Snowed under with quilt requests
NightMist
Why is it that almost no one asked me for a quilt last year, and now
just within the span of time since Christmas the entire family plus
some has asked about my making them one?
Admitedly, due to injuries sustained a year ago this last December, I
wasn't in much shape to do a lot of things for most of last year.
But good heavens! I have had a full gamut of requests. From an older
friend who sometimes watches my 11 year old DD courteously asking if I
could make "something simple and durable for the kids when they are
watching TV" to my 2 year old DGD coming up and handing me her doll
and saying "My gamma, baby code, need banky, make?"
I have one daughter asking for a storm at sea with a lot of teal in
it, and another asking about a sunshine and shadows quilt. At least
the one who wants sunshine and shadows is willing to try making it
with my help. She is not a patient person though, I will probably end
up doing a fair bit of it. The gf wants "anything you want to do" as
long as it is in batiks, or maybe animal skin prints, or maybe....etc.
My DH has started hinting that we need another quilt on our bed.
Maybe thats a good idea, keeping the old one on the bottom would keep
the new one from being shreded by his toenails. Then there is the
friend who timidly asked if I could make something goth for her.
After completeing my nine hundreth sketch, I had planned on picking up
the fabric for the quilt the Aunties asked me to do (I'm sticking to
the violets and pansies idea and incorporating some suggestions from
here into it). I s'pose that one could go on my bed after it has been
vetted by them, though it is so NOT what I usually fancy. I think the
'banky' for the 'code baby' is going to the top of the list at present
though. After that, between the time and budget constraints, I
think I will have all my quilting time absorbed for the next looong
while. The family needs some new clothes and I have been planning on
making a hefty order to Dharma come tax return time to fulfill that
need. I think I may be sewing nonstop for a while here.
I guess when it rains it pours.
NightMist
everybody is somebodys chew toy
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investment! My DD#2 and Spike and Giles all love their little dolly quilts! It
was fun to try out techniques on them, too, and use up lots of perfectly good,
but little, scraps.
For the one who wants batiks or animal prints, show her this:
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/xena1.jpg It's not done yet, still needs
borders, and will have giraffe flannel on the back, but it has both batiks and
animal prints! <G>
Oh, and when you come up with an idea for the goth one, let me know!
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A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.
-- Mark Twain
Twins, doubly so.
Tiggrrr
> and saying "My gamma, baby code, need banky, make?"
That is just precious! I love it!
Tigg (you know, while you're at it, I could use a new quilt ...;) )
Teresa Creech
know! :-)
My DGD is 2 1/2. She goes with me to the LQS and always gets some fabric.
She is the proud owner of 4 yards of pastel plaid flannel because I caught
her hugging the bolt with all her might saying "Nanny make bankie, pease?".
I was just going to sandwich two pieces of flannel, birth it rather than
bind it, and then quilt it just a little. I did get to wash the fabric and
then cut it in half, but DGD took it over and is now the proud owner of not
one but two flannel blankets. She doesn't realize that I never actually
made anything out of them - she just knows she got the "bankie" she needed!
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> ...my 2 year old DGD coming up and handing me her doll
> and saying "My gamma, baby code, need banky, make?"
>
> .... I think the
> 'banky' for the 'code baby' is going to the top of the list at present
> though. ...
LN
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> Get off my turf!!! LOL
Quilt hog! ;)
Tigg (I get code too!)
NightMist
wrote:
>Definately do the banky for the code baby first. Most return for your
>investment! My DD#2 and Spike and Giles all love their little dolly quilts! It
>was fun to try out techniques on them, too, and use up lots of perfectly good,
>but little, scraps.
Since the Buggin likes pink, I'd been thinking of putting together
some blocks leftover from DD#3's interlaced star quilt. But the
chance to try out some new patterns is almost overwhelmingly tempting.
She does have more than one dolly......and that new sock monkey
obviously needs a banky too! *chuckle*
>
>For the one who wants batiks or animal prints, show her this:
>http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/xena1.jpg It's not done yet, still needs
>borders, and will have giraffe flannel on the back, but it has both batiks and
>animal prints! <G>
I showed it to her and she thinks it's cool! (I think it's pretty
nifty myself (G)) But she has changed her mind again. Now she is
thinking along the lines of kimono blocks with all different kimonos.
I don't think I have to worry about her making up her mind anytime
soon! By the time she does, I will probably have made her something
and be ready for a new project!
