Block #28 For Nona

This block is dedicated to Nona. Nona is my co-worker, friend and confident. I realized at lunch today that we have conversations I almost never have with anyone else. The same can be said for yesterday’s bird as well. So I guess this is the: “They know my dirty secrets, so I better get their birds out quickly” week. But in all seriousness, it is nice to be around people you can be completely honest with.

Nona is also my personality opposite. At our work, we take this personality quiz/class. It is all about learning how to communicate with each other and understanding our own personality traits. We get ranked by colors and most people are predominately two of the four: Red, Yellow, Green and Blue. Yellows are extroverts; happy, creative people. Reds are fiery “get ‘er done” types. Blue want lots of detail an are typically introverts. And Greens want everyone to be happy.

I think she is a Yellow/Red and I am Blue/Red. I’m hopelessly introverted and have a low amount of patience for people who are not moving fast enough. Nona is creative, colorful and just fun to be around. This project has made me realize that I surround myself with people who are not like me. I enjoy being around happy, fun people and find my little introverted bootie riding the happiness bubble of all the “yellows” and “greens” in my life.

So in honor of them, I picked my most colorful bird.

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics. An tonight he said: “Hey it looks like a sonic boom coming off the nose of the bird” – “Ok.”

Date Made: January 25, 2015  
Block #28
Days on Project: 28
Blocks Made: 31
Husband’s Picks: #7

For Nona D.

Block #27 for Kendra R.

This block is dedicated to Kendra R. Kendra is my co-worker and good friend. With triplets and a full time job she is the very definition of a super mom. The stories she tells about the funny things her kids do and how she manages their crazy schedule crack me up. My favorite story is about how she deals with chores. Hopefully I will tell it right…

With three kids, keeping track of whose turn it is to do chores and if they did them, on top of cooking dinner, helping with homework, and playing chauffeur is nearly impossible for two people to manage. So she devised a system for the chores and put the kids in charge. Yeah you heard me… they are in charge. Each week a different kid is in charge and they are responsible for reminding the other two to get their chores done and making sure they get them done. It’s pure genius. It’s almost as if she is raising little project managers.

The lunch story today was pretty awesome too, although not exactly “fit for print”…

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics.

Date Made: January 27, 2015  
Block #27
Days on Project: 27
Blocks Made: 31
Husband’s Picks: #6

For Kendra R.

Block #26 for Brandon M.

This block is dedicated to Brandon M. Brandon is a former co-worker of mine and over the years he has been my colleague, my Project Manager, my boss, and my vendor. Such is the very small world that is IT.

Brandon also has the distinction of being the first person I made (and finished) a quilt for. Once you finish one, it’s all down hill from there! It was a snoopy quilt, I remember scouring eBay for the perfect snoopy fabric. Yes, eBay… way back then it was just about the only place online to buy fabric. It was also before digital cameras so I don’t have a picture of it. It is amazing to me how things have changed in such a short period of time.

I think it was for his first child and it was during a time when every guy at work had a pregnant wife. We had baby showers at work every Friday for three months. It was a very baby time of the year.

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics.

Date Made: January 26, 2015  
Block #26
Days on Project: 26
Blocks Made: 30
Husband’s Picks: #5

For Brandon M.

Block #25 For Travis

This block is dedicated to my brother-in-law Travis. I married into a sports family. My brother-in-law is a baseball coach at a junior college, my sister-in-law is in sports medicine, my father-in-law was a basketball coach (and later a principle), and my mother-in-law and husband will watch sports over anything else on TV. So they put up with me…

Travis is a great coach, having taken his team to the Junior College world series. Which is a pretty big deal. And now he has a second job, daddy. Thanks to his new job, I got to participate in the most stinkin’ cute baby shower I had ever been to. It was all baseball food and decorations with popcorn, peanuts, candy bars, nachos, and hot dogs. I also made my first and probably only sports themed quilt.

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics.

Date Made: January 25, 2015  
Block #25
Days on Project: 25
Blocks Made: 29
Husband’s Picks: #4

For Travis L.

Block #24 For Jennifer L.

This block is dedicated to my sister-in-law Jennifer L. Earlier last year she and her husband adopted a baby boy and he is perfect. I’m an Aunt!

My mother-in-law is in love. She was visiting us last weekend and I took her to a knit shop she likes. As she was checking out, she told the lady all about him and pulled out her brag book showing him off. It was adorable, you can just see her love for him every time she talks about him.

Yesterday, they were able to make it official and finalize the adoption. So congratulations Jen, you are a wonderful mom and doing a great job! We are so happy for you guys.

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics.

Date Made: January 24, 2015  
Block #24
Days on Project: 24
Blocks Made: 27
Husband’s Picks: #3

For Jennifer L.

Block #23 For Kay

This block is dedicated to my good friend Kay. I had to do some research on this one to make sure I got the dates right. Kay and I met in a quilting class in 2009 at the International Quilt Festival. I had been going to festival to shop for several years but this was the first time I had ever taken a class and I was so freakin excited. The class was HORRIBLE, worst teacher I have ever had (we will keep her name out of it) and even the other classmates were pretty annoying. That is how Kay and I met each other, giving up on day 2 in a 3 day course annoyed by the people sitting beside us.

We have taken classes together each year since. Every year we get up at the butt crack of dawn to register and then count the days until we get to class. We don’t always pick winners, but we always have fun. It quickly became less about taking classes and more about the one week of the year we got to hang out together. I know at some point, there will come a year when one of us can’t make it, but for now, we will keep our yearly reunion in October.

Credits:
My husband picked these fabrics. He’s pretty proud of this block. Now if I could just get him to make some of these birds…

Date Made: January 23, 2015  
Block #23
Days on Project: 23
Blocks Made: 26
Husband’s Picks: #2

For Kay