Friday

It's Friday...

and I finished a quilt top this week 

MOSTLY because there are REALLY nice quilters in this world!

Friends from all over sent a couple of blocks

(and some sent more!)

This mix of recycled shirts

makes a quilt I want to KEEP looking AT!!!

AND....

I had that fun stripey border fabric in my stash.

I think the addition from Mr. Kaufman 

updates the whole thing!

;)

The blues and browns are PERFECT!

This is where I was working yesterday.

I moved my little machine into the dining room

to work with friends.

It's NICE to change the view every once in a while!

AND...

SUPER nice to sew with company!

Thank you friends.

Your blocks make the most WONDERFUL kind of quilt!

Of sports and quilts

Every year I make quilts for graduating high school seniors at my church.

This year....my son is one of them!

He has developmental delays so it is a REAL occassion in our lives.

When I asked him what color he'd like his quilt to be....

he surprised me.

"Can I have a sports themed quilt?"

My spirits SUNK.

What do you imagine when someone says sports theme??

Cheesy fabrics?

Well.....

That's where my mind went.

 

SO.

How am I going to do the GOOD mom thing

and still make a quilt that I'll be happy making???

I began by making some blocks.

stripes, shirts, plaids, greens, blues...little bit of red....

Great BOY fabrics!

I have quite a collection of shirts and stripes.

;)

Here's the DREADED fabric requested.

 

(He plays these three sports

in a league called "challenger".

It's the BEST thing for kids with disabilities!!)

 

Will I add this fabric around the outside???

 

Sorry friends.

I bet lots of you LIKE this fabric

and then there's the REST of you

who think I'm a terrible mother.

LOL!

 

I'd love to know where YOU would put it.

 

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p.s.

 

The minute I hit publish I started feeling bad.

I think writing this post was VERY GOOD medicine for me.

Feeling like I need to get my priorities straight.

I will HIGHLIGHT the fabric he wants

and think about how HAPPY he will be.

 

Thanks for the kick in the pants blog.

When we write...we bleed sometimes.

 

 

 

Friday

One twin size quilt

using shirts and other assorted plaids and stripes.

PLUS....

Lots of 2 1/2" squares from my drawer.

I'll NEVER use them ALL up

no matter HOW HARD I try!

;)

Don't we all LOVE these homey quilts???

 

This quilt is for a special little boy's BIG BED!

Need to get it quilted....

so he can GROW UP!!!

 

(This quilt is EXTRA special.

I made the wedding quilt....

The baby quilt...

and NOW....

I was ASKED to make this one!)