Thursday, January 24, 2013

Mari Linfesty's story swap blocks quilts and Granddaughter' BUGS!

Mari Linfesty has been my friend for many many years. We first met at Asilomar and over the years have gotten together in many places. Mari is now coming to my retreat in Idaho (last year and this) and I love being with her. We started doing a block swap on my Yahoo groups chatroom and it has gone for four or five years, maybe longer. Mari is now in charge of it and does a superb job. On top of that she finishes her quilts using the blocks we swap. I am missing her pails and fish photo which is awesome. They are all awesome. You can see by the themes what the blocks were and ladies from all over the US and Canada swapped. Now we have a group of skilled and talented quilters who do a super job and get their blocks in at the exact time. This has taken some time to get it together but we finally do and now everyone is very happy.
Don't you think these quilts are wonderful? They are all getting quilted as we speak. And her quilter is awesome. She inspires me alot and when you give her a challenge, she runs with it which is very fun too!
I think this photo is hilarious....my Granddaughter has LOVED bugs since she was two and drawn them on paper, studied them, caught them, held them in her hand etc etc etc. She had alot more bugs than this and their family cat got ahold of them and chewed them up. So now we are trying to build her collection back up. I think the cat got ahold of that moth too. She is six now and when she does show and share, it is usually about bugs. I started a bug quilt for her and haven't had a chance to finish it, but I will. I have promised her that I will look for bugs on my travels everywhere. I used to keep a tupperware container in my luggage for this. I found some good ones in Hawaii but couldn't bring them home. Hoping I get to go to Florida in the next couple of years.

4 comments:

carla said...

Hi!!! Love the quilts!!! They are all very pretty!!! Your Grand Daughter is adorable!!!! Thank You

rondiquilts said...

How stinking cute is she! Last fall vacationing on east coast of Florida just after a big storm we found all kinds of nice shells. In all my 51 years I had never found a starfish washed up on surf! Found one that trip and it was beautiful, brought it back home safe and sound, not broken! Only for dog within a week to jump up on the coffee table and eat it, I was sick. Tell your darling there that my son is in his first year of college and just completed an entomology class for science hours. It was hard! He had to collect all kinds of bugs, dead and alaive. She is starting young.
Take care,
Rondi

rondiquilts said...

How stinking cute is she! Last fall vacationing on east coast of Florida just after a big storm we found all kinds of nice shells. In all my 51 years I had never found a starfish washed up on surf! Found one that trip and it was beautiful, brought it back home safe and sound, not broken! Only for dog within a week to jump up on the coffee table and eat it, I was sick. Tell your darling there that my son is in his first year of college and just completed an entomology class for science hours. It was hard! He had to collect all kinds of bugs, dead and alaive. She is starting young.
Take care,
Rondi

DianeP said...

Thank you, Mary Lou, for sharing all the pretty quilts! I especially liked the Happy Sunshine and rickrack clothesline quilt!

Ewwww... bugs!! However, the quilt bugs look cute, but I couldn't help but cringe when I saw your beautiful granddaugher proudly holding up her bug collection. Go girl - hope your bug quilt replaces the ones the cat ate!