Calysta's Quilt

Well, I finished it! As you can see, it's has a checkerboard pattern on the back, and the alternating diamonds on the front. As I believe I said before, Calysta assisted me in picking out the fabrics and color scheme.

A Word about Monsters...

Calysta has spent yesterday and most of today at our home with Mark; Christy is here, too. Today Calysta decided she needed to have a clean work surface as her desk gets pretty "crowded".

She worked on it for about an hour--maybe more. It was quite a long time, especially for such a little girl.

Later Mark and she went out for a while. We noticed the note after they left. It was the highest point in our week, for sure.

Note the exclamation points: they're hearts and the dots below are tiny hearts!!

A little while ago, I need some Scotch tape and there it lay, on her desk. Well, I braved the danger and borrowed it--I think I got away with it because I haven't seen any monsters yet.

When I replaced it, you can be sure I put it back right where she had it...

Something new

I'm making a checkerboard-type quilt for Calysta. It will be composed of alternating squares of these two blocks. The backing will be checkered black and white--the same fabric as the borders of each block. I took her to the store and let her pick out her colors. Her two new favorite colors are black and white--then red and blue. I just completed a T-shirt quilt top and as soon as it is quilted, I'll show that, too. It has the fronts (and some backs) of T-shirts that we have obtained over the time we've known each other (Bobby and I). later...