Thanks for your kind comments this week. I’ve fallen far behind on email, but will get back to responding soon. Still thinking about the name for that creepy baby. Keep the suggestions coming! There is a front-runner, but they are all compelling in their own way.
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So…I’m back to using a certain smartphone photo-sharing app. And lately there’s a medallion quilt sew-along over there that has captured my attention. I love the design—it’s sweet, it has some complexity, and everyone’s results are different. Here’s the photo in the book alongside Jacey‘s top all done.
I picked up the book it’s in, Liberty Love, in some hopes that the other patterns inside would be similarly interesting.
While they may be nice patterns, they just aren’t quite my thing.
But maybe they are your thing? How about a giveaway? I bought the book to support the author and I’m happy to give it to someone who will get some use out of it.
Comment below with some ideas to help me with a new project… What verb or verbs do you associate with a relationship (friendship or non-platonic canoodling)? They can be verbs for any stage of the relationship (meeting, courting, marriage, ending, etc). I’ll select a winner at random next Friday, March 22. And, yep, international entries are welcome too.
Thanks!
completely cauchy. 
laugh. with my friends or husband. if we aren’t laughing then it’s not a good one. don’t add me to the drawing. i doubt i’ll use the book.
“Going with” Ha!
Partners in Crime! Twin Flame, brothers or sisters in spirit, to name a few
One of my favorite friend-related things to do is “share.” My hubby and I moved three times in six years and I quickly learned the fastest way to make new friends in other cities is to share – my time, my talents, my home, my fabrics, my stories.
Love the project called “Queen Bee Tote” on that open page pictured above. It caught my eye because my hubby has been a beekeeper for two years now. We have three more hives coming in 3 weeks!!
Flutter and smirk
Thanks for the giveaway!
hmm. verbs. to understand. to misunderstand. to compromise. to fight. to love. to share. to give. to take. to hug. to care for.
Enjoy, talk, support, join, appreciate, understand, respect, confide, accept, challenge, admire, there are hundreds of friendship related verbs :)
Can´t think of a good name for your little dude unfortunately.
Thanks for sharing my quilt top! I don’t want to be entered in the giveaway, since I’ve already got the book, but it’s great of you to share it with someone!
Off the top of my head, some verbs I associate with relationships: trust, encourage, challenge, give, listen, share
compromise unconditional empathy
Blush, Smile, Miss, Endear, Comfort, Care, Kiss, Long for, Lust, Adore, Love, Crave, Yearn
Giving.
Loving.
Caring.
Listening.
Sharing.
Off the top of my head. :)
knowing.
learning.
encountering.
laughing.
enjoying.
Fight.
Reconcile.
Compromise, snuggle, share, support.
Cooperate. Compromise. Support. All those things are sort of a requirement, in my opinion, for a successful relationship! Thanks for the giveaway!
Chatting, promising, talking, joking, crying, laughing, supporting, agreeing, disagreeing, fighting, yelling, swearing.
Verbs I associate with relationship would depend on if it is a good or a bad one. For a good one: sharing, trusting, laughing, accepting, giving, stroking, hugging, smiling, joking. For a bad one I’d just say drop it ;) Have a nice weekend!
Hug. Love. Chatter. Toast. Celebrate. Support. Hang out. Bond. Acquaint. Share. Love. Endear.
Trip, fall. (as in I totally tripped and fell on my face in front of my now-hubby before we started dating – my klutziness endeared me to him, lol)
belonging
thanks for the generous giveaway
I like bonding, but I’m not in it for the give-away.
Loving, sharing, supporting
Good to have you back on IG x
my relationship with my hubby is lots of the following;
appreciate
accept
communicate
laugh
snuggle
comfort
squabble
loving
That’s the most important part, after all.
God, that sounded so sappy. Sorry!
Tricky, but I’d say of my relationship with my hubs: dysfunctional perfection, belonging, forever connected, together apart, spastic spontaneity birthing infinite joy.
No I don’t think either of us are quite normal :-)
And oh yes please, I’d love to be in the giveaway, the book looks quite definitely my bag….
annoy, comfort, listen, bitch, nag, lol (lol!), play, miss, understand.
I am TOTALLY in it for the book ;)
i find your projects utterly inspiring. your recent canoodle doodle is just great. thanks for offering this book.
my verbs would be: supporting, trusting, loving, caring, nourishing, sharing
Courting is a term I associate with relationships because mine was waaaay tooo short and if it is to continue after all these years…we need to revisit the time when we both were very caring.
