Happy Birthday Auntie Karate!
Showing posts with label Auntie Karate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auntie Karate. Show all posts
Monday, August 25, 2014
Happy Birthday Auntie Karate
Happy Birthday Auntie Karate!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Happy Birthday Auntie Karate
(Auntie Karate is not as old as Mom, so I can't say she's older than dirt. But I think she's getting close.)
Anyway...
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday dear Auntie Karate!
Happy Birthday to You!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Happy Birthday Auntie Karate!
It's Auntie Karate's birthday today! You know... Mom's baby sister... PlusOne's Mom... Roxy's Mom... This is Auntie Karate peeking out from behind the quilt she made for SweetBean.Go on over and wish her a Happy Birthday!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Happy Birthday M..(Auntie Karate)!
Today is Auntie Karate's 47th birthday. Happy Birthday, Auntie Karate! Go on over to Roxy's place and leave her some HB wishes!
Monday, February 25, 2008
Fabric, Fabric Everywhere!
Auntie Karate is such a pest. She thinks Mom needs fabric and then whenever she needs it, she gets it from Auntie! Boy, is she wrong, Mom has plenty of fabric!
Mom sorts her fabric by size, like this:
The bin on the left has full-width pieces, that she wants to save for something other than Gizzy Quilts. The bin on the right has pieces that are too small to cut into strips.
This bin has pieces that have been used as backings for Gizzy Quilts. They are pieces of fabric about 18" x 25" in size.
These are full width fabrics (45" wide) that she has to cut into strips.
These strips in the closet comprise the bulk of Mom's "stash." She has tons of fabrics in lots of colors, cut into wide and skinny strips, all sorted by color.
In these bins, Mom has all her "chunks." These are pairs of fabrics sewn into 6-1/2", 4-1/2" and 2-1/2" "chunks." Mom assembles the Gizzy Quilts, and she even made Gramma's Quilt from chunks in these sizes.
So, why did Mom go to Auntie's yesterday to get these fabrics?
Because Auntie and Mom will be making the quilt TOGETHER. Auntie buys different fabrics than Mom does. You can go over and see here. So, in order for the quilt NOT to look like it was made by two people with two different tastes in colors, Mom got some of Auntie's fabric, and Mom gave Auntie some of her fabric.
The quilt for the Meezers will be made by both Aunties, using ALL their fabrics and with both of their unique senses of design.
The HAM Meezer Quilt will probably look a lot like THIS quilt, which was made by BOTH Aunties for their Mom and Dad, Mimmay and Pippay. You can click the pictures to biggify, but you still might have a very hard time figuring out which one made which part.
The ladies at the local fabric store call Mom and Auntie Karate "The Bicker Sisters." Auntie and Mom think that's pretty funny, because they get along very, very well. But they love to tease each other.
Ya think?
Mom sorts her fabric by size, like this:
The bin on the left has full-width pieces, that she wants to save for something other than Gizzy Quilts. The bin on the right has pieces that are too small to cut into strips.
This bin has pieces that have been used as backings for Gizzy Quilts. They are pieces of fabric about 18" x 25" in size.
These are full width fabrics (45" wide) that she has to cut into strips.
These strips in the closet comprise the bulk of Mom's "stash." She has tons of fabrics in lots of colors, cut into wide and skinny strips, all sorted by color.
In these bins, Mom has all her "chunks." These are pairs of fabrics sewn into 6-1/2", 4-1/2" and 2-1/2" "chunks." Mom assembles the Gizzy Quilts, and she even made Gramma's Quilt from chunks in these sizes.
So, why did Mom go to Auntie's yesterday to get these fabrics?Because Auntie and Mom will be making the quilt TOGETHER. Auntie buys different fabrics than Mom does. You can go over and see here. So, in order for the quilt NOT to look like it was made by two people with two different tastes in colors, Mom got some of Auntie's fabric, and Mom gave Auntie some of her fabric.
The quilt for the Meezers will be made by both Aunties, using ALL their fabrics and with both of their unique senses of design.
The HAM Meezer Quilt will probably look a lot like THIS quilt, which was made by BOTH Aunties for their Mom and Dad, Mimmay and Pippay. You can click the pictures to biggify, but you still might have a very hard time figuring out which one made which part.The ladies at the local fabric store call Mom and Auntie Karate "The Bicker Sisters." Auntie and Mom think that's pretty funny, because they get along very, very well. But they love to tease each other.
Ya think?
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