Besides Superbowl Sunday and the Olympics, I haven't gotten much done creatively. Every once in awhile I've stepped into the studio for a few minutes and arranged leftover magazine pieces from the Collage Breakthrough Bonus class. But even with my new-found set of rules and eye for value over image, this one has been a bit of a struggle. Primarily, I did not have a good range of values and textures to choose from. And today I had to give up on a piece that I really wanted to include but just wasn't working. Oh yeah, I've done that pretty much all my quilting life, that trying to make something work just because I liked it so much. Old habits die hard! Setting that one piece aside allowed me to move forward, and my main goal became to strike an overall balance of the dark pieces throughout the collage. That big one at the bottom was the first piece I laid down and it felt like it anchored the piece. But as I drew things to a close, I realized I needed to have more dark at the top and in a few other places. Not a masterpiece, but I'm relatively happy with this arrangement, and will also happily dispensed with the few pieces of magazine left, and clear off the table. I feel an itch to go back to a fabric project (as my resolution of "realign" alluded to), either piecing some split nine patch blocks for a wall quilt long on my mind or finally quilting a smaller Stack n Whack quilt top that would look good thrown over the big trunk in my living room.
I've made some progress on my knee-high socks. I'm a few inches away from turning the heel on this first one. When I get to that point, I'll go back to the second sock that I paused after completing the toe and start the ribbing to the heel. But with Olympic competition having my eyes glued to the tv while I watch the sliding and figure skating, it might be awhile before I can make the switch!
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