Fibermania

Susan, JuJu and Me

Ah, it's a wonderful thing, the internet. We can find things, and people with a mere click. No going out in the driving rain to look up stuff at the library and then have to scrounge for a dime to use the photo-copier, which is always kaput just when we need it. But I digress.

Above we have a quilt by Susan McCord. A really famous one. Easy to find on the ol' web. I have always liked the messiness of this wool scrap design. Actually I loved it so much that I made two quilts like it. Below we have the second one, Rick Rack Pies.

Rick Rack Pies, hand dyed cottons, commercial silks and decorator fabrics, including metallic rickrack and assorted trims, machine embroidered, machine quilted. Fused and pieced. 60"square. Made it in December 2000. The first one got peed on.

The reason I bring this up is that JuJu Vail just emailed me. She writes the JuJu Loves Polka Dots blog, of which I am a huge fan. She is planning on making a quilt and made a list of all that she is considering before embarking on this project. She pictured Susan McCord's quilt above which is such a serendipity...and then she emailed me that she found my blog.

I can't hide the fact that a teeny thrill ran through me when I got this email. She's from ENGLAND for heaven's sake! Immediately I imagined have a wee cuppa with her, discussing things crafty. My fantasy life is always at the ready.

JuJu wrote that I am her first quilting blog! I swoon.

So I immediately began dusting and mopping to make this look like a quilt blog. I dug out this old thing, which actually has blocks that are sewn together. Wouldn't want to look too radical and sway the old darling from her planned quilted-heirloom-making.