The sketch for this design has been hanging around for some
time – I think I did it last spring when I was confined to bed with a back problem. I
always liked it but have been waiting to stitch it until I had the chance to
paint and stamp some fabric for it. People think it represents the “chicken and
the egg” conundrum, but really it just came about because I saw that the quail’s
body was egg-shaped, and that reminded me of the ova she carried around with
her, and the germ plasm that was present in the ova. Once a biologist, always a
biologist, I suppose…
Which came first…