Road Trip: Nashville

Sewing kind of took a back seat last week, what with it being the last week Kyle was home and we needed to get him ready to get back to Nashville. Well, honestly, "we" didn't need to do it, but mentally, it felt like I should be doing something. I have news about 2 muslins I made, and I'll get to those later.

Something I was looking forward to, though, on our trip to Nashville, was visiting the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and this exhibit:



I drove up early, and Laura, Thomas and I saw the exhibit which is fabulous! It is only there until mid-September, so if you are anywhere nearby, it's worth going to.

In College Boy news, Kyle is moved into his dorm, and we had great family time with Laura and Thomas. It will be nice for Kyle to have his sister and BIL nearby.

Rainbow Around the Block

It's official. I'm obsessed with making quilt blocks today. Forget that darn shirtdress. On the latest round of "voting" most of you admitted to not liking the stripe. The blue is a lightweight linen, and I don't have enough to make the whole dress out of it, so it's back to the drawing board. For the record, I was pretty ambivalent about the stripe, so no hard feelings. I'm thinking a simple solid now.

But the quilt blocks! I can't remember which blog I discovered this project on, but it's a quilting project for the flood victims in Middle Tennessee spearheaded by Anna Maria Horner, an author, and fabric and pattern designer who lives in Nashville. Clicking on her name will take you to more information about this project. It's been going on all summer, but didn't really hit my radar screen until this weekend, and now I can't stop making these blocks!

I'm really having fun going through my scrap drawers, and trying to stick to the rainbow theme. I've got red, yellow, green and blue, and those pastel blocks so far. I'd love to make some orange blocks just for the Tennessee folks, but this Georgia girl's stash is woefully short on that particular color. I might be able to scrounge up enough for one block. This is my favorite so far:

Nashville has a particular place in our hearts now since Kyle has been attending Vanderbilt, and Laura and Thomas moved there after their wedding. Kyle was, in fact, in Nashville during the flooding, and true to 19 year old college boy style, when I called him to see if he was ok, and see if Vanderbilt had had any flooding, he was only barely aware that it had been raining! In fairness, it was the first weekend of finals, so he was probably studying. A mom can dream anyway! =)

Time is running out, as the final deadline for sending your blocks is September 1. Be sure to visit the Rainbow Around the Block flickr group for more inspiration!