Individual Member West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States
This quilt was designed using my improv paper piecing method. My starting point was a traditional quarter circle block. I decided to call it Semblance. I was thinking of the expressions “semblance of order” and “semblance of normalcy." When you look at this quilt quickly, you see order. Your eye is drawn to the repeated circular shapes. But if you pause for a moment, right beneath the surface, there is a second design. There are four on point squares formed by blocks that are sewn with fabrics a few shades lighter. I feel like this describes the summer when I sewed this quilt. I was attempting to achieve a sense of normalcy but if you were to scratch the surface you'd know that I was dealing with an awful lot, juggling my children, my work, my gardens during a drought, and most significantly, my Dad in hospice.
