Thoughtful Thinking Thursday #51 ~ Aunt's Memory Quilt

I thought I was going to get started on a new memory quilt last week.

Instead, the pieces spent time on my cutting table as I still pondered the design 

these pieces would become.

I laid them out in all different arrangements and contemplated.

I spread them out and soaked in the colors.

I unfolded and dreamed of the amount of fabric.

Should pieces become a part of a quilt block,

or appliqued to retain it's own shape for memory purposes?

How do I integrate my surprise piece I'm adding?

This much I've determined:

This bird will stay intact and become the center of the quilt.

I think.

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Do you have any thoughts?

Think about it.

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Thanks to:

Photoscape for downsizing, watermarking photos & editing.

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