Mostly quilt with a sprinkling of roommates

After a good solid 12 hour day of sewing/ironing/basting/quilting yesterday...

front

back

It's (ALMOST*) done!

*still have to do the binding.

Isn't it wonderful?!?  I might have to test it out to make sure it works properly before it meets its new mommy... :)

Quilt Sandwich

The centerpiece of the back of Nina's quilt.  For some reason I thought this would be super fast and easy to make.  Fat chance!

I need a better camera...

Invitation

Who wants to go to this with me?
http://www.bellevuearts.org/exhibitions/current/bold_expressions/index.html

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I'm so lucky to be in Seattle right now:
http://www.gregkucera.com/bennett-loretta.htm
I may go to this tomorrow.

Here's a random photo I find quilt-spiration in:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew-o-rama/7365566624/

Nicole

Nicole hugging the icelandic flag in Ballard

Lighting one quilt off the butt of the other

Inspired by the "passage quilts" I linked to a day or so ago, I finally broke ground on a project I had been meaning to get at for awhile: what to do with the clothes that were cut off of Daniel when he was in a bike accident last year...

It seemed like an important enough life event to warrant a "passage quilt" especially given that they handed me a plastic bag filled with scraps of cut-up clothing when I retrieved Daniel from Harborview.

My rat-brain kicked in.  I had to keep those scraps, and make something useful/meaningful/artful out of them.  Of course every time I looked at the contents of the bag until now, it just stressed me out.  Yesterday, I was inspired by the free-form spontaneity of the passage quilts; using large pieces of clothing and retaining some of their original structure.

Also, if you know me at all, you'll see that this is heavily influenced by some of the Gee's Bend quilts.

Mary Lee Bendolph (b. 1935). Blocks, strips, strings, and half squares. 2005. Cotton. 84 X 81 in.
http://www.tinwoodmedia.com/QAMARBEH030-64.html

First "For Sale" Quilt

My second quilt to reach completion!

for sale on Etsy

Made on my brand new baby:

Happy

Happy father's day to my two dads.

Passage Quilts

This is really interesting:

http://www.passagequilts.com/quilts.html

Useful

Useful signage on the bike commute

Finished a quilt today!!!!

If you're interested, I think it's going to go up for sale on etsy.

Yipppeeee!!!  Feels good to finish something.

Some art generated during babysitting today

Followed this EASY recipe:

Dutch Oven No Knead Bread

And this is what came out of the oven just now:

Who will eat this bread with me?

All wet!

These are my legs after a little jaunt across town this morning...  note the completely saturated socks and canvas shoes.  Mmmm... squelchy!

Now... as I was biking home, some dad-ish lookin' dude walking down the sidewalk in Ravenna saw me-- pumped his fist in the air, screwed up his face and yelled "GO FASCISM!"

???

I don't know what to make of it.

Crocheted Rug Meets Lefty the Cat