Mare's nest: quilting and snuggling

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

quilting and snuggling

Gosh, how is that for a choice? Play on the long arm or snuggle the baby???

As long as the baby will have it I chose my little Maggie. sigh, bliss!

See this bright quilt? Vanessa is getting a new bed. Obviously a new quilt is in order- She chose a full size bed, so a full size quilt would be the best right? Well, we started out with some swap blocks, she wanted

white sashing, and white borders to really set them off, and by the time I finished adding all that it seems to have morphed into just about a king size quilt. It measures out at 106 X 95. What the heck was I thinking???? I suppose she can always fold it in half and have double the warmth? Yikes, it is a bit easy to get carried away isn't it?

Speaking of getting carried away, I need to go trim quilt number 3 that

I just finished the quilting on!! yeah!!! there will be show and tell later. Or if sweetie pie falls asleep you know I'll be doing something else..............

5 comments:

Gizmo said...: How did/do you get anything done?? Sweetie Pie is just gorgeous -- I'd never put her down...even when she sleeps. :)
Vanessa's quilt is beautiful. I can't wait for show and tell.; August 20, 2008 at 5:25 AM
Susan Freebery said...: I cant believe how much fun I had while you were quilting! My view was extraordinary! The tape got a bit uncomfortable a few times, but other than that it was wonderful. Thanks so much for taking me with you.....; August 23, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Quilter Kathy said...: She is gorgeous!
I just had a "baby snuggling" weekend too - sure miss those days with little babies, but not the nights!!; August 25, 2008 at 6:57 PM
swooze said...: Sweet baby! Looks like you are getting a lot done in both the snuggling and the quilting department!; August 27, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Finn said...: Hey Mare, what a cutie pie! I'm just green with envy! It wouldn't be a hard choice between quilting and snuggling...LOL
The quilt is looking good, big, but good! Just a bit carried away you say??? Hugs, Finn; August 28, 2008 at 12:42 PM

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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