Harriet McCaig and I met during a year long Teacher Training program for meditation in 2006. The hectic pace of her life in NYC, where she lives and works, is a stark contrast to my bucolic and relatively slow paced lifestyle, but we share numerous interests and especially enjoy art world events together. When I visit her, a much appreciated cultural infusion takes place. Nicholas Croft, her boyfriend, brings a deeper level of inquiry to all that we see.
We spent a fun weekend at my house last year, laying out George’s quilt. That lit a spark in Harriet, who came up with a plan for a quilt of her own. True to her exacting high taste, she located a number of gorgeous fabrics and cut all the pieces for the front and back panels, and in a whirlwind weekend we pieced two sides, as Nicholas documented our efforts photographically.
On my recent visit to NYC we went to MoMA, the Met, the Brooklyn Museum and saw a Rick Owens furniture show in a private residence, and still found time to layout the backing, batting and Quilt top layers which we pinned together in preparation for the next step. This holiday weekend I’m SO excited that they’ll be here: in between forays to cool off in the river we’ll Mega quilt the piece in preparation for the final finishing touches. The diagrams Harriet made are as follows:
