“It was an act of courage to take the scraps life provided and stitch them together, wrestling the chaos into order, taking what had been cast off and creating something from it, something useful, beautiful, and strong, something whose true value was known only to the heart of the woman who made it”
Round Robin: An Elm Creek Quilts Book
Jennifer Chiaverini
I don’t know if you know it, but Finished Fibers, LLC turns five in August! Yes, five! I have had the absolute pleasure of making quilts and building my business for nearly five years, and I am so excited! I think the quotation above really gets to the heart of my work, and the joy and creativity I enjoy in the process. You can read last week’s blog if you want to know more!
I think a five year anniversary deserves a special celebration, and besides reorganizing and renovating new studio space (Would you like a blog post or two about that? Leave me a comment to let me know!), I think I need a way to commemorate such a special milestone! What better way to celebrate than to make a quilt?!?
I have lots of scraps from the many (Check out the Gallery!) quilts I have made, so I would like to make a quilt that is five years worth of scrappy. I saw a quilt in Moonrise Kingdom, a sweet little Wes Anderson film that you should definitely watch, and I have created a pattern based on what I saw. Suzi’s mom, played by Frances McDermott, has what looks like a quilt on her bed made from half square triangles.
Finished Fibers Anniversary Quilt Layout!
So...I am going to make this quilt, and I am going to try to finish it by mid-August in addition to all of the other customer quilts I am making! Would you like to work along with me? Would you like to be a fly on the wall in my process? Would you like me to present it as a sew-along...quilt-along...a celebration-along? Leave me a comment and let me know how you might like to participate!
Sending Quilting Love,
Ginger
Coming Next Week: More Anniversary Quilt Goodness? Another Idea?
I am Reading: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson and Man in the Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucien Freud by Martin Gayford, Mrs. Bennett Has Her Say by Jane Juska, and I think I will read Emma by Jane Austin...I’ll let you know next week!