+++ [Blog Hop closed on September 3rd.] +++ Back to School Blog Hop Party! Yes, this is ONE of the ways I am celebrating back to school days. The best part is that I am not alone - lots of other bloggers will be giving away cool gifts! The only thing you need to do to qualify for this blog's giveaway is to answer this question: - What is the best thing you did (with or without kids) this summer? You will have from today, August 25th, until September 3rd to enter by leaving your comment with … [Read more...] about It’s time to P-A-R-T-Y !!!
Slow going
Until school starts next week, it is difficult to find a couple of hours to stay in my studio to work on the projects I have going on: 1. Scrappy bed quilt (see picture of what the center will look like, not yet sewn...) 2. Table quilt for quilt guild auction - am quilting it already but decided to add more applique - due 9/5 3. Christmas row quilt - need to finish last two rows by Sept 5th 4. Double wedding ring bed runner - got more fabric and need to put additional blocks together 5. … [Read more...] about Slow going
Cool patterns
The pattern I am working on right now is from this book by Evelyn Sloppy. If you like scrappy quilts, this is the book for you (you can find it here)! The instructions are straight forward, the pictures are gorgeous... I've had this book for a while and I am glad I finally decided to work on one of the patterns I had dog-eared. I do not make many scrappy quilts, but these are really cool looking. I don't have to go farther than my library to find inspiration... … [Read more...] about Cool patterns
Having fun with log cabins
When I started quilting I made about a dozen log cabin lap quilts before I moved on to something else. Not surprisingly, the second book I purchased was Flavin Glover's "A New Look at Log Cabin Quilts" (I found it here). What a wonderful book! Her landscape scenes with log cabin blocks are fantastic! Using batiks, I created the wall hanging pictured on left. My husband, reluctantly, let me give it to my sister who lived in Boston at the time. The quilt now hangs at the foyer of her house in Sao … [Read more...] about Having fun with log cabins
Back in the saddle again!
I am starting to select fabrics for the bed quilt I need to make. The lady who commissioned it likes vibrant colors, mostly reds and yellows, although not modern. After looking at my stash I have decided to use these Timeless Treasures prints as inspiration, have added the green and will continue to pull fabrics to go along with the prints. It is so exciting to be able to think about creating again! I may have chosen the pattern already, but will only confirm it once I have all the fabrics … [Read more...] about Back in the saddle again!
In the new house…
... but quilt room is totally filled with boxes still. I like to unpack the living areas immediately so we have some sense of normalcy in the new house. That is done. As soon as my wrists feel better, I will tackle the sewing stuff. I can't wait!!! Here are views from my back deck as I write this post. Funny thing, I can hear the symphony by the crickets nearby as well as the distant roar from cars on the highway. The roar could be confused with the sound of ocean waves, if it only had the … [Read more...] about In the new house…