i have been working away at getting caught up on some projects before we leave for vacation next week. i don't like to come home to unfinished projects and i need to focus on creating for the holiday bazaar when we return. i have lots of sewing to do!
last night i finished attaching the binding on riley's cowboy quilt. i am very pleased with how it turned out. i am giving it to riley's momma tonight ( we are having a girls dinner out, no kids, no husbands, just us).
bean thinks that the quilt is really swell and knows that his buddy riley will love it.
a close up of the center blocks.
so, athena and i were a little obsessive and driven about finishing the blocks for our friendship quilt. i am not sure who was pushing whom, but all 20 blocks are complete. the goal is to have them sewn together by the time she and stella arrive in NY at the end of september and we are going to quilt them while she is here. now, this may be ambitious on our part, we will have a 7 month old and a 9 month old. but hey, a girl has to have some goals. all of the blocks are pictured below. blocks 1-10 are the ones i made and 11-20 are the ones athena made. this is going to be one amazing quilt.
my two favorite blocks. block 1 and 10. both are athena's nod to my cooper. the very reason that we are friends and making this quilt. xoxo
This quilt is going to be epic.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like a great friend....especially the ones that go through life, sharing love, kids, creating art...and just all the way around...being there for you...always...even when you are wrong...I am so glad you have this friend....I have a few through my long life with love and kids...and the biggest part of me, my ceramics friends.....and sometimes we are lucky if they are family....xoxo
ReplyDeleteRiley is loving his beautiful quilt! You're the best! Love, Alicia
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