Block 71

November 22nd, 2009

Block71

I have a humble appearance in the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks collector’s edition magazine.
To make my block I used some soft colors from Moda’s Basic Grey, Eva fabric collection. Block #71 would be my block.

It is not a difficult block but it uses a lot of little 2″ squares and HST’s. If you decide to make a large quilt using this block, you will be cutting little pieces of fabric for a very long time. I suppose that is what piecing a top is all about.

Many, many moons ago, my husband, who has since gotten smarter and does not say such things, was watching me cut out various fabrics for a quilt and he asked why I was cutting up all of that perfectly good fabric just to sew it back together again. He doesn’t say such things anymore.
I could ask him, why are you cutting up that perfectly good board just so you can nail it back together again. Why he might say? Well, because I am creating something else, something better, something usable like a house or a table or a bookshelf, would be his reply. Now he “gets” it.

I have some complimentary copies of this magazine that I would like to give away. I was thinking of requesting that you submit a comment and I could have drawing from the postings but I don’t get a lot of postings on this blog. Well, that is not true, I do get a LOT of postings but they are just not appropriate for decent eyes to read. The spam is cleverly disguised as a post but they put links in there for advertisements for unwanted items. I have had to turn off the comments section on a few of my posts because they seemed to draw a lot of the wrong kind of attention.

I could try it. If you really, really want a copy of the magazine just let me know by posting a G rated comment.
Or if you were thinking about placing an order on my website you can, again, just let me know in the comments section and I will include a copy in there. That is until I run out of my very limited copies.

Or go buy one at the newsstand. It is a very nice magazine and I know that you want one. You will want to see block #71. And block 72 and 73 and 74….

Until next time…

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I’m Having an Affair

November 20th, 2009
Hiking in Montana

Hiking in Montana

It used to be that quilting was my passion, my love, my desire. I loved to fondle fabric. I could spend hours stacking up and rearranging fat quarters. I dreamed of the quilts that I would make and my mind was filled with projects that I would complete someday.

Sigh. Quilting no longer has first place in my heart. I look through magazines and begin to get a bit of inspiration but then thoughts of my new love begin to enter my mind and I drift away.

I have fallen in love with Montana.

lake

I want to be outside, every day, all day. When I am inside I want to look out the window. I gaze out with binoculars to see what I can see. I look for what is hiding in the bushes.

Hiking and exploring, seeing what is over the next mountain top. The wildlife and scenery. The beauty and the sudden fear of how remote I can be and how wild it really is.

bear sign

There is nothing like hiking for miles up into the wilderness, deep into the woods, not a soul knows where we are, and then see a very LARGE pile of fresh bear poop. Spine chilling!
Fortunately, so far the three times I have seen a bear in the wild is while I was in the car and they have been crossing the road and all have seemed very eager to get away from us as fast as possible. What I have noticed is how fast they move and how shiny their fur is. Awesome.

I know my quilting is being neglected.

But – winter is coming – sooner than I would like to think. Maybe I can focus some of my passion back into the fabric.

No it can’t be maybe, I WILL complete some of the projects that have been silently, patiently waiting.

Until then, I have just a few more weeks to explore. To hike and come home bone weary tired but exhilarated.

At least until there is enough snow for me to put on the snow shoes and head out again.:-)

Maybe I could become a biologist, to study animals, plants, trees, soil and water. To spend my days measuring trees and gathering data.
Is it too late to go back to school?

Until next time…

Don & Elisa

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