It's official. I have made all the letters for Proverbial Sunshine. Through the wonders of digital photography, we can imagine it all together...
What is next? I have to trim all the letters and join the letters together to words and words into phrases. And phrases into the layout. It is definitely progress! This is a Denyse Schmidt pattern and a QAL hosted by Krista at Poppyprint.
I had a great quandary about how to spell gray. Or grey? I did some research and it really seems to be an either or. I tried to find the original lyrics for the song to see how it was spelled but that seems pretty loose too. I went with an "a".
I have also made significant progress on my Scrappy Stash quilt. All ready for quilting it is!
And no progress on my Another Star quilt because I was so focused on these 2 things. Nonetheless, it was a really great sewing week. Linking up with Lee's Work in Progress Wednesday!
I love it! The letters AND the song! :) Can't wait to see it done. Looking forward to seeing your scrappy stash quilt, too. xo
ReplyDeleteYou GO GIRL!!
ReplyDeleteI researched this a while ago. Both are acceptable, but "a" is used in the States and "e" is used in England. I still use "e" even though I'm American. So the choice is yours :)
ReplyDeleteI remember in second grade that "gray" was a spelling word. I spelled it "grey" and it was counted wrong. I was quite indignant and used the dictionary to support my case, but I still lost the appeal. :(
ReplyDeleteThe enforcement of conformity worked though, because I spell it "gray" these days. :)
I tend to use "grey" for things I feel kindly toward (i.e. "The sky was a lovely shade of silver grey.") and "gray" for things that I don't. "The dishwater was a dingy, dullish gray." I probably associate the 'e' with an air of sophistication… I don't mind going 'grey' but I'd hate to go 'gray.' You know?
ReplyDeleteI think that I use the grey spelling exclusively but I have never thought about it- I have known some people whose last name is spelled gray..
ReplyDeleteI love your word quilt.. my gran always sang that song to me or at least it is a song that I associate with her- for a long time after she passed away the song would make me cry- now mostly it brings me happy memories...
A very fun quilt- thanks for sharing...
Warmest regards,
Anna
That is gorgeous! I think AY is the American spelling and EY is the British spelling.
ReplyDeleteI love your wonky letters. Aren't they fun to make? It will be interesting to see the finished quilt. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this song and I love how this looks so far! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm Canadian, so I use "grey", the British spelling. Your quilt will look fantastic, I love the grey/yellow combination!
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel any better about your choice of spelling - buy a pack of crayons! Crayola spells it as GRAY on their crayon. And you know they would want it be correct for all the kidlets. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm Canadian, so I use the British spelling: grey. I had to think about it for a second though, so I went with my instinct, typed it out, and saw that I'd typed 'grey'.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, as a fellow Canadian blogger, you should check out the Needle and Thread Network. It has a WIP Wednesday just for Canadians. Have you heard of it?
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I was told "A" for American and "E" for 'other'.
ReplyDeleteGrey / gray - I'm an American living in New Zealand and I spell everything wrong according to someone! Regardless, I love the colors (or is it colours?) of your quilt and the words you chose.
ReplyDeleteIt's grey! I'm Australian and we use British spelling predominantly. I also think gray looks unsophisticated, like people can't spell, but that's years of conditioning too! I love your blog. You have very similar taste in fabric and quilts to me. I envy the time you spend on them. Like you, I work in a school 4 days a week and have 3 kids at home. No spare time to sew recently! sarahleighATinternodeDOTonDOTnet
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