December 19, 2018
Before I found the book with 501 card patterns, I found this block in a free ebook I downloaded a few years ago.
I picked this one for the name. Dave is so busy – whether with his boys’ hockey, Huskie’s football, the Rush – that I’m sure he must at times feel like his life is just one huge zig zag to get from one thing to another.
December 12, 2018
Some of the fabric in this card is the same as I used in a small case I made for Dylan a few Christmases ago. A puzzle seemed appropriate for Dylan as he was such a whiz at puzzles even when he was little. I’m happy to be spending Dylan’s 13th birthday with him – where has the time gone?
I didn’t see the mistake in this one until after it was quilted and the binding was on. By then it was too late to fix it and still have it ready on time.
December 11, 2018
I’m always looking for small block patterns to use for my cards. While I was looking for something else I came across a book call “501 Rotary-Cut Quilt Blocks”; each of the 501 patterns come in a variety of sizes.
One of the projects-in-my-mind is a quilt made with blocks associated with the Underground Railway combined with blocks embroidered with words from some of the songs of freedom.
September 30, 2018
It’s been three years since Roberta gifted me with some doilies and other hand-crafted pieces from perhaps three-generations of Hunters. I always knew I’d return them to her in some form but it took awhile to find the right idea and time.
My original idea for a doily came from a project the Guild worked on – door hangers for the care home here in Powell River. Someone had made a hanger that had a shelf with a doily hanging from it. But without a pattern I was stumped. But the more I thought about it I realized I had made a shelf-like project for Diane; I think it was the first quilting project I ever did. And I had the pattern book so there was no excuse for putting it off any longer. I didn’t want to cut into the doilies so I kept them intact but folded in half; the extra depth added to the 3-D effect.
The label is from the edge of one of the antique pillow cases that was in my package.