It's been a span of busy days getting unpacked in addition to reorganized after our trip. Yesterday I had to brand a trip to the grocery store. It was senior discount 24-hour interval and, due to misfortunate planning, I ended upwards in that place correct at noon, in addition to therefore the store was mobbed. It would convey been the green painful trip except I got inwards occupation to cheque out behind a very, really erstwhile woman. She noticed I was purchasing orangish juice, in addition to informed me that it would brand skillful Mimosas. Then she told me how to brand them. Okay, therefore that saved the day. I promise I'm that much fun twenty years from now. When I got domicile I started inwards on a mount of laundry, but managed to larn it all done past times day's end.
Despite all that domestic drudgery, I had some fourth dimension inwards the sewing room yesterday afternoon. I caught upwards on only 1 of the Tiny Tuesday blocks. This is Sally Trude's tutorial, in addition to it was excellent. Even amongst Sally's nifty tutorial, my block took the entire afternoon to make.
Just finding a skillful cloth for the eyes took absolutely forever. And then...to add together insult to injury...as shortly every bit I had the account sewn together, the owl started telling Knock, Knock jokes. I scream back when Sally made her owl quilt, she was having a occupation amongst the owls telling Knock, Knock jokes all the time. I'll acknowledge existence skeptical at the time, but no dubiousness close it. Here's only 1 joke the owl told me.
Owl: Knock, Knock
Me: Who's there? (And, honestly, how tin anyone resist maxim it?)
Owl: Hoo.
Me: Hoo who?
Owl: You utter similar an owl!And I'm hither to tell you, it alone went downhill from there.
With therefore many distractions, I alone managed to larn 1 block sewn yesterday. The alone saving grace was the arrival of this book. I saw it when I visited the Stitchin' Post on our way domicile Sunday, in addition to decided to buy it on Amazon. I'm interested inwards modern quilts, but e'er wonder how people honor inspiration or know what to practice amongst abstract art. Whenever I show something similar that on my own, I cease upwards echoing that erstwhile David Letterman bit: Is it anything? So, go into this book. Lots of skillful information in addition to ideas.
Some of you lot convey asked how Matthew is doing on his Republic of Guatemala adventure. I think this moving-picture demonstrate says it all. Matthew is minute from the right. Does he await similar he's having fun?
Yesterday was his birthday. We've been able to communicate via text in addition to video using the Whatsapp app. What a marvelous footing nosotros alive in! I tried calling him yesterday morn amongst no luck. He messaged me after inwards the 24-hour interval to tell me he was on an "adventure," in addition to he would telephone vociferation upwards later. Along the way, he sent me these images from a cloth store inwards Guatemala. That's his friend, Lyndsay inwards the epitome below.
Look at the incredible colors inwards those bolts of fabric. Lyndsay explained that all of this is hand-dyed, in addition to hand-woven. Here are some pictures of the quilts from the cloth store.
Amazing, huh? And I'm touched that they sentiment to ship pictures, knowing I would bask them.
Okay, therefore I convey only 1 other matter to tell you lot about. In my electronic mail this morn was a Google warning close a Quilt Block Challenge going on at the Virgina Quilt Museum inwards Harrisonburg, Virginia. You mightiness scream back that nosotros visited the museum piece nosotros were traveling inwards Virginia terminal year. You tin read my weblog post close it right here. (Scroll down...it was a busy day.)
Here's the blurb from their website explaining the challenge:
Here's a moving-picture demonstrate of the quilt from their collection:
It's a fundraiser for the museum. It costs $5 to submit a block. When the blocks are made into a quilt, it volition go raffled off to enhance fifty-fifty to a greater extent than money. And heck, $5 seems a minor cost to pay. I dear participating inwards these "quilting community" events. You mightiness scream back that I participated inwards the Astronomical Quilt Block Challenge when quilter Karen Nyberg was aboard the International Space Station. If retention serves, 22 quilts were made from this challenge in addition to set on display at the Houston International Quilt Show a few years back. Here's the quilt containing my block. It was thrilling to encounter it there.
Then recently, Meg Hawkey requested "signature blocks" from friends. Last week, she posted the quilt she's making from all the blocks. I tried increasing to size of this epitome to honor mine, but I wasn't able to. Nevertheless, it's fun knowing it's there.
Edited to tell I spent some to a greater extent than fourth dimension looking at this image, in addition to I works life my block...just to the left in addition to a petty below center, circled inwards green. Fun!
That's all I convey for you lot today. After working my tail off for the past times 2 days, I'm taking today to go an NBS 24-hour interval (Nothing But Sewing). I'll larn caught upwards on my Tiny Tuesday blocks, in addition to I'll brand a block for the Virginia Quilt Museum. If there's nevertheless fourth dimension left inwards the day, I'll larn to function on another block...maybe April's block for the Garden Sunshine BOM.
What's going on inwards your sewing room today?