Eye Candy Friday: Another Quilt
Is it heresy that this knitter is posting about quilts when the East Coast knitblogging contingent is converging at MDSW this weekend? :-)
The thing about quilts I've found more satisfying than knits (horrors, such blasphemy) is that you get a finished object in less than half the time. This quilt? Took me four weeks. Total. (Uh, Wendy put your hand down.)
Cold temps earlier in April provided me with the perfect excuse to throw this on top of our comforter. The Polar Bear I live with didn't complain for once. Maybe he's getting used to having a stack of quilts piled at the foot of the bed?
Yes, it's more Amy Butler squares. More, more, more! This time around I'm using fabric from her Temple Flowers and Charm collection. These came from eBay, part of a huge set that included Ginger Bliss, Belle, and Gypsy Caravan. I lucked out on that particular auction. eBay is pure eVil.
Blogworthy: May 3
1: According to Wikipedia, on May 3, Chicago's Sears Tower became the world's tallest building, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Niccolò Machiavelli was born.
2: According to my mom and dad, I was an easy delivery. Little did they know!
3: According to my brother and sister, I was a surprise. And then they proceeded to torture me for the next 30+ years.
4: May 3 is Discoflux day. Meh. It sounds better than it is, doesn't it?
5: It's also Tres Chic Veronique's and Poke You With My Sticks Liz's birthday! Go wish them (belated) birthday wishes! Happy Birthday to us all!!!
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Happy Birthday! :)
Happy Birthday! That's a wonderful quilt!
Happy Birthday!! The quilt is beautiful!
Happy Birthday! Not all us east coast knitter are blogging about MDSW, some of us are blogging about biking NYC. *grin* May you have many, many more happy days!
Love the fabrics you've used in the quilt.
Oh, lovely! When I first learned to quilt, I decided it's much easier to use fabric that's already made than to make your own out of string. For several years, I put knitting aside. But one always returns to a true love.
Happy birthday!
Happy B-day! Lovely quilts! Makes me wish I could sew :)
Quilting is fine. Good to have more than one string to your bow. Don't let anyone tell you that you're doing anything wrong by dabbling in other types of creativity other than knitting...
Happy Birthday! Dude, torture with your quilt picture. I want to see the WHOLE thing!
Happy birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday....
Always remeber that May babies are the best, we are better than all the rest!
Happy Birthday MJ!
I love the quilt. I really like how you broke it up with the white fabric. Very pretty!
Your quilt is absolutely lovely and amazing! I am working on getting a sewing machine so I can do some quilts etc too!
Happy Belated Birthday, once again! I love your quilts! You people and the fabric & sewing enabling. Grr... ;)
I had no idea we shared a birthday..Cool! Happy Birthday, sorry I'm late to the party. hehe :)
I didn't know anyone out there knew it was my birthday. How did you know it was my birthday?
you should be really proud of your quilts. they are beautiful! i hope they are well received.
Belated birthday wishes - hope that you had a great day!
I'm enjoying your 'diversification' into the sewing arts....