A bit ago, my friend Kelli said that she would like to make a quilt. I LOVE teaching friends what I know about quilting, so I couldn't wait and work with Kell. We went to our local quilt shop and found a quilt pattern that will be "quick and easy" for Kelli to start out with. It's part of the "jelly roll" collection (for those of you who quilt out there) and Kell picked out the most wonderful warm colors for her quilt.
After our quilt shop run, life got busy and Kelli and I never got the quilt started. I had this "great fear" of the whole winter getting by and us not getting together.. so last night, we made a date to get going.
Kelli had to start by putting her colors together and began making the "four square" which will be the base of the quilts pattern. (I just love the colors she picked.. makes me want to get quilting again myself!!! - got to get in that house!!!) We had such a good time together, quilted, talked and laughed.. the evening flew by....
However, we weren't without one little catastrophe---- Kelli is left handed, so anything that I tried to show her, she had to "turn around" for herself. All in all it went well.... except for the "pizza" (rotary) cutter...
Kell was zipping along (literally) and not only zipped across the material... but her finger as well. Having "just changed" the cutting wheel.. it was razor sharp and made a nasty cut... and BLED like crazy!!! It took her a few moments to get the bleeding under control.. and then she bandaged it up and went back to work!!! (brave gal)...
But, her quilt is now in progress and I will keep you all up dated as she goes along. And I told her.. that she needs to plan on entering the quilt at the local fair.. and I'm going to bet (right now) it will take a blue......
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