You’ve probably heard me talking about my Bubby many times here on the blog, but just in case you don’t know who my Bubby is, well -she is my bosom friend and best buddy, which basically over the years just translated to “Bubby” and I’m her bubby too! And I know what your next question is – what on earth is a Bubby quilt along?
Well, when we both lived in the same province, only about an hour apart, things were simple if we wanted to get together and quilt. We also often attended workshops and quilt clubs together, went to all the best quilt shows, and did some awesome shop hops, too. Ten years ago I moved away and now we are over six hours apart, with an entire province separating us, making it difficult to do all those fun things we used to do on a regular basis. And so we invented the Bubby quilt along, which is like a cyber quilt club with only two members, and each winter we challenge ourselves to create a project which we share via photos and emails. It’s a great motivator and the regularly scheduled emails keep us accountable to each other, sharing progress reports and inspirational photos.
This year we chose to do something a little different and selected a book to work from entitled “100 Small Quilts”. We each chose our personal favourite mini quilt from the book and will create our own interpretation of that quilt. Then we must make our own version of the other person’s choice too, resulting in a second mini quilt. Then, as a gift for each other, we will create a secret sister quilt that will be revealed and exchanged when we meet up for our annual retreat at the Central Alberta Quilt Show in Red Deer this coming April. Cool, huh?
It really is a fun way to keep in touch and stay motivated too. I just recently completed my first ‘flimsy’ and wanted to share the various stages here: 1. First email was our quilt selection and page # in the book 2. Second email was initial fabric choices/colour schemes 3. Progress reports and photos of blocks made 4. Border construction 5. Quilt layout ect… you get the idea :o)
I’ve had to set the project aside this week as I’m preparing for my community Fall Fair and will have full display of quilts for sale this weekend. I’ll try to take some photos of the event and post about it next week. In the meantime, happy stitching.
as always, carol
My heart runneth over with all the love I feel for you, my bestest ever bubby! I love your quilt pictures….especially the one with the itty bitty triangles spilling out of the box. I can hardly wait until Red Deer! I am going to my sewing room right now to work on my mini quilt some more….REALLY!!! xoxo
Dearest Tammy, Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Even though I struggle to put myself out there and post on a more regular basis, I try to remember my initial reasons for doing it – documenting my creative process, reflecting on the joy it brings to my life, and hopefully inspiring others to make more time for their own creativity. Even if you are my one and only reader, you will always be my number one fan and I couldn’t ask for more. I’m glad this motivated you to get sewing today :o) love, bubby xoxoxox
You always continue to amaze me Carol. I am humbled by what you do and what you write as you create masterpieces. Amber mentioned that she was reading your blog and I should check it out, of course I had no idea how much you have done recently on this site. j9:)
What a lovely surprise, Janine! Thank you for reading my blog and I’m so grateful that you commented. It certainly is good to get feedback and confirmation that someone is checking in on me once in a while :o) Please check back often for more news and updates on projects. Big hugs, as always, carol