“Thanks for making this easy for us.” Traditional, avant-garde, geometric, abstract. There were too many choices so I told the young couple just to name their colors. “Blues and ocean greens” was the response. I went to how the Caribbean Sea is different from the Atlantic, decided on the coast of Florida, considered breaking waves and that sense of movement and depth.
The inner border is stitched with the words from Song of Solomon: “I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend.”
The pattern is a bargello designed by Judith Steele at Quilting Jays.
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