"Bold" Quilting

[lydamorehouse]

 
Image: Checker-board red and black quilt with strange, fun buttons at the corner points.

My favorite thing about this quilt is that, on Facebook, when I posted this I got an extremely Minnesotan response, which was, "Well, that's certainly bold." Which, if you're not Midwestern might be confusing as, on the surface, that's just innocuous and a little wishy-washy with the "Well" in front, like that, but to translate, if this person were a Minnesotan, they would be saying, "Wow. Actually, that's hideous." It's understood in Minnesota that bold should never be the goal. As is said in a country with a kinship in heart, "The nail that sticks up will be hammered down."

That I elicited this response doesn't actually bother me. I've been hearing from my wife that she straight-forwardly (rather than passive-aggressively) dislikes it and thinks it's too much. Good news, everyone! I'm making this quilt for me and no one else!  And I'm almost done with it. I have one more corner of buttons to quilt and then I will hand sew the edges. I'll probably have it done by the weekend. 

I've been trying to decide if I should put in a final push for the second ugly Christmas quilt that I started so that I can give it away on our local "Buy Nothing" holiday giveaway or if I should move on to the silly sheep one that I want to make to donate. Perhaps when I feel more organized, I'll take some pictures of these projects and let you all vote. 

In other news, the kitchen painting project continues. I have started on the cabinets finally, and that's the last leg of the journey. It's also a LOT, so it's going slowly. We are more than on schedule to have it done by Thanksgiving. I'd wanted it done by my birthday, but that's Friday already and I'm not willing to push myself too hard every day. Plus, we've been doing this in a way that the kitchen remains useful, so it's like, do one drawer, let it dry, put everything back in, move on... not the fastest? But since it's just Shawn and I, it is working fine.