Five new ones + fifteen in the wings…and a new way to ship!

Perhaps I was thinking of Ukraine when I made these.  Perhaps I was just wanting to use these celestial fabrics.  Either way, I like the results.  Except for the one when I attached the flap the wrong way.  But it still works!  These will join the 15 that have been waiting to be shipped.  And instead of paying a small fortune through Wrap, Pack, and Send, I am packing these myself and using the Give Back Box, a terrific non-profit which allows donated items to be shipped cheaply.  For $15 I am sending 20 purses to Renton, Washington.  This is a real win! On to the next set of purses!

 

Graduation Quilt for Natalie

I have two granddaughters.  The older one Nikki is in her third year of teaching in Arlington Heights.   The younger one Natalie is graduating from Iowa State this month and starting a job in Moab, Utah, two weeks later.  It’s been amazing to watch these girls grow and develop into such unique and remarkable women. Here’s Natalie with her first (and only!) quilt she made 12 years ago.  

Nikki is a total girlie girl, but Natalie is all about Nature.  Her degree is in Biology and Animal Ecology.  Last summer Nat was in Guam doing field research.  

One of my fabric crush piles began to speak to me, saying that they would be perfect for Natalie.  And these fabrics are definitely right for her.  This Trip Around the World is batted with wool and hand-quilted with No. 8 Perle Cotton in an off-center spiral.  Her graduation party is this Saturday - we'll be glad to see her before she heads out west.  I wondered if we could drive out there to visit her.  Uh, it's 2,000 miles.  So that's a big fat no.  But perhaps a plane trip?  ...to be determined.