Yes, it will be a quilted car! Lorain County Piecemakers Quilt Guilt is creating a quilted car for their fall quilt show in October. And next year we'll use it in conjunction with the Artist As Quiltmaker show in Oberlin ...
Yesterday was the third day we met at the Main Street Community Center in Downtown Amherst to work on the quilted car. We had so much fun! I'd say we're probably about half way done with the project. We still have to add the screening and the binding and some minor adjustments for completion. I'll keep you posted.... thank you ladies! ....
Paducah is the sweetest little town! I love, love, love visiting ! This is my dear husband Jim sitting at a picnic table right along the river. I say "dear" in every sense of the word. Not many guys would take their wife to a quilt show...not to mention QUILT WEEK, and really enjoy it! He did ALOT of waiting for me during Quilt Week! He really should be the poster child for patience! This was his first quilt show and he was totally blown away by some of the work in the quilts! We were lucky enough to see "innocence" by Hollis Chatelain. This quilt is one that stays with you... time and again I think of that beautiful piece of art. Both of us do ... It was Jim's favorite from the entire show. Well, it wasn't in the show but in the museum on special loan for the week. Hollis is teaching a class later this year in California (I think) and boy would I love to go...maybe next! I am in such awe of her work! So glad she is part of the quilting world AND shares her talent through teaching!
Home at Last was awarded 2nd place in the Miniature Category! So humbling, there were SO many stunning little quilts! I just loved the little green whole cloth. OH the work, the beautiful stitching and just the right shade of green!! Unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture of it. All the minis were under glass and the reflection prevented it.Of course the pictures just don't do any of them justice.
This antique appliqued quilt is from the class "Dating Fabric" with Linda Honsburger. I was in hog heaven in this class! Linda is a superb teacher! Wish I could "copy and paste" all her quilt knowldege right into my head! thank you Linda!! I took many photos but think this is my favorite... this week! I plan on going next year to take more classes!
Found the top... one final press and I'll hang it in line for quilting.
The backing is tiny colored dots on yellow. Very happy quilt...!not quite twin, not quite full size. I'll call it "napping size" even though I've not been known to take naps! Geez, I might miss somethng!LOL
Not sure why, but I'm finding that I'm really drawn to the modern quilts. I remember running across the "Fun Quilts" website with Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr several years ago and collected some fabrics and books. Fun Quilts is now called Modern Quilt Studio. (it still comes up if you google Fun Quilts) I had the pleasure of meeting Bill at the Paducah Quilt Week. He was very nice and enjoyed talking with him. I would have liked to meet Weeks too, but she wasn't there. (I did take an online class with her on Craftsy and would highly recommend it if you are into modern quilts) Anyway, I managed to find a "few" things in their booth. Looking forward to sewing that quilt kit from them!
In the mean time, I've pulled out some NY beauty blocks that will go into a modern quilt of my own. I figured it was better than the blocks just sitting in the closet and not being used. I put together the last unfinished block.
I had 16 blocks, not quite enough for a big quilt.
So, I put this last one together... I'm not normally a "pinner" but had to on this one. Maybe that's why I never finished this quilt. I remember starting out doing this with a friend and don't think either one of us finished it.
That's all for now. Have to locate the top and take a picture to post here...
Well, I managed to get a bit behind with posting here...I'll try harder to stay current!
I'll get caught up a little at a time...
to follow tha last post, I received notice that "Home At Last" won third place in the Indiana Heritage Quilt show!! This is the picture of the handmade ribbon...I love it! Someone did
a beautiful job piecing it! Maybe next year I can make it to that show... it's not too far from home.
My little log cabin "Home at Last" is in Bloomington, Indiana right now for the Indiana Heritage Quilt show. Almost as soon as it arrives back home, I'll be shipping it off to PADUCAH!!! I just received the letter of congratualtions on Friday that it was juried in the show! I am SO excited!
And...I'm lucky enough to be able to go to the show ....with my husband! He is abolutely the BEST!
now to find a hotel.....
Well after perusing some of the new quilting catalogs, I'm inspired to start sewing!For me that means some of the new stuff I've just seen. Forget all those unfinished PHDs (projects half done). I've weeded through them and decided which ones to toss, which ones to pass on to friends and which ones to actually finish. Whew, there are quite a few that I really want to complete, so, I'm making time to be in the sewing room to do just that. I mean scheduling time ON MY CALENDAR to go into the studio and sew! I also want to make some clothes to update the old wardrobe, not just quilts. Can some one please put some more hours in the day, please?
Looks like another pretty spring day, I'm listening to the birds, robins and babies in particular,
just outside the window.
I've been getting some sewing done ! Yeah!! I have yet another tee shirt quilt (customer's) top completed and will begin quilting it tomorrow. I'm half way done on the crib size top for MY FIRST GRANDBABY! Pink and brown polka dots. My daughter will love it! And yes, it's a girl!
I was secretly hoping for twins, she is the generation afterall, but she didn't think it was as good an idea as I did. hmmmm.
The quilt is from the book, Quilts Made Modern by Weeks Ringle. I love most everything they do in that book even though I make mostly dark coloured traditional quilts.
while putting this fun little quilt together. It is machine appliqued using a decorative stitch. Now... how to quilt it...?
