Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Show And Tell

At the church where I grew up, the first Thursday of the month was The Quilting. On that day, someone opens their home for church and neighbor ladies to gather and spend time together quilting, eating a delicious potluck meal, visiting, laughing and sharing together. One of the fun things is a Show and Tell time.

I miss The Quilting.

Today let's pretend you're all gathered here in my house and it's show and tell time. We may have to set up a few folding chairs and squeeze together on the couch, but we'll manage. At The Quilting there's always room for one more!

I've got three things I want to show you today. If it were real life show and tell time, I'd probably try to choose just one so I wouldn't take up too much time. But this is pretend, so I'll take as much time as I like.

Do you remember a very long time ago, when I said I was going to make quilts for my girl's beds? They are finally done. We won't go into any details about why they took so long.


The original plan was to make the whole quilt with the chevron pattern. Well. It didn't take me long to figure out that if I actually wanted the quilts done so the girls could use them before they left home, I needed a different plan. It was my sister who suggested using a couple rows of chevron and a solid. I really like the way they turned out and it was so much more doable!


The girls each chose their grey material so each quilt would have a personal touch.



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My next show and tell has a bit of a story behind it. Early this spring, through two different giveaways, I somehow managed to score a total of five dahlia tubers. Jasmine and I were beyond thrilled, as we've been crushing over Root Design Co's dahlias for the past year or so.

We planted them carefully, desperately hoping our amateur growing skills would do them no harm. Alas, it rained and it rained and the place we had chosen for planting turned to a mud hole. As dahlias prefer direct sun, this was not a good thing at all. Suffice it to say, after our rescue efforts, we ended up with one thriving plant.

Sad, sad.

But the plucky little plant grew straight and tall and at long last developed buds a few weeks ago. With baited breath we've watched them slowly swell and open.

My daily progress report...

Perfection. 

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Last but not least is, perhaps, my favorite show and tell of all. I got the idea somewhere that I wanted a picture to put behind my old window. Then, I had the brilliant brainstorm that Jasmine could paint something for me!



With a cheap piece of poster board and Root Design Co as her inspiration...



She obliged with a fabulous watercolor bouquet. I absolutely love it!

And that's all I have. Thanks for coming! We have a little time left, what would you like to show or tell me? I'd love to hear...

5 comments:

Regina said...

Bethany,I love your show and tell! Well my show and tell is some beautiful fall fabric I bought for making napkins to match my fall dishes I bought from Dollar Tree. The fabric has green, orange and red maple leaves against a white background. The dishes have yellow, orange and green maple leaves against a white background. So that is my project for this month since it is National Sewing Month.
Have a great day Bethany!

Rosalyn said...

I love how your quilts turned out! :)
Several years ago (well, actually more than that...probably about 7 years) I also decided to make a quilt for my girls...and yes...it turned into a lengthy and time-consuming process. I'm convinced they thought I'd never get it done! ;) But I finally did.
They've used that quilt constantly since then and now it is almost worn out. (I think it must have been the poor quality of the fabric I used)
So I need to figure something else out. I love "the idea" of making another quilt but just am not quite sure if I'm ready to tackle another one or not.

Bethany Eicher said...

That sounds lovely! A great day to you,too...

Bethany Eicher said...

That's when you look at the nice quilts you can buy and wonder if it's worth it! Making a quilt gets pretty expensive in a hurry.

Liisa said...

The quilts are so lovely! I so love the idea of a painting behind a window and yours is just beautiful. I miss ladies days we had in our old church - they were special times.
Blessings,
Liisa