galadrielthompson found this amazing quilt at an estate sale, which is pretty amazing. I don’t know if I’m crushed that it wasn’t passed down as an heirloom, or thrilled that it somehow managed to find its way out into the wild where it could be adopted into a loving home.
At any rate, looking at this and beholding its infinite fabulosity, I’m reminded of all of the smaller projects I’m working on, and I wonder how many of them would add up to something as gorgeous and complicated as this.
The fact is, it’s tempting to believe that, in the old days, quilters had more time than we did, but I’m not sure that’s true. This quilt started out as nothing more than an idea, and somebody, whoever it was, somehow found the time to finish it.
Did she give up on it once or twice, or a dozen times? Maybe so, but then, obviously, she picked it up again. Did she doubt her design choices? I sure hope not! What’s clear is that she wasn’t afraid to commit to the project, because made it got.
This quilt is a lot of things, but, above all, it is a reminder that even the biggest projects can be finished. And we can put a lot of hours into less complicated, more “finishable” efforts, but, if what we really want in the end is a quilt like this, we need to start it, and keep going.
Or we need to get really, REALLY lucky at estate sales!