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Here is the completed Serendipity top! All ready to pin and quilt... Please note the pink triangles in the border, which required MATH to figure out and execute. The math wasn't really too difficult, but I'm not going to officially admit that. I'm going to be like the woman in that ad a few years back who used to sprinkle flour all over her face and clothes, just to make the family think she'd worked So Hard.
I'm pretty pleased and am contemplating another Serendipity.
Honky Tonk is done, but with a problem. It's not square enough. So the illusion in this picture is not an illusion.I trimmed the borders so as to tilt the central portion of the quilt. Theoretically, it should have worked out to be just about square, but it's not. And now it's all bound. It's not uneven enough to look interesting. It's just uneven enough that it looks, well....uneven.
It's bothering me. Arrgh.
I think that the unsquareness of it is interfering with the effect of the tilting. I will whack off a bit and get it more to square. It won't be perfect but I don't care about absolute perfect. I just don't want to assault the eye.
Sound the trumpets! Personal news of the BIG variety: Daughter Caroline and her longtime beau Eric are now officially engaged.
They met in St. Lucia when she was a Peace Corps volunteer and he was working as an economic advisor to the government of St. Lucia.
We could not be more pleased!
No date is set yet--first we have to situate them in the same country. There are some immigration issues to be worked through as Eric is not a U.S. citizen and they hope to live in Washington, D.C. We have Plan A and Plan B. (Plan B is the scarier of the two as it involves a wedding in the VERY near future...)
More details will come as I learn them myself.
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I think the unsquareness of it makes it a very interesting quilt... the whole interior theme seems to be not-quite-squareness...
The quilts look wonderful! These retreats seem to be a motivating factor...you have had so much to share lately.
And the personal news...congratulations to all! Guess that means you'll soon be the *MIL*, eh?
Congratulations on the wonderful news Kathie! I'll look forward to hearing more as it develops.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
The Serendipity quilt is beautiful! I have been following along as you made this, and I even bought the book to try my own.
Your daughter's news is wonderful--hope the immigration issues work themselves out.
Serendipity is gorgeous. swirly and twirly. love it. the math would have been all that hard for ME. As a woman who can't get things squared no matter how hard she tries, I sympathise. Good luck getting Honky Tonk to where you want it. Congrats to your daughter. Glad they want to stay in DC area so you can keep going to cool museums!
These are two great quilts. And the not quite tilted goes with the not quite square of the blocks. And yes, I DID notice the pink triangles in the border - very clever.
Every time I try to visit you with Netscape I get the dreaded "has encountered a problem ..." but in Firefox, all is just fine. No answers to some of these mysteries.
Congrats! What lovely quilts and even better news. Congrats to you and your family! Hope things go well and keep us posted!
Oh congrats for DD! That is wonderful news! And I LOVE your serendiptiy! It did turn out wonderful! I"m going to have to do some of that hard math too if I ever get mine that far! I made need you to help! I like Honky tonk!
Is the SIL-to-be the one who commented??
Whow could ask for more- good looking man who takes an interest in your quilts?? Grab him, lest he get away!!
They make such a lovely couple. I wish you all good luck with all the plans.
HugsXX
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