The WopShop Crew

Crafting 365/Day 2
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

One of our "cruiser" friends had painted this logo on his truck so I took a picture of it last fall at Endless Summer 2007. My friend Jen digitized it for me and I stitched up these shirts for everyone. It's a little hard to tell in the picture, but the 1st one is purple with orange letter (it matches his hotrod Willys truck), the 2nd is gray with purple stitching, the 3rd is royal blue with gold stitching, and the 4th is yellow with black (Jeff's shirt matches his Chevelle). I have 2 more to do. Mine will be purple also but with white stitching I think, and one that is sort of a turquoise color, I guess I'll stitch it in white also. I can't wait to surprise them next week!

A Finished Memorial

In Memory of Robin
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

I finally finished the memory quilt that my SIL asked me to make for the parents of her childhood best friend who died of cancer just last August.

Each block is 12", and each sash is an inch. I started working on it in January, and finished it Sunday night, April 20th, 2008, at about 11pm.

After a day of "Show-n-Tell", I finally delivered the quilt along with the matching pillow to my SIL today. She was very excited and couldn't wait to go and present it to the parents. I'm sure that it was a very emotional visit with them.

On to the next project ...

Sister Memory Pillow

Sister Memory Pillow
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

This memory pillow is part of the project requested by my SIL. It is for the sister of her friend who passed away. The quilt will be for the parents. I finished slipstitching the bottom last night, so it is FINISHED!!!!! Now to get crackin' on the quilt, and possibly another pillow, but I'm waiting to hear about that. The stars really fade out in this picture but they are much more evident in person, and I'm pretty pleased with it. This is the first project I've machine quilted with my new Brother machine and the variable speed made the quilting so much more precise.

A Better Change ...

Jan BOM
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

I decided that the second version of the January block still didn't pop like it should so I swapped the fabric for the burgandy seen here. It really makes this block pop more, but you can really see the difference in the February block.





Now I'm ready to move on to the March block.

Robin's Legacy

Star block - corrected
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

My SIL custom ordered a photo memory quilt to present to the parents of her childhood friend who succumbed to cancer recently. I decided the Sawtooth Star was perfect for a quilt of this type. I've gotten all of the photos scanned and 10 photo blocks printed. This is the first finished block. The blocks will probably need to be sashed, but I don't want to take anything away from the photos so that's a wait and see what I can do for now. Hopefully by next weekend I can have half the blocks finished.

Wyoming Valley

Wyoming Valley
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

Here's my version of the BlockCentral.com Somewhere in Time" Block of the Month "Wyoming Valley". My fabric choices weren't the best as the design really doesn't POP, but I think I'll stick with this. I do think it will be pretty when done. Once again I think it took close to 5-6 hours to complete, but I have been trying to take my time. My points still aren't as good as they could be but all in all, it doesn't look bad. Okay, back to Robin's Legacy.

Back to Jack...

Back to Jack
Originally uploaded by gidgetpics

I had a little time last night and tonight to get back to the Jack's Chain. This progression shows 2 complete circle 'blocks', plus one joining section. Those points are still eluding me sometimes, but all in all I don't think it looks bad. It'll be awhile before I can get back to this now; time to get cranked up on "Robin's Legacy".