of the week to really get some housecleaning done so I will not feel guilty when I sit down to my sewing machine.
I cut out a definite pattern type project for quilting yesterday. I guess I'm not a stay-in-the lines sort of person. I used enough fabric to see how one pieced square would look and I didn't like it. I put it aside and with the same, chosen fabrics, I went my usual route and made it up as I went along. I finished the piecing today and when I arranged my quilt squares, it was nice to see that in the midst of my abstract ways, there was an interesting pattern midst the odd choices.
It is always interesting to see how a piece of fabric that doesn't look like it will really fit into the overall pattern turns out to be the turning point of the whole patten. It happens often so I never restrain my instincts. Sort of reminds me of the self-centered world of today where unwanted babies are thought to not 'fit in' and are disposed of without a qualm. It makes me kind of wonder how their life might have been a turning point in the whole pattern of life.
