Last year a group of us at church not so brilliantly started the project of giving each graduating high school senior a quilt. They were quite surprised. They were expecting Bibles. :)
This year...we've divided and conquered the list of quilts, we're five weeks away from graduation Sunday, and our progress is quite dismal. Well, we've all picked out our patterns and material, one person has actually started sewing the top, another has hers cut out, but that's about it.
We're learning as we go. There's a family that has come and gone several times over the last two years due to job situations, etc, but last fall I was afraid they would show back up with their senior in tow and we'd be one quilt short. She had made a point to tell us what her favorite colors were. There was a free online, six-week tutorial, so I spent a month and a half learning new techniques, then took those squares and made a quilt top. It's not quilted, but after talking with some of the others, we're going to save it for next year's seniors. It takes about a month to do a quilt, so realistically, if someone has not been actively coming since February, then we're not going to make them a quilt. There's just not enough time to do a decent job, and it's not exactly fair for us to be expected to drop everything for 2-3 weeks for one present. But here's the top I had completed for her:
I wasn't overly crazy about it, but it had all the colors she wanted. Bobby said it was pretty. I'm just hoping one of the senior girls for 2013 likes orange and pink.
And I can post this now since my niece doesn't read my blog, but here's the quilt top for my oldest niece Emily. She wanted black and white and one other color. I like the patterns, but I wish I had gone with solids instead of two busy prints.These prints would have looked a lot better in geometric shapes (the modern stripes in quilts as opposed to the "star crossed" stars. Thankfully this one doesn't have to be quilted until the first of August.
And the quilt I hope to cut out this week...will be interesting. I've picked out a pattern with a lot of movement, which will be a first for me. And it's for a boy who likes black and red. I have three solids, red, white and yellow, and a black fire print. If there's time, I may applique a guitar in one corner, but realistically that may not happen.
Meanwhile I have a few other projects that are chomping at the back of my mind, but so far I've managed to refrain for giving in to my thoughts of pulling out the material to "just look at them". That would be about as wise as buying chocolate 'cause it's on sale and expecting it to still be in the house 3 days from now. Self-control...one of the fruits of the Spirit I'm trying to comprehend.
This year...we've divided and conquered the list of quilts, we're five weeks away from graduation Sunday, and our progress is quite dismal. Well, we've all picked out our patterns and material, one person has actually started sewing the top, another has hers cut out, but that's about it.
We're learning as we go. There's a family that has come and gone several times over the last two years due to job situations, etc, but last fall I was afraid they would show back up with their senior in tow and we'd be one quilt short. She had made a point to tell us what her favorite colors were. There was a free online, six-week tutorial, so I spent a month and a half learning new techniques, then took those squares and made a quilt top. It's not quilted, but after talking with some of the others, we're going to save it for next year's seniors. It takes about a month to do a quilt, so realistically, if someone has not been actively coming since February, then we're not going to make them a quilt. There's just not enough time to do a decent job, and it's not exactly fair for us to be expected to drop everything for 2-3 weeks for one present. But here's the top I had completed for her:
And I can post this now since my niece doesn't read my blog, but here's the quilt top for my oldest niece Emily. She wanted black and white and one other color. I like the patterns, but I wish I had gone with solids instead of two busy prints.These prints would have looked a lot better in geometric shapes (the modern stripes in quilts as opposed to the "star crossed" stars. Thankfully this one doesn't have to be quilted until the first of August.
And the quilt I hope to cut out this week...will be interesting. I've picked out a pattern with a lot of movement, which will be a first for me. And it's for a boy who likes black and red. I have three solids, red, white and yellow, and a black fire print. If there's time, I may applique a guitar in one corner, but realistically that may not happen.
Meanwhile I have a few other projects that are chomping at the back of my mind, but so far I've managed to refrain for giving in to my thoughts of pulling out the material to "just look at them". That would be about as wise as buying chocolate 'cause it's on sale and expecting it to still be in the house 3 days from now. Self-control...one of the fruits of the Spirit I'm trying to comprehend.
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