Just thought I'd share with you tonight's magic. The crib quilt underway is appliquéd horses. There's a black horse (with polka dots, naturally), a brown horse (with fuzzy fat bees), and a white horse (this one is Michael Miller's fairy frost sparkling snow). Of course, the quilt needed a painted pony and I had some white with wobbly black spots, I think it's really cow, and there had to be a floral one from a merry-go-round. I tried for hours to find the 'just right' background. Blue calico was boring. Stripes too much. Dark green lost the black horse and so did purple. Yellow lost the brown one. Lime? not this time. After lots of auditions, I tried a soft red that's sort of tie-dyed. Oh my. Wow. That's magic. It lets every horse show off and still has life of its own. If you don't have a design wall, find a way. We've discussed them recently and there are all sorts of solutions from flannel table cloth tossed over a door to some serious installations. I wish you could see the magic on mine. Polly
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