This one was a challenge. I just don’t think the colors blue and brown go together. But it was commissioned for a friend’s baby shower. The colors for the baby shower was blue and brown. I don’t know. How did you think I did?
“We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.” ― Anne LamottAnne Lamott
(https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7113.Anne_Lamott)
I started tying quilts a couple of years ago to help out a friend of mine who was going through a loss. I am not the best at comforting with words and wanted to show them that I cared. My mom came up with the grand idea of making a quilt for them. It was a marvelous idea! There is just something so comforting about quilts and blankets. They keep us warm and provide a canvas for those with a vivid imagination. Anything from blanket forts to keeping us safe from monsters under the bed. The hopes of each of these quilts was to provide comfort and love as we all go through difficult times in our lives.
Rose gold was this girl’s favorite color. Unfortunately I couldn’t find yarn that came close to that color :/ but we did find a pretty rose pink. It was still received with a smile on her face and is used daily with lots of love <3
“He wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick” – Narrator (pg. 16)The Hobbit pg. 16
Scott and I have loved traveling. We have a bit of curiosity and wanderlust. Here is some of the places we have explored. We hope you enjoy this journey with us.
One of the first quilts I ever had to figure out how to long arm. This one was for a wonderful woman who had served in Japan. Her husband served in the Netherlands as full time Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints missionaries. This was to serve as a reminder of their love when we had to say good bye to her husband from this mortal plane.
Longarm is a term used for a technique:
Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.
Nerdy quilt for a nerdy young woman. I have a love for Star Wars, in fact my kitchen is a droid depot theme with a heavy hit in the direction of R2D2 and C3P0. So when I got a chance to tie this cute quilt with the Star Wars theme was too good to pass up. Her favorite color is purple. Both the yarn and borders used that color.
For those of you who have not seen Star Wars. For shame, it is a brilliant movie series filled with romance, danger, coming of age, good vs evil and thrills. But only watch the original 6. After that the story feels repetitive and a cash grab.
Scott and I have wanderlust spirits and enjoy traveling where we can. This section of the blog is to document all the wonderful places we have been!:)
