Redux

Have you ever made a quilt top that you liked and then absolutely hated it after you finished quilting it? Well, I just had that happen with a quilt that I designed. I'm not quite sure what went wrong. It could have been the quilting designs I chose--or the thread--or I just didn't hold my mouth right. But I was pretty well disgusted with myself. After a few days of thinking about it . . .Do I put it in the Silent Auction? Do I give it to someone I don't really care about? What? . . .I came up with the idea to go back over the blanket stitching with black thread. A loud sigh of relief went up as the applique colors I had THOUGHT were bright lost the dull look that had bothered me so much. It's not a show quality quilt by any means but now at least I can give it to someone who I think would appreciate it. Its name is Redux and most people who know me will not be surprised that I went to the effort to "redo" a finished quilt (As a matter of fact, I have my eye on another finished quilt that could use a little redux).
I've also been working on another original design basket wallhanging. I haven't started the blanket stitching yet but I'm a little more optimistic about this one. Time will tell, I'm sure.
And finally, as we were heading towards Charleston this past Saturday, we had a lot of stormy-looking skies, but very little rain. However, what we DID have was a double rainbow. I only got a picture of the single rainbow but that was pretty wonderful, also. For me, rainbows are just pure magic. I know that there's plenty of scientific explanations for them but I don't care--they're magic as far as I'm concerned. And a good reminder that even in the midst of a storm in our lives, there can be a blessing if only we will look for it.