Defiance

...some things defy comment...

like fields of irises dancing in the winds

in the bright clear sunlight

beauty so great it brings tears to your eyes

they need no interpretation

no quilt

no painting

no acknowledgement

they just

ARE.

BeginAgain

2010

natalie.

bee beautiful inspiration

Inspired

by bee beautiful

I think you might have remembered me saying that if you want to further your quilting skills or your techniques or your points or your embellishments or your, well, you know...

join a quilt guild

but there are times that doing so is impossible

you don't live near a city

or you just don't have one or two or three evenings a week

to participate in person

when julie asked me to join this bee

I was unsure how I might get to know 11 other women across the nation

not only have I come to know them,

but I am inspired by them every day

I read their blogs, I receive their fabrics and ideas

and they inspire me

so when I went shopping for

b e y o n d   t h e   r e e f

fabrics

and Julie said, what are you gonna make?

well, I remembered that charity star quilt block we made

it's liberated stars from Gwen Marston's book

take a chance

try something that you're not so sure of

I can only tell you that in this case

it has been - and will continue to be

a bee beautiful

inspired

year

BeginAgain

2010

natalie.

fabric and book available through beyond the reef

Spring.

There is something to be said for Spring.

It is that 'out of nothing, out of the hard barren land, from weathered woods

comes sheer beauty'.

As quilters, I think we do the same.

Out of nothing.

Comes creativity. Inspiration.  Friendship.  Giving.

Love.

Do your part to 'spread the spring'.

BeginAgain

2010

natalie.