Tiny Quilts & Adaptations w/ Ali Homan

quilting diary from a new moms artistic journey (GUEST COLUMN)

Oct 16

Now that I don't have much time to sew I find that when I do I experience s p a c i o u s n e s s and child-like excitement, more than when I was sewing daily. It's a special occasion now. So the feeling of not knowing what I'm making when I start to make it is extra freeing and sweet. The fabric sings as I marry the scraps to each other. Time seems to slow down as I measure it in stitches. I am grateful.

Even though I'm not sewing much I still feel like I'm clarifying my thoughts and refining my understandings of this world, strengthening the habits that are as important as the things I make. Always reaching for beauty so that there is beauty to bring to the table. Finding meaning in joy.

May 10

Haven't been sewing much because I'm growing this baby... iykyk... But I made this little quilt for a friend who worked very hard to accomplish a huge life goal. I said a little blessing into it and am sending it to her. ✨✨✨

April 3

The beginnings of the quilt I'm making to help me through labor and birth. 😮

I'm making a quilt with guiding principles that I can look to when I'm far away in pain. Something that can comfort me and also be clenched and twisted to absorb the impact of my primal, laboring body.

For more beautiful quilts by Ali Homan: instagram.com/ali_is_sewing/ and alihoman.com/home/quilts