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a fabric addict and busy hands quilts posted by kimberly whispell at 9 37 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday october 6 2017 couldn t cut the mustard irony an outcome of events contrary to what was or might have been expected a history major i was not math and science were my specialty which might explain my eventual path toward being an accountant i did however study environmental philosophy along the way but that s neither here nor there history however i just couldn t get the facts straight the only way i can think to explain it is have you ever been driving somewhere following directions taking roads and having absolutely no idea where you were going which way was north and where you came from then suddenly however you pull out onto a road and say i had no idea this is where that road went when it comes to history i am on a back road with no sense of north and i never seem to find my way i never have that ah hah moment i can t remember dates geography or names completely clueless i see i have digressed back to the initial statement irony i sometimes find my posts ironic as i attempt to explain the history behind something as that is not something that would have ever crossed my mind or captured my attention it does however lately i m not sure if it s a hidden wisdom that comes with age or if i never gave myself enough credit but today we will discuss mustard what according to the saskatchewan mustard development commission some of the earliest known documentation of mustard s use dates back to sumerian and sanskrit texts from 3000 bc so mustard is old which we would know from the christian bible parables about the potency of a mustard seed despite it s small insignificant size this is a great article on 13 things you probably didn t know about mustard which tells us mustard is the second most commonly used spice in america bowing only to the front runner peppercorn this article also tells us that our commonly referred to term mustard yellow is a lie the particular shade of yellow to which mustard lends its name owes its hue not to mustard seeds themselves but to the vibrantly colored turmeric added for an extra kick of spice and brightness crushed mustard seeds alone vary from a pale yellow to a dark brown depending on their variety but turmeric yellow doesn t sound quite as good so from mustard yellow mustard gas those who couldn t cut the mustard and the never ending types of mustard dijon bordeaux beaujolais creole meaux german english chinese sweet honey yellow i give you this latest quilt finish which i m calling wait for it turmeric because i m nothing if not literal this quilt is 60 x 72 a traditional lap size quilt and has already been sold so it will not be making its way into my etsy shop but please check back next week for hopefully another finish and another chance to take home a comfy quilt and maybe another history lesson linked up with crazy mom quilts posted by kimberly whispell at 11 18 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday october 4 2017 wip wednesday working toward a friday finish check back friday to see this finished beauty posted by kimberly whispell at 3 33 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels wip wednesday friday september 29 2017 too hard to part i m terrible with goodbyes to cry or not to cry that is the question i finished this quilt in the wee hours of this morning and then went through the typical stages of grief when deciding whether or not i should sell this beauty or keep it denial i was literally standing in de nile hahaha okay jokes aside i did feel like i was standing in water though in water in my sinking ship holding my nautical quilt knowing i should toss it over and float away but denying that was ever my intention i wasn t giving it up i m not giving it up anger why should i give it up so what if i have twenty quilts hoarded throughout the house they are my quilts i made them as my almost two year old says mine bargaining i mean my husband is an engineer on a ship nautical is our life he would want me to have it i even tried persuading my mother mother you said you were going to sell it me but mom said in a teenage whiny voice depression fine all those hours all that work all of those pretty fabrics i will give it up and i bet whoever buys it won t even appreciate it no one ever appreciates homemade hand crafted items anymore anyway i bet no one will want it insert sad face acceptance i will be fine the quilt is beautiful someone will love it as much as i do and maybe more because they don t have twenty more surrounding them right now maybe another sailor s wife will find it or someone in the navy maybe someone will buy it for those cold nights on their boat or to dress out their nautical themed living or bedroom i would love to say i decided to keep the quilt and i am currently wrapped up in it on the couch sipping a cup of coffee missing my husband and cherishing my creation but that would be a lie the kids are making messes i m probably doing the never ending pile of laundry vacuuming cheerios feeding kiddos and taking shots of espresso because honestly who has time to sit quietly and have coffee anymore so with that my shop is open quilt is listed here i m sure you ll love it as much as i do linked up with crazy mom quilts posted by kimberly whispell at 9 59 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday september 15 2017 i m going to eat my words but first an addition to last week s post i received this photo via text this week and wanted to share with everyone following her journey she has nine more weeks of chemo left and looks as beautiful as ever now on a eating my words topic i recently made a post entitled twinsies in which i sadly stated why selling quilted items was difficult and the economically inferior option at the time i was overwhelmed with requests beaten down by responsibility and overloaded with life i am however despite all the research against me going to give that very momentous challenge a whirl this week i jumped onto etsy and applied myself wholeheartedly i am starting off small but planning for some big things miss white wall is officially trying out some positive thinking hoping for a little bit of luck putting forth a heap ton of effort and sprinkling some magic fairy dust i m still on the hunt for the fairy dust this week i started working more diligently on my etsy platform i finished 10 rice bags pictures peppered throughout this post and some beautiful dishcloths inspired by amanda herself i will eventually have some pillows stuffed animals and quilts for good measure i still have quite a few projects in the works and therefore will officially launch my etsy shop on the blogosphere next week be sure to check back so you don t miss out on some of the great quilted finds popping up over the week i am jumping into the unknown and praying that i manage anything other than falling flat on my face crafting and writing are my true passions in life and i would be silly to do almost anything else with the blessings i have been given everyday i learn a little bit more about myself and about the world around me some of the best realizations i have come from my children s tv shows they clearly have some brilliant minds working behind the