Antique Sewing machines

I loved the antique colours in this quilt and stitching each antique sewing machine at night kept me calm from an exhausting day job. Today we would call it slow stitching or being in the moment but when I made this quilt it was just a relaxing way to spend each evening. I often marvel at how my instinctual draw to working on a quilt in the evening helped to balance my day work. In my book, “Life is a Journey” I call it one leg of a three legged stool: writing, quilting (art) and gardening.

I have seen other renditions of this quilt in a standard square block layout. I think the diagonal layout in the single Irish chain is very pleasing and I prefer it to the standard one. I don’t know that i would be so keen to join all those little squares today but the colours are still very appealing to me.