Quilts and quilt shows

It's time for our guild show again and I have handed over a quilt for judging.  I know all the little, and big, details about this quilt.  I fretted and stewed over it and I might even have withdrawn it but I perservered and now I'll wait for judges comments.  It's a learning experience after all.

Note:  the background is cream not this ghastly yellow gold.

Keeping busy....

still working on Easy Street - I have about 10 blocks complete, yay!

This is my attempt to put together 3 blocks from Quiltmaker 100 Blocks issue 10.  The setting was shown in the back of this issue.  I will add credits for the designer and the block numbers but I'm traveling without my isse so I don't have the names or the page numbers, etc.  (not:  there was a setting but no pattern.  I made up my version.  There's quite a lot of bias on large setting triangles so I'm hoping and praying the long armer can turn it into an acceptable finish.  The blcks are all 12.5" with gazillions of points.  It was a challenge for my skill level but I'm proud I didn't throw in the towel.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!!!

Linked up to Quiltville

On a completely different adventure

I started this adventure because I saw a quilt published in the back of Quiltmaker Magazine.  It was just the quilters use of three of the plates to Quiltmaker 100 Blocks.  I thought it was a challenging design since no pattern was given...just the individual block details by three different creators.  An additional incentive was that I had overflowing bins of batik scraps and some batik yardage I wanted to use.  So, off I went.  Block 1 was no problem.  I like it.  Block 2 was a challenge and block 3 was awful since it was way beyond my skills.  Here it is as a WIP.  It's put together as a top now and being sent off to a long armer.  All I can say is, what was I thinking?

I ran out of the original Batik background and had to improvise.  Block 2 and block 3 had MANY pieces and points in each 12.5" block.  We'll see how the long arm quilter deals with all the bias in the on point block settings.  It was a challenge for me that I didn't fully appreciate when I began the project. Hopeful for a happy ending....

Wish I had some of these greens now...

This is a quilt I made as a "brown Bag" Challenge.  You know, put a hunk of fabric in a bag, pass it around in a group of fellow quilters (small Bee or Guild) and they put in FQ's .  You get it back at the end with stuff you never would have chosen and make something.  Lol, it was loads of fun.

I made this lap quilt.

It is a pattern by Sewkindofwonderful

I've been thinking green while working on clue 3 of the Quiltville Grand Illusion Mystery.

Happy Mystery!!!

Quiltville Easy Street Mystery - still moving along

Here's an update on my attempt to complete my Easy Street Mystery UFO.  I've sewn the clues and now I am putting blocks together as time permits.  I didn't meet my projected completion of finishing by Thanksgiving. I'm ok with that.  I have 9 blocks finished.  I couldn't help doing some A and some B blocks just to see how it was looking.   I like it!!!

Quiltville Mystery, Grand Illusion - Clue 3

Another great clue and great instructions at http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-3.html. I'm sewing along with an online group that is meeting in Central Florida. It has been great fun and I've gotten tons of quilty info....shops I didn't know about...hints in tools...a travel iron someone brought that is terrific and much more. We've had chocolate too. So here's what I've done so far. The photo is a little blurred due to compression but you get the idea. I have my copy of Bonnie Hunter's mystery instructions handy at all times.  She gives us fantastic tips and ways to get the units done accurately.

Can't wait for Bonnie's clue 4. In the meantime I'll be working on finishing 1, 2 and 3.

 Happy Quilting!

Yay, Grand Illusion is begun...

I'm determined this time to keep up.  clue 1:  cut strips, use EZ Angle to cut 280 pairs of teal/pink, sew pairs to yellow and black...yep, check!  Well, I've completed the cutting and sewn 20 block units.  I'll be finished before Clue 2.  The Facebook frenzy is a bit much to keep up with though.  Soooo many newbies doing Bonnie's annual mystery.

My neighbor and I decided to join a meetup in Central Florida where about ten of us are doing the mystery.  It was a fun sewing day.  Happy sewing all....whatever you are working on.