Konza Creative

Another woman is retiring from the library.  Mary has been a large part of the library quilting group and has been involved in so many retirement quilts for others.  So many of the original library quilting group have retired and she was basically one of the last ones left.  Three of us from the library along with three others who work on campus or are retired librarians decided to work on a quilt for her.  And now that it is her turn and we wanted to make her something really nice.We know she wanted a book shelf quilt and we used this pattern to make her one: Everyone used the same background fabric and we used our stash to make the bookends.  When I put them together, the scrappiness of all the bookends gave the quilt such a wonderful look.  The sashing in between the blocks was used to have colleagues sign and leave messages of farewell and good luck for Mary.  I made three of the blocks for this quilt.  The first block in on the second row and has a the purple books and the

Has it really been two years since I last posted?  Wow!  I guess I struggled with what do I post, what do I not post etc.  Was this a blog to record life or was it to record my creative adventures with an occasional post on life?  I think I'll chose the latter.  It's hard to remember daily things, let alone remember things that you make, how you made them and why.  I hope that I can capture those thoughts here, and I can come back here in case I forget or in case I want to remember. Do I recap the past or do I move forward?  Hmmm... let's just move forward! The family has grown and had additions, and the grands have grown with a few added and more to come.  The last two years have been busy.  August 31, 2018 was the last date i posted.  Since then many quilts have been made, given away and more have gone in the WIP pile...of course.  Two grandkids were added and the last single kid got married.  Our original family of six is now at thirteen and growing.  Life is good a