I indulged in a little retail therapy and a short walk at Half Day Forest Preserve. (Water lily, wild morning glory, and bladderwort.)
In 1990 Amelia and I celebrated our June birthdays in Northbrook. I was staying at my parents' for the ALA conference and Amelia and her mother (my sister) were home for a visit. Amelia greeted me at the door excitedly: "Nann! Grandmother and I baked you a lemon cake!"
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On the front door now.
Modern Quilt Studio (Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle) designed We the People for America 250. The pattern is on the MQS website. It was easy to make -- the letters are fusible applique. The hard part was figuring out how to hang it. I had to dig into the Christmas decor boxes to find the wreath hanger.
The deboned shirt bins are overflowing!
On the design wall, but not for long: thrifted shirts, 9" blocks. I'm going to set these aside and consider an alternate block (sixteen patch, maybe).
I was looking through Bonnie Hunter's Scraps and Shirttails and rediscovered this pattern. A way to use not-blue shirts!
Six blocks so far. For the rest I'm going to cut the patches and units separately and keep them in the snapware boxes, then mix/match to assemble the blocks. That way I'll get maximum variety.
But all that is on hold until next week. As soon as I publish this post I'll finish packing for the ALA Annual Conference. It's in Chicago and I'm taking the 11:30 train downtown. Home on Monday evening!
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Shirt quilts and Subarus! You’re a kindred spirit, Nann. I have a 2025 Forester (my third Subaru). And several finished shirt quilts, with plenty of leftovers to make more.. Dot in NC
ReplyDeleteNann, if your door is metal, I have used stick on magnets on the reverse to hold the little quilt in place. Works well, unless it gets really windy! Jill, fellow Rotarian, Calgary, AB. CANADA
ReplyDeleteFirst, Happy belated birthday! Second, congratulations on your new Forrester! We had one but traded it in for an Outback and love(d) them both. I love your thrifted shirt churn dash blocks….there’s something about using shirts that makes a quilt look snuggly.
ReplyDeleteHappy, albeit now belated, birth day wishes! Your birthday gift to yourself looks pretty great. Lots of cargo space to haul around fabric and quilts.
ReplyDeleteNann, what a sweet photo of you and Amelia! How nice to share a birthday.
ReplyDeleteYes, a woman can do a car purchase!! Congratulations!
Love you work.
Sharon M
Happy belated birthday! I've been collecting shirts, too, and I should probably do something with them soon.
ReplyDeleteAndrea in MO
Happy birthday! Congrats on the new Subaru, they are wonderful cars. Enjoy your conference.
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