Knit One Quilt Too

The Winners

Thank you to everyone who commented on the previous post!  I had such fun reading your thoughts.  I decided to choose two winners because it's a celebration, so why not?

The first winner is Tracy Lee because hers was the 2000th comment.  Tracy said: Congratulations! You always have a great mix of crafty posts with a personal touch - no surprise about the number of comments!

The second winner is Kim who was chosen out of the basket by my hubby.  Kim said:  I love your blog! I have been a knitter for years, but started a liberated quilting class in January. I have never quilted before and it's so fun! I love looking at your quilts for inspiration. In my dreams, I'd like to make quilts as beautiful as yours.  Kim has started her quilting adventure with the liberated style, way to go!

I was overwhelmed by all the kind words.  Prizes will be sent out later this week, as I have a bit more work to do to finish them!  See the sneak peek above.  Meanwhile, Happy Quilting!  XOXO

Time to Celebrate!

I was checking out my stats today and realized that I am almost to 2000 comments.  It seems the perfect time to have a drawing to celebrate!  Please post a comment here by midnight tonight (pacific time) and I'll do the drawing tomorrow.  The prize will be of the quilty, scrappy, liberated sort, but if you like yarn, mention that in your comment and I'll include something sweet of the wooly variety.  Good luck!

PS: That's a sneak peek for Ryan's quilt.  I've actually showed this block before, so it's not such a big surprise.  Stay tuned for more.

 

Love Always

Love Always is done! 

 

Let's just say, I'm very, very pleased with this one!

 

It's on the wall now, just by the front door.  For new readers, this quilt was started as a challenge by Lazy Gal Tonya to use these LOVE letters in a quilt.  She sent them to me and I put it all together.  Thanks again Tonya for the inspiration!

 
I do believe this one is perfect for February, but it will probably be up for quite a while.  I can't get enough of the bold shapes.  I'll be sure to bring this one for Gwen Marston to see when I take her classes in March.  Meanwhile, Ryan's quilt is finished too and awaiting a day with good light for photos.

Make-A-Wish Chloe!

Chloe's birthday was a lot of fun.  We had a delicious lunch at her favorite cafe, The Sparrow Bakery.  Then shopping for new Converses (because you know Who wears them) and jeans.  Big news there is that it was her first time buying jeans that were not kids' sizes!  For those who don't know Chloe has suffered from a growth hormone deficiency and two years ago she had stopped growing at 4' 8".  After two years of daily shots she has grown 6", beating our hopes of getting to 5'.  

We finished the evening with a meal at her other favorite restaurant, Zydeco, and the Live in HD cinema showing of Prairie Home Companion.  What a treat that was!  We've seen the show 3 times in person, but the camera work on this made it totally worth going.  You got great up close views of all cast members, musicians and the wonderful sound effects men.  We even sent in a greeting to be read on the show.  It didn't get picked, but is on the PHC website about 3/4 of the way down.  

On another note, way back in December I mentioned our trip to Atlanta, but never did say why we went.  The trip was very special because Chloe was chosen for a Make-A-Wish trip!  Her wish was to see  Alton Brown of the Food Network shows Good Eats and Iron Chef.  She specifically wanted to see the set of Good Eats and to meet Alton. 

 The Make-A-Wish Foundation really does an incredible job on fulfilling wishes.  The official wish day included a limo ride to the studio and 5 hours there with a tour and time to watch filming.  We even got to eat lunch with the staff of the show.  We took lots of photos on the set of Good Eats, but due to the arrangement with the Make-A-Wish Foundation we are not supposed to post them online.  In order to stay in the good graces of the Food Network, I'll just post a link to Chloe's wish story.  I wonder what wish she was making last night as she blew out her birthday candle?

17

Chloe is 17 today!  Wow, where did the years go?  Instead of a quilted or knitted gift, my handmade present this year is to finally finish her baby book!  I'm doing it as a scrapbook and covering her first two years.  It's kept me steadily busy for the past week.  Just like all these other things I do, it all takes more time than you think.

Happy Birthday to my sweetie pie, who still delights me as she did in this photo taken on her first birthday.  Love to you!