Aubrey Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hi, guys. I'd like to make a small quilt for Rosie. It will probably be ugly & badly sewn, because that's how my sewing skills go, but I know she & I had so much fun doing that for Scarlett--she in particular seemed to enjoy poking fun at my idea of "sewing"--that I'd like to do it for her, too. I'd like for those who'd like to participate to trace their hands on one fabric & then stitch that to a 10" x 10" block of another fabric, to be like a virtual hug. Put your name on it with sharpie marker or embroidery. Lara in Colo will be collecting these, so if you're interested, you can pm her. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 What a lovely idea, Aubrey. Can it be fabric glued instead of sewn for those of us who don't know how to sew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 It can be glued, sewn, painted, or sent in 2 pieces for me to sew. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Dd has been having sewing lessons with Nanna. If you can't sew, she can do it. Do send your squares with your name and what your house is made of. She's got a thing about that at the moment. I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Is 10 x 10 the cut size of the block or the finished size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Dd has been having sewing lessons with Nanna. If you can't sew, she can do it. Do send your squares with your name and what your house is made of. She's got a thing about that at the moment. I don't know why. Rosie, by the time I saw the other thread it was 400 people deep - just wanted to hug you right now because there are really no words anyway. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 What is the deadline for the square to arrive at Lara's place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Is 10 x 10 the cut size of the block or the finished size? Oh, yes. We should hem it, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Sending hugs your way, Rosie. Tell your daughter our house has a cement foundation and is made of wood, covered with shingles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 First--um. Duh. This was not very subtle. Sorry, Rosie. Do what 7yo does when I accidentally forget to hide her gifts: pretend you didn't see this. She's gotten quite good at that over the years, poor thing. Second--hemmed? *scratches head* I've never heard of hemming squares first. That's probably the thing to do, of course, but I've never done it that way. Shall I tell you what my grandmother said when I gave her a quilt? Well, it was kind, but I was very suspicious. ;) So let's say, don't hem them. Just send a raw 10" square with your hand slapped on there some way or other. I had good luck painting the kids' hands for a handprint t-shirt for dh. Mostly good luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 First--um. Duh. This was not very subtle. Sorry, Rosie. Do what 7yo does when I accidentally forget to hide her gifts: pretend you didn't see this. She's gotten quite good at that over the years, poor thing. Second--hemmed? *scratches head* I've never heard of hemming squares first. That's probably the thing to do, of course, but I've never done it that way. Shall I tell you what my grandmother said when I gave her a quilt? Well, it was kind, but I was very suspicious. ;) So let's say, don't hem them. Just send a raw 10" square with your hand slapped on there some way or other. I had good luck painting the kids' hands for a handprint t-shirt for dh. Mostly good luck... No hemming? Exellent. I cannot sew well and the less sewing I am doing the nicer the square will look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Ummm can I just send hand prints? This so touches my heart since I have a five year old daughter, she wants her and sissy's hand prints done too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I'd like for those who'd like to participate to trace their hands on one fabric & then stitch that to a 10" x 10" block of another fabric, to be like a virtual hug. Pardon the dumb question, but I am *TERRIBLE* at visualization. Are you looking for something kind of like this horrendously drawn sketch? Or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 So we need to draw around our hand on one piece of fabric, cut out our hand shape, and sew/glue that to a 10" square? I am really dense when it comes to these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I think that's right. I googled hand print quilts and saw a bunch of neat ideas. Some used fabric paint, others just cut out the hands and then sewed them on. hand print quilt ideas Is there a color scheme we want to try and stick to or anything goes? If somebody has Lara's mailing address, will you PM it to me? I don't want to inundate her inbox. :) Aubrey…what a wonderful idea. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I agree that a due date would be good to know. :) Could we knit/ crochet up a 10 x 10 block to send or would that throw everything off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Is there a color scheme we want to try and stick to or anything goes? I've been sitting here wrapped up in a scrappy quilt I made for him a few years ago. Magazine perfect quilts just don't match little boys whose faces weren't clean even when you just washed them. