Questionable Fashion

I. Don't. Get. It.

Bee Beautiful January Block

I can't believe I succumbed to the awesomeness of Rebekah's scraps and made the block already! Haha! Hope she likes it!

I added a tiny bit of my own fabric but it's mostly hers. Amazing fabrics that I'd never think to put together. And for me, that's the whole point of a quilting bee -- to try new things and learn from other quilters.

There's a tonne of left over fabric so there'll be another block coming, I'm pretty sure of it.

Happy Birthday Mum!

It's my Mum's 60th birthday today :)

Last year when Dad turned 60 and she threw him the biggest surprise party ever. She told us not to do the same for her because the woman does not like attention. Hmph.

Mum, I love you, I miss you, and I wish you nothing but good things because you deserve it.

(The picture was taken at my Singapore wedding reception while Steve and I were giving our thank you speech.)

You Want Me To Do WHAT?

Remember the John Deere quilt? The quilt commissioned by my husband's client for his youngest son?

Well.

My husband got a call from the client's wife today. Apparently her husband made a little booboo ordering the quilt. He asked me to make a twin, when it really should've been a queen. This is why men shouldn't surprise their families with things like quilts hehe

The wife loves the quilt dearly, and so does her son (PHEW!), and she's completely heartbroken that it doesn't fit on the bed. She wants to know if I can extend the quilt into a queen.

One second, I need to go stand outside and scream for a second.

Okay, I'm back.

There's binding, hand quilting and borders to unpick. There's the quilt top, backing and batting to extend. The thought of it makes me want to wet myself in my big girl pants. But being a doofus, I can't help but want to rectify the situation and do what's necessary to make it a queen-sized quilt.

Someone kick me, please.

The Bee Beautiful Virtual Quilting Bee

A couple months ago, I received an email from Julie about starting a quilting bee with her. I didn't have much to think about... the answer was YES!

So Bee Beautiful was born, and we went about making a list of like-minded quilters whose work we admired and wanted to work with. I was delighted that it didn't take us too long at all to get ten people to agree to join us :)

January is our first month, and brave Rebekah stepped up to the plate and volunteered for it. I just received her fabric today and I do believe I squealed when I opened the package!

I'm so excited to begin because she chose a fantastic block from one of my favourite books, Patchwork Style by Suzuko Koseki (I believe it's known by another name in Japanese). I've wanted to make this quilt for my own bed for a while, so perhaps after making this block, I'll finally muster up the strength to start it.

My month is April and I've already changed my mind half a dozen times about what block I'd like to have everyone make. Yeah, I'm a dork.

So over the course of this year, I'll share the blocks I'll be making for the wonderful quilters in this little bee of ours. Let the block-making begin! :)

Such A Rebel

Laughing to himself... "Now I'm going to drink my Diet Pepsi while watching the Coca-Cola documentary."

Oh he thinks he's so funny.

(He kinda is.)

Y-U-M

That is all.