Incredible, the trains, subway and colleges are lockdown or "Shelter-In-Place" all over Boston; Boston is basically shutdown.
Good luck to those in Boston and hope this ends soon.
The hospital where the first suspect was brought is the same hospital where 5 bombing victims are also being treated.
Quilting is my therapy and there has been no quilting time, for the past few days. Have gone this long without quilting before and maybe longer, but this time I really miss the quiet thinking time. It's like meditating only in a more productive way. Without it, it's been difficult keeping my own seams together!
Thank you for checking in. I hope I am able to post something a little more fun in a few days.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.
However, it's with heavy heart I include that my family also had some turmoil which has rocked our little world; unrelated to the bombing. Please keep prayers for us along with the Boston tragedy.
This day will always be in my memory.
Now it's my older daughter Meredith's turn for a quilt and she wants a Mario quilt! I found a Quilt Along online which inspired me, however I found other cross stitch patterns to follow. I am also cutting my squares slightly larger than Angela's recommended 1" to create a larger quilt (original finished quilt measures 54" x 72" and mine will be 81 x 108").
These 1.5" squares are the smallest cut pieces with which I have ever worked!!! Definitely a fun pattern. Have the rows finished in the pic, but still have to sew the rows together.
I will also finish this off in the QAYG manner; that final size is too big for me to sandwich on the floor and I really like quilting each block at a time, just about anywhere.
In the Quilt Along, Angela also has everyone use a "Stick 'N WashAway" which was A) unavailable in my local fab store and B) WAY too expensive online. I also think trying to align all the squares on something sticky sounds more difficult than simply aligning one edge to stitch.
Well, I guess I should admit that this isn't really following along with Angela's Quilt Along, but she definitely inspired me and is the reason why I chose to do this quilt opposed to the other Mario quilts I see when I google.
If you would like to see Angela's quilt, here's a link. Mario Quilt Along Project
Thank you for looking!
Thanks for lookin'! Please visit my page again, soon.
Thank you for being my daughter. Love you so much.
Thank you so much for following the progress of Caroline's quilt. I hope you like the way it turned out.