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I've been sitting here wrapped up in a scrappy quilt I made for him a few years ago. Magazine perfect quilts just don't match little boys whose faces weren't clean even when you just washed them. :) :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I've been sitting here wrapped up in a scrappy quilt I made for him a few years ago. Magazine perfect quilts just don't match little boys whose faces weren't clean even when you just washed them. :) Oh, this post made me cry. I wish I were near you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I agree that a due date would be good to know. :) Could we knit/ crochet up a 10 x 10 block to send or would that throw everything off? If enough people wanted to do knit or crochet, I could assemble those squares.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I've been sitting here wrapped up in a scrappy quilt I made for him a few years ago. Magazine perfect quilts just don't match little boys whose faces weren't clean even when you just washed them. :) Oh Rosie. My heart aches for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I've been sitting here wrapped up in a scrappy quilt I made for him a few years ago. Magazine perfect quilts just don't match little boys whose faces weren't clean even when you just washed them. :) Oh Rosie, I wished I lived next door so I could give you a real hug. I am so sad for you. You are in many people's thoughts today. Words are so inadequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I will just sit here on my couch and cry a moment for Rosie. :( Please tell your dd that my house has a cement foundation and is all brick (kind of a pink/salmon color) with gray composition shingles for the roof. It has some white stones around some of the windows for accent pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My house is made of aluminum, it's painted yellow and blue (it's a manufactured home) the skirting is white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My house has a cement foundation and is made of red bricks with shingles on the roof and a double decker wooden deck around back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Our house has a cement foundation, and is made from cement blocks covered with stucco. It's light brown with white trim. Some day I hope to live in a house with a bright purple door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My house is made of wood. It's 18 inches off the ground on cement piers. There is a picture on my blog. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02261801912069152656 I, too, am crying over you in your baby's quilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Rosie, thank you for putting up with our expressions of love. It means SO much to me to have *anything* I can do, & I hope that way over here, it won't be bothering you too much for a while at least. Due date, ladies: what? You aren't finished already? The mail's already gone today (here)! LOL I really don't know. I'd *love* to have everything in a week or two, but longer is okay, too. Would it be helpful if we set a date & then move it? :D June 1? There are some beautiful quilts on the link shared above, but I think I'll be lucky to make one that is reminiscent of this: http://funhandprintartblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/PHOTO_7723658_122717_11012377_ap_420X315.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Our house is red brick. The basement is a huge playroom. Shingles--composite, I figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 I agree that a due date would be good to know. :) Could we knit/ crochet up a 10 x 10 block to send or would that throw everything off? No, I'm so sorry--I don't think you can combine knitting & cotton patchwork quilt stuff. I think it would pull apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 I think that's right. I googled hand print quilts and saw a bunch of neat ideas. Some used fabric paint, others just cut out the hands and then sewed them on. hand print quilt ideas Is there a color scheme we want to try and stick to or anything goes? If somebody has Lara's mailing address, will you PM it to me? I don't want to inundate her inbox. :) Aubrey…what a wonderful idea. :) Thank you for that link, Umsami! :) Color scheme: anything goes. We represent a pretty wide variety of women; I don't want the quilt to hide that! I just realized *I* don't know Lara's address. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I would love to contribute a square. I'd also be happy to throw in a little money to help offset the cost of binding/batting/shipping it overseas. Can someone PM me the relevant info? My house is on a raised concrete foundation with wooden siding and my heart is broken for you, Rosie, and your daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 If enough people wanted to do knit or crochet, I could assemble those squares.... I'm up for that, if there are enough to make one all of knit/crochet. ETA: We live in a house with a concrete foundation. It has a brick front and light brown siding on the other three sides, with a brown shingle roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Our house is brick in front, siding in the back. It's on a basement which is CONCRETE. CONCRETE, people. Cement is what you mix with aggregate to make CONCRETE. If your foundations are made solely from cement it's somewhat akin to building your house on sand. (I'm hoping that harping about something inconsequential is mildly amusing/distracting. Y'all are supposed to be rolling your eyes about people getting hung up on concrete vs. cement, and forgetting that you were crying a minute ago.) Also, I could use Lara's address also, if someone's in the business of sending it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Dear Lord, have mercy. I hadn't been on the chat board all day and just saw Rosie's thread. Rosie, I am so terribly sorry. I can only imagine how little that means but please know we'd