Day 325: Some of you may have wondered how I incorporate word-play into my quilts. This is an example, and it shows up in almost every quilt I've made over the last decade in some form or another. It was almost accidental the first time I put together a block with this theme. My stash of cotton prints usually includes quite a few pussycats and a small selection of owls, and as I was selecting fabrics for the block, I paired one of each with a chuckle and said, "Ha! An owl and a pussycat! I wonder if I have any pea-green?" Then the challenge was finding something nautical to represent the boat and, if memory serves, that first block had to do without, but the idea was there. I still don't have any boats, but thanks to a friend in New Zealand, I had a tiny crab to represent the sea in this three-inch 9-patch. Of course, you need to be familiar with Edward Lear's nonsense poem to get the joke, but that's part of the magic of the Quilt Game. Different blocks will signify different things to other people.
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