NeedleWorks Galore

This is my story. I love creativity - whether it be sewing, quilting, embroidery, knitting, photography, or nature. Woodworking has always interested me. I am a widow of two years who is learning to create a new life and a new me. I have would probably have a whole menagerie of pets if I didn't stop myself. I am a child of God, learning to live my life for him in a way that pleases him. I hope by sharing a bit of my day to day story, someone will be blessed.

Friday, April 27, 2012

A UFO update.....Finally

Over the winter I got into a funk. I would sit there in my stiching chair and think about the UFOs I should be working on. That's the crux - all I did was sit and think. My sister Marilyn thinks that we should all go out and get one of those daylight lamps. I think that anyone north of South Dakota should be automatically given one at birth as a gift from the government. I think I may just get one for next year. Up here in Canada the Mood Disorders Association has them to rent, or loan if you can't afford one, or you can buy one. I live in a small condo complex and most of my neighbours go to Texas for the winter. I have friends who go to Florida and I have cousins who go to Arizona. Actually when you stop and think about it, how can Canada function in the winter with so many people leaving for sunny destinations. I bet if some country were to get wind of all these people gone, well they just might up and take us over and no one would know the difference until Easter when everyone returns. Hey, maybe no one has clued into this cause they all disguise themselves as Canada geese when they go south. When you Americans have Canada Goose day - you know that day when it is open season on Canada Geese, you better take a better look to see if it isn't someone just dressed up as a goose. I jest of course. I just notice how much more traffic there is in my town since Easter. There is actually a traffic jam at the Co-op.

Anyhoo - I pulled out the quilt that Roscoe (aka the quilting dog) made. Actually, I sewed  it, but with his big nose (Bichon's have big noses), he picked out which piece of fabric I would sew next. Since then, he always has his big nose in on my sewing. Yes he has his own chair right beside me, and no it is not the comfy one - though he would be very happy if I let him have the comfy chair. Back to the quilt. I laid it out on my Big Girl King Size bed and at 108 inches x 108 inches you would think it would be big enough, but noooo not even close. I need to either make some more blocks or I need to put a border on it. If I make more blocks, I will probably have to rip-it so that the new material isn't all around the edges. In my haste (darn you Susan!) to use up and get my UFOs done, I used the rest of the fabric for my 2fer. You know - those quilts that you get two for the price of one out of all that fabric that yo bought that went together, but you only needed half of. Will have to think on it for a day and go through my neverending stash. That movie the NeverEnding Story really should have been about quilters stash you know. Anyway, here is some pictures of the quilt.

In the one above you can see where it doesn't quit cover the duvet underneath. In this next picture it shows a representing of the fabric I used.

I started out wanting to create a totally neutral quilt. The intention was to use a variety of lights and mediums with variations in between. I soon found that to be very dull and changed it to the more white, cream, beige, brown, grey, black and everything inbetween quilt. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I hope to get the solution to my problem worked out this weekend and hopefully in the search for fabric I will come across the foot and plug for my new Phaff I got last summer and only used twice cause I got the bug to move.

By the looks of the writing in this post, I must have had some silliness rub of on me this morning while I visited the two littles. Well, I do feel silly today and so it stays.

Have a great weekend everyone - Happy Spring!

Blessing
Jean

3 comments:

Deb said...

I love your log cabin quilt, Jean. Log cabin was the first quilt I learned on...haven't made a log cabin pattern since but would love to revisit my memories of making one.

Barbara Anne said...

What a wonderful quilt!! Methinks since it has such a delightful array of fabrics in the body of the quilt, no one will know or notice if your border fabrics appear only in the borders. Rip not, I say - or respectfully suggest! Applause, applause!

I'm still chuckling about the Canada Geese, population migration, and daylight lamps. Actually, daylight lamps are important so they should at least be tax deductible in your northern clime.

Silly is good!

Susan @ Blackberry Creek said...

That quilt is gorgeous, Jean. Absolutely gorgeous! You and Roscoe did a great job.