Give a Snowball a Chance
Linda Syverson Guild
This has been a fun challenge and definitely made me think on the fly. When I saw that this month’s block was the Snowball and I had orange to use this month, my thoughts shot to autumn and the cast of characters who inhabit this time of the year. It began with the Jack-o-lantern because the day before the challenge was announced was Halloween, then came the requisite turkey and the snowman (it is a snowball challenge). But then I began cast a wider field of vision and I thought about snow globes and all of the activity that could be captured within and then the owl began hooting in the woods and the wise one completed this collection of orange snowballs. All of which are set against an orange sunset.
When this project began I was delighted to find the opportunity to create a collection of mono-colored quilts. Which is something I had always wanted to try. Six of the seven colors are used (yes I missed the flying geese in September—but hope for my own satisfaction, to finish it in December). This has been a challenge that has forced me think about the personality of a color, how it is perceived, and what story each one tells.
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