Progress

Flu like cold + iphone in the dark = terrible picture of quilt progress, but progress none the less!

Girl's room part 2

I told you a while ago of goals for decorating my girl's bedroom. Dorothy's birthday came and went and there were plenty of other distractions for her at her August birthday and even at Christmas for her to remember that she was suppose to get a quilt from me. It was also a dilemma for me because I couldn't decide if I wanted to make it a toddler bed size or twin size. I knew the toddler bed wouldn't last much longer than a few months or a year before it was passed on to our escape artist, Mags so I hoped to make a twin size. That just meant a lot more work for me. Like twice the work. Luckily the decision was made for me by waiting so long to pick the project up again.

Here is the tutorial I have been using. Here is the quilt that started it all. I started this last June and only worked on it about 2 weeks (10-15 hours maybe) before completely packing it up in preparation for rearranging the house (like trading rooms with other rooms). I unpacked it this past last month and have been working on it quite a bit. Today I finished piecing and trimming the 80th square. I have spent about 40-50 hours on it so far.

I am like a deer in the headlights getting ready to sew all the squares together. I can't possibly pull it off.

The colors of the quilt are what I call bubblegum, cotton candy, cherry, lipstick, sage, and lime. Or something like that. I am loving the color scheme and excited to have an almost complete room.

How my memories work in my head.

When I was say 9 or so, my parents took me to the Vouge to see Henry V. I remember falling asleep and possibly that we left for a vacation the next day. Weird. I need to ask them.

My parents were very good at culture-ish stuff. Things slightly out of the ordinary from the family down the block, like taking me to foreign films, nice restaurants, visiting every single historical site in the region, and listening to classic bluegrass. You know what I hated as a kid though? foreign films, nice restaurants, visiting every single historical site in the region, and listening to classic bluegrass.

BUUUUT you know what I adore now as a 30 year old. ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

Dale and Sue for the Win!!!

However, I tried watching Henry V this week and snoooooreee....I fell asleep again!