this is my latest QOV, all stitched up and waiting for my longarm assignment. yippee! this makes QOV #4 for me. not as many as i had hoped for the year, but still a big feat. i do have to thank the longarm quilters for helping me finish these quickly since i'm a handquilter...
this one is different for me and special. different because i used mainly blocks that came from two flickr swap groups: the 6-12" mini quilt swap and the quilt block exchange group. blocks used in here all came from the august swaps where i asked for my blocks to be made in red, white and blue. the ones from QBE were to be of any style while the ones from 6-12" were stars. i made 6 blocks myself, a combo of stars and others. the remaining 2 blocks were made by snappy and boo...my boys learned to sew a little!! i'm so proud of them. i know boo was very excited to sew and to make something for the wounded. he's been wanting to make an entire quilt for them by himself. we'll work our way to that.
on friday, i got my copy of quilting for peace in the mail. what a fantastic book!! *note: i just found she has a blog under the same name...awesome... this book is so inspiring and i've already read the book from cover to cover twice. i've been making my QOVs now all year long and i've got a box ready for "newborns in need" that need to be shipped off. the charity quilting bug has bitten as well. maybe you'll be inspired to make something warm and wonderful for someone else too.
my neck is starting to feel better, thanks to some great muscle relaxers. no, i didn't quilt anything that required straight lines that first night. i could barely move my head and moving...nope... not happening. some stretches, no sleep and more drugs later, it's moving some. thanks torticollis! i love you too!
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