I finished quilting the Map today! Wahoo! I even got the binding sewn on, and I think I'm going to just flip it to the back and sew it down machine-ally. This baby will be done, done, done by tomorrow. This weekend I'm pulling out the Crazy for Spring blocks to see what they need.
Wednesdays I volunteer in the Elementary School library. Yesterday I was busy (alphabetizing the Emergent Reader books, actually) when my friend Jackie (also the school receptionist) mentioned that she was having trouble getting her block done. Uh, 'scuse me?
Another teacher had mentioned months ago (before Christmas) that maybe they were going to consider perhaps possibly making a quilt for each of the two retiring teachers, and could I possibly be available to help if they were having troubles. Sure. Famous last words, of course.
The blocks (that I didn't know about) for the quilts (that I had no idea about) were due back (BACK?!) yesterday so the quilts can be done(!) by the retirement dinner June 1st. Like, a month from now. Okaaaay. None of them are quilters, none of them have a single clue what they're doing, but the finished squares I've seen are pretty. Let's see what we can do, shall we? Stay tuned.
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and who will sew these together?
and who will layer the quilt?
and who will quilt the quilt?
did I hear Chicken Little?
*snerk*
OMG-I have sooooo been there when someone has the brilliant idea to make a quilt for ...whatever. No good ever comes of this. It's a lesson in frustration. Sent out squares pre-ironed on freezer paper with pens included and return envelopes......too much work for the very people who had the brilliant idea. What they really want when they say lets make a quilt can be translated to why don't you make a quilt and we'll all take credit for it. I can't believe I fell for it twice-can you help me remove the fish hook from my big fat sucker lips?
I want to see the world quilt when it is done. I have that same panel to do something with. I recently read a book by Ron Clark in which he said that he wished every family had a map of the world hanging in their home. So I guess my family will have a quilted one...
Uh-oh. Red flag. Good luck.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought, "Oh nooooo" while reading this. Really, Dorothy, you're in for some high drama unless you put a stop to it now.
I hate when people pull this crap. This is why I don't tell people I can sew until I know them really well. Too many users out there and I get tired of saying "No" all the time.
Good luck :)
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