I decided to escape town for the weekend. Seemed like a great way to "celebrate" the end of my job, as well as get some mental down time and physical/mental distance from the rest of my life. Fortunately I have two girlfriends who share a beautiful condo with a guest room in a town about an hour away. It was a blissful weekend with lots of staying up late, sleeping late, sewing, journaling, and a healthy dose of Jane Austen.
Saturday afternoon my best friend Bekki and I (one of the condo girls) went thrifting. I did very well in the clothes department, and also bought this for $8.50:
It's an unfinished top, small twin or large throw sized. I feel a bit off my rocker adding another my top to my already voluminous "tops to finish" pile, but I couldn't help myself. It is just too great. It's wool fabric, most likely made from recycled clothes. There were quite a lot of unfinished tops in this particular store and I got so caught up wondering where they came from - some quilter passed away with no quilty relatives to take on her/his work perhaps. I'm proud of myself for limiting to just ONE top.
Good friends who make their guest rooms available at the drop of a hat deserve quilts. Ergo I have started another project:
8 down, 56 to go - hope she likes it!
7 comments:
Was that shop with all the tops by any chance in Champaign?!?! That 8.50 wool one is fabulous. Love it!
Glad you have good friends with a spare room. They definitely deserve a quilt.
I love log cabins so if your friend doesn't like it I know some-one who'll gladly take it off your hands - lol ! Seriously I love the colours you've used so far. I think you were very good just buying 1 quilt top :-)
I love the color combination on the log cabin. I'm used to seeing it in one color family on each side through the whole quilt but I like this a lot better.
The log cabin blocks are stunning!
Wow -- where is the shop with the unfinished tops!!! (not that I need anymore to add to my pile, but still...) Those log cabins are lovely -- if your friend doesn't like it, she's nuts!
Where is this thrift shop?????
That first quilt top really has a Gees Bend quality to it. I love it.
And it sounds like those friends deserve a quilt indeed!
Dear Libby, Thanks for your comment on my blog. It only rained for a little while. Hardly enough to water people's lawns. In the afternoon the sun came out. I was very inspired by your Gee's Bend type quilt. I'm trying to decide about my next project. I was thinking about "courthouse steps." Maybe I should go free-form or wonky with it.
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