A very ambitous project for a very worthy person

Melinda, I've loved this pattern from the first time I saw it! I hope it goes well for you, I'm sure your daughter will love it.

chris (also a non-quilter maker of quilts)

:-)

Ironically enough, the lady who created this pattern lives in the same county I do. I actually saw the pattern a long time ago when I went into a quilting store to see what it looked like, but it just looked too ambitious for me even though it was perfect for her. Well, after investigating a number of alternatives that were not going to work out, I'm going to take my advice and do the best thing instead of the most expedient or cheapest or whatever.

Wow! I think that is a beautiful project for your daughter - and I'm sure that she will treasure both the quilt and the dedication of her mother! Last 'quilt' I did was for my brother-in-law and I did it more for closure than any other reason. It is part of the Canadian Names Project now and can be seen with its section mates on-line here:

What a great quilt! Your daughter will love it. The little cat on the book is a great touch, too.

I've wanted to make a bookcase quilt for a while now....I work at a college and it would make a great wall hanging for my office. I have even done up some in EQ5, set up so the blocks could be paper pieced! Now to just get off my butt and actually start making it!

-Irene

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--Mae West

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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply snipped-for-privacy@TRASHsonic.net wrote in news:50k5e.13710$ snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net:

Melinda, I love it!

P.S. Waving at you. Haven't seen you around SciMed in eons!

I love the pattern......and I ordered it. Some day I hope to make it for my niece, who is an active poet. I could embroider some of her favorite book titles here and there!!!

Oh, the little cat is something that has to be added. And she loves cats, so I will definitely have to add one.

ooooh... Makes me wish I had an embroidery machine myself, because I could do that and I bet it would be more special.

"Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply" snipped-for-privacy@TRASHsonic.net wrote in message news:50k5e.13710$ snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net...

Oh my gosh - I'm not a big fan of quilts. However, I absolutely LOVE that quilt. Now for the first time in my life I want to make a quilt.

Uh - what's the difference? You don't design your own, maybe?

I think the politically correct answer woudl be to go put your flameproof suit on and ask at rec.crafts.textiles.quilting LOL. But "a quilter" (according to the RCTQ folk, or maybe it was the quilting mailing list folk) is someone whose life revolves around quilting -- you know the expression of a hammer that thinks everything is a nail? Well, to a quilter, they look at everything and evaluate it by how it could be used to make a quilt -- whether it's something that could be used physically to make the quilt or something that would be a great idea for a quilt, like a bookshelf. Now personally I think the book shelf quilt is just too, too, but I never would have thought of it myself. A quilter probably did. Anyway, I have a life and my main passions in life fall outside of quilting, although I have made 8 or 9 quilts or so in my life so far (and have no time to make this one but I have to -- the quilt I made her when she was a preschooler is too "real"

-- Velveteen Rabbit style -- to be able to use any more.

You are welcome to say that and I won't argue with you even though I may disagree, but this was sort of an inside thing. A quilter the way I used the term is someone who has a fervent passion for quilting.

IOW, someone can make one bird house but that doesn't make them a carpenter, and carpenters come in all skill levels.

I see the same thing in home schooling. There are those people who happen to be teaching their children at home, and there are those people who eat, drink, sleep, walk, and live home schooling 24/7. I sort of fall into the middle and can see both sides.

It's a little hard to make out all the names, is it the musical one with cats? Very nice.

Wow, I've never had a yen to quilt, but that definitely makes me want to give it a go.

In article <Ljp5e.13744$ snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net>, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply of uttered

You mean you take home schooling seriously, but you all still have lives? Sounds healthy enough to me.

I think it would be the "quilting mailing list people" as RCTQ people share about nearly every aspect of their lives, not just quilts....there's even a thread that has degenerated into "Bra schnapps", but I htink it started with disheartening news about one members HMO being a-holes about her MRI.

Now....I do look for possible quilt patterns, but it isn't an all consuming hobby....if i notice something interesting, zI'll try to see if it can be made into a quilt. Take the flooring I put down in the kitchen/dining room...I wasn't looking for flooring that would make a good pattern, I was looking for flooring that would look nice with the cabinets and countertop. However, the more I look at it, the more it screams for me to make a table runner to match it <sigh>.

Can't tell you how many quilts i have made, but none of them are "real" looking...meaning that none have been made to look like other objects in reality (like the bookshelf quilt). They have had nice patterns, decent fabrics, and were made with love. That's pretty much all that matters to me. As for having a life, with 2 children under 5, I take whatever time they allow me...lol. WHen DS is in preschool and DD is napping, I am pursuing my other interests (usually while laundry is going in the other room). However, I have never stopped sewing (clothing, home dec), cross-stitch (currently on hiatus as I have discovered another hobby), knitting (new hobby), reading (lifelong passion), or getting in touch with my friends (most are in MD or elsewhere..not many where we live now).

Okay, st> Angrie.Woman wrote:

That is one I want to tackle someday. I work in a library :-) But I think you should consider posting in RCTQ. Yes there are some incredible quilters there but my impression is that they are very welcoming to beginners - and you don't sound like a beginner!

Sewingsue