Welcome! I’m M-R and I live in Ottawa, Ontario. M-R stands for
Michèle-Renée, but people find that a little long so it got shortened to M-R,
which I love.
I made my first quilt while
I was in university. I had a tiny room at the time, but I wanted a double
bed and needed storage space for my clothes and ringette equipment (yes,
it wasn't the prettiest smelling room). I couldn’t find a double captain’s bed
anywhere, and I was stubborn so I designed and made one IKEA-style. That
bed was a tank and served me well for four years. I imagine it's still floating
around some campus today.
Well anyways, after I made the
bed, I thought it would be fun and fitting to make what went on the bed
too. So I went to the library, found a book on quilts to make in a weekend
(ha ha), bought some fabric that was on sale (polycotton!), and started an
absolutely awful and incorrect Irish Chain quilt. I loved it
anyway and it adorned my bed for a number of years. I didn't realize until a
few years ago that it actually isn't even close to being an Irish Chain. I have
no idea what happened. I thought I followed the pattern correctly, but clearly
not. Oh well...we'll just consider it to be my first original design. ;)
I really got bitten by the
quilting bug though when I got engaged to my high school sweetheart Charles
(a.k.a. Chuck or the Hubster) a few years later and thought a quilt would be a
perfect wedding gift. I had a ball designing the quilt and buying the fabrics. It
was a sampler quilt of blocks that had personal significance to each of us.
Unfortunately, I did not have the skills to make what I envisioned in my head,
nor did I have other quilters or the Internet to turn to for help. That became
UFO #1 and remains to this date my oldest UFO. That didn’t stop me though and
I've been quilting ever since, slowly improving my skills.
In 2011, I pledged to do
something quilt-related everyday, even if it’s just for 20 minutes.I started this blog that May and have been having a blast ever since. I love meeting other quilters online
and trying new-to-me quilting styles and techniques.
I’m one of the co-founders
of TGIFF! (Thank Goodness It’s Finished, Friday!), which Laura from QuokkaQuilts and I started as a way to motivate us to finish those UFOs and to celebrate
our finishes. It’s a touring linky party every Friday and it’s a great way to
end the week! If you’d like to learn more about it or sign up to host an
upcoming party, check out the TGIFF! Site.
My work has been featured at:
My work has been featured at:
I love going back to UFOs left aside because I didn't have skill to go with vision, going back with new skills and finishing them with ease, well relative ease anyway. I just found TGIFF; my finish this week was on Saturday, but some other Friday...
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