The Peepville Post

It's so colorful!! I love it!!

OMeffingGoodness! Beautiful job, Kitten and AR-ers! Thanks for posting this, Deb. WOW.

I told you all it was pretty. Side one is basted to the batting and I will start quilting it next. I will have to sew through the blocks but, I will not sew over any of your designs. I'm thinking maybe just stitch around something in the center of the blocks and then around the outside edge of the block about 1/4 inch from the seam where the blocks are joined.

Very impressive! Hats off to Kitten and all the AR contributors.

Impressive! I love the colors! What an amazing project!

Great job!

It looks terrific! Are all the blocks there?

OMG!!!! It looks BEAUTIFUL! LOVE IT! Thanks Kitten for such a wonderful gift. Thanks Deb for posting pics. :)

What beautiful work you did Anne! Thank you DebB for the pics! Mag

It's getting more exciting every day! You have to be so proud, Anne!

Wow, that looks Great!! I'm just sad that I can't see my block in the pics (you know, so I can say "hey, that's me!!". Beautiful job Kitten!!!!

So much work! And so beautiful! Thank you, Kitten, for inspiring us all and putting in so much hard work to see this project through to the end. Thank you, Deb, for posting the pictures so that we could all enjoy the results.

It's gorgeous!!

Fantastic! Yay!

hi deb b.! i just looked at the quilt. kitten, you did a terrific job! everyone here made claire's day. it brought tears to her eyes...mine too. it was so nice for everyone involved to remember her with her inclusion on the quilt. god bless all of ya! thanks for making this sunday morning GREAT!

It is gorgeous!! Terrific work Kitten, you are amazing (: Thank you DebB for giving us a sneak peak!

wow, how wonderful!

I found me, I found me. ()Quilt side 2 detail, 3rd pic from bottom, second row shown, 3rd from left, next to the one with the big green border and shamrocks). SHAMROCKS!!!! Yikes!!! RIGHT NEXT TO ME ???? I'm pretty sure, no DURN sure it's the Irish one . HA! Good thinking on my part...directing the spray can in a certain direction (just in case SHE tries to get any closer. Oh, WHAT a project Kitten. Thank you so much. DebB, great job with the pics. To all who contributed, fabulous job on the blocks (makes me want to pack up my paints and go to my room). I bet this project gets some kind of media attention and Kitten will be right in the middle of it.

Just loving it. Great job. Thanks for all your hard work kitten.

Thanks Deb and Kitten! Wow, I am impressed! It does amaze me that this just started out with a little idea....and its finally coming all together! Just Awesome!

OMG Kitten, the quilt is so beautiful. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. I just asked my DH, who would believe that this many people could get together online to create something so beautiful. Wow. I am amazed. Thank you so much for all of your hard work. Thanks to you also Deb for makiing our day and showing us the pictures. Have a wonderful day everyone.

It looks Marvalus! Kitten Great job putting it together! It looks perfect. All the blocks look Great! Thanks for posting DebB.

I love it!..

Beautiful job!

Kitten & Deb; what a beautiful piece of art that you constructed Annie. It is so beautiful and such a great testament to what we can all do if we put our minds to it. Deb, thank you so much for sharing these great pictures and doing all this extra, above the call of duty work, and in helping to complete this project. It means a lot to all of us. I only wish I could see my little block.

I really enjoyed looking at the quilt. It has a real old-timey feel to it. I'm so impressed that all the blocks turned out the same size! That is the thing that always gives me fits! Anyway, it's awesome, I just love it. A little bit of everyone, all stitched together.

Everyone, that is some awesome quilt. Kudos to you Kitten and thanks Deb for sharing the pictures.

Oh my goodness, this is beautiful!!! I am so excited to see who wins, I hope it's me (; ! Thanks to Kitten for all this tough labor, it's actually emotional :)

Great job. It is beautiful. Can't imagine the work that went into it. Thanks so much Kitten

Kitten you are my hero! It looks so pretty and will be amazing with the red border. I may need a certificate proving that the blocks were made by strangers from Ireland to New Zealand, my daughters can't believe that is true. It is humbling to be part of such a project. Thank you again>

Absolutely amazing!! Looks fantastic!!

That quilt sure has a great story to tell! It's beautiful! Kudos to you, Annie, and might I also add...we've got lots of talented people here on AR.

Hi- I have been puzzling over the quilt for a while- can you give a quick explanation of the project?

