Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Help-Jellyroll patterns?

Wow, two posts in one day. My two jellyroll packs came from Hancocks last week, black/white and retro. They're calling to me, but I don't know what to do with them. Does anyone have suggestions?

Another small project done

I took a class in May on Seminole Piecing. We used the technique in a tablerunner. I decided to do it for a friend. 
 Her birthday was in June and she told me that there was no hurry. I replied that if I didn't work on it now, that it might go on the pile of UFO's and disappear into the storeage room. Heaven help it if that happened. She quickly agreed that it would be a good idea for me to keep working on it. I gave it to her yesterday and she was really pleased.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Calabogie and home

It was a great holiday but it's nice to be home too. The quilt show at Picton was fantastic. I was awed at the creativity displayed by the quilters there and amazed at the number of quilts displayed. My dh patiently looked around with me, checked when the demo would be and saved a seat for me while I went outside and ate a snack. The demo was on the mariner's compass and she actually made it look doable. Her pattern was sold at the lqs so off we went to buy one. Of course, I supported some of the vendors at the show, including M. from A.P. I was so impressed by his patience that the next day I went to two museums that he wanted to. I figured that was only fair.

When I got home, I finished the baby quilt for my great-niece. Now, onto my friend's table runner.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Greetings everyone: I'm posting from Calabogie, Ontario. I'm going to a quilt show at Picton tomorrow. My dh even found out about it for me before we left Winnipeg. We will be going into Ottawa and Kingston and going home to Winnipeg through the United States. Does anyone know of any qs's that I should stop and visit? I don't think that Bruce will stop at everyone but he might stop at a few. Barb, is your niece's anywhere near our path? My brain isn't remembering and someone wants the computer so I have to get off.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

3 PhDs Done!

3 PhDs done for Myra's 6-month PhD Challenge...Well, I got three out of six done but I'm sure proud of those three. Without the PHD challenge Myra, they would still have been sitting there looking at me unfinished. I'm working on four and five. I was inspired by the challenge and had a lot of fun.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

labor of love- help!!

I'm working on a labor of love for my premature great-niece who is now over six pounds. She can come home from the hospital when she eats on her own for three days in a row. Hopefully, that's soon so I need to get her quilt done soon and get a picture up. I have it sandwich and will be doing my first quilting on my new Janome 6500. The machine will be fine. I'm just concerned about the quilter. Please wish me luck.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

A finished quilt top...

I love batiks and the kit for this class was in my favorite colors so how could I go wrong? Usually, I do not finish a quilt top from a class but this time I was inspired by M's PHD challenge. It won't be quilted by the end of June but all in good time.