Well, it looks like all I ever do is post about my projects anymore... I guess I can be OK with that for now. It's nice to have them documented all together, somewhere!
My latest finish was a Christmas present for my bosses, Jill & Scott. There was mention of doing a "company party" this year for the holidays. I put that in quotes because Jill & Scott own their own business, and have 3 employees. One of them is me, who barely counts as an employee at all! I come and do menial office work 3, or mayyyybe 6 hours a week! Despite my lowly status, Jill is extremely generous and kind to include me in everything. Our children are friends and play together. I have literally cried on her shoulder about my personal traumas. They both make work a great place to be. She is pretty much the nicest person on earth to have given me the chance to get out of my homemaker rut and make a little money. I love my "job" but I love our friendship even more!
I knew right away that this family needed a special present. I knew they would throw a wonderful evening for us and that I should put a little heart into what I gifted them in return. What else would be a little piece of my heart, but a quilt!? So here is what I chose and made, specifically to accommodate favorite colors, and Jill's SUPER-contemporary taste. (And I mean super. Sleek. High end. ...Yikes!)
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My latest finish was a Christmas present for my bosses, Jill & Scott. There was mention of doing a "company party" this year for the holidays. I put that in quotes because Jill & Scott own their own business, and have 3 employees. One of them is me, who barely counts as an employee at all! I come and do menial office work 3, or mayyyybe 6 hours a week! Despite my lowly status, Jill is extremely generous and kind to include me in everything. Our children are friends and play together. I have literally cried on her shoulder about my personal traumas. They both make work a great place to be. She is pretty much the nicest person on earth to have given me the chance to get out of my homemaker rut and make a little money. I love my "job" but I love our friendship even more!
I knew right away that this family needed a special present. I knew they would throw a wonderful evening for us and that I should put a little heart into what I gifted them in return. What else would be a little piece of my heart, but a quilt!? So here is what I chose and made, specifically to accommodate favorite colors, and Jill's SUPER-contemporary taste. (And I mean super. Sleek. High end. ...Yikes!)
As you can see, I ended up doing straight-line quilting around each of the colored bars (above.)
Straight-line quilting... I do not enjoy.
But my usual stippling would not do for this type of style.
Double this with the fact that my walking foot - for my sewing machine - is total crap,
everything was extra annoying.
You can see the fabric kinda pulling in a lot of directions (below.)
It was the best I could do
but I suppose most people would not notice and not care.
The back was this incredible flannel I bought on my trip to Utah last month.
It was pricey and AWESOME. Feels like a million bucks.
It makes the quilt just *that much* thicker and sooooo snuggly soft!
Plus the cross-hatchy gray lines went so well with the rest of the look.
The binding is a wacky grey print found nowhere else on the quilt,
but I needed a little print somewhere, right?
Nothing wrong with a wacky binding :)
Final size was 62" x 79"
The husband and I got all dolled up for the holiday party last night.
It was at the Wrigley Mansion -- wowza!!!
It was the most fantastic evening filled with laughter, fun, and of course gifts.
I was thrilled to watch them open a handmade quilt in a ritzy restaurant
built in a former mansion of millionaires! HA!
(And I think they liked it!)
