First Musings on a Cold Night in Michigan

Such a cold night it is here in Michigan! Temps will hover around zero, says the TV weatherman who calls himself "Chief Meteorologist."

These posts from our studio and office here in Michigan's Thumb will chronicle the work that we do designing quilting & knitting projects for our publications company -- Graywood Designs. Right now we are working on a new quilting book that features holiday patterns for the Christmas season.

We're calling this new book "Glad Yule." Our master piecer has been busy since January getting several projects for the book ready for the quilting expertise of our favorite long arm quilter. (Only one or two of the book projects will be long armed -- the rest we do on standard domestic sewing machines, just like most quilters do!) The piecework is completed for "Ode To THANGLES" and both versions of the tree runner. The cover quilt, "O Yule" is part way completed; one more quilt, "Dairy Stars," lies within piles of yellow and gold fabrics at the studio. Yes, this book will once again feature THANGLES for the half square triangles. You'll read more about that as our blog continues.

Work on the book has been slowed considerably due to my mother's death in January. By this time I had hoped to be in the final stages of page preparation. Instead, studio work is progressing slowly, but surely, on samples. I'm learning that work can't be hurried when there is grieving to do. The pace on this book, though different from our first book (Fours & Nines: Quilted Placemats with Classic Blocks) is progressing and that is what counts on a cold winter night in Michigan!

Written by Wanda
March 5, 2007

COMING POSTS

About Quilting:
How THANGLES and Graywood are related
To Applique By Machine or By Hand?

About Knitting:
The Continuing Saga of the Bib Pattern That Doesn't Get Finished

About Publishing:
Why Writing Good Directions for Quilting and Knitting is So Important
We Know a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, So Why Be Wordy!
Color vs. Black & White