- Semi-sappy intro...
- Finished...
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2001
- Spring 2001: Lucy block for LABMED quilt II
- Spring 2001: "Around the World Quilt in a Day"
- Later 2001: Mimi's crocheted blanket
- December 2001 - December 2002: MIDIMaze aprons
- Late 2001/early 2002: Miranda's nightgown
- Fall 2001: dalmatian latch-hook pillow for friend Benjamin for the holidays
2002
- Spring 2002: Lucy memorial Friendship Star blocks for LABMED quilt III
- June 2002: birthday pillow for cousin Rachel
- July 2002: "Clifford" sleeping bag for friend Julia's birthday
- Summer 2002: Fourth of July quilt becomes 9/11 gift for firemen
- Spring/summer 2002: leotard for Tanya doll
- Fall 2002: silly crocheted hat for Charlotte
- Fall 2002: nice crocheted beret for Miranda
2003
- January 2003: a "French flag" pillow with an embroidered "M" for Miranda
- started fall 2002/finished early February 2003: turned fancy corduroy baby bonnet into fancy doll dress
- July 2003: another birthday pillow for Rachel
- July 2003: "Clifford" tiny doll sleeping bag plus heart-shaped piggy bank for friend Julia's birthday
- July 2003: Lucy memorial log cabin block for LABMED quilt IV
2004
- July-August 2004: "Around the World" doll quilt for Mimi to match Miranda's big one
- September-early October 2004: "Rubber Ducky" lap quilt for Charlotte
- Summer 2004-ongoing: assorted crocheted items - doll hats and scarves, mostly
- Fall 2004: 1st crocheted granny square ever
- Fall 2004: knitted hat for my dad
2005
- March 2005: knitted poncho for Miranda
- finished spring 2005: crocheted hat for baby sister of a gymnastics friend - I neglected to take a photo and she hasn't given me one yet :-<
- August 2005: quick baby quilt for friend Amy's shower
- Just before Thanksgiving 2005: finished variegated green-white-blue crocheted hat (started a year ago!) -- possibly for me
- Just after Thanksgiving 2005: finished all-white baby-sized crocheted hat (started a year ago!) -- now, who to give this to? Save to sell someday?
- Thanksgiving week 2005: started *and finished* peach-and-white knitted scarf for C (not from the special yarn yet)
- Now, and for a long time, in progress...
- Future plans...
- a "French flag" doll quilt to match Miranda's pillow, from the scraps left from the firemen's quilt
- a Lucy pillow along the lines of the first Lucy block
- some things for Charlotte
- many more ideas...
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Page last updated 08/28/05
blue/white Log Cabin quilt(s) begun spring 2002
I'm in the middle of a log cabin quilt started last spring, using a long-saved favorite that reminds me of this Andrea by Sadek cake plate & knife we got as a wedding gift. I'd wanted to try Eleanor Burns' "Log Cabin Quilt-in-a-Day" book since using her "Trip Around the World" book in a class for my 2001 "Around the World" quilt. Mom found the log cabin book just when I had some time to try it. I hemmed and hawed over fabrics for a while; Shawn kicked me and nudged me enough to get me to select stuff already from my stash, rather than thinking about "what ifs" regarding fabric not in our house. A very good call.
At first I was just going to do a small lap quilt for Miranda and a coordinated baby quilt for Charlotte. The strips went pretty quickly, but in the middle I started on the aforementioned Fourth of July quilt that got me off track. Finally finished the log cabin squares and laid them out on our bed. Here's what one block looks like:
| I'm looking for more of the "third light" fabric, the one across the top and left of this block. Ideally, I'd like to back whichever quilt(s) I make in it, but I don't have nearly enough left for that. There's no manufacturer's info or pattern name on what little I have left of the selvage. If you know anything about this fabric, please please e-mail me. It was purchased in 2001 or 2002 at G Street Fabrics in Centreville VA. Thanks! |
While watching me with the log cabin blocks, here's what Miranda laid out herself (no help from me) and said she wanted to sew into a quilt:
Remember, she was not even three and a half at that point.
Here are the baby quilt layouts that seemed nicest. I figured I'd just add another row or two to make a similar lap quilt for Miranda.
Then I panicked. I worried that Charlotte would outgrow a baby-sized quilt too soon for it to make sense for Miranda's to be a different size. Soon enough she'd want to know why hers was smaller. Also, I really liked the way the blocks had come out. They'd look much nicer as one huge quilt with an emanating pattern than as zigzags or diagonal stripes, which was about all I could do with the smaller quilts. Some of the queen-sized layouts I tried:
I also noticed that a few rotations of sixteen block sets could spell either "CVM" or "MM".
Which layout? What to do? Would initial quilts be too hokey when the girls got older? Back burner again, for the summer and fall.
Miranda kept asking if "her" quilt was going to be done soon. Midwinter I decided to make each girl a lap or twin - I'd just make a few more squares. Then I decided to go back to the "initials" idea, but on a smaller scale. I cut more strips - 1-1/4" instead of 2-1/2" - and started on 32 of these squares. Once they were done, I laid out sixteen to make "CVM" and the other sixteen to make "MM". These are sewn together and are huge - floor pillow sized. I'm holding off on the borders & backing until I get the quilts done, so they coordinate as well as possible. It's taken a long time thus far; no reason to rush it after all this work.
If the initials idea isn't too hokey, then maybe I'll make them each a large lap blanket as shown above with the big blocks, and they can lean or sit on their initial pillows while they use their blankets... There'd be no argument as to whose blanket or pillow was which. Did I mention that they share a bedroom?
SHHH!!! Miranda knows about my attempts at making the log cabin quilts for her and Charlotte, but the pillows are a surprise that I've been hiding up high when she's around.
