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Too Many Quilts?

28 Friday Aug 2009

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A few years ago a friend of ours was watching us make another quilt and she said, “How many friggin quilts can you have?”

My answer- you can never have enough quilts. We make quilts that are gifts, or sold at craft fairs but we also make quilts that we make for ourselves. Quilts are like a journey. They all have a story to tell. We see a fabric we love and get an idea for a quilt. We see a pattern, or get an idea when we are sleeping. We even get ideas from our surroundings- the tile on someones floor, a garden, or our kids artwork!

Whichever way the “birth” of our quilt comes about, it is an exciting process from start to finish. Sometimes a project takes a life of it’s own and becomes something different than we originally envisioned. But it is still a “journey” and every quilt has a story to tell.

When I see my Log Cabin quilt I remember making my first quilt and how excited I was when I was done. When we see our black and white quilts we remembering challenging each other to make a quilt all in black in white… and how different each of ours turned out. When I see the May Basket all in pastels I remember how quickly I put it together for my daughter, Kadi.

Other quilts remind us of staying up all night with gallons of coffee just so we could finish! Like Kerrie’s Yoda quilt or my Beach quilt. I have a beautiful blue quilt that I created from a group of fabrics I bought on a trip to Palm Springs- When I see it I remember the fun I had that weekend!

We use our quilts. We have our July 4th quilts that we spread out on the grass at our City’s Independence Day celebration every year. And a Beach quilt with palm trees that goes to the beach with us every weekend during the summer- And a special quilt for Ethaniel (one of Kerrielee’s children that has Downs Syndrome) for when he goes to the hospital.

We love each and every quilt we have created! So, you can never have too many quilts in my opinion!

What do you think?

Happy quilting,

Kerrielee and Laurie

Two Quilting Moms

22 Saturday Aug 2009

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Here we are… Two quilting mom’s, with 8 kids between us… oh, and one husband. But he belongs to one of us- not the other!

Despite the fact that we would like to blog everyday, it won’t happen- But tune in every few days for updates on our eternal search to have enough time to create all the quilts we want to create! We have lots of ideas, and tons of fabric, lots of patterns, lots of kids (as you know), half finished projects, and a severe lack of time. That is why we are “Sew Exhausted.” Because we are still going to find time to quilt- even if there are dirty dishes crying out to us in the sink!

Currently we are working on a butterfly quilt. We are very excited about this quilt because it is going to be our first published quilt. As in we are starting a quilt pattern business and this will be #1. The butterflies are all in red and we found some great butterfly prints to tie in. We will keep you posted on it’s progress and take a pic when it is complete!

Well, gotta hit the machines! Take care… and Happy Sewing!

Kerrielee and Laurie 🙂

Laurie

San Diego girl addicted to sewing, quilting and craft beer. Stop by and visit anytime! Cheers!

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