A note and question on the Flower Pounding-

Here is the website for the Flower Pounding book:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1571201165/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Read through the book description and reviews and see what you think. I think it sounds fascinating, but I have some questions. There may be a significant concern about the cleaning and care of the finished product with this method. It sounds fun and gorgeous, but will the recipient be able to easily use and take care of the quilt? Or will the pigments be too fragile? Will they be able to curl up with it in front of the TV with a mug of hot cocoa, or will they be afraid of getting dust or sunlight on it?

So I guess the question we need to ponder about the quilt we're going to make is, how do you imagine or desire that this quilt be used in daily life? What kind of "life" do you want it to have? When you imagine the person using this quilt and you get warm fuzzies, what are they doing with it? Wall hanging? (Cleaning once a year, can be fairly fragile) Cuddling in it on the couch? (Cleaning once a month plus spot treatments from food and drink, must be durable) Bedspread? (Cleaning every 6 months or so, fairly durable)

Flower pounding may work for what we want for our quilt's "life" to be like- I don't know enough about it yet. But let me know (e-mail or here), even more importantly, how you would like our finished quilt to be able to be used in daily life by our recipient, and that will help us decide what method to use.