Everybody Has Blue Days

There I was, early afternoon today, printing off the first book lines I had researched when the challenge was issued. I'd been wondering what to do and didn't have a clue. I got to the last book on my list:

The Blue Day Book
by Bradley Trevor Greive
"Everybody has blue days."

This is a small book that was given to me by my daughter-in-law after my mother died. It has a lot of good thoughts in it! I started pulling blue fabrics and wondered how I could express the value/contrast theme and blue days in a quilt.

Then life interrupted. I had to pick up Miz Paws, my kitten who is usually in the middle of my quilting. Instead she was getting "the big snip" to celebrate her coming of age. As I read the post-operative instructions one line sparked the quilt:

"Your cat may hallucinate..."

Everything came together then. I found a perfect cat silhouette in my PrintMaster 16 clip art. My stash yielded a great batik that could represent hallucinations. Although they don't show well in the photo, the words "blue" and "day" are quilted throughout the sky. "Everybody has blue days" is quilted on the bottom. Size is 14" x 22".

I'm considering adding some puff paint, beads, glitter, and other embellishments ... what do you think?