sketch to stitches

23 Thursday May 2013

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color, inspiration, mini quilt, quilt

About a year ago, Lulu came to me with this drawing she had just finished. She thought it would make a great design for a quilt.

lulu's sketch for quilt top

I agreed and shortly after that we pulled the fabrics we needed. I took care of the rotary cutting and she took care of the stitching.

Last June she finished the quilt top.

Then like most of us, she was distracted by something else, likely swimming lessons, then the start of school, then tumbling classes, and the next thing you know it’s 2013 and her quilt top still didn’t have a quilt back. She chose a great blue print from a local designer and now it’s done.

From sketch to reality…

her first finished quilt.

what i did on my summer vacation

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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aquarium, bean, chicago, color, museum, quilt, roof, seurat, shark, vacation

We hit the road for Chicago a couple of weeks ago. First stop – Museum of Science and Industry

Cj spent some time manning the wheel the avalanche simulator.

The kids playing with color…

We made it to the Shedd Aquarium.

They have some great exhibits, but don’t forget to look up. It’s a beautiful building.

We had a great view of the sunrise from our hotel.

Cj continued his vacation tradition of having a snack in bed while watching tv.

Lulu suffered from too much jumping on the bed.

We checked out the hotel ballroom.

We stopped to see Sue and all of her friends.

Someone refused to turn around for pictures at the bean.

I stood in awe of this beauty from 1830.

And finally,

I was able to have the Ferris Bueller moment that I have been waiting for since 1986.