Saturday, February 25, 2006

Mixed in with Mama's stash, in a little tote she kept her "special" fabrics in were FQ cuts of these two pretty brown/gold/gray prints. Believe me when I say these were NOT "Mama" fabrics. Mama loved purple and bright pink - think fuschia. And in her quilting she pretty much only used calicos. The other fabrics in the box were her 30s repros that she was collecting and a few other FQs, all little floral prints and pastel tone-on-tones that would blend with her calicos. So where these came from or why she would have bought them I have no idea. But I fell in love with them as soon as I found them and have been wanting to do something with them. I dug thru my stash and found a blue/gray fossil fern and a dark brown that my sister left here the last time she came to visit. (She made a FQ vest but doesn't quilt so left the scraps here.)
I finally found a pattern recently that I thought would look great with these fabrics so I decided to play tonight. I added the dark brown print and the goldy/tan will be the backing. Not sure that brown was the best choice for that narrow inner border, but it's done and not going to get ripped out! I have enough of the main fabric to use as binding as she had 2 FQs of that one. I think this will go to work with me since it doesn't go with anything in my house but will look good in my office with it's blue/gray carpet and the warm golden/brown color of my desk.

I started this after supper tonight. By all rights I should have been sound asleep by then but I'm still not sleepy and here it is 1am! I've got a terrible cold so I finally went to the doctor. She gave me Allegra D-24. That stuff is better than any "upper" you could take! You have to take it 1 hour before or 2-3 hours after you eat so I didn't take it until 9pm Thursday night. I finally went to bed at 5am and got up for work at 7. Worked till mid afternoon intending to come home and take a nap. Instead I fixed supper, did 2 loads of laundry and have made this wall-hanging (32"square) from figuring out how to piece it instead of paper-piecing to the finished top. Needless to say I have not taken another pill since you only take it once a day and I'd like to sleep some time! I'll take another in the morning, but if I have problems sleeping tomorrow night I think it will be back to over-the-counter stuff. At least I have antibiotics now and I really do feel a lot better, just still very wired!

11 comments:

Cher said...

LOL...Nancy-what a drug! cute little quilt and a wonderful memory of your Mama! I am glad you are feeling better-and hope the sleep comes.

Jeanne said...

Wow! Interesting fabrics, and I really like your sample block.

Hope you're feeling better!

Patty said...

How special to have your mothers stash ! I would never have the foresight to pick those colors but they look great together. The block is very pretty.

dot said...

I liked the fabric just siting there, then the quilt.WOW. Good work. What a great memory of your mother.

Passionate Quilter said...

Great job Nancy--man, those meds. must really have you going! Hope you are feeling better without help! :)

Finn said...

Nancy, I love the pattern you picked. It is perfect with the fabric, and looks very elegant and yet not TOO difficult. I think you did a great job...meds or no meds..LOL. And personally, I really like the dark brown right where you put it..*VBS*

Granny said...

How nice to have used your mom's fabric in that wall hanging. Looks great and I love the narrow brown border in there.

Isn't it amazing how one little pill can keep you going and going. Hope you're feeling better by now.

Judy L.

Granny said...

How nice to have used your mom's fabric in that wall hanging. Looks great and I love the narrow brown border in there.

Isn't it amazing how one little pill can keep you going and going. Hope you're feeling better by now.

Judy L.

Mary Johnson said...

Wow, someone else who stays up late and quilts. Too bad you had to go to work too.

The Calico Cat said...

Nice quilt "I remember Mama, kinda..."

Laurie Ann said...

Wow, I want me one of those pills! :) Nancy, please tell us the name of that block. I think that might be the trick for my thai battiks.