27 September 2007

Call the Quilt Police!

I've broken another rule!

I wrote to Don Henley (of The Eagles) requesting permission to use the title of a song that he wrote. It is for that challenge quilt. I kinda, sorta want to enter it into some quilt shows. I'm not going to wait any longer than Oct 1. In my head, I have already redesigned what I need to change so I have no copyright infringement. But really, that title and line from the song are the inspiration for the whole quilt. I guess I can put that the inspiration came from his song in the artist's statement.

So, to be able to finish the quilt I had to break another rule. I found a little quilt shop in Delaware that still had yardage of the polka dot fabric. It's an April Cornell line: Sonnet. Can you see the polka dot fabric in the center of the tin? I ordered another yard of the stuff and it came yesterday.

Here's what I plan to do. I am going to remove the 6" border that the letters are on on 3 sides of the quilt. This will also necessitate unstitching part of a hand on the central figure. Re-design by the seat of your pants. Not the first time, prolly won't be the last time.

3 comments:

  1. You're unfinishing a finished top?! The nerve. Well, hopefully you will keep the quilt police busy enough to stay away from my doorstep.

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  2. Send me their number... I am so calling the quilt police, I hear far too much undoing going on....

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  3. LOL...I'm sure the quilt police are going to be knocking on your door soon. Hopefully you hear from Don Henley. (I hear he's actually a really nice guy)

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