Friday, 1 September 2023

Fun with Dr. Seuss

 

The theme for this year’s Utah State Fair Quilt Challenge is “Whoopsy-Daisy.” The fabric all the contestants had to use is called Daisy Fields by Beverly McCullough for Riley Blake – little white daisies and tiny gold dots on a field of denim blue. It’s probably been out of print for over a year; at least I’ve found it devilishly hard to come by. I figured with a theme like, “Whoopsy-Daisy,” this quilt should include a deliberate mistake. So, I designed one. It shouldn’t be too hard to spot. I’d originally planned to stitch together a dozen or so of my favorite books by different authors. But this year, I was asked to play in the orchestra for Seussical the Musical. So, nearly all summer long, I had Horton the Elephant, Green Eggs and Ham, Gertrude McFuzz and the Cat in the Hat playing non-stop in my head. There really was no other way to go.


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