Regret
REGRET This quilt (72 x 60") is now finished . You can retrieve the history of its making from this post . I am satisfied that the basic graphic design of the quilt captures what I had in mind--the nature of the feeling of regret, which, for me, has to do with a missed connection between two people. A detail of the quilting from the front (double-click to enlarge; color more accurate above); both thread and fabric were hand-dyed. And a detail from the back. By comparing the two detail photos, you can see how the short parallel stitches on one side turn into a dash-dot pattern on the other side: I am not entirely satisfied with how the quilting turned out. Looking up close is fine, and from a far distance is fine. But standing a normal viewing distance away, I'm bothered by the puckering that happened, especially in the bottom half of the quilt, a result of the the batting material (flannel) and binding method (pillowcase binding, sewn before the quilting) that I ...