Monday, October 24, 2011

Seizures N Quilts...

I know...odd blog post title, I'll splain...

For many years we have tried to figure out a safe bed for our daughter. After the most recent "Screaming/Gran mal", I was at my wits end to find something that daughter could fall out of, and be safe.
While chatting with my quilty friend Ang (who is an awesome EMT and RN student), she suggested putting the bed on the floor like nursing homes do with thier seizure/falling type patients. It was like a light bulb went off in my head! Why didnt we think of that before? Geezzzz....
So, off to RC Willey I went. Bought a low profile box spring, and a cushy pillow top mattress.  Daughter can now safely roll off her bed onto the super thick carpet (newly installed), and not hurt herself! YAY!
Pic is of new bed and a quilt I designed about 10 yrs. ago when I 1st began quiltmaking...

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Experiment fini!

Ok, so why was this an experiment? Well, I'd never made one before, and I only wanted to do one before deciding if it was worth the time...Speaking of time, it took exactly one hour to sew the "blades" together. I machine appliqued it down with monofiliment thread, voila!

Friday, October 7, 2011

UFO time..again?

Not a UFO..but an experiment...