Boat Quilting Logistics, Part Two: Video Tour

Hello, friends! Thanks for all your interest in how I quilt on the boat. I made a video tour for you. It's pretty rough and ready; my video production skills are quite limited. But I think even bad video gives you better sense of the size of the spaces than still photos do.

The words "Power Director" at the bottom are a watermark inserted by the el-cheapo video software that I used. Please do not think for a moment that I consider myself a power director. Video production is hard, yo. And incredibly time-consuming. I have great admiration for those who regularly upload decent videos. If you follow someone on YouTube, give them lots of thumbs-up feedback! They deserve it.

I'll be back with another post later that expands on some of the things you'll see below. Once you start watching, you can click in the lower right corner to expand the video to full screen. When you're finished, click in the same spot to shrink it back down. Got your popcorn ready? Let's go!

A rare glimpse of a quilt in the wild

You guys!! Bernie of Needle and Foot just sent me this link to a short video on her Facebook page. It shows a little girl unwrapping her new Doll Like Me baby, and one of my quilts was in the box, too. So exciting to see it in the hands of such a happy, bubbly kid! Can you see me doing my happy dance?

A Doll Like Me creates dolls that look like a child who has features not usually found on standard dolls. Those features might be limb differences, birthmarks, albinism, or scars. Amy, who sews the dolls, also makes sure that the doll's hair and skin color are the same as the child's. The bodies are soft, cuddly fabric and are the same size as American Girl dolls, making it easy to find clothes and accessories. And the doll faces are so, so sweet. Who wouldn't love a doll like that?

Quite a number of quilters are sewing little quilts for Amy's charity, so I feel super lucky that one of mine was captured on video. If you're not on Facebook, you can still kinda sorta see most of the video by clicking "No thanks" when Facebook tries to cover it up. I don't have my own account, so I watched it on DH's account. Then I begged him to share it on FB because I'm so excited! He'll probably be swamped with quilt and doll stuff now, ha ha!