If Rowan Were a Rock Star II

 

And this would be the flip side. 

If Rowan Were a Rock Star

 

This would be the cover of his cd. 

Lucky Rowan

 

Rowan finally lost a baby tooth the right way. See his little missing one on the bottom? We're hoping that this heralds the appearance of his upper teeth. He lost those three wrestling with his brother. 

The Back of the Quilt

 

Here's the back. See? Isn't it neat? I like the vintage feel of this one. Oh, if anyone is interested, Mom found the pattern in American Patchwork and Quilting, published by Better Homes and Gardens, February 2003, Vol. 11, No. 1, Issue 60, pp 60-68. It's a very, very fast quilt to make. The big upside is that you never have to try and wrestle a large quilt under the arm of a tiny machine. If you are a machine-sewing-only person, you might feel it's a drag to join the squares together -- you machine sew the top, but you handsew the back. And lastly, you need to fiddle a bit if you don't want batting lumps in the seams. The first quilt I made with this technique really surprised me; when I'd finished joining the squares, my quilter's brain was all set to baste and quilt the top. But, that part was already done. Woohoo. So, there you go.

For anyone who reads my resume, there is an item in my list of interests: Tessellating the Plane in Textiles. That's math speak for quilting. :) 

Quilting Season

 

Well, quilting season has begun. This one went out the door today, to my Mom's new place in California. It's called Courthouse Steps and it uses quilt-as-you-go and stitch-and-flip techniques. The former makes for a neat backing(see the next picture). This is my second Courthouse Steps, the first one was a queen-sized bed quilt but this one is more of a cuddle-on-the-couch lap quilt. I wonder how many words I can string together with these hyphens. Hm. 

Halloween Tree

 

Rowan was playing at a local playground and I look up to see this really scary tree. I thought the colors were very seasonal.