Cheree at The Morning Latte has had life in limbo as they have a new house built and living in limited space as they wait. Here's what she had to say...
"I'm a Finisher so all of this setting-blocks-aside stuff until I have my
design wall back has been bugging me. I needed at least a top finish.
In our wee temporary digs, this meant laying everything out
on the floor in a different room, Old-School style."
While the end result is beautiful, there was a price to pay for the achievement... physical pain, and she says that she will wait until after the move before finishing any more quilt tops. She will resume in the making of blocks and setting them aside for finishing... AFTER she has a design wall in place. ;)
Be sure to stop by her blog to see some progress pictures of the build AND what her next project will be. It looks like a fun one!
I too am a "finisher," so I send Cheree my deepest sympathies as she continues to live in limbo. Just a little longer, Cheree! Hang in there...
By alternating sashing strips on the top/bottom and right/left of the patchwork blocks I have a fun layout that keeps one's eyes moving about the quilt. It eliminated any worries of having blocks of similar colors too close together or adjacent to one another. The most recent blocks were for Bridge to Terabithia and To Win Her Heart.
To Win Her Heart is a Christian Fiction book that skillfully incorporates Jesus' parables of the prodigal son and the adulteress' rock-toting accusers into her characters' struggles with redemption, worthiness, and new beginnings.
I spent a fair amount of time cutting units for the upcoming quilt retreat from the self-curated jelly roll strips. As I did so I recalled where the fabric came to be in my stash.
That's the reason for my thoughts on quilting as more than just a skill or hobby. Words come from Tim Carmichael but was from a group on fb that I can no longer locate.
Tim has a blog where he writes about Appalachian life (link provided above). It can apply to all quilters... not just those that live in the Appalachia area.
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I love your Bookish quilt, Melva! Such a fun way to document what you've read and listened to this year. Bridge to Terabithia was a favorite book of the 5th graders when I was teaching, so I remember it fondly, too. I always tell people when I'm giving them a quilt to please use it! It's washable, nothing can really hurt it - use it!
ReplyDeleteYour bookish quilt is so lively! I agree with Diann about it being a great way to document what you've read! To answer your question, I hope that the gifted quilt always warms the recipient in all the right places. Since I hope that the quilt is used, it won't be around in 100 years!
ReplyDeleteLove the scrappy 9-patch, Melva. Such a comforting and traditional design.
ReplyDeleteYour bookish quilt is looking good. You were very wise about how you decided to set the blocks together. My maternal grandmother was part of a quilting circle. I never got to go with her to that. But I have three quilts that I did the embroidered blocks for that she set together that were quilted by that circle.
ReplyDeleteBookish Journal is so neat! I say the same thing Diann says - use it! But the only person I know for sure does that is my daughter, and I love her for it. :D
ReplyDeleteI write on every quilt label "Soli Deo Gloria." That's what I hope.
ReplyDeleteYour bookish journal blocks turned into a nice flimsy, Melva. Eighty-eight books is quite impressive, too! I agree with Diann and Linda...I hope my quilts are well used and loved.
ReplyDeleteAw thanks for the shout-out! 46 days to go! But I couldn't stop myself on my next quilt and finished another top. No more tho. No more! LOL
ReplyDeleteThat article was beautiful and inspiring! I am the fortunate owner of “memory” quilts made by my grandmother and great grandmother (she passed before I was born) and they are such a tangible connection to these special women. I am inspired to make a quilt entirely by hand…something simple, but that could be worked on through the dark days of winter, and not hurried. Thank you for your lovely blog, it always makes me smile, even if I don’t get here as often as I would like.
ReplyDeleteYour bookish journal quilt project is really sailing along! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss. https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/11/04/wednesday-wait-loss-509
ReplyDeleteHi Melva, thanks for linking up to I Quilted This! Your book quilt is coming along. Looking forward to seeing it done :-)
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