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| ....it's beginning to look a lot like spring time... |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Wednesday on Whidbey
Late again!...it's the end-of-the-quarter-graduation-excitement-next-quarter's-comin' dance!
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| One of the old Dutch farm gems on the north end, now tucked away a midst the urban growth... |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wednesday on Whidbey
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| It's that time of year (thank goodness!) when everything is greening up. I mean, everything! (...weather stripping, sidewalks, rocks, you name it...) |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Is Finishing Binding Just LIke Doing the Dishes?!
I hate binding. Have I said that before?! (of course I have!)
Besides the fact that there's seldom a single creative aspect to the process, it's just boring.
And as the very last step in the finishing process (usually) the project is officially over when the binding's done---but usually I'm so over the piece by then & ready to move on (..oh what am I saying: I have moved on!) I can hardly finish the task.
Alas, there lies the reason the 'binding basket' is seldom empty. Remember when you had a 'mending basket'? (you probably still do! I have a mending bin--a true black hole--that sucks the item in, never to be seen again!) Well anyway, I have a binding basket--it's a quick place to grab something to do when I there's a short time to do something--like after work etc. Those poor little unbound waifs look pretty while they're waiting--& they're not buried somewhere they'll be forgotten.
So, bargain-with-self for those four unexpected snow days at home in January--alone--was to complete at least one binding project per day. I did alright!
So here's a little show & tell:
'Member this quilt? The top was a sample for the store earlier last year.
When I went to my friend's long arm studio in December I got it quilted--and now it's bound!
Nice size:
about 54" x 70".
This bright one was a result of winning the block of the month at the Quilters on the Rock guild meeting many moons ago.
The blocks sat in a box patiently waiting until I finally took them to retreat last year. I made more blocks & finished the top. This one also got quilted when I went to my friend's long arm studio--and now it's bound, too!
It's 60"x60"--a good size for a community quilt. So next month it will go to the guild meeting--on it's way to a new home.
I also finished up two more runners awaiting binding.
One of them immediately became a national traveler, & headed to Chicago before the month was up. How fun!
Besides the fact that there's seldom a single creative aspect to the process, it's just boring.
And as the very last step in the finishing process (usually) the project is officially over when the binding's done---but usually I'm so over the piece by then & ready to move on (..oh what am I saying: I have moved on!) I can hardly finish the task.
Alas, there lies the reason the 'binding basket' is seldom empty. Remember when you had a 'mending basket'? (you probably still do! I have a mending bin--a true black hole--that sucks the item in, never to be seen again!) Well anyway, I have a binding basket--it's a quick place to grab something to do when I there's a short time to do something--like after work etc. Those poor little unbound waifs look pretty while they're waiting--& they're not buried somewhere they'll be forgotten.
So, bargain-with-self for those four unexpected snow days at home in January--alone--was to complete at least one binding project per day. I did alright!
So here's a little show & tell:
'Member this quilt? The top was a sample for the store earlier last year.
When I went to my friend's long arm studio in December I got it quilted--and now it's bound!
Nice size:
about 54" x 70".
This bright one was a result of winning the block of the month at the Quilters on the Rock guild meeting many moons ago.
The blocks sat in a box patiently waiting until I finally took them to retreat last year. I made more blocks & finished the top. This one also got quilted when I went to my friend's long arm studio--and now it's bound, too!
It's 60"x60"--a good size for a community quilt. So next month it will go to the guild meeting--on it's way to a new home.
I also finished up two more runners awaiting binding. 
One of them immediately became a national traveler, & headed to Chicago before the month was up. How fun!
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