Trying to be a joiner

Meeting new people isn't exactly my cup o' tea but I got up the gumption to drive in to Portland on Thursday night for the Portland Modern Quilt Guild Meeting. It's an inspiring group of people! We had a pot-holder swap and I completely forgot to take a picture of mine before I left. BUT! This is a blog-happy group and check out what I found on Joan's Blog! Like I said before, I feel like I'm rubbing elbows with famous people because there are some very talented quilters who blog and sell patterns and write books in this guild (like Oh Fransson - I've been reading her blog for several years. Her quilts are gorgeous). I'm sure they would laugh if they ever read that. Which is why I haven't gotten up the nerve to add my blog to the blogroll on the member website. Maybe when I've got more than 5 posts!

The Kate Bag

I made this bag for one of my dearest friends. She is an avid reader and devoted library user. Used fabric pens to write the names of the book (D did that part). It's about 9x13x4, hopefully big enough for her to carry home large loads of books!

The books were recommended based on some of her favorites - although that is kinda hard to narrow down! They were sized relatively close to what they really are (for the ones I could get my hands on anyway), and the colors of the first 3 were meant to be authentic. And D did an awesome job on the writing for HP.

A couple pockets inside for metro cards and cell phones.

Big kid bean bags are in my future

Last Christmas (2008), I made these beanbags for the little ones in my family. I was reminded of them when I saw this post on a blog I read. I can't wait to make the grown-up version!

Success! Napping nephews.