Sign, Sign, Every. . . . Design Wall Monday

I'm not really a political kinda of chick.  Not that I don't have my strong beliefs on what is right and wrong in this country. . . . I just don't feel the need to post on Facebook about them or write long blog posts commenting on them.  Still while researching  different redwork themes, I was really struck by the number of signs in this country.  I mean they are everywhere and they say nearly everything and I could just read and read and read them.  Therefore, the leap from using signs as a theme for my quilt to piggybacking a social commentary on top of that wasn't too hard.

Now that said, how was I going to do that??  My friend Julia reminded me that I could easily make my own redwork patterns using tracing paper  and then using some of the ole skol carbon paper we used to use for quilt patterns.  Of course, now I had gone from this quickie traditional pattern project that I was going to do on the side, to a full blown art project where I was doing all the designing again.  Sighhhhhh . . . . the life of an Art Quilter.

Once I resigned myself that I was going to design it, the ideas came fast and furious.  I used pinterest to help me put together inspiration and did a ton of research.  I really don't think that Jane Public realizes how much research is behind a good art piece.  I'm still researching!

Of course, I do have a good start on the project's patterns.  Not to mention,  I was going to show  them today but then I thought I would just post them one by one as I do them.  I mean why spoil the surprise????  So here is my first pattern.  I plan on doing them on a nice solid with a muted thread - not red - but maybe a good charcoal color or just plain black.  We'll see how busy I am at work and how much I get done this week on it!

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