The Brown Bag Quilt

This week I cleaned out the closet of the ex-sewing room which is now my husband's man-cave/computer room. I wanted to clear some of the clutter out of there so I first emptied the closet which is packed with my stuff. I found lots of fabric scraps (which gives me a few ideas) and a few of my first quilt projects which I had gotten tired of and stowed away. One of which was this one.


My Brown Bag Quilt ---

Why is it called the Brown Bag Quilt? Well, during my second year of quilting the local quilt shop had a little challenge where they put some fabric in a brown bag and you were supposed to buy it and use it in a quilt project. I made this wall hanging with it and I have always thought it was kinda garish and tacky. The funny thing is that my tastes have changed so much that I got it out this week and took a good second look at it, and now I kinda like it.

I used to like subdued tones and antique looking... sort of ... thimbleberries type stuff I think. Now I love brights and jewel tones and novelty stuff. It isn't too big of a suprise since my paintings were always painted with the brightest boldest colors too. Hmm.. maybe I will post a photo of one of my paintings too. Here is my best and favorite-

Which reminds me. I used to excell at drawing and I haven't done much of it in years. I once did a very large very detailed drawing of a train for my husband when we were dating which he really loved. Today is our 8th Anniversary and I am making a new resolution (on top of my many) to get back into drawing again which he has requested many times. It isn't that I have a whole lot of extra time to do more stuff, but I do think it would be sad to let my skills dwindle away completely. It used to be the one and only thing I could do and it was the spark of talent that took me to college and onward in the first place.

I am off to go ride 4 miles on my bike per my resolution that I haven't had time for yet this year and it is a warm day today and hubby is watching the kids, so I better get while the getting is good! Later people!!!