Yarn

This yarn is divine.

And of course, by divine I mean that
if I were in the Celestial Kingdom, and
if I were knitting a baby hat out of sage green alpaca/cotton yarn
this is the yarn I would be using.

only, my stitches would be more even.

Summer of Quilting

My sister Kristine told me about an article she read which described how the author and his brother had decided to name each summer and then create a tradition to suit the name.

I have a quilt that I started in 2003 with my then-roommates. It is still unfinished, mostly because the only thing I know how to do (or did a month ago) was piece the top. When I started a second quilting project, my summer found it's name.

My friend Laura started a "Quilting Club" enrichment class and taught me to make this beautiful object:



Take note: there are some very exciting "unique features" (maybe Kim is the only one to remember that inside joke). For example, I did the machine quilting myself!!! It seemed so daunting, but it really wasn't too bad. :)



Also, the corners are mitered, which was that bad, but I did it nonetheless. Bravo, me!

Overall, it's pretty much amazing, and so am I.



So now I am finishing my big quilting project that has been sitting for so long. It's been pretty adventurous to figure it out, but it's fun at the same time. Watch out, soon I'll be on to the next one!