Confection

Every once in a while in my quiltmaking, I run across an opinionated quilt.  For example, a good number of year ago, I discovered the bold beauty of Amish quilts and decided to make Amish Baskets.

Amish quilts not only have striking colors, they have a lot of quilting, creating wonderful textures and patterns to balance out the solid fabrics.  When I was making this quilt, I was doing all of my quilting by hand.  In each of the squares between the baskets I did a traditional feathered wreath.

In the process of doing all these wreaths, I determined that the outer border was not going to be feathers.  As I began to work on designs, that is when the quilt spoke up.  The conversation went something like this:

Me:  Hmmm, what kind of design shall I do for this outer border?
Quilt:  Feathers
Me:  No, no!  No more feathers!  How about this one?
Quilt:  Feathers
Me:  What about no do you not understand?  How about this one?
Quilt:  Feathers
Me:  Please don't be stubborn.  I am tired of doing feathers.  This one?
Quilt:  Feathers
Me:  You really aren't going to let me do anything else, are you?
Quilt:  Nope.  It's feathers or nothing.
Me:  Sigh.  Okay, feathers it is.

The little found quilt didn't like the name I gave it.


Quilt:  Um, excuse me, could we please change my name?
Me:  What?  You don't like Baby's Breath?
Quilt:  It sounds kind of weird to me?
Me:  What do you mean?  It is a flower.
Quilt:  I know, but every time you say it, I just see a baby breathing.
Me:  Well, okay.  Hmmm, how about Sweetness?  Every time I look at you I think, "What a sweet little quilt!"
Quilt:  Awww, thank you!  I don't think that is quite it, though.
Me:  Let's see....  How about Confection?  You know...truffles, bonbons, and petit fours.  
Quilt:  I like it!  Thanks.
Me:  Your welcome.  


And here she is: