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| The Snake in my Snake and Meerkat Quilt |
I've been working on my Snake and Meerkat quilt lately. I used organza and pinned it to the flannel, luckily I could see through the organza to the lines I drew of my snake on the flannel. Then I ran a running stitch by hand stitching on top of the drawn lines. Once that was done I cut the organza back to the edge of the running stitch. Using glitter thread I painstakingly satin stitched overtop of my running stitch. I will hand stitch the fangs on next, but I'm not sure if I should use thread or embroidery floss. What do you think?
As this is a quilt about "What I would look like if I were a quilt". I can say that the snake, oh the snake. When the pain is very bad I can feel the snake in my veins hissing and spitting. Sometimes even driving to me to reach out and snarl at friends and family with words I would never say under other circumstances. Even though the pain is in my leg I can feel the snake in all of my veins, pounding and thrumming against my will. Since starting this quilt May 9, 2010 (I know it's been on the list a long time!) I feel the snake less often. Perhaps I could even say I rarely feel the snake.
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| Snake head in need of Fangs |
But in the past couple of days I have learned that I'm not the only one with a snake. I think we all have one. Maybe it lives deeper inside some of us than others. Coming out sometimes to hiss? Perhaps not a hiss of pain, but a hiss of frustration? Of anger?
2 comments:
I am terrified of snakes as a result of an encounter with one when I was young, but reading your comment today I can understand the concept behind this quilt for the first time. I am glad the snake is less present in your life and I hope he continues to stay away.
I'm glad the snake is not there so often now. I think I would use 2 strands of embroidery cotton as I wonder if thread would get lost in the organza? Also, bearing in mind the relevance of the snake, you perhaps want those fangs to really stand out?
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