I would love that book; first I want to make that quilt…love to make dresses for my granddaughters (have Liberty fabrics); not to mention my love for purse/pocketbook making!
Have a great weekend!
Pam
My favorite is snuggle. Which is what I think of when I hear the word canoodle.
Relate
Equate
Team
Work
Play
Be
hitched, attached, separated (Damn I hope those are even verbs!)
eat
drink
repeat
Give
LAUGHING! Talking. Caring
Gotta love that Marcelle Medallion! I bought the e-magazine “Love Quilt and Patchwork” just so I could get the pattern.
The book would languish on my shelf as well, so I don’t need to be in the drawing. I can’t resist the verb question, though. To my mind, the two best verbs for any relationship are “give” and “receive.”
Oh, and how about C.B. as a name? (Short for Creepy Baby, of course!)
I associate ‘give’ with a relationship-you have to give of yourself to really be in one.
solo.solitary. alone. autonomous. can you tell where I’m at? Don’t need the book either, but couldn’t resist putting my one cent in!
Snogging. Definitely snogging
Blushing, winking, snuggling, supporting. Adventuring.
This sounds like an interesting project–can’t wait to see it! As for verbs, I’d go with “dance”–I’ve always had the feeling that the beginning of a relationship, with all of the social and interpersonal subtleties involved, is like an intricate dance (or maybe a game of chess, but that’s not a verb…)
Love the creepy baby needlework, by the way!
All I can think of is “merge” and on a less romantic note “share spit”! Thank you so much for the giveaway…
Challenging. Didn’t see anyone list that one.
hug, comfort, listen, talk, share, sit together, go for a coffee, hold, love
Petting (heavy)
Assimilate. Integrate. Snuggle. Explore. Feed. Cook. Talk. Empty.
Spark, stretch, settle, though I meant that last as “stabilize” rather than “give up on your aspirations” when I first wrote it and then realized it went both ways.
Relationships make me think of: Smiling. Laughing. Singing. Dancing. Giving. Sharing. Drinking. Eating. Agreeing. Disagreeing. Missing. Roadtripping.
Joy is my word for all relationships. It is the central point for my 31 years of marriage.
Relish. I relish my friends.
Sanctuary. My friendships, the deep, true ones, are safe places in a loud, busy world.
Trusting, Growing, Laughing, Considering, Respecting, Building, Creating, Nurturing, Collaborating, Loving.
hangin’ out. mackin’. foolin’ around. seeing someone. taken. gettin’ busy. nekkid time. sexy times. smut talkin’.
My mother in law’s favorite was “wrangle”
The Marcelle Medallion is the one pattern in this book that I would like as well!
The first verb that popped into my head was ‘connecting’. It’s kinda essential.
flirt. question. ponder. reconcile.
Learning – there are always new things to learn about your other half
Joking – humor is important
Humoring – sometimes you must humor your other half
Supporting – we all need it
Serving and adventuring are my favorite!
Empathize. If we could all imagine how other people feel, it would be a nicer world. Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t need the book, but “wooing” is my word.
Name for baby Mose, he looks like a Mose…
relationship verb: cherish, beloved. I just lost my most cherished and beloved best friend.. I will never be the same.
donna
conversation. It’s one of the best things.
Comforting would be my choice of verb to describe a relationship.
Thanks!
Not in it for the give-away. I just love words! These are from the darker side of relationships and came to me about my divorce: endure, sunder, pierce, divulse. Very intrigued by your project.
contact, dream, give, see, talk, wish, hope, ask, answer, search, realize, appraise, love, apreciate, reach (out to/for)
Btw. I’m not in it for the book, just to help you :)
hmm, how bout ally, align, conspire
Verbs: Eyeing, desiring, cherishing, finishing, ending, beginning
I love that little dress in the book. I know a little girl I could make it for!!
Nudging. Provoking.
Giving, Taking, Sharing.
Talking, Walking.
Hanging. Chillin.
Cruising.
Bitching.
Ditching.
Bailing. Failing.
Hoping, Helping.
Competing, Cooperating.
Good relationships of any sort: love
Bullying relationships: recoil
Fuck? Oh wait, that word might create a stir :) I would love me some Liberty Love.
