100 creative things in 2009

"one gets a sense of how beauty always has to inhabit a faultline between utility and ideology." - said a recent article on heather moore. i'm not sure how much ideology makes its way into the things i make, but i would like to think they combine utility and beauty. i vowed to finish 100 creative things (if i could count the stuff that's just started, i'd have been there a long time ago) in 2009 and i hereby give you the final four...

#97 - my latest baby quilt - up up and away - (going up on my etsy shop later today).

#98 - the first quilt block for a memory quilt for karoline, husband's oldest.

the balloon design i used on the baby quilt originated here.

i wanted her to remember the balloon ride she took in iowa in 2005.

and although the quilt's not finished, i'm counting it because the rest will be designed by her.

this was the gift she unwrapped on christmas.

#99 - the quilt block for mathilde, husband's middle child's memory quilt.

this one to remind her of all of the giant pieces of chocolate cake

 she ate on our trip to the philippines last year.

she'll design the rest herself, according to the memories she wants on her quilt.

#100 - a cuddle quilt for my nephew owen.

as you can see, i didn't get it sent.

i used the super cute crab fabric from ikea and backed it with a soft green

(and very stretchy hard-to-work-with blankie, also from ikea).

it's hand-quilted with yarn ties.

and that's it, 100 finished acts of creativity in 2009.

i may have to do it again in 2010!