Showing posts with label Noahs Arc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Noahs Arc. Show all posts

Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Mad Sewer

Is English the only language that takes one word, spells it the same, gives it 2 or more pronunciations and meanings and expects us all to know which one is being used at any given moment??? I labeled this the "Mad Sewer.....as in someone who sews and sews and sews all day. Not "sewer" like something you see when you look down a manhole.

Anyway......
I was quite unhappy that I didn't make it to my grandson's 12th birthday in Illinois so I spent many hours on Saturday huddled over my sewing machine trying to finish, and start, some projects to make myself feel better. These pictures are of a Noahs Arc quilt I started over 8 years ago when my daughter, Denise, was pregnant with her 2nd son, Spencer. It was really a lot of work. I taped up the pattern on a window, traced around every single little piece onto fusible web, ironed every single little piece onto fabric, cut out every single little piece....well you get the picture. After I machine blanket stitched around it all I really wasn't happy with the end result. Therefore, I never finished it, stuffed it into a closet with the binding half on and made him a chenille quilt, which I think he still loves.
Now that I pulled this out of a closet and relooked at it...I find I like it quite a bit now. The binding is now completely on and it is ready to be given away. (Denise, are you ready for another baby?)


I love the colorful birds in each corner and the way the monkeys are just hanging out.


This is the fabric I used on the back. Really bright and cheerful. I'm glad I found it and especially that I like it now.