Thirteen Years Ago Today...

I was in a hospital room, looking out at Mount Rainier, or at the TV (it was a Sunday and I was watching the NFL Playoffs... Redskins vs.... I don't remember), waiting for the girl who is the light of my life to show up... she finally did at 3PM after 26 hrs of labor :)  Here are some growing up photos.... she is 4 inches taller than me now... and it is 1/11/11 what a cool number.

In need of a replacement bird....

Due to unforseeable circumstances one of the participants in the Good and Fun Round Robin had to withdraw. We are in search of one more participant. If you want to join in please let me know.

Here are the rules in case you want to know what you are getting yourself into :)


Rules for Round Robin

1. Make a center square for your quilt any size you like. It depends on what you want to get in the end. You will receive back a quilt that is 15 or more inches bigger than what you send in length and width.

2. Choose some co-coordinating fabrics 1/4 yds or 1/2 yds depending on how big your center piece is. If you are sending a 12-20 inch center then 5-10 quarter yards or equivalent. More if you are sending 20 inch or larger center.

3. Get a list of swappers. I will get this out as soon as I get everyone’s info.

4. Send your center and co-coordinating fabrics to the person in the list after you. Ideally I would like everyone to send out their centers and fabrics by the last week of January so that the other quilters have a full month to work on the quilt before it has to be passed on. The first month is the hardest sometimes.

5. Each swapper adds at least 5 inches to the height and width of the center block. This can be done in a variety of ways. Adding at least 2 1/2 inch borders, five to the top and one side, 5 to the bottom and one side, 3 on one side 2 on the other... etc... But be creative, plain strip borders would be a little boring... You can definitely add larger borders too but 5 to the length and width is the minimum.

6. Expect to use some of your stash to supplement whatever the owner sent... half the fun is seeing other people’s stash.

7. You have one month between switches (super important to be on time) then you send it to the next person in the list. The swap should happen no later than the 5th of the next month.

8. When you receive your quilt back you can either finish it and donate it to Quilt Hope In or make another item for their shop (Or you can make an item anytime the more the better) Quilt Hope In is accepting all hand made items it doesn’t have to be a quilt.

9. I created a Flickr album for us to share our progress on our center pieces and during the swap months but let’s try to keep it mostly a surprise… so say you create some blocks for a quilt you can show the blocks but maybe not how you are putting them together… or just a corner of the quilt… or something so that when the owner gets it back it is a lovely surprise.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1603355@N23/

10. I may have forgotten something or things might not be perfectly clear so if you have questions just let me know and I will address them. These are the only rules I can think of for now but things may come up that I haven’t thought of so don’t get too frustrated if we are learning a little as we go.

Whoop...the cat is finally out of the bag....

I can finally tell you all about the reason I have been so excited lately... That's right, Tracey, no more teasing...

I am so honored and humbled to have been chosen by Amanda Herring of The Quilted Fish to be on her design team. She is calling us Creative Consultants aka. The A Team (for Amanda). The other ladies on the team are just amazing and I have no idea how I will keep up, but I will give it a valiant effort. Come see Amanda's Blog and learn about the whole team.

What did I tell you? Aren't they an amazing bunch? We get to make fun messes with Amanda's gorgeous fabrics and she is going to let us hijack her blog once a week too. Stay tuned for lot's of fun stuff!

It is all rolling along

Hi Everyone,

I am excited that the Round Robin I am organizing is coming along.

 I sent out rules today and opened a flickr group (click on the button my side bar to see) even though there is nothing in there yet. I have high hopes for us :)

For-gedd-about-it

Remember this post Crafting resolutions ... what was I thinking? Like God wouldn't say "Oh you think so do you?" So forget about it all... I have decided that I am not going to hold myself to those boring goals... the only ones I am totally committed to are the two quilts for the Girl's home in Sacramento and doing as much as I can for Quilt Hope In... the rest doesn't matter. I am only making what I want to make this year. If those UFOs stay UFOs so be it. There are way too many fun things going on to hold myself down. I am gonna do a few things that are a little beyond my comfort zone... Oh yes! I have big plans.

Here is something that I want to do:

This is a block for Birdie Stitches which is a BOM by Little Miss Shabby. See the adorable button on my side bar? I have been wanting to do something with embroidery and here it is.

Something Super Exciting Is Happening.

I will tell you about it as soon as I can. (jumping up and down)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone. Thank you for your get well wishes they mean so much to me.

I have spent a little time on my Fig and Plum bed quilt. I finally found the perfect pattern for me. Pretty but not too fussy. It will look like this:

The only thing I changed from this is that the peach diagonals are scrappy from the fat quarters instead of using yardage. The blocks are all finished I just have to do the applique center and it will be ready to put together. It only took me two days. As soon as I can be out of bed for more than a few minutes without being ill I will get soem pictures of the blocks. It will be 90 inches square.

Yuck alert...if you are squimish don't read beyond here......

If you are wondering how I burned myself... I was using the baster to get some juice from the turkey I made yesterday and squirted the 350 degree liquid all over my chest. I threw myself to the sink and washed down with cold water immediately then used ice but I have huge blisters some larger than quarters all over my chest. I am wearing an old t-shirt because it is oozy and icky but I will live. There are only two small places where it is really bad (worse than blisters). Thank heaven I didn't hit my face.

Hugs... talk soon.