Friday, January 18, 2008

Mrs. Furui

I had a fun day yesterday with my patchwork friends. We showed the few blocks we'd made for the bazaar quilt and delegated the next blocks to those of us who had finished the first blocks. Mrs. Furui spent the whole day making cardboard templates for anyone who had an inkling of what they wanted to do next. This always happens. She's the only one of us who is exact enough to make accurate templates and honestly doesn't seem to mind so I'll say,

"Mrs. Furui. I want to make an 8" tree block. Can you make me a template?"

And she gets her ruler, her pencil, her stack of saved cardboard and starts figuring. Mrs. Furui rarely gets any sewing done though our patchwork meeting is always held at her house. She is also very organized and so she is one of those people who can say

"Hmm. I think we made that block six years ago..."

and she'll go to a box and find the templates all labeled and marked with a paper pattern, sizes, and sometimes even fabric that was cut but not sewn. That's how it was yesterday. I made a request, she found her templates and I quickly made a block with fabric that had already been cut and was waiting. Ahh... To have such organizational skills!

Here is Mrs. Furui making a template for someone else. Great picture of her isn't it? We had so much stuff spread out on the table that she had to resort to using the floor! She's always got her head bowed over some project, so actually this is a fairly accurate image of her!

And this is one of Mrs. Furui's most recent creations. You can see why she doesn't get that much patchwork sewing done. She is always making something lovely and intricate like this! I think she is planning to frame this and she is hoping to make two or three more of the same little girl in different scenes! This is a combination of crosstitch and petit point and we all drooled over it!


Thank you Mrs. Furui!
(last picture taken of the two of us about 3 years ago!)

15 comments:

Tracey in CT said...

Bad, Bad, Blogger....ate your pictures! I want to see Mrs. Furui's projects, but Blogger won't play nicely!!

Patti said...

Pictures? I'm sure they were there at one time. Looks like you need to upload them again . . . .

atet said...

Ugh oh -- looks like the computer gremlins stole the photos. I can't wait to see Mrs. Furui's work though, it sounds like it will be lovely.

Canquilt said...

I will check back again to see our pictures.

Kathie said...

now you have me curious to see these pictures!
I am interesting in seeing the cardboard templates.
I love that someone is still making them the old fashion way!
Does she used cardboard recycled from food boxes?
Kathie

anne bebbington said...

No pictures, awwww! Sounds good though Tanya, can't wait to see what they were when you can get Blogger to play nicely. As for your friend, Oh to be that organised

CONNIE W said...

The photos are here on my computer so Blogger must be working now or you re-uploaded them. That's a pretty quilt you and holding in the last photo. Sounds like a great day with your friends.

Bellydancingknitter said...

That last quilt is beautiful! I would love to see the quilting on that!

Nermal, Nico, Virgil, and Maggie said...

The quilt the two of you are holding is very beautiful! We wish we could see it up close.

Luna said...

Wonderful quilts again. So nice you had fun with your friends.
I´m always impressed how fast you are doing your works.
I gave you an award, you can pick it up on my blog.
Happy weekend !

Stefanie/Luna said...

Here you can see my next project. Perhaps I can do a small quilt for it!

Colleen Eskridge said...

Her quilts are lovely. I admire anyone who is super organized...I certainly am not...and will probably never get better.But can't wait to see your when oh when quilt done.It looks beautiful Tanya. Colleen in South Africa

nonchi said...

タニヤさま

すごくご無沙汰してます。クリスマスも年賀状もずっとコメントしそびれてきました。タニヤさんも古井さんも元気そうですね。私もとても元気です。3月になったら電車で今市に行きたいです!

Marilyn R said...

The bazaar quilt is going to be stunning! Quilting friends are always fun to get together with.
You are blessed with Mrs. Furui's talent to organize quilting patterns and her ability to draft them. Her work is wonderful!

meggie said...

Love that last quilt! Lovely photos. I also like the scenery block with the hills.