2022 Calendar

 

I've been making calendars of my quilts now for a few years now. This is the seventh. I've also made one of Millie and one of my quilting students. (Millie is often featured on the covers of my calendars. I particularly like this photo of her, completely unimpressed with my work.)

The one for 2022 is mostly quilts I made and finished in 2021, but not quite. I didn't make 12 quilts in 2021. Oh well. 

I add family birthdays and anniversaries and other stuff I find important, like the beginning and ending dates for the Major Tennis championships (You can see the Australian Open dates on the January page, above.)

The quilts look better in beauty shots than just shown flat. One thing about the calendars I never considered is they are a great reference of color photographs that don't have to be seen on a computer. To that end I have learned to make an extra calendar to keep in pristine condition for that reason. (Naturally I keep them all.) My Dad likes his because he can show off what I do to anybody who visits him. I use one at work and it never fails to elicit a comment. 

 I do mine on Vistaprint, and I always wait to use a coupon so I don't have to pay full price, but you can make something like this at lots of places, and you don't even have to start with January.

Happy New Year!

More Bird Fun

 

Every time I make a bird, I think it's better than the last one, but I really think this is my favorite bird so far.  It wasn't until he was finished that I noticed the "Laurel Burch" signature on the fabric. So this guy has a tattoo!! And notice the lower right corner. The fabric there had an element that was a different color (it was a little sun, bright yellow) and it detracted from the "tail" so I patched it up with another part of the print.  You can do that, you know.

I like my birds to have big beaks. Dunno why. (I talk too much, maybe?) And the legs don't always have to be the same length either. Sometimes the birds just need to be taller.


I also like making up stories about the birds when I make them. I think Mr Blue, above, is a Marine Biologist.

This is Azure. She's a singer. Maybe R&B. Maybe she's a torch singer. I think she might be a bit of a Diva.

I have no idea where these are all going.

And now Millie has a calendar. I don't think I'm ever going to buy a commercial calendar ever again. LOL!

Calendars

Both my pal Julie and I made calendars of our quilts from Vistaprint.

We sent each other one of ours.

It's so cool that you can add birthdays and anniversaries and special days to these.

 Julie added Millie's Gotcha Day to her calendar! Which is funny, because I did to!

 I enjoyed matching the photo of the quilt to the dates in the month.  My son's birthday is in April so I used his Sunshine quilt. This photo, while not of the finished quilt, is one of my favorite photos of the quilt.

I'm so glad Julie got me into taking beauty shots of my quilts. They really look great on the calendars. The Blue Deco quilt is so perfect for June!

You can change the fonts and arrangements of the pictures on the calendars. I used one photo per month, but Julie used more than one photo in many of her pages. Both options look terrific.

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I always learn things from Julie. In this photo she's cropped the quilt and shown a small portion of it. It's a simple thing, but it really works.

I still can't get over how amazing this crazy modern quilt looks out in the woods.

This calendar was such a great idea and I will definitely make more in the future. I am sure Millie will be angling for a calendar full of pictures of HER. 

2013 Calendar

When I was shopping for a 2013 calendar I saw this one, and -obviously- I knew it was the one!