scenes here is one of my favorites nigel aw wicky you always look on the bright side baileywick that s because there s always a better view there so this week i m looking on the bright side and the view is spectacular exciting and so refreshing linked up with crazy mom quilts confessions of a fabric addict and busy hands quilts posted by kimberly whispell at 2 16 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday september 8 2017 when the road gets tough when life hits sometimes it wears its punching gloves comes prepared strikes from behind and hits us hard life is beautiful and full of wonder but also very hard and full of pain we ve all been there we ve all had our moments in the shadows our days of despair our darkest hour and our longest nights but if we learn anything from those moments i hope it is to appreciate the other moments we spend somewhere else anywhere else and everywhere else you can t appreciate the sun without the shade the rainbow without the rain the light without the dark and the good without the bad i have a family member who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy let me start by telling you this woman is strong very very strong she has been faced with numerous difficulties in life and where you or i would have fallen she pushed through she is a wonderful woman a vibrant mother and a loving wife this is just one of her obstacles and i know she will exceed everyone s expectations through this obstacle just like all of the rest because she is just that type of strong when she realized she would likely be losing her hair she asked me to make her some head scarves she sent me some pictures clearly overestimating my skill and i promised what i didn t know if i could deliver now let me preface this with the fact that i am not as strong i doubt myself i researched late through the night and i procrastinated at every turn eventually i moved past my fear of failure and i tried i did the best i could it took me much longer than i hoped i made mistakes but i also had some successes along the way i made her six different head scarves each unique and with a special purpose in mind the first i called red for those special nights out those elegant occasions or those moments you want to feel that silky sultry feeling brave women wear red and she is the bravest i know i included the following cards with each scarf below are pictures i took wearing the scarves before i mailed them the second scarf is rosie the riveter because she is the definition of a strong woman and a reminder that we can do it pink because who doesn t love a little pink some softness and a feminine head wrap might be just enough to make someone feel back to their normal once again because for obvious reasons she is handling this with so much class and a heap ton of fabulousness a girl in polka dots is a happy girl she specifically requested a super hero head scarf for her 10 year old boy to show him how strong she is i have a feeling he already knows and she didn t need a scarf to be his hero so that s it step out of your comfort zone try something new have courage be brave and fail because if you never try you will never succeed and i can bet you she s glad i tried and so am i linked up with crazy mom quilts confessions of a fabric addict and busy hands quilts posted by kimberly whispell at 5 11 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday july 8 2017 a first satire saturday because for obvious reasons wiki is everything satire is a genre of literature and sometimes graphic and performing arts in which vices follies abuses and shortcomings are held up to ridicule ideally with the intent of shaming individuals corporations government or society itself into improvement although satire is usually meant to be humorous its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society so what is today s self analyzing satirical remark society today puts all too much pressure on perfection i m not sure when somewhere in the new millennium motherhood changed life became more about how things looked than what we did with our lives i am 100 a different parent than my mother was because i live in a completely different world i am constantly bombarded by facebook updates pinterest homes confusing organic food mothers shaming me for my choice of bread flip flopping medical opinions snooty fabric lovers anti big business sentiments political pushers and name brand flaunters what happened to the days where good enough was healthy and convenience meant more time living rather than giving up i realize that every single one of these topics could be a post on its own and maybe i will look here next saturday for my weekly inspiration for today however i m throwing up my hands and giving up on perfection giving up on being the perfect mother with the perfect children in the perfect house doing perfect summer projects and i m going to nap on the couch while the kids try desperately to get my attention i m going to ignore the 52 projects in our house currently in process ignore the dishes in the sink laundry scattered about hair that could use a brush and all the people currently requesting my presence in some form today we ll go to pizza hut for dinner it is however my daughter s third birthday i ll skip the cake baking order dessert sleep in our unmade beds and somehow still manage to be just fine there was a day when none of that mattered anyway no one saw your hair on saturday your house was safe from social media bedrooms were private bathing suits were only worn on the beach dessert was expected when company came over not frowned upon and organic wasn t part of an everyday shopping trip my childhood was spent outdoors with the neighbor kids with no toys except a ball and bike a bunch of rocks a tire swing and dirt lots and lots of dirt i miss those days at least we are trying to teach our children the right things as baileywick from disney s sofia the first teaches amber you may find that when you try to make things perfect all you do is make everyone around you perfectly miserable maybe however we should practice what we preach posted by kimberly whispell at 12 38 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels satire saturday wednesday november 9 2016 twinsies lately i ve had a ton of intrigue on the topic of selling quilts i ve made a massive number of quilts this year and last year and people have been asking why i don t sell them i never know quite how to answer this question it is a difficult topic to conceptualize and explain and i am always worried about offending someone i have people weekly asking for quilts for prices or simply why i hand away all of my work for free the simple answer is you couldn t afford me although i rarely blog about the quilts i make because i simply lack the time between diapers dinners naps nighttime homework and tantrums i seem to always be busy also quilting there are numerous websites devoted to the question of why quilting isn t a lucritive business but first let me do my best to bore your pants off it all started 250 years ago during the industrial revolution somewhere between 1760 and 1840 the united states began to revolutionize the textile industry with new manufacturing processes it understood that human power was the most expensive type of power and that in order to save tim...