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Thursday, March 3, 2016

March 4, 2016 ~ A Child's Quilt and a Bicycle Covered in Knitting

"The control center of your life is your attitude."
~Annonymous

(Sometimes I need to remind myself of this...how about you?)


Several years ago the sweetest girl gave up her position at Washing and Lee University and opened a precious shop in downtown Lexington...The Stitchin' Post. She carries yarn, gifts, notions for quilters and knitters/crocheters, patterns, handmade items made by other people that are for sale, and she teaches both children and adults to do these things. The first picture is the quilt a very young child had made and she it was sitting on the floor to work with the placement of the material for the sides and the backing. Looking at what this little girl had made on her own blew my mind. It was so cute, an amazing accomplishment, and I was so tickled to have gone in with my iPhone on the day it was on the floor. The rest of the pictures are of a one-in-a-million bicycles totally covered in knitting. It, too, is an amazing accomplishment. I hope all of your who do hand work of any kind will enjoy this post.









This post is linked with Photo Friday and Fun Friday Favorites.




15 comments:

  1. Genie, I don't know which I like best! The bicycle is amazing.

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  2. Hello Genie
    The knitwear of the bicycle is just awesome and the
    quilt is beautiful, in the American television series, they have a strong presence.
    Nice day for you.
    Sadie

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  3. I first came to see your beautiful residential home with the fence/gate in B V....but this post as I scrolled up a bit, just blew me away!!! To think a young child accomplished this quilt so far is mind boggling [I made ONE quilt in my life and swore I'd never do it again...it's a four letter word....WORK!!] And then the bike? Such a unique and pretty way to advertise the shop. I'm lovin' this Genie.

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  4. Looks like I must plan a trip down to Lexington Very soon.

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  5. Wow! She covered almost every part of the bicycle with knitting. Really amazing!

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  6. As a bike rider, I love the look of the knitted bicycle. There is a women in Sioux Falls, SD that did that to a bike, but this is only the second one I've ever seen. Think this is an example of "yarn bombing". Great detail photos.

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  7. Very impressive to make such a pretty quilt at a young age and a great sense of accomplishment and reward for her teacher. It looks like a lovely shop Genie and I enjoyed your photos. Have a great weekend :)

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  8. Well, I can't decide what I like the most!

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  9. Hello, Genie, so happy that you visited my blog Living Life On Main Street and hope you will come back again soon. The quilt the little girl made was outstanding but was unbelievable was the knitting covering that bicycle. Never saw that in my life!!

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  10. My gosh those bikes are so darn cute. And the blanket is wonderful.

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  11. There is a lot of work in that bike!

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  12. The bicycle is amazing, what a treat to see it. Not only was it a lot of work to make the knitting but then it all had to be sewn on to the bike.

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  13. That quilt is beautiful. The bike is lovely. I would be not so eager to turn the wheels on a road to get it dirty. You know that son. The wheels of the bus go around , around. In your case it is the wheels of your bike.

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