Kari's Creations and Musings

  Make new friends, but keep the old … that is the motto I would like to define my life. I remember singing it as a Girl Scout, both as a young girl and later as the leader of my daughter’s Girl Scout troop. With my involvement in Heritage Quilters of Huntsville and as the founder of two stitch groups through the years, it’s evident that I do live this motto every day. I love doing things and collaborating, instigating, planning and celebrating with friends (that includes my family as friends, too!).  Over the years, I’ve been involved with several block swaps with friends. The very first one was a swap where 7 of us chose our colors for a signature block or a square-in-a-square block. We made two blocks for each of the participants. I chose pinks and reds and the square-in-a-square block. My plan was to put red hearts in the middle of each of my blocks. When I received my blocks, I was dismayed because one of the participants made signature blocks for me. My first response wa...

During the first months of retirement, I have had many opportunities thrown at me! It’s been amazing to spend time with friends and family, to reconnect with my hobbies and interests (quilting, quilting, quilting!), and to especially take advantage of leadership challenges that have come my way. Right off the bat and practically timed with the beginning of my retirement year, was the opportunity to serve as co-chair of the Heritage Quilters of Huntsville Fanfare Quilt Show, set for March 15 and 16, 2024. This is a very big undertaking, but I know that co-chairing with my wonderful friend Cheryl Heeth and with an awesome committee, we will make it happen with great success! We are stepping it up this year by taking on a much bigger space at the Von Braun Center (South Hall 2), which is providing more room for the show itself along with vendors, special exhibits, and demonstrations and lectures. In August, we unveiled our show's Opportunity Quilt! Isn't it wonderful! We are hop...