The Dancing Pear, Making Quilt “Squares”

What a joy to work with these animated fruits.  I can’t help smiling when I look at them.

I started the day by cutting up a tablecloth.

This time the tablecloth belonged to me.

My mother gave it to me the first time I got married over 30 years ago.  Her uncle, who was in the Merchant Marines, bought it back from one of his trips probably in the 40s.  He was old when I knew him, a small, quiet, kind man who lived alone.

He always reminded me of Jiminy Cricket.

I pulled the linen tablecloth off my shelf yesterday because the bright colors worked so well with the colors in the embroideries.  I cut the colors in strips knowing I’d use them to make very thin lines around each embroidery.

I used the design in the flower sack both intentionally and randomly around each piece.  For the Orange leaning on the juicer, I found a hankie with an unusual embroidered flower that went perfectly with it.

I cut the purple and gold flowers off an embroidery I used on my last quilt, Memory of Belonging.  It turns out they are just right for the Crying Onion and Smiling Eggplant.

This one is a bit odd, with it’s grumpy grapes and pink fruit.  But it makes me smile as much as the others.

Tomorrow I’ll start working on the dancing pots.