Elinor Benjamin
"A tribute to Carol McGirr"

I love long-leggity beasties and things that go bump in the night. And, I love Norse literature and mythology.

Here is a Norse beastie. He is appliqued on a metallic fabric background and embroidered with chain and outline stitch. The background is textured with French knots. I love making French knots. I was once give a beautiful embroidery by the Obasan of a young Japanese woman who lived with us for a year, and was so impressed to see all the French knots, I squealed, "French knots!". Smiling and nodding, Obasan, who spoke no English, enthused back "Flenchu notsu", just one of the many foreign words that have been absorbed by the ever absorbing Japanese.

Because this quilt is made to raise funds for SC-CC's StorySave project, I made this square in recognition of the release of last year's StorySave CD "The Laxdala Saga and other tales" by Carol McGirr. I listen to the CD regularly. Thank you, Carol.