Dear Liza,
I have been working on my French map quilt steadily for a few weeks now, and I’m pretty happy with it so far.
The rivers are embroidered, the city dots are ironed and sewn into place, the mountains and highlands edged, and the coastlines nice and swooshy.
Of course, it isn’t done yet. There is all that land between the main features that looks like it wants some detail.
Rolling hills and grape vines, rocky crags and swampy spots, fields of wheat and rows of lavender, all need to add texture and interest.
So I will get started on the next step. I have chosen my color palette, looked at the symbols used in paper maps. I have come to terms with the fact that this will not, and cannot be, an accurate depiction. It will be, like all maps, an interpretation.
And I’m okay with that.
Lovr,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 