Back in Business (i hope)

Ever had a problem with your computer and not been able to figure it out??? Well, it's taken me a few weeks to fix the problem, but I think I've done it. At least I hope I have.

I'm participating in Linda's Bag/Bucket Swap over at http://www.all-stitched-up.blogspot.com/ and am almost done with my Bag/Bucket. Here's a little preview*****

These are some of the fabrics that I'm using

And here's a little stitching

I've made a few changes, but you'll have to wait to see what they are.

It's a secret, ya know;)

Here are a few more quilts that were in Long Beach

and a few pictures of the flowers that were in bloom

ISN'T MOTHER NATURE AWSOME

Enjoy!!!

Earthquake, FQ's, Quilts

As promised I'll share a few more pictures of the quilts that I saw at the International Quilt Festival, but first...some other things...........

Yes, I was in California when the latest earthquake hit. Two of my granddaughters and I happened to be out when it hit. After spending most of my life in So Cal this quake didn't really bother me (I've been in much bigger), but my granddaughters had never been in an earthquake. They took it all in stride...no big deal...

It's official...I'm a FQF (Fat Quarter Freek)! These are the latest additions to my collection that I bought at the International Quilt Festival..............

Some Japanese Silks

Some Asian Prints

A Couple More

and the rest of my new flavors
YUM YUM!

The flamingo print in the bottom left corner was used to back the pillows that my two oldest granddaughters designed and embroidered. I have lots of ideas for the other ones, but nothing concrete, yet.

These are the last two star blocks that I've been working on with Amanda and the gang over at http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

And this is another one that goes to my BOM that I'm doing with the Fabric Mill.....................





And here are a few more of the quilts that were at the IQF held in Long Beach, California........

ENJOY.............

QUILT ON;)

Guess Where I Went???

I just got back this morning from visiting family and friends in Southern California. While there I got to go to...can you guess??? OK, well here's a hint...

It has something to do with the beach and quilting...any ideas???

Is this picture helping any???..............OK OK........I'll tell you.....................................I went to............

THE

INTERNATIONAL

QUILT

SHOW

It was being held at the Long Beach Convention Center and I was staying about 10 blocks from there. I took tons of pictures and will be sharing them with you over the next few weeks. Here's just a sampling of some of the beautiful quilts:

This one was beautiful. Not that the others wern't, but I liked the way this one was set up

I love the fish on this one. The shinny lines are bugle beads.

Check this one out...

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The front

The back...All thread!!!AMAZING!!!

Like I said, these are just a few of the quilts that I took pictures of. I'll be sharing over the next few weeks.

I hope you enjoy them.

QUILT ON!!!

Shop Hop and Quilt Blocks

Well, it's really July 14th, not the 6th. It's taken me a couple of weeks to get finished with this entry so I could post it...So here's some of what's been going on.

My youngest, her baby boy and I did the Wasatch Shop Hop a few weeks ago. We had 4 days to "Hop" to 15 "Shops" and we did it in 2!

Our first stop:

Day one--we had only planned on going to a couple of shops and finishing up on Fri and Sat, but K was doing really well and so we decided to go for broke. We got in 7 shops on Wed, took Thurs off because we both had to work and instead of taking Fri and Sat to finish up we were able to finish up on Friday, but only with the help of L's inlaw's GPS. I don't think we would have finished, even on Sat had we not had the GPS. If you don't have one, I highly recommend getting one. I think they start around $150 and are worth every cent, espically if your're direction challenged, as I am.

Our second stop and my favorite local quilt shop - The Corn Wagon:

We had a lot of fun seeing all of the quilts and fabrics and everything else that was on display and available. Lots of new ideas swimming around in my head but I decided to jot the ideas down and file them for later because I have several wips going right now that I want to finish up.

A couple more of the shops that we stopped at--tonz o fuuun!

And for those old car/truck buffs--this one's for you--It's a 1958 (I think). It was at one of the shops we stopped at--pretty cool, don't ya think?













Here are a few more quilt blocks that I've been working on...

Blocks 7, 8 and 9

And blocks 10 and 11 of the Star Quilt Along

over at

http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

YIKES!!! I flipped 4 of the sqs on

this one...at least I'm consistant...

Looks like I'll be getting the seam

ripper out...If you squint, you can

still see the star.

Hummm, I'm liking the red and turquoise combo...another idea...

And this one is block 3 of the BOM that I'm working on

I hope that you all have a great week! ;)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

I hope that all fathers out there have had a wonderful Father's Day. My own

father was made a GREAT Grandpa for the 12th time today (ten of those are mine). My older brother's only daughter had her first, a boy, today. Congrats Lindsey and Max, and Gordon and Holly, and of course, Dad!

I don't have pics taken of the quilt blocks that I've been working on this past week, so I thought I'd include a few pics of the roses in the front yard. I hope that you enjoy the colors and that they inspire you. I'll be back soon with my quilt blocks, until enjoy.

This one is a single rose with creamy white and pink petals. Ooooooo it smells wonderful.

Dear Jane

I finally started my Dear Jane Quilt. I was originally going to make it completely by hand and then decided that there would be a sufficent amount of handwork on it even if I didn't do it all by hand. This will be a project that will probably take a couple of years to get all of the pieces made and then there will be the quilting. For now, tho' here's what I have done.


This one is called Four Corner Press and will find its home in position B-13.

These blocks will measure 4.5'' finished. There are over 200 blocks in the Dear Jane Quilt.

This one is called Uncle Homer and will go into the A-4 position.

I also cut out a couple of blocks from the Dear Jane Quilt that are appliqued.


Here are blocks 5 and 6 that go in my Star Quilt that's going on over at http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

I took these pics late in the evening so the color isn't very good and you can't see the different shades of red very easily.

I did a 5" charm square swap. We all swapped 20-5" blocks with 2 different people. I got these in the mail yesterday . Aren't they cool??? I think they are.

The top two pics are mostly the same swatches. There are a few more in the one on the right that I forgot to put in the first pic.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we'll get block #7 for our Star Quilt from Amanda Jean. Until then...HAPPY QUILTING;)

Yellow Swap and A Couple More Quilt Blocks

I got my "Yellow Swap" in the mail this week. Some yellow fat quarters (I can always use more fabric), pins (who doesn't need more of these) notice the yellow heads, yellow thread to go with my yellow fabric, and a yellow note pad. I like all of the fabrics, but the top one is my favorite. I'm always looking for paper to jot new ideas down on so the note pad will come in very handy. And pins and thread...what can I say...Love them all. Thanks a ton Missy!


Here are a couple more blocks from the star quilt I'm working on with Amanda over at http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ . These are blocks 3 and 4.

I've been working on my setting blocks, they're blue and white, along with blocks 5 and 6. Pics will be up soon of them along with block 3 from my BOM that I'm doing at the Fabric Mill. Notice that my blocks haven't been squared up yet...for some reason I don't do that until all blocks are made. I think it gives me a little more fudge room, if you know what I mean...

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Quilt Blocks

Here are a few of the quilt blocks that I've been working on lately.

These two are from a BOM that I'm doing at Fabric Mill.

They are from the Eleanor Burns' Quilter's Almanac Quilt Block Party Series Number Three. We started this quilt in April and will be finishing it up, at least the top, next March.

The two below are the first two blocks from the QAL that Amanda is doing on her blog, http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/. I have a few adjustments to make, but I'm really enjoying the blocks that Amanda is helping us with, and the fact that I love "stars" makes it all the more fun for me.

I have the setting blocks for this quilt cut out. They are blue and white. Looks like I'll be adding some red, white, and blue quilts to my collection after all.