Wednesday, April 28, 2010
spring to finish challenge updates...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
quilt for kids
this is mine:
but you can see the cloud/sky fabric they sent for backing in this photo.
since the photos, i've washed and dried the quilt so it's completely crinkly in that i-want-to-snuggle-in-it way. right now, the little quilt is sitting in a box next to me, patiently waiting for the mailman to come along and send it on it's merry way to pennsylvania and then to a small child who needs some comfort in a hospital.
stop on by the website and order yourself a kit. you never know what cute fabric you may receive. like westychic. or scruffycat. or {karamat}. (ok...so i shamelessly just plugged 3 other members of the houston modern quilt guild...)
speaking of! did you see our little blurb yesterday? i've got to take some better pictures....maybe steal snappy's camera for meetings. ;-P
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
i am such a doofus...
taking pictures of boo and his new quilt. it only took me over a year to complete it once i started. (have i mentioned that i've had the fabric since before he was a year old?)
but then we ended up like this:
and this:
even this:
we played with rolly pollies. boo took about 35 pictures of the dog all over the yard. i gave the dog water in a plant pot. i played with my camera settings (as seen above). i even tried to take pictures of the freckles on boo's hand that sprouted recently.
why you ask? because i am a doofus and locked us out of the house. luckily my nice neighbor was out front and let me borrow his phone. the only number i remembered to someone who has a key was my hubby's work cell.
a half hour later or so:
even the dog was so excited he tried to knock snappy over!
so almost 2 hours after i got home, dinner is almost finished and kiddo is getting out of the shower.
listening and working
had some good times at the HMQG this weekend and some accomplishments over the last few nights. i'll update you all on that tonight with pictures.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
three are on their way...
one will go to tampa.
one will go to san diego.
i'm not sure where this third one will go to, but in the end 7 of the 12 total requested will end up in san diego.
i have names and rates for each individual. sometimes i get a history or story to go with each quilt. when [A] sends me the names for the labels, the quilts are no longer just pieces of cloth and thread. they have become that much more special and they belong to someone. like here...he didn't expect it, but he deserved it 100%.
so off go QOVs #4, #5 and #6... My first 5 and the first of many for 2010.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
generosity!!
thank you quiltiferous for offering your time and materials to make these. they will be definitely be used on those QOVs. since you make QOVs too, you know what it is that we're giving back.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
happy easter!!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
spring progress so far...
this is the 3rd QOV with the same longarm volunteer from QOVF. let me tell you... i love the work fran does. can you see the varigated red/white/blue thread she used on this one? looooove it! she really does help pull it all together beautifully.
while miss k. was cutting binding fabric, etc at my house, i worked on stitching the rows together on the QOV that snappy and i made blocks for. the previous evening, he and i laid them out, arranged, rearranged and finally pinned.
it's ready to go to the longarmmer! my plan is to get one more quilt top together and send them to one volunteer at the same time. try to cut my shipping costs and wait time down. but then, maybe it's better to use multiple people when i'm in a time crunch? not sure yet...
and because i don't seem to tire from watching this clip... it never gets old...really... ;-P