Trash & Treasure

'Round here folks take their football allegiance pretty seriously. So, when a friend whose loyalty was to that "other" team asked a quilting acquaintance of mine, who shall remain anonymous for obvious reasons, to quilt something using her team's colors and symbols... Well, it was truly an act of friendship for her to have pieced together the lovely quilt above (photographed before completion). When I asked if I could photograph the quilt for my blog, she consented...provided she was in no way associated with THAT team. Yep. Feelings can run deep as regards the big rivals.

She honored her friend's request, however. and in a few weeks' time delivered the completed quilt. Her friend was delighted and as an afterthought, as the quilter was about to leave, she said, 

"Hey, I have some old quilt tops in those bags in the garage. I was going to throw them out, but you might want to take a look. I know I'll never do anything with them."  

 I love that she was rewarded this way, for she truly thought she was working on "trash" her friend considered "treasure", and ultimately was given "treasure" her friend considered "trash"! 

Rainbow Sampler of Practiced Stitches

Project Run(..a...)way!

Do you ever get just a little sick of a project you started? I know my tendency to do that, which is part of why I choose smaller projects. Even a twin size quilt seems like SUCH a commitment! 

Earlier this year, (or was it late last year?) in my bid to learn free motion quilting and try out a "3 cuts for 3 quilts" technique [see link to Practice on Three Nines], I started what I initially considered three projects at once. After all, there would be three separate quilts at the end of it. I had not, however, considered the possibility of fabric fatigue, that sick-of-looking-at-it feeling that can arise when looking at the same prints week in and week out.

Maybe next time I embark on this "3 for 3" journey, I'll find two other quilters who will pick out their own "3 for 3"'s and we could exchange cut fabric sets, so that the three quilts would be quite unique from each other. That might be fun. Meanwhile, here are my three completed "Practice, practice, practice."quilts: