I've been having very vivid dreams over the last several weeks. I think partly because finally, after four or five years of shoulder pain and then surgery recovery, I'm finally able to sleep through the night, pain free!
Whatever the reason, these dreams are ones that I remember when I wake up in the morning ... even days later. Which is unusual for me! I've dreamed up a lot of stitchery/quilty projects, too. One of which I felt compelled to act upon!
Last Thursday, I dreamed I created a quilt designed to hold an applique center or panel. It was red, green and gold, and the center was a huge 'snow buddies' kind of scene. Like applique or embroidery, maybe. So when I got up Friday morning, I hopped over to the laptop, pulled up my EQ, and got busy . . .
With the exception of the (blank) center, that's pretty much exactly what I dreamed.
So it's pretty simple and basic and I recognized that it was definitely a piece designed to showcase the center. So I got online to find something to either recreate with applique, or a panel.
I found this, which was really cute, and so I changed the outside colors to kind of match it.
But when I tried to search for the panel to purchase, it wasn't to be found. Bummer.
So then I decided to google search for an appropriate blue panel. And found this Hoffman digital panel:
And it was perfect.
And it should arrive any day now. I paired it with batiks from the Icicle collection by Kathy Engle for Island Batiks.
It pays to follow your dreams!
:)
