Category: Friendship

A Very Wrenly Quilt for Sweden

The other day I told you about a young family that had lost their house to fire, and how I’d started making quilts for the children. I showed you Beckham’s quilt. Today I finished his big sister Sweden’s quilt! I am calling it Wrenly for Sweden because I had been playing around with a jellyroll… Continue reading A Very Wrenly Quilt for Sweden

Vintage Adjust-O-Matic Dress Form and a Healthy Body Image

Have you ever seen one of these? Made in the mid-1960s and costing only $6.95: “with your Adjust-o-Matic dress form you see in advance just how attractive and becoming your dress, skirt, coat or blouse will look!” Inside the box was a bewildering assortment of pieces. I have to admit, as a person who kind… Continue reading Vintage Adjust-O-Matic Dress Form and a Healthy Body Image

A Wedding Quilt for Pam

In 2012, Jenny at In Color Order hosted a block of the month party. Every month she posted a quilt square made of 1/2 triangle squares. Every month I made the block and stuck it away in a box. At the end of the year, I had 12 blocks, one for every month. Pam was… Continue reading A Wedding Quilt for Pam

Happy Mail!

Bee blocks came in yesterday’s mail from Shelly (We Bee Canadian block exchange). I had requested mini skinny churn dash blocks. Shelly, feeling generous, sent an entire goodie bag! The churn dashes, PLUS scraps of the fabrics she used… And this adorable little pouch! Squeee!  Thanks for the happy dance, Shelly! 🙂