Show and Tell Tuesday-Owl Pillow

An orphan block from a swap, turned into a pillow for a friend who loves owls.

Go check out the other contributors on Randi’s blog: http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/show-and-tell-tuesday/

Small Blog Meet

A blog I follow http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/2013/02/fresh-sewing-day-and-small-blog-meet_28.html posted a button and activity for those of us with small blogs. I do get a few visitors, but I am mostly talking to myself.  Now I am off to discover some other small blogs.

Austin: Quilts, Friends, Food and Fun

I spent last Thursday-Sunday in Austin for Quiltcon and some visiting with dear friends.  After a very long day of travel cancellations and delays on Thursday, I made it to Austin in the evening.  I was up bright and early the next morning to get myself to Quiltcon.  It was delightful. Here are just a few pictures:

Friday evening I had dinner with my friend Ann and my new friend Tracy. BBQ in Austin is a thing of beauty.  Saturday morning I volunteered to help at Quiltcon and had a lovely time chatting with this fellow volunteer http://catherineredford.com/blog/ between taking tickets and stamping hands.

Then I was off to meet up with some long time, long distance friends. We ate, took some pictures, window shopped and then ate some more.

Back to the hotel for some much needed sleep, and then up again to go eat some more.

I also got to give two of my friends some little prezzies I had made. I still owe some, but they are the kind of friends that don’t mind.

Next adventure: The Monte Vista Crane Festival with the family in two weeks time.  Between now and then, I hope to get a couple of quilt tops quilted and bound and some smaller projects finished.

Fabric organization and a cute little bag

I ran across the idea of using comic book boards to create mini bolts of fabric for organization. I am in love!

http://www.amazon.com/BCW-Current-Comic-Backing-Boards/dp/B002SB3786

I am making a couple of little bags for gifts for the friends I will be seeing in Austin this weekend. Here is the first one:

Pattern by Noodlehead: http://www.noodle-head.com/2012/06/open-wide-zippered-pouch-diy-tutorial.html

Off to Austin on Thursday!! QuiltCon, old and new friends, eating, drinking and general merry making! http://www.quiltcon.com/

A catch up post

I have been busy, but neglectful about posting.

I finished my scrappy trip along top.

Basted and started quilting my windows quilt. It is an Elizabeth Hartman http://www.ohfransson.com/  pattern from her first book.

Made a block for my swap partner. And then made another because I used the wrong background color.

And then decided to make a Valentine’s Day quilt the night before Valentine’s Day because of a pattern posted by one of my favorite quilty bloggers  http://www.canoeridgecreations.com/2013/02/xo-quilt-tutorial.html. I got the top done, and picked out the backing fabric.

I hope to finish the quilting and bind the windows quilt before my quilt guild meeting http://frontrangemodernquiltguild.webs.com/ on Saturday. At the meeting I will probably work on a gift or two to take to Austin with me next week. I am going to QuiltCon, but also visiting with some friends.

A new project!

I have signed up for Canoe Ridge Creations Fresh Mini Quilt Club.  Now I need to wait until March. Impatience is my middle name.

 

Library Window-My first original design

This is the building where I work. I have been thinking that those big center windows would make a good quilt design for a while now.

I started playing with Illustrator, and came up with this:

The inside of the library is decorated in blues, grays and that lovely shade of green, so I added a bit of the green in there too. What do you think?

Something to help organize all those WIP and heaps of fabric.

http://www.pixelstopatchwork.com/2013/01/quilt-project-sheets.html

I had started writing my projects down in a notebook, but I think these would be even more helpful.  Thank you to Taryn of From Pixels to Patchwork!

Into the Woods

Top finished! I need to decide on backing and binding.

Dusting off the blog

Not that it ever got much attention, but still.

I am determined to sew/quilt more this year, and document it here. I may also throw in some random cooking, crafting and aren’t my kids and animals cute posts.

But first, a few pictures of some of the projects I did get done last year:

Made the boy a new pillow out of his favorite outgrown sweater.

Custom art, with one of my favorite poems, for the bathroom.

New headboard, in collaboration with the man.

Baby quilt with minky.

Quilt for my best friend’s birthday.

That last one took a very, very long time.