Showing posts with label Carrie Ryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carrie Ryan. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Embroidery: Take One

In an attempt to make a Babushka doll for my DQS10 partner, I tried my hand at embroidering for the first time.  Here she is in all her monk-hairdo glory:
I like her.  But I'm still not sure of the total quilt plan.  I tried putting a second one next to her or even a set of three.  Nah, didn't look right.  Some of it is fear of clashing fabrics.  Funny problem for a quilter to have.  I need to stretch out of my color comfort zone!

So of course, in true WIP schizophrenia mode, I started a completely different one.  This one is a quilt I've been wanting to start for a while.  A doll quilt with an applique scene.  A tree, a house, and a clothesline.  Yes, it's been done before.  But I LOVE IT.  So we'll see.  I'll show you that when I make more progress on it.

In other news, I've become a Twitterholic.  Like, my iPhone gets more action than any teenage boy under the bleachers.  It's a sickness really.  I'm going to need an intervention (no, Mom, that doesn't mean I actually want an intervention.  You can pry this phone from my cold, dead hands.)

Speaking of cold, dead hands, I have been hired on to be an official assistant to The Carrie Ryan.  You know how we all wish we had minions? (John/QuiltDad, I'm talkin to you)  Well, I just became one.  Apparently when you become a New York Times Bestselling Author, you get to put a The in front of your name and have People.  So now Their People can call Her People and Her People is me.  This cracks me up to no end.  I figure my first and foremost job will always be staking my claim as her big sister which means giving her a hard time whenever possible ;-)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Trekkie By Marriage

Yes, we will continue our non-quiting posts for another day. I am contemplating participating in Sew Mama Sew's big Giveaway Day May 27, what do you think? Ready for my first giveaway?

Last night Andrew and I had a babysitter so we could go see the new Star Trek movie. It was amazing! I loved every minute of it. I have seen enough bits and pieces of Star Trek episodes on TV as well as some full length S.T. movies since meeting my husband that the movie was appreciated on a deeper level than a non-Star Trek person would appreciate it. That is not to say you wouldn't like it if you had no S.T. history. You would. It's a good movie in its own right.

However, having seen Star Trek episodes, especially the early ones, you can apprciate so many more details! This story would be considered Star Trek Zero. It happens before the original TV series starts (in Star Trek time). So you get to see some of what came first. Early Spock and how Captain Kirk becomes Captain. Have a beaming problem? Meet a young Scotsman with an attitude. Every scene is a combination of knitting the new, young Star Trek team in with your memory of the older, original one. I truly loved it. Chris Pine who plays Captain Kirk is easy on the eyes despite the fact that I spent the entire movie thinking he was the new "bad" member of The Unit on tv. He's not, by the way.

So there is your movie review for the day. Star Trek is fabulous, action-packed, comedic at times, and so very babysitter-worthy.

In non-Trekkie news, my sister has announced the news on her blog that her novel, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, is being MADE INTO A MOVIE! WAHOOOOO!!!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Forest of Hands and Teeth


This is a shameless plug for my sister Carrie's new book The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Delacorte Press is releasing the book on March 10th. It is available for pre-sale at Amazon and will be on sale at B&N, Borders, Target, etc. when it is released.

This is a rich novel set in a post-apocolypse world. I can't blurb it well enough to do it justice so please check out her website at http://www.carrieryan.com/ or check out the reviews at GoodReads.com.

I am so proud of her accomplishment in writing and selling such a phenomenal novel! The story is fast-paced, thought-provoking, and thrilling. I'm sure you'll be hearing plenty more from me on this topic in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, check out her website or go over to your favorite online bookseller and call dibs on your very own copy today. Enjoy!