all love to be there and hold your hand if we could. :grouphug: Tell your precious little girl that we live in the middle of the U.S., in a red brick house with white trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My house is made of concrete. Not cement, apparently. The whole thing is concrete. A lot of the houses here have Spanish tiles on the roof, but mine doesn't. It's just more concrete, but since it's flat, you can go on top and watch eclipses if you want to. Or meteor showers. I have lived in many cement houses, and some wood houses, and some brick houses. Someday I would like to live in a tree house, but I don't think my family does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gisel_le Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Rosie, I cried when I read your post. I am so very sorry for the loss of your son. I can't even begin to understand what you are going through, and I am sending positive thoughts and prayers your way. My house is a single story red brick on a concrete slab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 We have a tri-level home with a concrete foundation, wood siding painted a caramel/toffee color, and a ridiculously long flight of steps up to our front door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I will send a square too. My house is a ranch, red brick with light yellow siding and green shutters on a concrete slab. We have a green mailbox too. My front door is light yellow and it is metal and clanks a it when we close it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I'd love to participate. I'll need the quilt-square-for-dummies information with measurement specifics and edging details (I can handle the handprint appliqué part). And the address where to send it. I'd also love to contribute to the funds for assembling and shipping. {{Rosie}} For your precious daughter: I live in a house made of wood with a concrete basement foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickyKinLA Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hugs to you Rosie! I have been on these boards since the very first board, but mostly just lurk. I had to come out of lurkdom to offer my condolences. You have touched me and my family in so many ways over the years through your posts. I only wish that there was something I could offer that would be helpful to you in some way. My heart is with you and your family at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 ladies, just PM me and I will send you my address-- all I ask is that you don't pass it around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I would love to send a square. My house is made of wood and stucco, with a flat roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I think my house is made of drywall, but as a chronic renter, I'm not really sure. We had to be out of the old one in a few days and I didn't want to be homeless with a teenaged girl and a tween boy so I wasn't feeling picky. Anyway, it doesn't have termites like the other place so I don't need to keep buying spackle and patching holes. It has aluminium siding that is painted to look like wood. We have a very high water table here, so we can't have basements (cellars?) but we have to have crawl spaces under them, so I don't know what kind of a foundation that is. Rent's cheap. Landlord's nice. I've been here 11 years and would stay another 11 in a heartbeat. My kid sews if you'd like a square from him. I'd make you one too, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I would love to do this. Do we just put one hand on, or two? Do we write our Hive user name...maybe also our first name? Or is it up to us? ETA: my house is cream colored wood siding with some reddish brick, and blue trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I'm up for that, if there are enough to make one all of knit/crochet. I'd love to participate in this as well if it happens. Let me know along with measurements and address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Our house sits on a cement basement foundation. The house is made of wood with wood shingles. It was purchased as a whole kit from the Eaton's catalogue in 1901 that included everything from every piece of wood, to every wood shingle to every nail and even the kitchen sink. It came on the train and took days and days of trips by horse and cart to bring it all from the trainyard to the farm. ETA: It didn't originally sit on the cement basement. That was done about 50 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 My house has a red brick foundation. It is a crawl space. The siding is a cement composite (it's supposed to last 100 years) that looks like wood siding. It is painted light green and there are black shutters on the front. We have two front porches made of wood. One porch is off of the second story and the other off of the first. The stretch across the front of the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmiraGulch Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Since we're putting house info here.... My house has a red brick front and kind of a light tan wood siding on the other three sides. No basement, so it sits on a concrete slab. My shutters and front door are navy blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Rosie's sweet daughter: My house is on a cement foundation, is two stories, and has cream colored vinyl siding and green shutters. My last two houses were brick, one a cement foundation, the other had a crawl space, so on wood. I tease that I live in a plastic house! And you don't paint it, you give it a bath! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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