>
>Oh, and when you come up with an idea for the goth one, let me know!
I have gotten a couple of emails about that. I'm going to sort them
out (as soon as the web gives back my webmail) and maybe start a whole
nother thread on that subject. More interest there than I thought!
Tiggrrr
> Since the Buggin likes pink, I'd been thinking of putting together
> some blocks leftover from DD#3's interlaced star quilt. But the
> chance to try out some new patterns is almost overwhelmingly tempting.
> She does have more than one dolly......and that new sock monkey
> obviously needs a banky too! *chuckle*
I have a sock monkey that could use a banky. Want me to send the
dimensions? Up until recently Bob was wearing some clothes that belong to
Theresa (of Theresa and/or Tim) so they wouldn't get lost. Bob is a 4' tall
sock monkey. (AlsoKim's seen him I think) He sits in the glider rocker in
my room and watches over me at night. Most people think he's evil but I
think he's way cool!
Tigg (and Bob, the 4' sock monkey)
LN
normal around outsiders, but you can't turn your back on them for
a minute!
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> What kind of sock is he made of? I just can't picture a 4' sock.
He looks just like the sock monkeys that are made out of the gray socks with
red heels and toes, only in a 4' variety. If I ever get a web page, I'll
post a picture of him.
I had an idea once to have a picture of Zena taken next to him for a size
comparison thing, since everyone knows what size (normal) sock monkeys are.
It would make her look even tinier! I just never got around to doing it.
And then there's the keychain sock monkeys which would make her look like a
Mastiff!
Tigg
Elaine Ross
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Linda Campbell
it.
They named it Bob!!
Linda and the Gang in SF
LN
MPEG video clip to see what can happen if you name a bridge Bob!
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MerryStahel
engineering classes all over the world, refer to THAT bridge as "Galloping
Gertie."
Merry
Lizzy Taylor
In a desperate attempt to stop DS1 (aged 4) becoming a civil engineer DH
(an uncivil engineer) & DS1 were watching this on Discovery only yesterday.
Lizzy
Sheryl
into a quilt), so I made some quilted placemats with them. Good chance to
practice different quilting techniques (learned why you don't closely
stipple quilt just a section of a quilt, for example!). I kept finding them
gone from the kitchen counter. Finally found them in the baby doll cradle,
where my 3YO granddaughter had tucked her "babies" in with their own
"quilts." I did the obvious: gave them to her!
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Tiggrrr
name. Anyone want to make suggestions? So far we've shot down the
following:
Harold or Harry
Slap
Virgil
Vernon
I can't remember if Gavin was a no or not.
Were there any others?
Anyway, Bob needs a new name so he won't be so evil, although AlsoKim looked
at him today and said that he does look sort of evil. I like my 4' sock
monkey and I don't want him to be evil, so give me some suggestions, pretty
please.
Tigg and Sock Monkey with No Name
Marcia Hohn
Marcia :o)
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Debi
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>Anyway, Bob needs a new name so he won't be so evil, although AlsoKim looked
>at him today and said that he does look sort of evil. I like my 4' sock
>monkey and I don't want him to be evil, so give me some suggestions, pretty
>please.
>
>Tigg and Sock Monkey with No Name
>
I think you should name him Bruno. Not evil - but someone you wouldn't
want to "mess" with..
Debi
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!"
Krysia Thompson
(goes well with Debi's choice - Bruno ;) )
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Kim Fisher
crimson lips.... it looks like something that would get up in the night,
in the dark, and suck your soul out as you slept. Even Zena won't go
near it.
Also Kim 'maybe you could call it Tobe? " Fisher
Tiggrrr
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> You guys haven't SEEN this creature!! Those woolly eyes, those sneering
> crimson lips.... it looks like something that would get up in the night,
> in the dark, and suck your soul out as you slept. Even Zena won't go
> near it.
Zena has slept on him. She knows who's boss around here. If he did
something she didn't like, she'd just pee on him! ;)
Tigg
MerryStahel
>crimson lips.... it looks like something that would get up in the night,
>in the dark, and suck your soul out as you slept.
Ya mean like Prince..in that one video? Those black-kohled eyes, those big
crimson lips, that faint sneer....looked like something that would get up in
the middle of the night and suck your soul out, as you slept...shiver!
