It’s been quite a week around here. We have a very sick kitty that is keeping us on our toes and really taking it out of me emotionally. I’m not sure how much longer he’s going to be with us, but we’re trying to enjoy every day we have with him. Good news is, the vet says he’s not suffering, so we can enjoy his presence [mostly] guilt free.
In the meantime, I’m still keeping up with the whole QDAD thing. I’m finding it to be a nice outlet when I’m overwhelmed emotionally.
I think this is my favorite repeating plaid design I have come up with so far. And of course it was one of the first. I think I spent most of the week trying to recapture what I got here mostly by accident.
Taking a quick break from plaid. This is actually the sound wave of a cat purring, on exhale. I believe I made this design while spending some cuddling time with a purring kitty. I can be very goal-driven to the point of absurdity, and my cat is very good at getting my attention and forcing me to be in the “now”.
Okay, enough of the sentimental stuff, let’s get back to plaid. This one actually kind of hurts my eyes and it does that optical illusion thing where the colors change where they meet when you see it out of the corner of your eye. I call this “Halloween Plaid.” It could go with my Easter Plaid Parfait if I wanted to get into a plaid series.
This is what I mean about trying to recapture what I had in the first design. I like this well enough, but it’s kind of bland.
I’ve got nothing. Maybe with less purple this would be better? Someone said it looked like peeling wall paper. Haha!
After the previous day I returned to simple and chunky. This would be a fun block, actually. A bit static, but workable.
I liked the block enough to take another stab at it on point. This is too symmetrical to be all that interesting, though. Fortunately, after this one, I moved on to other things! So no more plaid for a while, I promise.
And that’s another week wrapped up! I hope you all have a creative weekend!
12 thoughts on “Quilt Design A Day”
Phew! No more plaid sounds promising, lol. Sorry to hear about your cat.
lol I knew you in particular would be happy to hear that the week of plaid was coming to an end. 🙂
Thanks for the thoughts about the kitty. He’s having a good day today, which has been nice!
I actually love the 9-29 plaid and would just tweak the color palette. I think it has interesting movement.
Thank you! You’re right, the colors aren’t really doing the design any favors. 🙂 Maybe I’ll try it with a different set of colors and see if I can appreciate the design more.
oh hon… so sorry 🙁 Big hugs to you!!
Thanks, sweetie! He has good days and bad days, but his condition is terminal. We just don’t know if we have 2 days or 2 weeks, y’know? Just enjoying the time we have with him and trying not to worry too much about what’s to come. (And kinda failing, but let’s not dwell on that!)
Hugs – here’s hoping for another good day. Trying to recapture a design that works sounds exhausting (and, yes that one 9.26 really really does!) I like the concept of simple and chunky, peeling wall paper could be an awesome inspiration but my second favorite of the bunch is 9.29.
Thanks, he’s doing better now that we’ve upped his meds. We know it’s not a cure, but at least he’s more comfortable.
It IS exhausting trying to re-capture a design, and yet I find myself doing it all the time. I think I don’t realize I’m doing it when it happens until I start looking at the week and go “oh. pfft. No wonder I was never happy.”
I’m very sorry to know of your concerns for your pet. That’s so sad. I too would be digging into a distraction, if I were you, so it’s good to see all these designs. My favorite is the green kitty purr. Wonder if a dog’s noise would look the same. Our dog has this contented sound – when I’m snuggling him – that sounds like a high-pitched “h-h-i-m-m.” Could also be an interesting quilt, huh?
Thanks for the kind thoughts. <3 We upped the kitty's meds and he's more comfortable which has been a lot easier emotionally. He has a brain tumor that is inoperable, so we don't know if we have 2 days or 2 weeks, so it really is "enjoy the time you have." Amazing how they manage to become such an important part of our lives. 🙂
Our dog totally does that too! Not quite the same noise, she does more "happy grunting" but it totally sounds like she's trying to purr. If you get a recording there are programs to show you the soundwave. 🙂
I’m so sorry about your cat. I really like 9-27 and 10-1 (the one one the right with the double #) though I’d add a bit more space around the outside. Could you share more on how you did the sound wave?
Thanks Vicki. 🙂 He’s still hangin’ in there! Stubborn little guy. ^_^
Oh…adding space around the outside might make me like that design better. Thank you so much for the suggestion!
For the sound wave, I cheated and just did a google image search for sound wave of cat purring. However, on the mac I have GarageBand which lets me record things and see the sound wave, so I could have done it that way if I’d wanted to spend more than my 15 minutes. 🙂