No Planning -- just Chaos

 No concept, just adding scraps. Maybe some day I will start planning.

I've come to using quilts as my favorite bed cover in hot summer nights and my favourite extra cover in cold winter nights.

 

The quilt I created before this one contains a lot of quilting which makes it very stiff. It can be shaped into a tunnel without collapsing. I started another, using the korak technique, using my husband's discarded shirt as a grid to do the piecing on. Still, everything looks skewed; seems to be a genetic disorder of mine. I will not quilt this one more than necessary, just so much that I can attach the reverse, to get a lighter and more flexible piece this time. But I may as well end up with a crib quilt for my 1-year-old grandnephew.

 

Art in Hannover: A Visit to Sprengel Museum

Although built in the late 1970s, the architecture is exiting

A wonderful space for sculptures...

... and paintings from the Classical Modern period: Kandinsky ...

Jawlensky...

Max Beckmann

Emil Nolde -- the colors are very true to the original painting

... a very charming, small Picasso ...

... an enchanting Paul Klee ...

... a miracle by Max Ernst ...

... and a sensational reproduction of the ...

... famous MERZ-Bau by Kurt Schwitters
who was a citizen of Hannover ...

... Horst Antes, a post-war painter ...

... a big sculpture outdoors ...

... and another ...

... people...

... and a two hours ride home.

News from Afghanistan

"Tshokletdusi" -- "chocolate" embroidery
depicts sweets in general as a subject

Stitching projects from a hurt country

I told you before about the embroidery project by Pascale Goldenberg
(Pictures with kind permission P.Goldenberg)

"Keshide", traditional embroidery

Quilt by Francoise Rouppert

I recommend to view this awesome website with a remarkable attitude towards the stitching women and their personal story. The ladies who support the project by buying the work of the Afghani women and integrate these pieces into their quilts show respect and charity at the same time, enhancing the work of the women in Kabul and other places and letting them shine.

You may have noticed that there haven't been postings on my blog for a long time. The reason was that my other project -- much like the latest one I posted -- occupied me completely and would not allow me to concentrate on other things. Apart from that, I had to undergo an operation of my right leg after a minor accident because the hematoma would not disappear. This operation was done on April 12th and is history by now. I'm not sure what craft project will be next, because my right eye doesn't respond well on work being done closely to my eyes, be it embroidery, quilting, or painting watercolor pictures -- computer work doesn't affect it, surprisingly. Well, when aging, you have to adapt to your limitations.