Wall Hangings

Home "sick" today with a migraine.  I'm vertical at the moment, though this morning I couldn't stand, and could barely see...so, no driving to work, obviously.  Been asleep most of the day, letting the pain pills do their stuff.  But I'm up for lunch for a bit.  Figured while I was conscious I'd share some pics.

This is the  Kali/Shiva tapestry that Kress bought for us at the renaissance festival last weekend, hemmed and mounted in the bedroom where the sari quilt used to be:

 
The quilt + bookshelf combination was just a bit too much for this wall, but the Kali tapestry is *awesome* here.

A couple of weeks ago I moved the sari quilt out to the living room, where it lives happily ever after:

Three drums, a basket of blankets, a ficus tree, and a violin walk into a bar...

Going back to bed now.  Bye.


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A Round Tuit (Bedroom)

First of all, I apologize for being *horrible* at making follow-up posts!  HOW many times have I posted about ideas and things I was going to get around to and then...nothing?

Well, here's one!   Remember this sari-quilt that my friend gave to me a while back?

With the help of some old wooden brackets and some sections of wooden flagpole salvaged for me by another friend from her workplace (thank you!), I hung the quilt on the wall of my bedroom last night:

I'ts just too beautiful NOT to look at every day, but I wouldn't dare put it on my bed where it would be ruined by my cats.  It's almost folded in half - I really wanted both the rectangular center and the overlapping chevron-y/parquet-floor-like pattern of the sari borders to show (and if there are any quilters reading this who know what that's actually called, please comment and let me know so that I can sound like less of a doofus in the future). 

It needs something underneath besides bare wall, though.  There's a long, low bookshelf in the living room that I'm thinking about bringing in.  More on that later. 

<3


(Also, following up on the follow-up thing...hee..I shall endeavor to get you some updated dining room pics over the weekend!) 


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