It Wonderful When You Finish a Quilt

Work is making me tired at nite, the weather has the nose/head in a mess, and I have just generally not been on the computer... and I haven't really done too much to talk about. Till NOW!

Double Delight was a quilt by Bonnie Hunter that my buddy tirane and I did together,, with some liberties taken in the piecing and using different fabrics. I think this was last year ( yep, I'm slow about completely finishing quilts, what can I say )

Well, ITS DONE! And the quilting design says it needs a new name -- so my Double Delight is going to be My Mom's Apple Dumplings ( she made the absolute best! ). tirane quilted it for me in her splendid fashion and I want to show it off.


It is bound in the same color green as the dark in the quilt and the backing is the border fabric ( I bought a bolt of it when it was less than dirt cheap! )
Isn't it pretty!

She put these leaves in each of the green blocks

and the little curley cues in the whites pieces

this is the complete block with the leaves and curley cues,, I just love it!

Look at the feathers - these go down the sides,, there are little pebbles in the veins, too - such detail! This is the coolest part,, the border was worked liked the crust on a pie.. see the half circles with the stitching to make it look like the crinkled part of the crust?





Can you tell I'm very happy!


Life is good

Happy Easter

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter Weekend~!
I hope you get to spend it with friends and family !
I hope you get a little quilting in!
I hope you get warmth, comfort, hugs and laughter...
oh
and a piece of chocolate and a good glass of wine :)

Dallas Quilt Show 2010 - PICTURES

It's wonderful when you have friends that share their pictures with you! I went to the Dallas Quilt Show, with my camera, all intentions of taking pictures and posting them for everyone's enjoyment... pulled the camera out of my bag,, hit the button for power and --- NOTHING!
I muttered a few words under my breath ( I didn't want to embarrass anyone close! ) and went on to enjoy the quilts sans camera.

But! We are saved! My friend Diane gave me a disc of all the pictures that she took!! Yipee!!
She did a wonderful job of getting the artist name and description, too.. Thank you so much Diane!

There are about 300 pictures, you can adjust the slide show to your preference ( see bottom of screen ) give it a minute to load up,,

Dallas Quilt Celebration 2010
Enjoy!


If you don't want the slide show,, you can see the pictures here http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/577090080xSRlLz?vhost=home-and-garden

It's SATURDAY!!

It's National Quilting Day!!! And I'm Going To SEW!!


I really really thought this day would not get here - I haven't been able to get one bit of sewing done all week,,, a lot of sitting in front of the television, but no sewing! I miss it!!

So, today is the day!! It's raining outside, it's going to be cold again ( someone must be angry with Texas, cause the trees are budding and the flowers are peaking out and it's supposed to get to the 30's again! )

I did go to the Dallas Quilt Show last Sunday and had all the plans of taking pics of all the quilts, posting them to Webshots so everyone could enjoy a virtual show,,, I forgot to recharge the battery. I'm so sorry! No pictures, not even a one! There were some great quilts, too. The theme was Log Cabins ( Judy B at VirtualQuilter would have enjoyed it ). I came away with lots of inspiration! I found batiks for $6.00/yd and scooped up some more ( sure, I need those - see me grinning! ) and got some good quality fat quarters for $1 each -- but that was it! My friend Diane was there too and we walked around for a bit and looked, she got one of the Martelli mats and their rotary - I need to ask her how she likes them. I have their cutter and like it ( so if I like it, why don't I use it more often instead of the Olfa?? )

The Dallas Modern Quilt Guild is having a sew-in today too,, maybe I can scoot down there and say hi.. I don't think I'll get to stay to sew, though.

Ok, have to get a couple of errands done, I'm sewing!!!

What do you have planned for today??

Mystery Log Cabin

Judy B at "Virtual Quilter" has started a mystery quilt using log cabin blocks. You really need to check out her blog, she has some great designs that she comes up with on EQ6...

anyway,,, I'm always the sucker for a challenge, so I said "Sure! I'll Play!" and dug thru the stash and found fabrics to make her mystery... purples, yep I'm gonna have a purple log cabin. These will finish at 9 inch blocks, each log is one inch wide. ( looking at this, I'm not sure I like it,, Looks better in person ) While digging, I found a bunch of Red Hat Society fabrics, too... couldn't remember why I bought them, maybe something for my mother in law,, but since I can't remember they aren't saved for anything, are they? What would be a better back for a purple quilt than red and purple Red Hat fabrics??! Wow! I'm one smart cookie! I pulled fabrics for the top AND the back all at one time and all from stash!

Judy started the challenge with making 4 blocks in this colorway.. Wonder what she has planned for the next group of blocks?? Even though I'm not just tickled pink ( purple ) with my choice of fabrics, I'm sticking with them. Judy, help me out! Design a quilt that will make them look good, please!!

this is Webster, my shadow

He is my quilt-loving dog,, the really believes that each one is made just for him! He was wondering what I was doing ( actually I was eating an apple and he wanted some, yes, he loves apples ).

Just thought I'd share