Adoption

Not just a pen
A plastic tube
Infused with ink
For the single moment
When tip meets parchment
Ink expelled into fibres
Creating a lasting mark
A permanent vow
A signature
Neatly printed on a scrap of paper

Not just paper
Compressed pulp
With typed words
And signatures
Of grave importance
The responsibility of just one
A name

Not just a name
Letters combined
Into a symbol
For a person
An appellation
To indicate
A human masterpiece
One individual
In a core unit
A family

Not just a family
A home
Laughter and Tears
Shouts and Adoration
Consolation and Correction
Devotion and Love
Woven together
Through history
Through struggle
Through choices
Into an ever changing tapestry
Including each single piece

Not just a piece
A life
Connected to the others
With duct tape
And band-aids
Now pierced
By a needle
Creating a tiny hole
Through which
An unbreakable filament
Is yanked
And pulled
Tightly
Until the ragged edges
Abut those of the others
Overlapping
Puzzle pieces
Fill all the gaps
Left by scars
Hatred
Rejection
So many attempts
To glue this piece
To so many others
But the inevitable holes
Each time
Showed the light of day
But not this time

Each stitch
Expertly sewn
Smoothly creating
An almost unnoticeable seam
Different from the others
In its colour and thickness
But complementary in its design
A permanent home
For the little piece
To grow
And love
And believe

Not a single piece
A part of a whole
The work that was incomplete
Without that piece
Lacking
Unknowingly insufficient
Now beautiful
Strong
Able to add layers
Borders to the outside
Because inside
Cohesive Artwork
Created
By THE Creator


November 16, 2009

My Quilts

Well, since this blog is all about my creativity, I thought I would add a few pictures of my quilting accomplishments, since that is what primarily keeps me busy these days.

So in order of creation:

Blue Ocean Blanket (bob for short)
Designed by Scott
(Those are coast guard shoulder patches in the centre and the top is made from used jeans)
Finished: April 2007
Sewn for Scott and I (presented to him for his birthday) It's now used on our bed.
That's Casey, as a puppy, in the corner.
"Tied" Quilt

*update* This quilt is now torn apart, being rebuilt into a better and larger quilt, so that we will not be fighting over it all the time. I'll post new pics when I finish.




Deere Girl
Sunbonnet Sue Pattern
Made for Kyli-Anne Minney (my niece)
Given to her for Christmas 2007
Finished Nov. 2007
The border is john deere fabric
"in-the-ditch" quilted












Family Ties
Designed by Scott
Given to Vic and Viv Matheson for Christmas
Finished Dec 2007
(another denim quilt)
"tied" quilt







With This Ring
Design adapted from "Love's Promises"
Made for Jamie and Jimmy Cripps
for their wedding June 13, 2008
Started Feb 11, 2008
"free motion" quilted

It is difficult to see, but all the fabrics all have subtle patterns, so up close it makes a beautiful combination. Also, this is the first "free motion" quilting I have done. It turned out great! If you click on the picture, a larger image will come up and you can see the fabrics and the swirls of the quilting.



Hugs From Home
Made for My Grampie Baillie
Christmas 2008
Pattern: "my beloved scraps"
Rag quilt, free motion quilted patches
Made out of flannels. Perfect for his bed at the nursing home.
Separate binding

*update* My Grampie Baillie passed away June 12, 2009. His quilt was with him until the very end. My mother now keeps it at her house as a remembrance of him. It's wonderful to know that even though I couldn't be there in the end, I was there in the work of my hands.







Crazy Girly
Made for my little sister Sara
Christmas 2008
Pattern: self created, random 12 blocks.
Double batting for "puffy" look. Tied Quilt.
Cotton top, flannel back













Little Peepers
Made For my Nephew, James Minney Christmas 2009
Flannel from and back
Rag quilt style, no set pattern
Free Motion Quilted patches
Separate Binding










Sweet Pals
Made for my Niece, Katie Cripps
Christmas 2009
Flannel front and back
Rag quilt, no set pattern
Free motion quilted patches
Separate binding





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Jenn