Comments on: A quilting I will go

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:55:53 +0000

Ok, about BB: I swore I’d stop watching after Jo-C left but I kept watching because I’m sucked into it. This despite the fact that I have no idea who any of the housemates are nor do I care to. They all seem very awful and all behave like I SHOULD know them. You’re right, egos are on serious overtime. I don’t care who wins this time ’round because I don’t like any of them, especially Nadia and especially that blond idiot, not Eureka or Chelsea (or whatever, the girl who’s ex is there too) (and I HATE THEM TOO!) but the third stupid blond. Is she really famous in England? WTF for?

Boy babies are super fun and he will bring more excitement and joy into your world than you will ever know!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:02:35 +0000

Are you still watching BB at all?! It is finally getting interesting after all this time. Victor is in there pushing everyone’s buttons and going to the diary room to explain how he is going to pick people off by pitting them against each other. And in all their egos and narcissism they are eating out of his hands! It’s nice to see someone actually treating it like a game.

We are having a boy this time ’round. And I am sad that I have had to pack all my hoards of material etc and my machine.
I have finally decided to give up pretending I will become a knitter. I was packing today and all my knitting needles, yarn etc came out of a box that hadn’t been opened since we moved in here a year ago. So, it’s going up on freecycle. hopefully, someone will be glad to have it all.

Why is it that we all start many projects and agonize over their unfinishedness? Even if you only finished one quilt per year…that is a lot more than many people produce in a lifetime. I know I always feel like I haven’t done enough, and what I have done is not good enough quality. Why? (shakes fist at sky)

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:41:46 +0000

Laura, the honest truth is that I don’t really get that much done. I spend more time agonizing over unfinished projects (and piles of stashed yarn, fabric, assorted stuff) than I actually spend working on anything. I’m just good at posting when I DO finish something so that I appear to be more productive.

Cheating really. And remember that not only do I not work full time, I also do not have an infant or a toddler (or a dog) demanding my time.

Do you know the gender of your almost-here-baby?

Andrea, it’s so funny, that fabric was super cheap at ikea, like maybe $1.99/m and they cut enormous metres, I think I asked for 2 and got 3. The other one I got at the same time is similar, white fabric with black and green, birds though. I see both of them over and over again on various quilting blogs!

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:44:57 +0000

ps.. my favourite squares are the orange-ish squares with the larger polkadots… i can’t stop looking at them.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:58:17 +0000

They look lovely!
How do you get all these done? You have so many beautiful projects on the go and you get them done (seemingly) so quickly and they look amazing!
You must have a lot more discipline than I do (not to mention great talent with a needle!)

I think Quilts make the best baby present. We git two handmade quilts when Ella was born and it really made me feel that someone had done something thoughtful and special that Ella could keep forever. Your friends must be so happy too!

By: Caitlin Jane

Caitlin Jane — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:07:05 +0000

Thanks, Buddy.

And thanks to you, Andrea. It’s not turning out so perfectly, but I’m trying. I figure that I’ll have a date with the rotary cutter to smooth things out.

I got some orange bandanna fabric for the back, light pink kona for the sashing and I think I’ll use black for the binding…maybe.

By: andrea

andrea — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:54:37 +0000

amazing!! The binding looks great. Quilts are totally hard to take pictures of, but it still looks awesome.! amazing job on figuring out zigzaginess. I don’t have the patience for fabric math, so i usually stick to patterns.. :)

By: Shannon Larratt

Shannon Larratt — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:57:07 +0000

The photos don’t do it justice, it looks much much nicer in person, it turned out really well.