The Final Quiltypost!!

Huzzah! I have finally uploaded the pictures of my completed quilty! I'm so proud of it, it is so pretty! And considering that it was the first time I had ever used a sewing machine, I think I did fairly well. Unfortunately I was not able to bring it with me to Alberta but my mom is taking good care of it and will ship it to me soon. And now, without further adieu, I present to you my Alpha Phi t-shirt quilt!


TA-DAA!!

Each square on this lovely quilt is a t-shirt that I either purchased or received throughout my years in Alpha Phi Women's Fraternity at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. I am so glad that I have something to remember all the events and themes by, in a way that can be saved rather than stored away. I totally cried when I finished it.

















I used the toga that I wore to every toga party during university as the trim on my quilt.

This project took much longer than I thought it would (I still blame the first sewing machine, grrr), but the results were well worth it. So there it is, ladies and gentlemen, my Alpha Phi quilt! I'd like to give a great big thanks to everyone who has read my blog and supported me through this process, you're all truely wonderful. I'm excited to always have a little piece of sisterhood with me.

♥♥♥

Monica

And what a haitus that was!

Welcome back to my blog, ladies and gentlemen! For those of you who did not know, I moved from Hamilton, Ontario to a little place called Fort McMurray, Alberta, a few months ago. So please forgive my lack of posting lately, as it has taken quite a while to get all settled in to my new accomodations. I also did not have a computer until last week. I'm living in a rather cool townhouse that is ugly as heck on the outside but pretty hip on the inside. It's a 5-level split townhouse and I'm up on the top level. I counteract all the exercise from climbing those stairs with lots and lots of ice cream :).

Pictures are coming soon. And by soon, I mean as soon as I take pictures and upload them onto my computer. I also have pictures of the final product of my blankie and I'll get them onto this blog as soon as they are uploaded as well. For now, I just wanted to make this quick post to let you know that I am in fact alive and doing well.

Check out my new layout! For some reason, I never could get the layout working well on Blogger but I'm digging this new "template designer" thing. My blog looks a lot neater now and I'm loving the bookshelf background. One day I'm going to have a library that is full of books like that. This past weekend I went to Edmonton and bought a real old-timey looking copy of Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Super excited to read that and it looks so pretty on my bookshelf.

Take care!

Monica.