House Blogs: Making Friends (and Quilts) Since 2004ish
Beth here.
It’s time to put on my granny glasses and discuss how things were in the olden days, back when there were about ten house blogs, and Merideth and I updated this blog regularly because we spent every weekend covered in spackle.
During those halcyon days of 2004, Merideth became friends with Scott, who wrote about his family’s adventures with their own abode. As happy circumstance would have it, Scott and his wife Brit came to BlogHer in 2006, and we got to have them over for dinner, which turned out to be a huge mistake as we’ve been lamenting the fact that they don’t live nearby ever since.
Here’s how it goes.
Merideth: You know what would be fun?
Beth: Yes. Hanging out with Scott and Brit tonight.
M: Yeah.
B: Why don’t they live closer?
M: Whyyyyyyyyyy?
And then comes the gnashing of teeth and wailing.
There’s a point to this. I swear.
Somewhere along the way in all this house madness, I decided I wanted to make a quilt out of all of our old work jeans. And I collected all of these work jeans, and the collection grew, and finally I had enough.
Unfortunately, I had no idea how to quilt. But! Brit knew! The jeans happily traveled up north, and when Brit and Scott came for BlogHer 2008, they brought a lovely, lovely quilt with them. (Picture blatantly stolen from Brit’s flickr account. Brit, don’t hate me.)
House blogs rule. Because even when you never update, you still get to make friends and find great quilt makers.
hellohahanarf said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:07 pm
are you shitting me? she made the quilt FOR you?!!??!?!! now that is a wonderful friend! and one hell of an awesome quilt. well done!!!
John said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Cool idea. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is enough of my workpants left for a quilt. Maybe a pillowcase?
Beth said,
August 1, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
hellohahanarf – I know! I mean, we reimbursed her for her time and all, but just the fact that she was willing to do it is amazing!
John – The best part of the quilt is where there are paint splotches.
brit said,
August 3, 2008 @ 1:06 am
Hey I recognize that picture…
Yeah I though maybe you should mention that you paid me THREE MILLION DOLLARS. MWAHHHHAAAAA or something like that. Otherwise I seem all nice and stuff.
I’m really very evil.
Also have you found my husband’s sweatshirt that he left somewhere in San Francisco? Because he was really very chilly for the rest of the trip, and also almost attacked someone at a garage sale today who was wearing the same blue sweatshirt as apparently he was quite attached.
the paint splotches were a nice touch….
becky said,
August 4, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Beautiful! I’ve thought of asking my mom to do the same thing with our old work shirts. I still have some from the first house we did and sometime I catch myself looking at the paint stain and thinking about the old guest bedroom.
Lisa said,
August 13, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Beth: You know what would be fun?
Meri: What?
Beth: Hanging out with the Davies family and watching all their children scream like we hear on the phone.
Meri: Hahaha, that’s a good one Beth.
We wouldn’t make you a quilt either. Those are some good friends!