Newest Quilt

[lydamorehouse]

Image: newest quilt, dinosaurs and gold & blue squares.

As I wait for some specialty fabric to arrive for the Star Trek gaming/pride quilt I'm making for sabotabby, I started this weird little baby quilt. I'm not sure about it. Is it too busy? Is the yellow right? Will I probably just finish it because I got this far and damn if those squares of squares weren't a pain in the butt to make?

Regardless, tell me what you think. I mean, if it is a baby quilt, I suppose it's fine to be this chaotic.

And I don't hate it. 

Sometimes, I even like it. 

Thoughts?

At any rate, yesterday was kind of a busy day for me. I ran around doing errands--one of which was buying printer ink. Shawn likes to do her reviewing of my manuscript on paper, so I printed out all of Lesbians in SPAAACE (aka Welcome to Boy.net) for her yesterday. Shawn is my Gamma reader (or whatever comes after Beta).  There will be other readers, most notably my editor, but Shawn will be one of the first to correct for spelling and to alert me to any last minute character/plot/continuity errors. 

So, now that the the book is sort of mostly off my plate (at least for the moment), I've been casting around for things to do. Of course, one of my first priorities is to plot out the next Alex Conner book, which is the next thing due at Wizard's Tower Press. But, in addition to that, I've also been goofing around with making the Thirsty Sword Lesbians mini-campaign I ran into something I could offer up as a kind of module on Drive Thru RPG or itch.io or wherever. That's been entertaining, if only because I could create characters and such all day.

It snowed here in Minnesota. I should probably plan something warm and Sustaining (as Pooh might say) for dinner tonight. 

How's by you?
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Addendum. I don't know why I keep having faith in the Internet community. I posted this same picture to Facebook and the MAJORITY of the people there said that they thought it was cute, etc., like you all did here. And, like, it's not that I feel particularly confident about this one, so that was nice to hear. But, the four people out of however many others, who felt the need to tell me how terrible it was... I just... WHY? Two of the four "advice" comments suggested different color arrangements, which is fine, though not helpful advice, really, because this is just my silly hobby. But, the other two who felt the need to point out how sloppily its put together really hurt my feelings. Like, was that necessary? Why would you do that?

I mean I think it comes from a genuine place? Where people who have expertise want to share their knowledge because sewing is something they also love, but I dunno, man, can't you just say, "Hey, nice effort! Glad you're in my fandom!"

The intrnet makes me feel twelve years old sometimes. 

Comments

[profiterole_reads]

It's super cute. <3

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks. I got the dinosaur fabric from a friend, who got it for free via Amazon Vine.

[lcohen]

the quilt is adorable!

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks!

[sabotabby]

I don't know about baby taste but as a small child I would have loved it because it has nice and not-very-gendered colours + dinosaurs.

Also I'm excited.

[lydamorehouse]

Just wait. I am also really excited because I'm going to try something super complex for yours. (I had to consult my mother!)

Yeah, blue is sort of associated with boys, but that's partly why I added the gold and wanted the squares to be small.

[pameladean]

I love the quilt. I think it has sufficient structure, it looks very quilty to me. Anyway, how geometric and organized were dinosaurs really?

P.

[lydamorehouse]

*smile* Truth!

[rachelmanija]

I think it's delightful and very suitable.

aw, cute qult

[bibliofile]

I like that the dino squares each have at least one complete dino in them (and facing in different directions). Squares with only partial creatures are not as satisfying, to me.

Re: aw, cute qult

[lydamorehouse]

I think about this a lot. I have taken great pains with some quilts to make sure that certain squares not only fully contain a design, but also all of them are right side up, if you will. Many fabrics are built to be read in either direction (or rather in all four, if you will,) but some are not. It's enough to drive a baby buggy. :-)

[replyhazy]

I'm very sorry that People (generalized people) on the internet were stupidly nasty. I hate those people, even if they "meant well" -- and they are everywhere.

[the_siobhan]

I'm sorry some people just want to be shitty.

I have an ex who is the most critical person I have ever met. He once wanted to read something I wrote and I refused to show it to him because I knew he would tear it to pieces. He just could not get it. "But you won't get better if you can't accept criticism!"

Don't want, didn't ask.