Lately, life seems to be a routine of crazy mixed with the melancholy. The usual muddled together with a dash of chaos. I sometimes get bogged down in the habitual pace of everyday living.
How to break through and discover the hidden ecstasy on the other side? What is the hidden happiness? Where to go to find it? Who is in control of that elusive pleasure? I am not talking anything grand or verbose, just a simple feeling of satisfaction.
Hum… As I pondered on this theme, I remembered my trip to the quilt shop. Not that that is such an epic or momentous occasion, however this was a specific venture, trying to piece together a project for the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation. Thirty year of helping kids and trying to pull together a community to focus on the good in life needs a really spectacular quilt! I didn’t want the boring hum-drum five across and six down with cute sashing in between. This needs to be special!!!
I started with alligator fabric… that seemed logical, since the mascot (with which I am intimately involved – more on that later!) is a big green alligator named GEO! However, it just wasn’t what I had imagined… too dull and trendy for this particular venture. What to do… What to do… I walked aimlessly around the store and was on the verge of leaving when it hit me… I was looking at just the message that I didn’t want to portray.
Alligators for an alligator themed quilt… really… does that scream liberating? Sometimes I totally amaze myself – and not in a good way. The answer to my ever imposing questions seemed to lay in the inevitable manner I was attacking everyday tasks!
So I did the only thing that made sense… sauntered over to the pattern books and started perusing. “It only took a minute for my finger to find” (thanks Mary Chapin-Carpenter) something with a bit more adventure and a ton of daring. this is just what the doctor ordered... or at least the counselor!!!
It will be a masterpiece when completed!!! And not only will it serve to remind folks of the past 30 years of logos, but will add a touch of whimsy and color… oh so much color!!! I am even excited to begin working on this most fun and exciting project!!! It will be an adventure just looking at it and searching through the years amid the chaos that can only be known as the “AWESOME 3000!”
Pictures will be posted soon!!! As I chronicle my life immersed in the quilt!!!
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