ModernRobin Reveal

On Monday our Modern group met and we had the Big Modern Reveal.  And it was fabulous!

For this we put a block in a box and threw caution to the wind!  We chose a box each month for 4 months, 3 months we added pieces and parts.  In the last month we finished it off with embellishments and quilting.

Here are the teams and their results. The teams that have 4 are missing Barbara.  She was recuperating from knee surgery - been there, done that, for sure!

Renee -  I did one of the orange and yellow blazes.  Barbara  worked on this one. 

 Joni - I finished this one up.  Barbara was part of this one as well.









Jo - Barbara worked on this one as well!  Go Barbara!








This one was Barbara's original block.  I worked on this one.










Alice - I worked on this beauty as well.












Thelma - So modern!













Joyce - she competed in her first triathlon recently.

Glen - Fun, fun fishes!







 

EcoBundle 1 and 2 UnWrapped

OK, It has been a month and a half.  That is 5 weeks longer than Carol's!  LOL  Hers turned out lightly stained.  I resisted and resisted and resisted.  But about 10 pm last night I decided I just HAD to go outside in the dark and retrieve my EcoBundles.

I was richly rewarded.

If you remember, there were two bundles.  I wrapped them with cotton twill tape and lovingly placed them outside in the side garden after McGee continued to dig  them up  in the back yard.

Bundle 1

Bundle 1

 In one I put organic stuff like a handful of soil, some acorns and berries, some leaves and bark all wrapped around a piece of rusty re-bar.

Bundle 1 Original

 This is the original stuff I put into Bundle 1.  Just that hodgepodge of organic stuff and some rust.  See that bolt?  Cool!


I wonder what stains will stay in when it gets washed.  I thought it might smell bad so I was sort of prepared for this, tonight is garbage night.  But  it was just musty. 







The second one contained some beets, some orange slices, some avocado and onion skins, wrapped around a rusty re-bar piece.

Original bundle 2

 

Bundle 2

Here is what it looks like before and after. 

All those vegetables sort of decayed and molded so I think some of the patterning is attributed to mold.


Keep in mind, the after photos are both wet.  So they will be a bit lighter upon washing and drying.

I put both in the washer and they are now rolling around together in the dryer........getting all hot and bothered.

Ohhhhh.........what good things can you see made from these babies?

Two Reveals For Your Viewing Pleasure

My Modern Quilt Guild appropriately named Not Your Momma's Modern Quilt Guild, met tonight for a reveal of the Modern Robin quilts.

There were 9 participants and 9 showed back up, a good solid 100% means no one reneged on their obligation.  And everyone loved each one more and more as they were revealed.

I didn't take photos of all of them but they will be posed at some point so I will get the site and let you see them when Kelly puts them all up.

Meanwhile you can see mine.

And my Michael Miller Challenge, which I thought was a secret and is not a secret for some reason. 

here is my Modern Robin which was worked on by Joni, Jo (her momma) Janet and Renee.  All enhanced my center block beyond any of my wildest thoughts!  It turned out to be amazing!

If you look closely you can see my original block with the feet.  this is so fabulous.

Look at the flowers!




And the shoes!



Amazing, just amazing! I totally loves it.

Here are two others I worked on ( and love equally!)

I think I will post Michael Miller in the next post.

I have to fill my day tomorrow with something other than thoughts of my untimely death on the surgical table and Dr. Gorgeous weeping uncontrollably over my body....yelling "but she had such gorgeous knees!"