September Quilt Club

 Last week Amy, Ana, and I went to the quilt club meeting with Mrs. K.T. :-)

 I love the patriotic color scheme in this one!

 Two cute little quilts!

 Mrs. K.T.'s quilt top!

 Ana brought along two quilts to find binding fabric.  She also showed them during the show and tell time. :-)

 I brought along the runner I recently finished for a friend.

After the meeting we all went over to a coffee/sandwich shop and had lunch together. Ana and I split this wrap - yum!

August Quilt Club

Mom and I went to the monthly quilt meeting with 3 friends....here are a few picture from the show-and-tell part of the meeting. :)

 Mrs. K.T. and her runner. :)

My mini wall hanging!

Mrs. I.'s Minnesota quilt. :)

May Quilt Club Meeting

Wednesday Mom and I went with a friend from church to the quilt club meeting in a town about an hour north of us. My favorite part of the meeting is always the show and tell time. :)

 Two small quilts.

 A bright crazy quilt!

I brought my Scotty quilt along to show. :)

Vintage Sewing Patterns on Fabric...

I found these three fabrics when I went to the quilt meeting a couple weeks ago.   Now I am trying to figure out the what to make with them; such a fun 'dilemma'!   I don't want to cut them up in small pieces...

Any ideas? :-)

A Busy Saturday...

In the morning I went to a quilt club meeting with two friends from church, Mrs. D. and Mrs. T.  

The lady at the quilt store showed the latest fabrics, patterns etc.and then there was a show and tell time.

Pretty!

Mrs. D. (on the left) showed a quilt she made for her grandson.

After the meeting we looked around at the fabric and I found some with vintage sewing patterns on it!  So cute!  

Then we walked over to The Gathering Grounds and had lunch together. :)

What should we choose? (Mrs. D. is on the left and Mrs. T. is on the far right edge.)

Mrs. D. and I split this wrap that was filled with chicken, feta, slivered almonds, cranberries, and lettuce. It was very good!  We three had a fun time together. :)  On the way home Mrs. T gave me a tour of their greenhouses - it was so fun to see flowers in bloom!  (And I completely forgot to take any pictures.) When I got home Amy and I made lasagna for company tomorrow while Ana made cookies and muffins.  Then I went through some things in the back porch - I was tired but it was a fun productive day! My favorite kind.

Quilt Show!

Lat Friday Mom and I went to a quilt show in a nearby town. Dad had found out about it and thought I'd like it.  He was right!  Below are just a few of the 100 pictures I took! =)

A display of old sewing machines.

:)

This is what I bought - a book of vintage sewing articles and patterns!

Miniature quilts...these were very small.  

It's hard to tell the size in this picture, but the one with the burgundy border is about 8x10".

A lovely wildflower applique quilt.

A log cabin quilt made to look like watermelon slices!

Of all the many quilts on display, I think this was one of the only ones that was hand quilted.  

(It is an antique one.)  

I thought this was really neat - the 'flowers' are made from neck ties!  

I think Id like to try this someday.

Here is a quilt with embroidered blocks - one for every state!  Ana is working on embroidering this same pattern so it was fun to see one all finished. 

Cute!

A western/cowboy quilt! 

I like all the different cowboy boots and how they made the spurs.

It really needs some Roy Roger/Trigger fabric though. ;)

Wool 'applique' and embroidery.

I love the colors in this quilt!

Examining a quilt pattern. :)

A "Fractal' quilt.  (A fractal is a geometric shape that can be split into its parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole.)

A teeny tiny 'Cathedral Window' quilt that was in the auction.

This is a clothespin holder that was also in the auction.

 I really enjoyed it the show and spending time with Mom!  

Now I have a lot of ideas of things to make! :)

...The Candy Quilt...

The quilt I've been working on for the past couple months is now finished!!

I love these fabrics and the colors are so cheery!  A friend said they reminded her of Starburst candy so I think I'll call this the 'Candy Quilt'.  :)

Of a quilt with spliced batting....

Last summer, when we were at one of the quilt stores in town, I saw these two new fabric lines and immediately loved them!  They reminded me of the English countryside and home decor, which I really like. I bought two 'charm packs' and Mom got me another two!  (Charm packs are sets of 5 1/2" squares of each of the fabrics in a collection or line.)  I sewed them up into a lap quilt in the 'Trip Around the World' pattern.

 

 Last week I finally got it basted with the backing I got at JoAnns when they were closing, and my spliced batting (see below)!  The backing is a cream color with small soft green polka dots.  :)

About the batting....

I had some batting left over from other quilts, but nothing big enough to use for this quilt.  I remembeed that in one of my quilting books (The Art of Classic Quiltmaking) I had seen instructions for splicing batting.  I had 3 pieces of batting that were the same weight and fiber content so I tried it.  I should have taken a picture before I basted the quilt to show how I did it, but here is an explanation: I overlapped the batting 6-8" and cut a serpentine line through both layers.  The gradual curves butted together perfectly once I removed the end of each layer.

Then I used the herringbone stitch to gently hand stitch the batting together.  And, to quote my quilting book, "This serpentine-stitched splice will eliminate any unsightly evidence of where you made the splice."  =)  I love using up 'leftovers' like this!!

Now I am quilting it!

I love to have a project to work on in the evenings!