Here it is, Friday again - can you believe it? It always seems to me that the weeks go faster as summer comes to an end. I actually saw something on Facebook the other day telling how many weekends it was until Christmas (something I won't share with you because it totally freaked me out!) So I guess it's time to get it in gear, yes?
I hope you're ready to whoop it up - I've got something really fun to share this week! My niece Heather came to spend the weekend with me before she moves to Canada to work on her Ph.D. at Calgary, and she brought some of her quilty UFOs to finish up. You may remember Heather - I first introduced you to her with this picture…
This was her first quilt - a disappearing 9-patch. Then she moved on to her "Wicked" quilt - but it became a PIG (Project in Grocery sack) after she finished the flimsy.
Next up, and totally appropriate for this brilliant math whiz, was her Fibonnaci quilt…
…and then her quilt based on the Doppler effect...
Then the quilt she designed for her mom, who we occasionally call the crazy cat lady (when she's not around to hear us…)
…And because no graduate student worth her salt can survive without her own personal Tardis, she designed and created this quilt…
And this weekend, we managed to finish up three more quilts. The first is a gift for a friend of hers who just had a baby…
Cute giraffe fabrics on the front...
…an interesting quilting design - straight line sections alternated with random meander rows...
…and an adorable giraffe print for the back!
Then she moved on to her oldest UFO, the Wicked quilt...
Emerald green fabric pinwheels...
Yes, that really is the Wicked Witch of the West! And the one turned block in the bottom corner was an intentional design choice. She quilted this with random spirals.
And then she moved on to this pretty quilt - a block she designed herself. The fabrics are mostly rainy day prints from Connecting Threads, with one print of books in a spiral. She said it made her think of enjoying good book on a rainy day!
I'm especially proud and amazed at the quilting she did on this quilt. She decided that she wanted to do something special and different, not just an overall pattern. So we loaded it on Jolene and she went to work...
And look at that quilting! Squared spirals in the largest squares, and a random meander through the other parts of the blocks. But the bravest thing? Take a look at the back!!
She used a white thread on a denim sketch backing fabric - which could have shown every error! But instead she ended up with a quilt that is equally fabulous on both back and front…
Isn't that cool? Like I said, I'm one proud quilt mama!
Now she has six quilts to take with her to Calgary - hopefully enough to keep her warm through the Canadian winters! But if not, I'm sure she's got a wicked auntie somewhere who will send her some more…
So - - - can we give Heather a big whoop whoop??
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And now it's your turn!
What's got you whooping this week?
What's making you dance the happy dance?
Share - we want to dance right along with you!!
The party will stay open until Sunday midnight -
hope to see you there!
Hugs!
Sarah
