Unpolitical Purple

On Election Night back in November I got so disgusted with all the hatred and hysteria that I decided to piece a bunch of purple jelly roll strips into a quilt top ala Valerie Nesbitt's 40 minute method:

This also gave me a chance to practice my long straight line sewing, which due to the hand issues I've been having problems with lately:

I hope by now we finally have a President, but however it goes, here's my political statement: we are not red or blue, we are people. We should be purple. Also, when the world sucks, go sew. :)