I'm used to a much more leisurely pace -- playing with the fabric, rearranging, altering my original design, and enjoying the journey that brings me to a final quilt. This is basically pick-a-simple-design-and-let's-get-it-done quilting, which makes it feel a lot like work.
Not that I mind -- Lent is about sacrifice and self-discovery, and this whole project, while it started out to be just about giving back, is kind of morphing into lessons in restraint and commitment and (sigh) staying on course.
The third top is ready for quilting. This flannel is one of the few truly kid prints I own; I bought a whole bunch of it years ago to make a quilt for my godson and then never got around to it. He just turned 14 last Saturday (HBTY, Theo!) and is a little too cool for penguins now. I have a strong suspicion he's going to be an activist and advocate for those less fortunate someday, so he'd probably like the idea of this getting recycled, so to speak, into a charity project.
And yes, Archie's been helping. Wouldn't be right if he didn't.
5 comments:
Wow you certainly are ambitious doing so many quilts! I made the one and shipped it off, and felt guilty that I didn't send another one. I decided to make another one before requesting another kit, but I decided that if I make more charity quilts with my own fabric, I would rather just donate them locally and save the shipping costs. I wound up ordering more kits, so I could make them, or share them with others to make. I might still be guilted into sending an extra quilt or two, especially after seeing your example...
I especially like your zipper quilt and the pink and purple one.
I just started quilting last month. I was able to finish two baby quilts very quickly, but I'm not sure how quickly I could make one of these "very quilted" ones. I looked at the website, and it doesn't give a deadline. Is there a time limit for making them, or did you put the one week limit on yourself?
The one-a-week deadline is all self-imposed. Stupidly, I might add. :)
Ah, you're turning into a quilting machine, there, Kate! But you're doing an awesome job!
oh I just love these penguins, my DD is a huge fan of penguins! the yellow is great, just pops! great quilt!
Kathie
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