Three Kitchen Fairies

Waiting...

 
Slowly but surely, I gathered my fabrics for my "Single Girl Quilt,"  I bought some Kaffe Fassett, Michael Miller, Robert Kaufman's Metro Living fabrics. I added a couple of Heather Ross Mendocino from my "precious stash" section, and a splash of forgotten scraps. They all seemed to work well together.

Katy said that the cutting of the ring pieces was the most tedious part of the whole project, and I'm glad it wasn't too bad for me. It took me two mornings to finish cutting the pieces for the twelve rings for a twin size quilt. Why a twin size? Well, in this house, at least three people want to cuddle up under the same quilt, sometimes four if the mama is there already.

 

After petting each fabric and preparing it to be cut, I imagined the other hundred possibilities for each of them.  It took me two whole school mornings, two movies, and one documentary. Consequently, I found solace in my own thoughts, plans, and memories: the perfect sound of the rotary cutter, and the snip-snip ot the scissors are such pleasant sound. The idea of taking such a pretty quilt out of the dryer for the first time, and spreading it on a freshly made bed makes my heart feel elated... you get the picture, right?

 

I finished the first task of this quilt along. I'll be working on it at the schedule pace, which I think was perfectly planned to fit the making of this quilt in 'real life time.'

Here it is, waiting for tomorrow's post, while I wait for the snow to stop, and for Spring to come.

Happy Valentine's day!!

 
It's still Sunday but who knows if I will be able to post this tomorrow.  Valentine's Day may be a "Hallmark Holiday" but still it make the prefect occasion to profess our love to our better half, and to our friends and family.

Do you ever wonder how Valentine's Day originated?? here are some facts about it:

-February 14, 270 A.D. : Roman Emperor Claudius II, dubbed "Claudius the Cruel," beheaded a priest named Valentine for performing marriage ceremonies. Claudius II had outlawed marriages when Roman men began refusing to go to war in order to stay with their wives.

-During the late 1800s, postage rates around the world dropped, and the obscene St. Valentine's Day card became popular, despite the Victorian era being otherwise very prudish. As the numbers of racy valentines grew, several countries banned the practice of exchanging Valentine's Days cards. During this period, Chicago's post office rejected more than 25,000 cards on the grounds that they were so indecent, they were not fit to be carried through the U.S. mail.

-Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

Want to read more?? More facts, here, and here.

Happy Valentine's day!!

 

Scrappy joy

 

I'm about to finish another quilt top, just the top, but I'm still excited. This was another quilting bee endeavor by The Block Swap. Thank you to these ladies I got 26 blocks made in April of last year. Last Sunday I finished the rest of the blocks, 35 to be exact, and I can't wait to put them together.

 

This is how it will look... I have a thing for white backgrounds, I love how it makes other fabrics look so pretty and brilliant which is perfect for the gloomy Michigan winter. This quilt will be big enough for a twin size bed, and it's been already "called" by one of the girls.

It's full of happy spots like this...
 

... and this
 

this one is simply adorable, pure joy!!
 

Besides the weight gain, the lack of bright days, and the cold weather, winter is such a great time to finish up all those unfinished quilts. Working on them keep me busy enough so that I don't get too grumpy about the weather, and other winter related issues :)

Keep warm!!