I read ‘help me with a project’ and got all excited about a chance to be part of a project of yours. I really like the idea of your collaborative quilt and would love to be a part of a project like that.
Savor would be my verb of choice.
Oh, and:
Basking.
Bashing. Trashing.
Hugging, Squeezing.
Understanding!
Enduring and endearing.
no need for me to enter your drawing..here are a few verbs that come to my mind…cherish, melt, entwine, ravish,enfold, share a private look whatever comes of these verbs will no doubt be wonderful ! love Mo…looking forward to the next 9 months!
Perseverance and kindness.
To glance, to wonder, to flush, to chase, to wait, to want, to anticipate, to ruminate, to obsess, to call, to catch, to complete.
To comfort, to caress, to smooch, to cuddle, to cradle, to have and to hold.
To support, to put first, to prioritise, to nurse, to listen, to cherish and to curse.
To reveal, to hide, to always take their side, to argue, to agree, to love and to set free.
To surprise, to disappoint, to amuse and to delight, to feed and to fight, to calm and to ignite.
To bicker and to bore, to nag and to annoy, to control, to betray, to reject, to withdraw, to neglect, to ignore.
And yes, please, put me in the draw for that lovely book – but I have already had my reward with this little bit of wordplay, such a long time since I have done something like this.
Exploring
Exchanging
Expanding
Expelling
(or maybe that is just the pregnancy sequence – ha ha!)
I thought of another one. Once my husband had his students (military adults) write a brief biography of themselves. I read them mostly because I’m fascinated with people and I think EVERYONE has a great story. Anyway, both my husband and I were quite amazed at how one student wrote about his past marriage. He said it wasn’t going good, so he “jettisoned” her. So that’s my other verb: Jettisoned
I’m not in it for the giveaway!
My marriage is in a stage that is all about forgiveness and rebuilding trust. My verbs for you are forgiving & supporting.
gosh, “forgive”. can’t believe that hadn’t hit me yet. nice one. thanks!
Giggling, flirting, adoring, stumbling, forgiving, trusting, yelling, glaring, sidelong glancing, hand-holding, starry-eyed staring, picnic lunching, dazed and confused.
Wow, lots of great words here from everyone. Mine are: fireworks, kinetic energy, nag, present, time, sacrifice.
Challenge, grow, syncopate.
courting & sparking, eating, drinking, debating … and spoonin’
Yearning, sighing, accepting, relaxing.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.
the happier and or platonic stuff seems to be covered, here’s more for the dark and maybe sexy side:
enchant, wreck, splay, conquer, occupy, envelop, tease, look, eye, glare, leer, unmoor, unsettle, stray, tomcat (as in he was out tomcatting), steppin’ out, cuckolded, converge, twist, arouse, annihilate, overtake, dangle, titillate, pitted, taking sides, lost, overcome, drown, surrender, betray, deceive, overwhelm…
(no book for me either, though it’s great to have free sh*t dangled out there!)
I hope there are some adult garments in the book! Although I would probably love it even if there weren’t, I am obsessed with Liberty. Right now, I feel like my relationship is about time. Time, fighting, finances, and waiting. We’re in a little crowded apartment, scraping every week to make it by, and we fight all the time, over so many little unimportant things. So it’s a waiting game, until we can finally be making enough money to get things together and stop fighting. I guess the ‘good’ that is coming out of it is all about time — we’re still together. We’re finding out that dedication to each other is stronger for us than the relatively minor, but major-feeling emotional stress that comes from being young and poor and not where we want to be. So my words are time, fighting, finances, waiting, dedication. I think that these are what are going to make or break my relationship.
I can’t wait to see your project!
baiser which in french means literally to kiss, but also to fuck based on context.
and in any relationship, isn’t context everything?
(i realize i’m too late to win the book, but influencing you is more important LOL)
Play. Chat. Explore. Spin. Share. Discover. Eat. Drink. Stay. Hug. Support. Listen. Laugh. Watch. Sit. Walk. Drive. Be.
this was way more interesting to think about than I thought originally, thank you. the activities I undertake with my true friends are the same as with my husband, just more so with him in some (important) ways!
LOVE YOU MORE!
‘growing old together’
It just doesn’t get much better than this! I’m excited to see your next project Cauchy.
Join
late to the game, and I’m borrowing from Anne Shirley, but how about kindred spirit, bosom friend?