Monday, October 26, 2009

1000::

::4::
Today I am more thankful than ever for the man I married.


::5::
Ticket to Ride.  Best. Game. Ever.


::6::
Good food.  Lasagna.  Garlic bread. Enchiladas. Yum.

::7::
Two gorgeous sunrises in a row.




















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Monday, October 12, 2009

1000 Gifts::A Beginning

After several weeks of inspiration from a friend's blog, I decided to take part of Multitude Monday by starting my own list of 1000 blessings.


::1::
My husband.
He is truly an amazing man.  No other person can encourage me, challenge me, and make my laugh like he can.



::2::
My health.
I am able to run several miles and I am thankful for that ability.



::3::
The fall colors that are starting to come out around Ann Arbor.

Truly beautiful.



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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Quilt Festival

Amy at Park City Girl is hosting an Online Quilt Festival.  I had a hard time deciding which quilt to post about.  I decided on this one.




It was made using Plain Spoken pattern from Modern Quilt Workshop.  I made it for my friend, Sarah, for her first baby boy.  The colors correspond to how she decorated the nursery.  When I first started sewing, Sarah and I would talk about quilting and would occasionally sew together.  Once I learned that she was pregnant, it only seemed appropriate to make her a quilt.




I really enjoyed making this one.  It was one of the first quilts I finished-  the third if I remember correctly.  Looking back, it definitely had it's quirks.  The binding was a bit funky and it was my first attempt at free motion quilting.  But I still really liked it in the end.



Sarah's baby, Owen, was born 5 weeks early.  In fact, he was born the Wednesday BEFORE the baby shower.  I was actually running behind making the quilt and didn't think I'd have the binding on before the shower.  I had contemplated giving it to her unfinished and then finishing it before he was born.  Needless to say, THAT didn't happen.  I had to really rush finishing it up.  But in the end, it worked out perfectly because I was able to place a label with all of Owen's stats on it.



Sarah loved the quilt and she just celebrated the first birthday of her healthy little boy!  Perfect! :)

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Slow to Post

I finished my 9-patch quilt a couple weeks ago.  I love it!  This is the largest quilt I have completed so far at about 65"x88".  It's going to be a great winter snuggling on the couch quilt.  :)



I originally planned to quilt this similarly to the inspiration quilt.  I started that way, but after a several lines, I unfortunately realized my seams didn't line up well enough.  It looked terrible!  So I ripped it all out and went for the all over stipple.  The new machine was great for this!  I loved the extra room and quilting table.  It made it so much easier to maneuver the quilt.  I can't imagine doing this on the old machine!
 
 

For the back I used a light green solid and for the binding I used Kona Cotton Cotton in Caribbean.  I really love the color of the binding. 



Oh, one more for good measure.  :)