I share with you today a quilt with a past ...
Some of you may recognize this beauty as
using her Bella line of fabric.
Back story on this quilt is that last fall I was given the amazing
opportunity (for me) to piece and quilt a new pattern with a new
line of fabric to be displayed at Fall Market. To say the least, I
was over the moon ecstatic ... seriously.
I committed myself to the task, received the new pattern
and all of the necessary materials to make the quilt.
Oh, I so wanted to be worthy ...
silly I know .. but that is what I felt.
My work to be shown at MARKET! ...
Then my world fell in on itself...
Divorce aftermath, sick children, the part time job I
had then went seriously south, but I applied for and got
a new full time job, however the process itself took its toll,
over-committed myself on too many quilting projects
just so I can earn a bit more money to make ends meet,
then I got sick and to top it all off ... my sewing machine
dies in the middle of quilting what I wanted to be
perfection. Yes, I wanted to seriously throw in
the towel ... in every aspect of life at that time.
Not complaining, just explaining ...
Reality of life hit and it hit hard.
Well, the quilt ... I did everything I could just to finish
and send this quilt off to ensure it arrived by market.
I so seriously stressed myself out over it I know I
contributed to making myself sicker. What was worse,
I knew I was sending off what for me was not quality work
... hey I'm type A +++ ... it's even my blood type!
Well, long story short, the quilt didn't make it to market.
It was that sad ... by the time it made it to where it was going,
the binding had pulled in so many places and the quilting
I had to rip out left wholes ... well, you can imagine.
When I received the quilt back from a very nice, but
probably embarrassed designer, I stuffed this quilt in the
deepest, darkest corner I could find and tried to forget about it.
Well, I couldn't and didn't forget about it. It sat heavily on my mind.
So recently, when I heard my daughters' school was looking for
donations to auction off for a school fundraiser, this quilt came to mind.
I pulled this baby out of the corner, carefully pulled off all of the
binding, cut the quilt edges so it was square again,
pressed out the binding and re-sewed it on, very carefully
making sure I would make the designer proud ... or better yet
make myself proud as I'm the worst critic of myself.
I can proudly state now that this quilt has been redeemed and
will be donated for a good cause and I thank absolutely everyone that
helped from the beginning of the process to the happy ending that
the quilt and I have both come to.
Thank you!
On a fun note, my little two year old friend is learning the
important function of potty training at day care, so for
her mother, I made this laminated tote to carry her
clothes back and forth to preschool.
She liked it .... {smiles}
This weekend I also made myself a new wallet using
And, since I was already working with Bella,
I used Bella for the wallets also.
When I finished the wallet, I realized that since I attach my
wallet to my set of keys so I can "grab and go" if I have
to make a quick trip to the store, or I don't want to carry
my purse, I have my coin purse-wallet and keys in one spot.
I really have gotten hooked on using this method.
I can say I haven't lost my keys since I started doing this
{grin ... I probably just jinxed myself ... grin}
So, the second wallet I made, I modified the pattern,
just a smidgen ...
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I added a driver's license window pocket to the
outside of the wallet and secured the pocket with a
tiny loop and button to ensure it doesn't fall out.
Yep, I'm set now ...
but now I have an extra wallet.
And I truly thought that one of my you,
my beloved followers, might enjoy using
the first wallet for yourself, or to give as a gift.
Here's the deal:
If you are one of my favorite peeps (a follower of my blog)
and you would like the chance to have this wallet mailed
to you ... can be in the US or International ...
please leave me one comment telling me you are a
Why-Knot-Kwilt follower, and answer me this:
What kind of chair do you use to sit in at your sewing machine?
Goofy question? I know, but I have a bad back and more
often than not, it hurts a lot worse when I sit and sew, so
I am soon going to go chair shopping and I'd love to know
what most of you find comfortable.
Best of luck to you and I will random draw the
winner on Friday, April 26th.
No-reply bloggers, you know the drill, I hope, by now.
Put your email address in your comment or if you
are the randomly drawn winner, you can't be contacted
and another will be drawn to win.
Easy enough? I hope so ... if you've read this far
you truly are appreciated and I thank you.
Until next time, I wish you well and happy,
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