Haiku Block #2
It’s a new year and a new project… I’m creating a block each day using Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks but I’ve kicked it up a notch by also writing a Haiku to go along with each block. The blocks themselves are only 6″ square when finished so they tend to work up quickly and I’m doing them first thing in the morning in order to get those creative juices flowing. The Haiku poetry is engaging and sets the theme for the fabric choices but I’ve been considering this project for quite a while and have set a limited palette for the final quilt. I’ve already decided on the setting, purchased the fabric for sashing and backing from one of my favourite online shops, Mad about Patchwork, and have committed to the strict pace as an exercise in discipline. This will be a great focus to get me through the wind-blown prairie winter. My goal is to create blocks with an ethereal, poetic mood, calm and zen-like in colour story, and I hope they will read like the pages of a journal once the project is complete.
Haiku #2
Peer out your window
for a fresh new perspective,
to renew your soul.