“You can’t always get what you want.  But if you try, sometimes, you get what you need.” Mick Jagger

It’s scary to be asked to pull a piece of fabric out of a bag – sight unseen – and use at least half of it in a quilt (and no fair putting it on the back!)  But I put my hand in the bag and prayed I would like it.  My prayer was not answered!  The fabric was little flower designs in mauve and white – yuk!  I tried to trade with others, but no one else wanted it either!  I was stuck with it.  Other than using it, there weren’t any rules.  So, I got out my fabric paint and turned that ugly mauve into all kinds of fun colors. 

Once I had fabric that I liked, I cut it into squares and sewed them together for the background.  Then I cut out white flowers and leaves (still no mauve) and fused them onto the background.  I sewed little pieces of the same painted fabric into the middle of the white flowers and leaves.  It turned out bright and cheerful.  I just don’t think it would have been as much fun in mauve.

I guess Mick was right.  If you try, sometimes, you get what you need.

Joy