The Tale of Crazy Quilt

There once was a dear woman  who made lots and lots of quilts.  Some remained quilt tops longer then anticipated so that the young girl for whom it was made became a young woman and really wasn't into bright colored fabrics printed with flowers and fruit anymore.  =)

So this dear woman gives the quilt top to a Dutch Girl who has a Little Miss who loves bright colors and flowers with all her heart.  The Dutch Girl picks out the perfect backing fabric and gives it to the Dutch Grandma to hand quilt with loving care.

After many, many months of diligent work and then a few more months tucked away during The Move, the quilt receives a pretty yellow binding, is washed and dried to crinkly perfection, and placed upon the bed of Little Miss.   

The End.

Love always,

Erin

Favorite Corners

In the Studio ... I sewed the binding on a quilt for Abigail this weekend.  It was quite wonderful to be behind the sewing machine again.  =)  

In the Kitchen ... I need to find a "prettier" way to store my recyclables.  I am very excited to have curb-side pick up in our community, though!  There aren't many drawers in my kitchen, so I came up with this creative solution:

My dad built this shelf when I was a little girl and these bins fit PERFECTLY.  As you can see, Target was one short on the wire bins.  Foohy! 


In the Bedroom ... Thank you, Ikea, for having the duvet on sale!  It looks so nice with my Bow Tie quilt and Buxton Blue walls.  =)  Can you see in the shadows of the closet that there are still boxes to be unpacked ... hee hee, I think those are Mr. K's. 
 

Happy Monday to you all!

Love,

Erin

Stash Bashing

We moved from Delaware to Pittsburgh at the beginning of the year, as you know.  It included a lovely thing called Corporate Movers ... two strong young men come into Your House, pack it into boxes, move said boxes onto Big Truck, and deliver said boxes to New House.  Delightful!

I spent this weekend unpacking all the boxes marked FABRIC and YARN.  There were lots of them ... and I do mean LOTS.  I have NO problem weeding out dislikes/duds and passing them on to fellow knitters/quilters but there were none.

I love EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.

So I am resolved to knit and quilt from my stash until it is gone and I think that just might take a lifetime.  :-)  Immediately I cast on a pair of socks using Kangaroo Dyer Sock Yarn that I purchased from Webs.  I'm winging the pattern as I go ... first a little bit of 2 x 2 ribbing with a leg of mock cables.  That is what makes knitting fun!

No progress has been made on the crocheting front though I did buy a new extra room tote for my larger blanket projects.

Rainbow Grannies is almost done.  Less then one row to attach and then a border.  Oh, the border ... I always get hung up there.  =)

And check out what a handy windowsill I have!  It has the perfect overhang to attach my small yarn swift and ball winder and to set my milk glass vase of straight knitting needles.  


Love always,

Erin

PS - Sorry for such dark pictures.  I'm emailing myself pictures from my phone until Mr. K gets all the electronics set up properly.