Sorry, sorry.
I couldn't post about this earlier, because I was working on a wedding present.
That, sadly, even though I worked straight out on it for, like, a million hours and didn't even go to sleep at all the night before we left for Vermont (Thank God for the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice. Seriously.) because I was desperately trying to finish it -- I failed. So the bride and groom will be getting their gift a bit late.
But, since I showed them the pictures of what I've managed so far, I feel okay about posting them here. Over the last couple of weeks (in between working and sleeping -- not much time for reading, sadly), I turned this:
into this:
Wow, those dates at the bottom of the pictures are annoying. I need to turn that function off.
Anyway, it'll be done soon, I swear.
(Meanwhile, did you see that Kathy Reichs had jumped on the YA bandwagon? I love me some Seely Booth, but MAN. The premise of this new one is a bit too HEY LOOK I'M GOING TO HIT THE PARANORMAL MARKET WITHOUT ACTUALLY WRITING A PARANORMAL OOO AND BONUS, MY MAIN CHARACTER IS GOING TO BE THE NIECE OF MY HUGELY-POPULAR GROWN-UP CHARACTER, SO BOO YAH I AM THE QUEEN OF THE MARKETING GENIUSES for me. Then again, I've only read the back of the ARC, so what do I know?)
Wow, wow, wow! It is GORGEOUS!!!
:)
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Posted by: Dulemba | 22 June 2010 at 08:30 AM
OMG!!! You did all this "in the last couple of weeks"? It's beautiful!!!!
Posted by: LindaY | 22 June 2010 at 08:44 AM
Oh. My. GOODNESS. You are THE QUEEN of textile arts.
I kind of hate you now. I can quilt, but it looks like an 8th grader did it for, um, practice for a 4H project. As in, sure, little blocks of fabric all stitched together -- whoops, that one doesn't go, oh well, use a glue gun and puff paint and make it look deliberate
But it's beautiful, truly. And The Happy Couple have months before they need to sleep under it, so rock on with your late self!
:sigh: I wish you were coming to the ALA thing...
Posted by: tanita | 22 June 2010 at 09:10 AM
Oh my goodness, that's beautiful! Great job!
Posted by: Annie | 22 June 2010 at 09:15 AM
looks great!!! I am itching to make another quilt myself. (did I show you the one I made for Z? though I think we are going to hang it up until I make another one, the stairway needed a quilt hanging) I learned a fun trick that I'm going to try next time - making one wall in my 'craft' room (its the office too, but whatever) a wall of felt. That way I can hang everything in process and have it be out of the way (i.e. not on a table, that we usually eat on) Are you going to hand-quilt it also? (that part always takes me longer!) or tie it?
how are they pinned together (the strips?) why can I see through it?
Posted by: Alicia | 22 June 2010 at 09:21 AM
Oooh! How beautiful! What a terrific gift!
Posted by: ICQB | 22 June 2010 at 09:29 AM
Lovely quilt! As for the Kathy Reichs's YA...that I have to read.
Posted by: Erin | 22 June 2010 at 10:19 AM
Oh my, but that is beautiful! And what an extremely thoughtful gift! Glad you are back though.
Posted by: Emily | 22 June 2010 at 10:47 AM
Oh my word - that is gorgeous! I would like to commission one in blue please? Who knew you had so many talents? (Maybe I haven't been reading long enough?)
Posted by: Kelsey | 22 June 2010 at 10:48 AM
Wow, beautiful quilt! I've never seen that pattern before. I hope you'll show it to us again when it's all the way finished :)
Posted by: megan | 22 June 2010 at 10:48 AM
I've had that pattern on my mental to-make list for years! Beautiful.
Posted by: dangermom | 22 June 2010 at 10:58 AM
You have been busy: gorgeous quilt.
As to Reich's book: I too am leery of 'adult' authors dipping their toe in the YA pool. I mean, hey, John Grisham doesn't make enough with his adult stuff?
Posted by: Scott Phillips | 22 June 2010 at 10:58 AM
Leila, that is gorgeous! I've been working on a nine-patch quilt for a few years now and I'm so impressed by people that can sew triangles!
Posted by: Maureen E | 22 June 2010 at 11:13 AM
Oh that's awesome, they are lucky people to get it.
Posted by: Jodie | 22 June 2010 at 11:59 AM
Coming out of lurkdom to say that the quilt is absolutely beautiful. And that Kathy Reichs's book does seem a bit conveniently marketable.
Posted by: Rachel | 22 June 2010 at 12:13 PM
The word 'awesome' is so...paltry. That's amazing.
Posted by: OKP | 22 June 2010 at 01:46 PM
That quilt is absolutely exquisite! Makes me want to start quilting again. Sigh.
Posted by: Loretta Ross | 22 June 2010 at 02:43 PM
Just like everyone else I am completely blown away!! That is so beautiful on every single level. You rock, Leila!!!
Posted by: Colleen | 22 June 2010 at 04:12 PM
That is a gorgeous quilt! I love your fabric selection.
In the month or so before I got married, I made a queen-size quilt for my husband-to-be as a wedding present. I'd never quilted before and I had a lot of help from my aunt and my mom (especially at the end when my mom and I had a weekend quilting session to finish off the hand quilting) but it was a lot of fun and it feels so good to see that quilt on our bed now. Now that I've been through that, I'm even more impressed when I see quilts people have made where everything lines up the way it's supposed to!
Posted by: Gretchen | 26 June 2010 at 05:43 PM
I usually just stop by to read about YA Lit and I don't think I've ever commented--but I had to chime in. This quilt is beautiful!! What a nice gift!
Posted by: Abbie | 27 June 2010 at 06:49 PM