This is way too long and I didn't go back and do any spell check, so enter at your own risk. Kitten.... My mother used to tell me stories about her quilts. We would sit for hours and she would name off different people who had their names on the quilts. When she was little, the ladies of her church, when one of the ladies would get maried, they would all make a block and give them to one of the other ladies and that one would put them all together and present them to the birde as their way of saying, we are here for you. I got to thinking about how the members interact on AR and I thought, we are here for each other, We pray for ech other, we let others rant when something goes wrong, we circle the wagons for each other and I think quite a few would ever go so far as to help another bury the bodies. joke,joke, but as the song goes, WE ARE FAMILY, I GOT ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH ME. For me it just slowly ran together. Friends honor each other with a quilt. So, on a lark, I put the idea out about mkking a friendship quilt. I figured it would get a few, How nice, or a couple, Oh what a nice idea, and that would be all that was heard about it. Well, I got a few more than a couple of, Hoe nice's and acturlly got some interested. Sunnybyrd ask me if I was serious and we talked for awhile about it. The more we talked the larger the project became and it just seemed so large and logistically inpossible we almost justlet it drop. Then Sunnybyrd said if I was serious, lets work out some details and she would post them on the blog and see where it gets us. There were several members interested and said if we can figure out what we want they would be happy to send a block. So we said okay, let's go. I explained to Sunnybyrd what I needed and she posted it and one by one blocks started coming in. At the end 75 members sent blocks. Some sent more than one so we had a total of 121 blocks. We have received blocks from almost all the States, I think all the Provinces of Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, Ireland and New Zealand. We recieved somany blocks that we have had to revise the design a few times. Now, we have a quilt, 7 blocks across and 8 blocks down, approximately 65 to 70 inches across and 72 to 75-76 inches long. The pictures that have been posted on DeborahB blog are ones I took to show the others how it is coming along. Another memberm MrsM. suggested we should make a Memory Book Scrap Book t o go along with the quilt that each member could add somehting to telling about their block. Because of medical problmesm Carla was unable to finish and SueB, Trishie, and DeborahB have taken over the job of putting the Memory Book together. And here we are. I thought about tring to make a long story short, didn't work. and Barbara, "WE ARE FAMILY"...you too.

Wow..it's great!! Everyone did a great job on their blocks. So fun to see it all together. THANKS Kitten for all the hard work.

CRAZY...... beautiful!

Wonderful!!! It's amazing to see it all come together!!! Thanks you for all your efforts, Kitten! And everyone - NICE JOB!!!!

Kitten are you fingers bled down to the bone yet!!! Fabulous!

No, just a ittle worn at this point. I always try to use a thimble and everytime I put it on I subconscienly end up holding the finger up that has the thimble and push the needle with the next finger. But, I keep trying to use the thimble. I sure need to, I have a tiny callous on the end of my finger from pushing the needle. But, it is a labor of love. My mother said when one makes something like the quilt, either by hand or crocheted, it's not the fabric or the yarn that keeps you warmm, it's the love in every stitch.

BigShotsMum, I can testify that I am from New Zealand and have a quilt block in this quilt! I can't see it in the photos though but it does exist. Kitten and Deb, thank you both so much for all of your hard work.

Wait, I see mine now. Yay! How did I miss the big red CHICKEN lettering?

Kitten, what an amazing piece of art you've put together. It is stunning! Thanks for all of your hard work and thanks to all who were able to participate. It looks fabulous. Whoever wins it is getting a small piece of history and I am so grateful to Annie for volunteering to do this for us. Thanks to all of you, you have me in awe.

OMG....i'm speechless :)

Ohhhh - it's great! I want it, I want it! Thanks so much Deb for posting and Kitten, bless your heart for making it come together!

Unbelievable! ! ! It's priceless! No words can express enough thanks to you Kitten for this labor of love. I can see my block! WOW. . .

It is sooo very BEAUTIFUL!! I am sitting here crying again over all the love and soul that went into those little squares of fabric. Thank You Kitty and Deb, for what you are doing for the food family we have all been a part of!!:):)

WOW WOW WOW KITTEN DID A GRRRRREAT JOB! THANK YOU FOR BEING SO DEDICATED. ALSO YOU DEB AND EVIN AND SUEB..YOUR ALL GETTIN A ROYAL ROUND OF APPLESAUCE.

GREAT JOB!!! I love it!! beautiful work!

:( I cant find me....?? was I forgeted !! LOL jk.... beautiful,beautiful,beautiful! TONS of love to Kitten and Deb!

It IS an awesome quilt, and I can testify that its a perfect fit on me! mwahaha

Oh!! It's BEUATIFUL!! I wish we could all get one!!