I wrapped up my year-long journal quilting project in 2012, two weeks after my daughter was born. It was a terrific project for me and one that I am tempted to repeat. If nothing else, I had something on my to do list every week that encouraged me to get into the studio for some […]
I can’t believe that I have now been posting these Turn Back Thursday journal quilt posts for an entire year. But, here we are, at the end of my journal quilting project. Like last week’s quilt, this one was made a little late because we were home with a newborn in Week 52. Actually, in […]
The journal quilt for week 51 did not get made that week (or the next). As Week 51 of my project began, I was in the hospital having just delivered a baby. The timing had been perfect – our child was due the week after my journal quilt project was scheduled to end. But, as […]
Ah, the Tin Anniversary. This week in 2012, my DH and I celebrated our 10th anniversary, the tin anniversary, which is what inspired the periodic table journal quilt. My DH jokes though that it is actually the baby anniversary. We didn’t know it at the time because our daughter arrived early, but we were only […]
This week in 2012, it was fiddle head fern season. It is now too, actually; I have some in my fridge right now, but I think that 2012 might have been the first time I encountered them. I immortalized both their shape and the recipe for cooking these strange vegetables in my journal quilt for […]
More baseball in Week 48 of my journal quilt project in 2012. This week in 2012, Boston celebrated the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in a moving ceremony that included former players walking out from center field to the positions that they played during their time in a Sox uniform. My journal quilt, constructed crazy […]
Well, this journal quilt from 2012 is appropriate this week. The quilt represents Opening Day 2012 and It was Opening Day at Fenway Park on Monday this week. As usual, my DH (Dear Husband, not Designated Hitter) and I were there. I don’t remember what the day in 2012 was like, but Monday was the […]
Easter fell a little later in the calendar in 2012 than it did this year. The basket was woven with strips of brown batik fabric; the grass is Superior Threads Glitter thread; and the eggs allowed me to pull out all of my variegated threads and give the fancy stitches on my Bernina a try. This […]
The last week of March 2012 brought the second of our two baby showers. This one was held in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts for our friends and neighbors there. The party had a Red Sox theme, which drove the color choice for the umbrella.
At this time in 2012, baby preparations were in full swing. We had the first of two baby showers, this one at our apartment in the Boston area.