"So This is Quilting. . . ."

My Young Kindred is here for a few weeks for Summer visit.  She, like me, has an affection for Cotton.  We stroke cotton like a soft kitten.  We pair it with it's soul mates.  We ooooh and ahhhh over it like a newborn babe.  We are:  Just. That. Smitten.  I have a Younger Kindred ~ Goldilocks ~ who seems to be following in our footsteps.  Makes my heart skip a beat.  And flutter.  And burst.  All at one time!

I know my Young Kindred ~Sarah Sponda ~  is hooked, hooked like in "hook, line and sinker".  She's a keeper.  No throwing this one back!

Last summer she started her hunt and mostly completed her cast for her rag quilt.  School and a rebellious sewing machine kept her from completing the script. So when it came time for summer vacation this year, she sent the cast ahead (no room in her luggage for them)  and upon her arrival started the exciting task of assigning lines!

But, there's always a but, it hit her.  The quilt bug.  She discovered two other "quilting" projects she wants to do before she leaves.  Let's see now, she came with one in hand, composed two more. Hm.

She didn't have enough batting to start her rag quilt and she was chomping at the bit to get started on something.  I could feel it in her body language, so I finally asked her if she wanted to do a quilt block.  She jumped at the opportunity. Um, did I just hear the Cotton Angels sing?  But (there it is again) not just a simple block mind  you.  Nope. She had seen a lady re-purpose an old "Grandmother's Flower Garden" quilt and that's what she wanted to do ~ make a Grandmother Flower block. Keep in mind now, we are at project "FOUR" and only two days into her vacation!  She scoured my vintage goodies and came up with some fabric to do two blocks.

Wiping the sweat from my brow (hexies could be a daunting undertaking for a newbie), I printed a hexie, she traced it to cardboard, then traced it to fabric and finally here we are:

 

Sewing it all together!

 

She looks at me and says:  "So this is quilting."   Doing the Happy Dance.  She got!  The concept and the sewing!

 

 

Ta-Da! !

 

One beautiful flower block!  One happy girl.  One proud Mom-mom! ! !

And then it was to Hob Lob looking for more fabric for more blocks.  She's addicted.  I can't help her. 

I unashamedly admit,  I'm an enabler.

 

With that said,  I will leave you with this:

 

So this is quilting

What have we done

Four projects later

She's not finished one.

 

So this is quilting

What have we here

Look at that fabric

Isn't it dear

 

So, happy, happy quilting

And fabric shopping too

Let's continue the love here

Bring in the old and the new!

 



 

Sew Until Next Time,

Lovely Daydreams From the Land of Cotton