Undecided

"One Square Inch" (C)  2010
Commercial cotton, hand-pieced, machine quilted

I have a little quilted piece;

I made it twelve by twelve.

Put in an online auction but

Alas, it didn't sell.

I took it to a show and sale

Among my other wares.

Though it received a lot of 'looks'

There were some puzzled stares.

Another show is coming up;

I gather inventory.

This little piece presents itself:

Will someone hear its story?

I have some canvas, nicely stretched,

On which I could attach it,

But still...does it look out of place? 

No other pieces 'match' it.

I like this little quilted piece,

So different from the others.

It makes a statement -- rare for me --

Alone among its brothers.

And so, perhaps, I'll leave it home,

Just put the rest on show.
They say, "Consistency's the key
"To selling art, you know."

I have a little quilted piece;

I pieced it all by hand, 

Remembering one quiet place

In a large and noisy land.

To learn more about One Square Inch -- the quietest place in the United States -- click HERE.

The SAQA Benefit Auction Continues...

'One Square Inch' - Margaret Blank

Guess whose piece is up for bid this week?  That's right!  :-)   Bien sur, c'est le mien!

Gordon Hempton

It was inspired by the work of this man and his colleagues........and you can read more about that work here.











Other great art pieces available this week include these:

'Undergrowth' - Karen Rips

'Leaf Litter 3' - Sandy Gregg

'Wetlands' - Helen Holtorf Burke

Workin' on the Work

I decided I wanted to make a 12" piece for the SAQA Auction. At about the same time, I heard a podcast on To the Best of Our Knowledge, entitled "Sacred Nature". I was particularly intrigued by Segment 2, an interview with Gordon Hempton about his book, One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Silence in a Noisy World. Almost immediately, a picture formulated in my mind: a piece 12" x 12" composed of 1" squares -- all but one of them in randomly-pieced black and white fabrics. Then, one square inch of peaceful blue. I finished it late last week, and am about to mail it off for the auction. You can see a photo of it on page 3b of the SAQA 2010 Auction site. And yes, it's entitled, "One Square Inch".

I've also been moving ahead with "God, of Your Goodness" -- the first in a series of spiritually-inspired pieces. As seems to be my habit, much of it is hand stitched, like the applique in blanket stitch for these hearts...

The idea is that the hearts are cascading down the front of the robes of a celestial being (God), and that they represent "Himself", because the piece is based on the opening line of a prayer of Julian of Norwich: "God, of your goodness, give me Yourself...".

Stay tuned; there will be more photos as the piece progresses. I have a strong sense it will be hand-quilted, too.