Flowerboxes redux

When I moved the quilting machine into my studio, I had to move a lot of other items out to make room. Almost all of the works in progress migrated to the guest bedroom closet.

Last night, after running up against a roadblock in another quilt, I girded up my loins and opened up the closet of unfinished projects.

I pulled out the Flowerboxes quilt, and started to re-audition it with potential border fabrics. Unfortunately it is not really seeming content with any of the things I am pulling out from my stash.

This is one of the ways the stash grows: when you don't find something that works, you go to the store and buy a few possibilities, plus some pieces of other things you fall in love with, plus a bit of whatever's on sale, etc., etc., etc., Soon it becomes the stash that ate New York. And still, against all odds and logic, you can never really find exactly the fabric that you need when it comes time to choose a border...?!!

Kira's story

In June, my mother mentioned that she was making a castle wall hanging for my little niece. She often will write stories to go along with the gifts she gives the kids, and started bouncing some ideas off of me.

I responded back, and suddenly found that I was in charge of writing the story!

While sharing a draft of Kira's Castle with a friend, it occurred to me that, hey, she knows how to draw. So I asked if maybe I could hire her to illustrate the story.

After drafts and exchanges of images and words, and editing to fit the pics (and vice-versa), about a month after we got started, the whole thing is written, illustrated, printed, and bound. It is now wending its way through the mail on the way to my niece. I have also been thinking vaguely about "publishing" it via lulu or something for a lark. :)

Meanwhile, my mother's closing in on finishing the wall hanging. This is how the pre-quilted top looks:



I hope Kira likes her birthday gifts! :)

It's referral time again!

I love this story of a couple who are adopting a 13 year old girl.

Allocations!

It's referral time again! If you'd like to get clucky over some babies, check Rumour Queen for the list of new referrals.

Makindu raffle is live

The Makindu raffle is now live, but... so far, no photo of the quilt, no dimensions, no vital stats of any sort, so I imagine they're probably still getting things organized over there.

However, I have a photo I can share, in case anyone is trying to decide whether they might want to buy a ticket. (Sorry, the humans aren't part of the package.)