Saturday, December 4, 2010

Welcome!

Hi there!  My name is Kim.  This site is not about anything, in particular, just whatever happens to be on my mind at the time.  For a little information, however, I like to quilt, so you can expect pics from time to time.  I'm also quite an aggressive driver, so you may find the occasional road-rage rant. 



Racing Quilt - this is my latest "completion".  I made it for someone who is an avid racing fan, which explains the checkered flag-type chains :)  Racing also refers to the heart, in various states of existence - nervous, excited, scared $#!t-less...  The inner border was paper-pieced.  Then, when I was ready to attach the outer border, I wasn't happy with the fabric, so I made another, wider paper-pieced border, which set me back about three months.  Anyway, I think the end result was worth it!  Oh yeah, the hearts are quilted in a blanket-stitch and the borders are quilted in a meandering stitch - my first attempt at this on a finished product, rather than just for practice.  Kind of stressed out about it at first, but I quickly became more comfortable (and adept) at it.

Thanks for visiting my blog... chat with you soon!

10 comments:

  1. Hello Kim! Welcome to Blogland! I'm so happy to have you here - now we can share all our projects (and other stuff) online. I'm looking forward to more posts :)

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  2. Hi Kim - do you know what you're letting yourself in for ? Lol . Hope you enjoy blogging - lovely quilt by the way - looking forward to seeing more xx

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  3. VERY nice job on that quilt. Rachel said to come over and welcome you to Blogland, so I did. I am all about welcoming new bloggers, but....when they quilt better than I do (which it seems you do), I'm not so sure!!! LOL

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  4. Welcome Kim to this wonderful world of blogging. There are so many great quilters who give the rest of us lots of their talent and inspiration. I have been a blog pal with Rachel for quite a while, and thats why I came to visit you

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  5. Welcome to Blogland, Kim. It looks like when Rachel says "jump" there might be quite a splash!

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  6. Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome! I am looking forward to checking out all your great ideas and amusing anecdotes. Hope my writing measures up!

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  7. Hello!! And welcome! found you from Rachel's blog. Love the Racing quilt very much!

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  8. Hi Kim,

    Welcome aboard...Any friend of Rachel's is a friend of mine...

    my blog is: http://fabricnfiberfanatic.wordpress.com

    Do drop by - I've been kind of quiet cause I'm still unpacking from moving to a new home...

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  9. Welcome to blogland! Found you through Rachel. I look forward to seeing and hearing more from you. Love the racing quilt!

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  10. Good for valentine’s night. I love racing quilt very much. Are you a friend of Rachel? I'm the one who made Sapphire Rings for them.

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