FCQ Quilt Show Goodies

Hello from Columbia, Maryland! 

I'm staying with Sharon while we both work at the Faithful Circle Quilt Show.  Please stop by if you live in the DC area.  Visit the FCQ web page to get directions and details.  I heard that nearly (or was it over?) 300 quilts have been hung.  Plus we have vendors, demos and lots of opportunities to win stuff! Fun times! 

Here's a quick peek at a few of the quilts. 

You might recognize my owl quilt which is now owned by my granddaughter Natalie.

I thought this little fish quilt by Roma Knee was so creative.  This is part of the Dots for Tots challenge FCQ offered.  Anyone who wanted to participate was given a preselected group of polka dot fabric.  Remember my sailboat quilt? It's part of the challenge but it still needs its borders and quilting etc.  Here's a close up of the quilting Roma did on the fish. 

You can't  see the scales as well.  I was tickled with this quilt and think it would make a terrific kid's quilt.  I've been playing with drunkard's path blocks for the Throw Me a Curve challenge at Country Piecemakers.  The dp block isn't hard at all so I think there may be a fish in my future. 

If you are looking for my monthly fabric usage report I won't post it until I get back home.  I can give a quick recap though.  I didn't finish any quilt in April. NONE.  I did make several blocks for the monthly BOM but that is going to be it. I only bought 4 yards of which 3 yards was my short stack fabric by mail.  Hopefully I'll do much better in May! 

Happy Quilting All!  

Back on Track

Or at least I think I am...
For the last few weeks I don't feel like I've gotten much done in the way of piecing and quilting.  But today I hit the studio mid afternoon and worked on several projects.  I am still somewhat scattered as I'm sewing but it does mean I am making some progress on several things.  

This is the beginning of my Throw Me A Curve challenge at Country Piecemakers Guild. The challenge is to used curved piecing somewhere in the quilt.  I'm planning on a fairly small piece, these are 6 1/2" unfinished blocks.  They won't be going together this way.  They may not be going together the way I have planned either.  And, in fact, I may cut them down a bit also.  Time will tell.  It dawned on me the other day that I had to get hopping on this challenge. I've got all next week to work in the studio.  The following week is the quilt show in Maryland and I'll be up there nearly the whole week.  Then, I'll have a week at home before the guild meeting on Saturday.  I hope to have the top completed and the quilting planned in my mind before I go north.  We'll see how I do!  

I've also been taking a free embroidery class at my local Bernina dealership.  We've been embroidering on all types of things.  This past week was embroidering on a pair of blue jeans.  What?  Would I ever actually wear a blue jeans with embroidery on the leg?  Not likely.  But I'm pretty sure Sophia would.  She wanted hippos on her shirt so I figure hippos would work on her jeans too.  I need to find another hippo design for her shirt.  That will be happening this coming Tuesday in class.  Plus I need to put the jeans back together.  I'll be seeing her the week I'm in Maryland and can pass these on to her. 


Pat and I will be singing a couple of services for Easter starting tonight.  Beyond that we won't be doing anything special.  Hopefully, I'll be able to get some more piecing done.  I'm not doing all that well on my goals list this week.  Hum, can I get anything else checked off in the 4 hours or so I'll have tomorrow afternoon?  I'll keep you posted.

For those who celebrate Easter, I hope your day is joyous.  And for the those who don't may you have a fun filled day tomorrow.  

Happy Quilting All! 

Design Wall Monday 5-13-13

Although I got quite a bit done this week there aren't a lot of pictures to show.  And, it isn't that I'm working on secret things.  Just kept up with mostly the same things and some quilting on Ruthie. 

Here's my May offering of the Brown Bag event.  A reminder of what it is... those choosing to participate put block directions, fabric and a tool in to the Brown Bag.  Each month we take a different brown bag to make the block/s as requested by the owner.   Cindy put in some circle-making interfacing with directions to use it.  Then she asked it to be stitched down to the fabric.  Pretty easy way to make decent circles.  I used some bright colors although not every one did.  She did ask for the circles to be in a color family. Fast and easy! 

I did pretty well on my goals this week. 

Week of May 6, 2013

Finish and trim Jenny’s quilt√

Print labels for Country Piecemakers√

Mark, batt up and quilt challenge quilt√

Quilt 1 of CP’s charity quilts√

Quilt FCQ’s charity quilt Started

Make backing for Kitty Cat quilt I had an inspiration on the backing but no action.

Quilt my Kitty Cat charity quilt

Week of May 13, 2013

Finish quilting FCQ Charity Quilt

Make backing for Kitty Cat quilt

Load and quilt Kitty Cat quilt

Begin small quilt for swap

Figure out backing for CP charity quilt

Load and quilt CP Charity quilt

Work on strip charity quilt

Sew flannel block quilt together

I hope everyone had a special Mother's Day.  Kevin and Aimee sent me flowers which I was able to arrange in a vase.  And, in his call on Mother's Day, Kevin announced that he and Aimee were having a little girl.  We were sworn to secrecy about the pregnancy, the sex was new. (I admit, I didn't do a great job of being secret some of you might have been aware!)   So we'll have 3 darling grand daughters!  Can you imagine the fun shopping-fest we can go on together!  Or, maybe a fabric shopping trip!  

Don't forget to visit Patchwork Times for more wonderful Design Wall Mondays. 

Happy Quilting All!