Merry
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> Bubba comes right to mind!! :)
I've already got a Bubba. BubbaBear travels with me. He's one of three
"Good Ole Bears" that I have. All of the black ones are Good Ole Bears and
go by their first and middle names, BubbaBear, CodyBear and TeddyBear.
Tigg (who's got a lot of bears)
Mindy Balk
Hmmm... Don't think he would like it though, big tough guy that he is...
(we are talking about my 10 year old DS!! :)
Sounds like you have quite a clan!! :)
MIndy
Yvonne Stuchell
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? LN and I have decided that the Sock Monkey formerly known as Bob
needs a new
? name. Anyone want to make suggestions? So far we've shot down the
? following:
? Harold or Harry
? Slap
? Virgil
? Vernon
? I can't remember if Gavin was a no or not.
? Were there any others?
?
? Anyway, Bob needs a new name so he won't be so evil, although
AlsoKim looked
? at him today and said that he does look sort of evil. I like my 4'
sock
? monkey and I don't want him to be evil, so give me some suggestions,
pretty
? please.
?
? Tigg and Sock Monkey with No Name
Mindy Balk
name him something like "The Squid" or "Snake" (naw... That is more of
a biker name) or Knuckles or something like that!!
LOL!!
Mindy
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what is going on. Wanda from T-Town
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> Frankie
> (goes well with Debi's choice - Bruno ;) )
>
Patti
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NightMist
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Wayne and Sharon Harper
Monkey a goody-goody? Makes perfect sense to me....but maybe not to
everyone else!!
Sharon in Melbourne Australia
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:51:00 GMT, "Tiggrrr" <tiggr...@yahoo.com>
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>LN and I have decided that the Sock Monkey formerly known as Bob needs a new
frood
LN spoke, and these pearls of wisdom spewed forth...
> Slap still works for me. ;)
>
>
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> Well, in that case.. Pennywise. LOL
No way! That movie creeped me out! I still don't like it when MrIcky parks
near drains on my side of the car.
Tigg (we all float down here)
Tiggrrr
> I got a Bubba too... I guess you could call him a big teddy bear...
> Hmmm... Don't think he would like it though, big tough guy that he is...
> (we are talking about my 10 year old DS!! :)
>
> Sounds like you have quite a clan!! :)
Yep! AlsoKim brought over one of those wardrobe boxes that I'm going to see
if they will all fit into. I've got 5 really big bears (not near the size
of the Sock Monkey), I don't even know how many little ones anymore, a
couple of velvet frogs (Tad P. Frog and Polly Wog), an Orca, a Beluga whale,
an Elephant, a Hippo, a Lion, a St. Bernard who is good size, a Tigger (go
figure...he's been helping me get my feet unswollen at night as he's propped
up under the blankets so I can put my feet up on him...a pillow just wasn't
enough on it's own), a Penguin named Linus, and I don't even know how many
more. Lots! Mr.Icky used to get me a new stuffed animal for Christmas,
usually a bear but sometimes not. All the Christmas ones have Christmasy
names. Last years got named Bailey (George Bailey in "It's A Wonderful
Life.") and he has the coolest feet!
Tigg (well, we all collect something I suppose...besides fabric)
Tiggrrr
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> I like 'Barney' - I seem to like that name for any pet!!!
No way! I'm not naming anything after a huge purple dinosaur!
Tigg (who, if I ever get a real St. Bernard, his name will be Ludo.)
Tiggrrr
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> How about Curious George ? I think if he could think he would be wondering
> what is going on. Wanda from T-Town
Curious would work. Leave off the George...
Tigg (that might work...)
Mindy Balk
Mindy, still giggling after that one.....
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after King Kong, so he has an insider joke already built in :)
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Harry wouldn't work for me, that's my parrot's name!
Dianne
i want a 4' sock monkey too!
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> after King Kong, so he has an insider joke already built in :)
But King is my last name...so that would make him King King...people will
think he's a Panda bear wannabe!
Tigg (it's taken me days to get down this far in reading the newsgroup!)
Tiggrrr
quick! I can't have a monkey named Slap...it will give people odd ideas
about my sense of humor.
Tigg (ok, so my sense of humor is odd, but Slap Monkey, everyone will guess
at his middle name!)
Pat in Virginia
spell BOB backwards? B-O-B. Oh, a palindrome!! Okay,
call him: (Drum roll her folks!!!) .......... My Pal
Indrome.
PAT, ROFL ...... only had half a cuppa this AM, whaddya
expect?
Don/Gen
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