I’m staring down the calendar and doing a little math in my head, and realizing that this year is already getting away from me. It’s time for me to start making some plans before I look up and I’m knee deep in November with nothing ready for Christmas. So I need to finish up some of these projects that are in my way before I can pounce off in a new direction.
Long time readers may remember this craftastrophe affectionately referred to as my “Quilt of Hate.” I’ve been working half heartedly on it for three years now, basically only pulling it out when I felt especially productive, but it’s nearing completion.
The top is finished, the back is finished, I’ve basted it, and at this point I think those accidental swastikas aren’t the first thing you see. Maybe the second or the third, but not the first. I was tempted to rip the whole thing out when I first discovered the problem, but I’m using crepe backed satin so there really isn’t a ripping it out option. Just more like a ripping it up. I decided to follow the advice of the internet and keep plugging along, figuring that once it was all put together you wouldn’t notice it anymore.
What do you think? Do you they still jump out at you?
I’ve pretty much resigned myself. I’ve gotten emails from quilt experts who tell me that these are not swastikas, they face the wrong way, and are thus a very common traditional quilt motif. But I’m still hampered by my modern sensibilities. I think it actually looks way worse in photos than in person because of how the satin catches the light.
Once the machine quilting is finished I think it will be even better. I’m using a freehand pattern I got from this site. There’s **so** much good stuff there, but I don’t know how far I actually want to get into this machine quilting part. I’m still deciding.
Whether I ever shake that swastika image or not, it’s getting finished and getting used. The satin is truly stunning, and it probably won’t be the last quilt I make out of it. I think in person the first thing you notice about the quilt is just the sumptuousness of the fabric and the pattern goes into the background. I hope.
I see no swastikas… but I hear your pain and know it… cos you have seen them so that's all that jumps out at you…
I saw no swastikas at all until you said it… and I still have to look to see them. And they don't really look like swastikas anyway… I like it!
I don't see any swastikas either, but I do see a great quilt!
I don't see the swastikas anymore. When I saw it at your house when I visited, the fabric was the first thing I noticed. "How beautiful, was my remark." I love it!q
Can't see swastikas at all, even backward ones. I think it's great!
That quilt is beautiful! And i didn't notice the swastikas until i went back to your post about it and looked hard. Then of course i died… How funny in that juxtaposition of a scary terrible swastika and a soft pretty quilt kind of way. =) glad you kept up with it though, the result is GORGEOUS!
I had to look really, really carefully to see your so-called swastikas…the quilt is gorgeous and you should be so proud of yourself.
I didn't see any swastikas at all until you pointed it out, and even then it took me awhile to find them. So I think you are safe. It's a beautiful quilt!
I didn't notice anything until you mentioned it, and even after, it just looks like a beautiful quilt.FWIW Buddhist temples are marked on Japanese maps by a symbol that looks to our eyes like a backwards swastika. So don't look at these and think "Nazis," look at them and think "temples"!
Hate to jump on the bandwagon here, lol…but honestly, it took me four and a half minutes to find what you were talking about. Even then I wasn't sold on the thought that they're swastikas. They aren't the first thing to jump out about this quilt, even in pictures, so I'm glad you didn't rip it up. It's really beautiful. And if you finish it and decide you can't live with the swastikas, I'll be glad to send you my address and you can let it come live with me, lol!!