Will: Mommy, can you get me a snack?
Me: How about cheese? [this is the official ‘if you say you’re hungry at bedtime this is what you eat’ snack since it’s filling, not particularly thrilling, and can be eaten in bed with no mess ]
Will: Cheese is awesomeness!
Needles and a Pen » Knitting, Sewing, and Nursing School
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Stupid work is getting in the way of my sewing time this week–October is always a massively busy editing time, but a time of very little inspiration or motivation. (Which means that by tomorrow I should be cranking out another pair of 10 Minute Cranky Pants around midnight). Since the only thing leaving my fingers right now are photoshop hotkeys, I’ll let you take another peek inside The Stash.
The Farmdale line from Alexander Henry is right up my alley. They had me at chickens and eggs. Throwing in grey and orange was just icing on the top of my chicken cake. The problem with fabric that I really love is that I have a terrible time actually DOING anything with it. I’m too scared to cut it and use it up, because maybe some day there will be a BETTER project for it. I’m trying to get over this, because the truth is, I never love it more. I never use it up and then three years later think “DAMN IT! IF ONLY I HAD SOME OF THAT FABRIC RIGHT NOW!” Instead, I love it intensely for a few months or even a year and then get over it. And then it’s just one more fat quarter or half yard or yard of fabric that I feel I have to use up before I can buy the pretty new fabric I really want that day. His and hers quilts:
Okay. These are not modern, but they are as precious as they come. The one on the left was made 28 years ago and given as a gift to my pregnant momma for me. When Will was born, he adopted it and continued loving it, and between me and Will and the mixed polyester-and-cotton fabrics and no binding, it was in serious disrepair. The polyester thread just tore up the cotton fabrics and since the quilt had been quick-turned, there was no binding to protect the edges from the wear-and-tear of washings. I took it away from Will when he was around 2.5 and put it on a high shelf because I wanted it to make it long enough to share with our next baby.
Well, my momma knew about all this and so for my baby shower she gifted me and Ellie with a replica! It is quite an amazing story of how she did it, too–we were in the middle of moving, and so she asked Nic to send her an iphone picture of the blanket. (I think she might have been forced to ask several times, but in his defense, it was in a box somewhere.) Then my dad drew out the templates just using the iphone picture Nic snapped, and my mom and dad then whipped this thing together in record time–something like 2 weeks. A LOT of super late nights for my mom. I think my face when I opened up the present made it worth it, though:
Since Ellie now had a fully functioning duckie quilt, it fell to me to repair Will’s so they could have matching blankies. Binding was a major ordeal, and it’s definitely not restored, and I can’t imagine it will make it to a third generation, but for now it’s a little sturdier and ready for love again.
that is SO cool! love that your mom made you a new one. and the expression on your face in that picture is so perfect…that is the kind of response that every fabulous gift should get! Thanks for the tribute! And Rachel said it perfectly! Your face showed the kind of response that every gift should get! We love you so much! That was such an awesome gift, and it’s so neat to know your kids love those quilts just like you did.
Will’s school makes my ass twitch. I love the sentence ‘we don’t want them to wait a whole week to read a book!’ as if, if we don’t get a book home from the library, all our kids will have access to are twinkies, coffee, and video games. I’m soooo tired of the condescending letters home. Hey—guess what, teachers? It’s only okay to talk to FOUR YEAR OLDS like they’re four. The rest of us are actual grown-ups like you. |
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Susanne - I totally relate to this haha!!
The replica quilt is AMAZING. I LOVE how your dad even took part in the project!!
Do you participate in Mini Quilt Swaps? (lots of shops & websites have swap groups) I always find it’s easier to cut fabric if I know someone will open up a gift and gasp!! : D (hopefully with joy ; ))