Showing posts with label andrew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label andrew. Show all posts

Friday, June 7, 2013

Mosaic and yardsale

This will be a quick post, I am supposed to be making supper- lol
Today was grandson Andrew's B-day!  I gave him 8 gold dollar coins as a head start on a morning of yard-sales and a trip to the thrift shop.  What a fun day (for me)

I found a baggie of misc ceramic items I can use in my mosaic work someday.



I also found a cut photo frame to use as a gift for a niece who is bringing a baby girl into her life.


And..  I got to show off grand daughter, Karlee's and my newest glass mosaic.  This piece will be a platter to sit on my night stand.  It was made using the scraps from my bull dog window.
OK, now back to the kitchen!   cw

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Large Tumbler - Andrew's b-day

6-1  Andrew got to see the top today and has given me approval to quilt it.  He also approved the back. yeah, I might just have time to get this one done by his B-day on the 7th!

This what Andrew picked out for the back.  The characters are raw-edge appliqued to the pieced material.  I had an Aladdin sheet picked out b/c I liked the colors and he said, No Thank you, I would prefer if you did something different.  (I can use the kid sheet some other time I guess)  We looked through all the panel pieces I have and this is what he wanted.-
update:  Andrew called me and said go ahead with the snake border, he also likes the idea of spiders and a frog.  He wants his middle name to be "Danger" so add that to the front too.

Then I asked if he 'wanted' anything else-  he answered, yes, a T-Rex and a Bear and a Goose and a Fish (can the goose look like it is eating the fish?)-  sure
Oh and can the Bear be a Polar Bear and can he have a Monkey on his back?

(I seriously don't know if his mom is putting him up to this or what-  I took notes and will do the best I can to meet his expectations.  I think several of these critters can be appliqued on the back using kid prints)
Andrew giggled and said- bet you will be up all night working on my quilt-  I answered that I would love every minute of it, just like I love him every minute!

I am working on a quilt for grandson, Andrew's 6th B-day in June.  He picked out the fabrics, I cut them with my large Tumbler Die on my GO.  I think some of these prints are left over from when I made skater shorts for Andrew's uncles, many years ago.

He decided he wanted his name on a RED border and he wants a RED back. 

I wanted to try my chisel die out to make a border.  The more I played the more I think this looks like a snake!  Karlee said to keep the snake and add some spiders.  She is sure Andrew will like spiders and snakes.
I asked her if she would like a snake on her next quilt- and she said NO!

I will check with Andrew and/or his mom before I get too far along with this border idea.

I am cutting everything from scraps/stash so I don't have enough to border the whole quilt the same.

I do have enough of the RED to do the border just in RED if that is what he wants.