not OT: big announcement
Val
sewing lifetime and said that I would prefer to be impaled on rusty farm
implements than to ever make a quilt again. I love RCTQ because I happened
to think that this group is not only a font of very useful information,
sewing or otherwise, always kind and helpful and full of humor and THE very
friendliest in all of Newsgroup land. All you people are just so
exceptionally wonderful!! I have from time to time put in my two cents
worth when I felt I could be of help or bring a smile.........with that
said, here comes the earth shattering announcement........everybody sit down
and hang on.......
I'm making a quilt. ~wrapping old wool muffler under chin and around head
to hold ice packs on throbbing temples~ Yup, you all read it here. My son
is getting married in August. He just sold his house and they bought an old
Victorian triplex as an income producing home. There is absolutely nothing
this couple needs or doesn't already have or can not afford to buy for
themselves. I have wracked my brain for some kind of very special wedding
gift, my funds are very limited so there will be "no contest" trying to keep
up with the in-laws (who are gifting them with a two week honeymoon in
Europe) so I will make them a lovely queen sized quilt ~deep breathing into
paper sack and rubbing Polly's little blue Minkee scrap sample on my cheek
for soothing, calming comfort~ stitched with love and to go with the theme
of their new home. Last night I sat and designed twined hearts that will
encompass their names and wedding date and underneath my name and when I
made the quilt as their wedding gift. I'll hand embroider that on the back
after it is finished instead of making a label.
Wish me luck, send up prayers and stand by for questions, tears, mumbled
curses, chocolate, alcohol and moral support.......and last resort ......
rusty farm implements.
Val
~KK in BC~
Well I did have good intentions there for moral support LOL
~KK in BC~ who is positive it will be the most beautiful quilt and most
cherished gift they receive.
"Val" <ya-...@yabetcha.com> wrote in message
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: Quite awhile back I told you all that I had made ONE quilt in my entire
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Bonnie NJ
some fun along the way.
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"Val" <ya-...@yabetcha.com> wrote in message
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: Quite awhile back I told you all that I had made ONE quilt
:
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Anne Rogers
Anne
Jack Campin - bogus address
> some fun along the way.
Well, um. One of our quilts started out as a "let's use up some oddly
assorted scraps and just make some blocks with them" - think it might
have been when Marion wanted to try out a new sewing machine. They
were complementary oranges and blues, fairly startling. I then looked
at them and realized they'd look rather good sashed between large areas
of black, with a bargello panel in the middle that used up even tinier
scraps. The panel in the middle looked like a sort of abstract
Scottish Highland landscape, and I thought some applique flames would
look nice. By now we're past the point of no return, this thing isn't
just an experiment, it's a PROJECT. It grows lots of decorative thread
tracing the way the flames swirl, gets quite a lot bigger with added
dark grey borders, and at that point a couple of friends of ours decide
to get married. Okay, she's Dutch and they're going to live on the
edge of the Scottish Highlands, so a Mondriaan-like abstract Highland
landscape is a good fit. We try to finish it for their wedding, but
realize we're going to be away for it. So it gets put away nearly
finished. Then I think, hey it would look better if we added a lot
more quilting, so it gets that done, and we're six months after their
wedding wondering what the next suitable occasion to give it to them
is. Housewarming? Well they're building their own house and there
isn't really a date when you could say it needed to be warmed - my
own take on that is that it's either (a) when you can first flush the
toilet or (b) when you first pay council tax on it, but they seem to
be doing okay with just an Elsan and not telling the council for quite
a while yet. In the end...
"bugger it, this is your wedding present, sorry it's six months late".
Good luck. Leave room for a "congratulations on your retirement"
message.
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Patti
Try not to fret! and have a great time making it.
So, now you have designed the label - what pattern is the top going to
be?
.
In message <11715833...@bubbleator.drizzle.com>, Val
<ya-...@yabetcha.com> writes
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
Roberta Zollner
something without price.
Roberta in D
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