Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperit
y, and well-being of our country.Here's my "labor" for the day:
Matt's quilt...I'm really hoping that I can get the top "finished" (meaning all the blocks squared and stitched together). I still have to add several LARGE borders to it, to make the quilt the size Matt wants (i.e. so he can wrap himself in it). Last night I had to cut two of the blocks apart so that I could readjust the pattern, but I think it looks a lot better now.
The first border will be a 4- patch border of a variety of fabrics. I had bought a bundle of 25 fat-quarters last fall, so far I've only used 8 of the fabrics included in that.
My wall hanging: In my recent issue of American Patchwork and Quilting (APQ) there is the coolest pumpkin throw blanket. I love pumpkins! I'm not making it throw size, but a large wall hanging for our dining room.
Here's the fabric: And the magazine cover:
The final project that I've created for myself is a Christmas stocking. My mom made all of our Christmas stockings growing up: They're all needlepoint (I'll be sure to post them this Christmas). Well Matt's family didn't have "fancy" stockings like we had, so I made him one...HAHAHAHA.
It took me 3 years to finish. In my defense I didn't work on it solidly for those 3 years...lots of breaks in between. I did finally finish it though; however, they don't make stockings like they used to. Mine is HUGE! Matt's not so much. I'm sure this one will be the same: Oh well, it will just look like I'm greedy.
I bought this stocking this past winter. I figure with our IUI on Wednesday (tentative) I should probably get started on it for whatever child(ren) we may have for Christmas 2009. Wish me luck!
1 comment:
Those are beautiful! I'm so impressed :)
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