Mare's nest: Jean Monster done!

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Jean Monster done!

I did it !

I did it!

I got it done! Whew!
Here is the Monster Jean Quilt in all it's glory.........

And here is the tired model~ I guess it got heavy!

It may be a couple days before I have another finish (who am I kidding about a couple days??)

Okay, it may be a couple days before I have anything to report or take pictures of, I'm leaving tomorrow to take my dad to his heart appointment on Monday. Hopefully it will just be a routine cardiac cath, and he will rest up and give me a hard time on the way back to his place.

7 comments:

Quilter Kathy said...: Congratulations! Isn't it a great feeling to finish something?!? Especially something as big as this!; July 28, 2007 at 9:47 PM
Pam said...: Congratulations on your finish -- and congratulations on finishing the beer tour as well!!; July 29, 2007 at 1:02 PM
Leigh said...: Well done!!! What a great accomplishment and it looks great too.
Hope all goes well with your dad. Have a safe trip.; July 29, 2007 at 4:00 PM
Kim said...: clap!clap! Great job!!! Looks wonderful, and they do get so heavy...; July 30, 2007 at 5:07 AM
Kim said...: Congrats! I hope to finish my projects someday too! LOL!; July 30, 2007 at 7:21 AM
atet said...: Congrats! And ya know -- this isn't a race to finish. (I keep telling myself that too -- not sure it works!); July 31, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Debi said...: Wonderful job, and it looks great. I bet that will be put to great use in the winter. I lived in the Milwaukee area for 15 years, so I remember well how the winters are.; August 6, 2007 at 7:49 AM

Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings