Friday, November 14, 2008

Preggo pics, Random thoughts, and a query.

I really appreciate everyone's requests for me to post preggo pics. I've put it off for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that I've grown less and less fond of pictures of myself as the months have passed. C'est la vie. So, from the beginning to last month's, are my pregnancy progression pics...


I think the difference from month 5 to month 6 is the most drastic. But just wait a few days for the month 7 pic...

I know I still need to post pics of the baby's room, but that's still a work in progress, and a messy one at that.

On a completely unrelated note, is anyone else a blog-stalker? I like to refer to it as "blog walking," actually, because somehow that seems a little less invasive. But at the same time, I feel that if people DON'T want just any random person reading their blogs, they should make them private. Someone who posts funny Twilight commentaries on a public blog is just begging to be followed. That's just a random thought for you. It's late, and I can't sleep.

And speaking of blog walking, I'm a little bit obsessed with crafty tutorial/how-to blogs. I've been inspired to try a few projects of my own. Some car trash bags, some pyramid door stops, a quilt (or two) for the baby, a harvest pumpkin, a pin-cushion, some bags for myself (hmm, I've been more productive in the last few months than I realized. yay, me! But I digress...). I'm thinking about trying to do a quilt block exchange. I'm not sure how they usually work, but what I'm picturing is something like this:

I get 12 (or maybe just 9) girls (or guys, I guess) to participate. Each month, whoever is "it" gets to pick a quilt block that they want the other participants to make. They email the pattern to everyone, and everyone has a month to make the block and send it on (using material they choose themselves (within given guidelines), unless the one who is it wants to send material to everyone?). By the end of the 9 (or 12?) months, each person would then have enough quilt blocks to make a nice little throw. I'm thinking quilt blocks that are a beginner's level (my level. if they have pre-beginner, that might even be better). Is anyone at all interested in this?

5 comments:

Leslie@leserleeslovesandhobbies said...

My sister-in-law was part if a quilt block exchange. They did it for enrichment or something. But then you got a lot of variety, because it was all the same block, but lots and lots and lots of different colors. Which makes for an interesting quilt too. But if you don't like it, you could always donate it, I suppose. I however, am not interested. I would never get around to doing it. I'm too lazy. As for blog walking, I do it once a day, if not more.

Erin Noel said...

I love your preggo pics! You look great Kelli!

Crolace said...

Oh my goodness Kelli! Congratulations!

Becky said...

I am in a Quilt group in Enrichment, each month some one showed us a quilt squire and how to make it, then we worked on them (o.k. maybe just talked) and finished them at home. It has been fun. and Congratulations on the baby, kids are the best.

Jamie said...

...waiting for the month 7 picture...

and the blanket is coming along... slowly. It might be ready to be mailed out in february... or I'll get it to you a month or two later.

And I know you're waiting for a picture of my haircut... it's coming.