Finished Quilt and a New Restaurant

I finished my sample quilt! I think I was excited because I've never ever finished a quilt in a week before. Next week I'll be driving to West Seattle to drop it off. I hope she likes it. I can't wait to see a quilt I made hanging on the wall of a fabric shop!

I didn't get creative with the quilting. I quilted it just like it showed on the pattern cover. As this is my first, I decided to follow it to the letter. I think it will be nice for her customers to see an example of the finished quilt in person, rather than just a picture.

Next week when I take this in, I will also be picking up the pattern and fabrics to make a sample for the class I'll be teaching next month. I'm so nervous!!! I hope I don't ramble on while teaching. I tend to do that.

In other news, a brand new Ivar's opened just a few blocks from my house on Tuesday. If you aren't familiar with Ivar's, it's a fast food seafood chain that is Seattle through and through. Their food is so delicious. We just had to go. I put on my walking shoes and rounded up the kids and the hubs. We were way more excited than is normal and/or appropriate for a fast food dinner. We ordered clams, fish and chips, and a TANKER of clam chowder. Yeah. A tanker. 32 ounces of creamy clammy goodness. I got a hilarious snapshot of the hubs carrying his loot:

My kids even got their photo taken with a giant clam. All in all, I'd say it was a great evening with the family.

Selina

My first sample quilt

I've been spending the last couple of days working on my first sample quilt for The West Seattle Fabric Company. The pattern we picked out is called Mod Tweet. I'm really not good at applique, but it didn't look complicated so I decided to give it a shot.

I chose to use a raw edge applique since that's the only method I know. I think it's turning out pretty well.

I really love how the more masculine fabrics give the quilt such a different look. When we first chose the pattern and fabrics, I liked them, but wasn't crazy about them. Now I absolutely love this quilt! I guess that's the point of having samples in a shop, eh? I'm loving this job already because it's pushing me to use patterns and/or fabrics that I wouldn't normally choose for myself (although, I did manage to get a bit of Sunkissed in there... so sneaky. Heehee.)

Alright, back to quilting. If everything goes as planned - which it rarely ever does - I'll be binding this baby tomorrow!

Selina

Eeeeek! and OMG! and all that other stuff. Oh, and a quilt.

I have a finished quilt to share with you today, but first I have something to say.

Monica, the owner of the West Seattle Fabric Company called me this morning! She said she was browsing online last night and stumbled upon my other blog that I write with Lizze and loved all of the quilts we have made, and that she was really impressed with our work. And then, to her surprise, she had an email from little me sitting in her inbox later that evening! To make a long story short, we hit it off on the phone right off the bat. I'm meeting her at her store tomorrow and YES I can do the work from home! Also she wants to talk to me about teaching quilting classes. What?!?!?! Yes, you read that correctly. Yours truly teaching a class! Holy s***balls that's exciting! So, thank you for all of your crossed body parts!

Ahem. Okay. Time to regain composure...

I finished my Royal Garden quilt this morning and we actually had sunshine so I could get some decent pictures (God must be happy with me today, all these lovely surprises and all).

I'm much too anxious and excited to write a normal post right now so I'm just going to show you pictures.

I linked up for the Bloggers Quilt Festival over on Amy's blog with this quilt on my other blog over here. The post I wrote over there is normal and not full of OMG's and exclamation points.

Wish me luck tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully I don't vomit on her (yes, I'm THAT nervous).

Selina