Isn't it just the best kind of day when you get home and there's a package waiting for you and the return address says Barbara Brackman????
Look what she sent!
and now everyone turn to page 20.....look it's my quilt!!! ok, you've seen it before I don't want to bore you....
now run out an buy this book and make your own version!
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
well, there's only so much piecing I can do without going a little batty (unfortunately it's a short trip to batty for me!), so I took a little break from the million pieces blue quilt to do a little applique.
I finished border #1 on Aunt Millie and prepped #2.....oooo this is getting exciting!!!
the last two borders are not as elaborate as the sides so they should go a little quicker......maybe I'll actually get this done this year!!
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
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That's how I feel! Do you ever have one of those spells where you feel
like your house is a mess, you're at the soccer field or boy scouts or
some other event every nite of the week, and you have to move the laundry to
get into bed at nite??? I've had one of those spells for the last two weeks and so no sewing occured and now I've decided..
So I started a new project. This is one of those scrappy, ya gotta have faith projects. It's Bonnie Hunter's My Blue Heaven.
So you cut and cut and cut and then you sew and sew and sew.....and I've made about a million pieces, and I have yet to assemble a block.
But I'm using up stash and I'm having faith that when it all comes together that it will be beautiful. Not a bad exercise, letting go of the control.....
And I got the nicest little package in the midst of my madness from Kelly, my DQ7 swap partner. She really nailed it with this quilt....circles, applique, happy colors. What a wonderful thoughtful person so take the time to make this little treasure for me
it could not have come at a more perfect time! THANK YOU KELLY!!!!
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
Ok, I have to admit, I was doing a fair bit of whining "I don't feeeel like prepping all those pieces for the border" but now that I have started in on it and in 2 days have finished the work on border #1, I guess I better just "stop yer whining"
I'm loving it!! I like how the sashing looks ...I made it much smaller than the pattern calls for but I think it works better for me. Now on the side #2.....better stick to it while I'm feelin' the love for applique prep!
Hugs and stitches!
Megan
So the Sisters headed south to Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza on Saturday. It moved back to the Philly area from Harrisburg this year, and we did our part to welcome it back! We packed our lunch, packed the car, visited our friends at the bank and off we go....
It was gi-normous!!!! Ok, it's not Houston, but miles (it seemed like) of rows of vendors and 600 or so quilts. Of course, having been to other Mancuso shows, I had seen some of the quilt before, but there were oodles that I had not, and some wonderful special exhibits.
I like to pick one thing to really focus on when I am looking at the quilts each time I go to a show. This time it was details. Quilters are adding such wonderful little details, some funny, some hidden in plain site but all add to the overall beauty to varying degrees.
The queen of funny little detail is Linda Cantrell. She had a new quilt featuring Sun Bonnet Sue. There were so many people around I could never get a picture of the whole quilt but you get the idea.....
People stood there and stood there, trying to name all of the movies depicted in the quilt
The detail work in every one of these frames is just amazing and hysterical. That SunBonnet Sue is quite the actress!
Here's another quilt that I just loved, the quilting is beautiful and details just bring the design to life:
And here's one from a Japanese quilter (I think). At first glance, you think the fabric is printed with some the designs, then you get up close and see she added them with yarns and other embellishments:
Needless to say, there were some purchases.....
And we had a great tailgate lunch out in the parking lot (if you arrived around 1, you might have seen us!).
But the best part of this show was the company, not just the ones I came with, but the many guild friends we met up, and new friends we met ......what a great way to spend the day, and recharge the quilting batteries!
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
So I'm back to work on the Aunt Millies. I'm up to sashing!!!!. I bought a bunch of brown and colors prints to use in the sashing and followed the pattern directions.......mmmmm, I don't know, too busy???
So I tried just one fabric for the sashing.....
What do you think???? I'm thinking the pieced sashing kind of takes away from the blocks. I'm sure that it's because of my fabric selection but I can't go nut over it either.....so I guess I'll let it stew for a bit. That's what design walls are for right??
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
We traveled north thing weekend, to the picture perfect weather in the Adirondacks. We gathered with friends on the deck and by the campfire til late in the night. And yesterday, while all was quiet, I sat on the deck in the lounge chair, with the warm fall sun on me and handquilted for a bit. And then, before I knew it a rare little thing happened....a nap!
I don't know about you, but I cannot nap in the bed, not even when I am sick. I've tried, I cannot give in to it. I guess it's that good ol Irish Catholic guilt. But goodness, what a warm and wonderful feeling of Mother Nature as a blanket.....if only for a few minutes.
But of course, I went right back to the handquilting and finished up my bring-along for the weekend, from the "git it quilted" pile.
It's so much nicer to quilt when the quilt cooperates, not like that last one. This is from a Lori Smith pattern and measure 17 x 21. I think it was one of those patterns that use 4 fat quarters plus the background. I spent some time with Lori at Market a while back, and she is an amazing woman, you should go see her patterns......and considering the incredible amount of new work she produces for each Market, she could probably use a nap!
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
Megan
Oh, not me, a quilt....
DS#1's friend has moved to Chicago, and you just can't send a friend off to the Windy City without a quilt to keep him warm, right?
So this is one of my "git it quilted" quilts, and thank goodness, it's done, cause this is one of those quilts that has tortured me. I quilted the sashing, and didn't like the way it came out, so I unquilted it it, and did it again....you know how it goes, some quilts just don't cooperate!
So now it's done and soon will be in it's new home.
And now on to the next one, which gladly is much more cooperative.
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
well not on this quilt!
Yeah! the applique is done on this quilt....now all I have to do is figure out how to get it quilted before Christmas. One challenge at a time, right?
Hugs and Stitches!
Megan
