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The Frayed Edges, February 2007
We had another wonderful day, with Deborah joining in from a hectic house in Texas thanks to the wonders of long distance cell phone minutes. We met at Hannah’s house, which is nearly sold–they have less than 3 weeks left in the house before the move. Nevertheless, you can tell we felt quite at home….lookit the living room!
Kathy brought this WIP (work in progress), which of course we all LOVED!
We talked about our show this coming August at the library in Camden (and all said we want Kath to include her quilt, since the theme of the show, or at least part of it, will be “home”). And, to our communal elation and pleasure, we received a request to submit proposals for projects for a book (more info if and when it all happens) as a result of the editor seeing our work in the Winter 2006 issue of Quilting Arts (see my blog post about it here), so we talked about what we might submit as projects.
As always, food played a central role! After my cheddar, bacon and chives scones in the morning, Bart, Hannah’s very-keepable hubby (some of us are wondering if he will roll-model for other “spice”) fixed us delectable grilled sandwiches for lunch:
Kathy brought a salad of nuts and broccoli and raisins with a sweet dressing,
declaring she was bored with lettuce. Kate, remembering Deborah raving about the “On the Go Bistro” chocolate lava cakes from the local grocery chain, brought a box of them. We agree: PERFECT! Just enough sweet, not too much, and a reasonable portion size: enough to feel indulged without feeling like a porker. No photo here, either…we snarfed them up too fast!
Hannah shared pictures of her new daughter from China, whom they will get to meet and bring home in late March, and showed this pillow she bought at a craft show over the weekend . ADORABLE!
Kate worked on a wonky log cabin using hand-painted fabrics from a member of Art Quilts Maine who has passed away; it was a nice way to remember her and revel in the spring-time colors (and of course I forgot to take pics of Kate stitching away with her machine perched on a tiny stool!), but if you look on the floor of the living room in the top photo, you’ll see it.
And I shared a fistful of sweater patterns and started knitting a hat….Kathy liked one pattern so much she’s already ordered her own copy! I’ll blog about those later in the week. My next post will be about my fusing scraps that I promised! The photos are taken and the post is almost completely written.
Keep your fingers crossed…we’re supposed to get a blizzard, FINALLY, here in Maine. Of course, it may snow, then turn to sleet and freezing rain, then back to snow, which means road conditions will be hideous. Perfect to stay home, watch movies, quilt, and make chocolate chip cookies and eat too much batter! Stay tuned, and think snow-not-rain!
February 13th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Sarah,
Any chance on getting your recipe for the bacon, cheddar and chives scones?
Diane S. Keagy
February 14th, 2007 at 11:00 am
I hope you got your snow! Better Maine than Oregon!! I think that even Friday Harbor got snow this year.
Love Kathy’s piece.
February 14th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Of course, you realize I devour every detail of this post. Including Kate’s Brady Bunch piece peeking out on the couch, the quilting landscape book that Kathy mentioned (and I would have wanted to borrow), the rubber stamping, cheese cloth, felt and beady details of Kathy’s piece, the lovely platter on which the sandwiches are sitting, and the general messy creative chaos! I miss you all so much. The only thing that would have made this post better would be a picture of Bart cooking, because (if I remember correctly) he is quite nice to look at too!