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Friday, January 19, 2024

What's slowing me down...

I started this in August of 2020; even bought musical note fabric for it, and have just dragged my feet! Wrist surgery in 2022 didn't help, and I had all of the blocks cut at the end of the summer of 2023, but then thought I had lost some blocks. Finally put it together over winter break.  It's about half machine quilted now, and I've come to another standstill. Hoping to get some done tomorrow because I have a graduation quilt for 2025 that I really need to start! 

 

Summer of 2023 Quilting

I did a number of tops but didn't quilt them; as people at work have babies, it's easy to just quilt the top. I like to do doll blankets if I have extra blocks. 

I'm hoping to be more organized this summer and have a stockpile of quilts going in to the 2024-25 school year. 



 

Primary Four Patch

This quilt was for the son of the couple who had the gray and taupe wedding! A friend hand quilted it, so it's much nicer than my usual quilts. 
 

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Monday, May 8, 2023

Matching books covers

I review a lot of picture books for Young Adult Books Central, but have no reason to keep most of them. Many get sent to other libraries in my district, and some end up in my school library, but I've been giving some away as baby presents with quilts. It just makes sense, right?

This is the same pattern as the yellow and green, but for another staff member who was decorating her nursery in these colors. 

Also, I am the world's worst photographer!



  

The whole quilt.













Sunday, April 16, 2023

Quilting Season 2023 Open!

My new goal is to give a baby quilt to every staff member at my school who has a baby. Shouldn't be too hard, as there are usually only 2-5. I'm using this pattern for my niece's high school graduation quilt that is two years overdue, so thought I would get some practice with it. 

Next week, I hope to do the same pattern in pinks and greens for another teacher. 

This ended up being a slightly odd size, but would be perfect for a cape, 

Saturday, April 15, 2023

The Colors of the 2020s

Or complete lack of color. This is the only quilt I did in 2022, for a friend's wedding. It's lap size, in the wedding colors which were, I kid you not, GRAY AND TAUPE.

Those are not colors. Those are... institutional walls. 

Well, I think they liked it. They are having a baby this year, so maybe I will give them one of my traditional a-quilt-store-threw-up-on-my-bed quilts with ALL the colors, just so the poor child doesn't perish of boredom.

Had carpal tunnel surgery last June and didn't quilt at all out of an excess of caution, but hope to stock up on baby quilts this summer.