Back from the Atlanta Quilt Show

....and can you say AMAZING QUILTS, although it seemed like there were less vendors this year, the Quilts that were in this show were the best I have seen in a long while. I seen all genres from hand quilted, appliqued, hand painted, to wool. Every quilt in the show was of top quality perfection. Here are some of my favorites.



Alfred Hitchcock and his Birds-WOW!



A Blackbird Design-Wonderful, I love their designs and this lady was right on with her craftsmanship! Loved it!



A Kaila London Design-Of Course (LOL)



This is one unique quilt, this quilt was very heavily quilted, but what makes it so unique is the details. She quilted all sorts of animals in the borders and in various places, the colors were bright, vibrant and this was a really nicely done quilt. Well deserved ribbon. Go Lady! Loved it! Sorry I didn't get the name to shout out.

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Now for my goodies I picked up at the show. Laura Wasilowski was the key note speaker at this event and I got her to autograph my DVD along with picking up some of her hand-dyed threads to add to the rest of my stuff. What a funny, happy lady who just being in her space radiates inspiration and positiveness-is that a word? LOL



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Acronym definition Time.....

Can you guess these?

11. C U L8R-see you later
12. IMHO-in my humble opinion
13. IMO-in my opinion
14. IRL-in real life
15. IYKWIM-if you know what I mean


IMO Now go be creative! Signing off T

Fall is in the air!

From this....


To this! LOL



I love the fall season. How the trees change right in front of you and it's like magic. I kid you not, as soon as the weatherman said Fall will begin next Tuesday, October 12th at 10pm at night, that is just what happened. Of course I am exaggerating about the date and time but it seemed like it just happened over night like that.

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Now the answers to the acronyms! Did you get them right?
1. BRB-Be right back
2. BTW-By the way
3. OMG-Oh my gosh
4. ROTF-Rolling on the floor
5. ROTFL-Rolling on the floor laughing
6. ROTFLOL-Rolling on the floor laughing out loud
7. THX-thanks
8. WWW-World wide web
9. LOL-Laughing out loud
10. PPL-????

Can you guess these?
11. C U L8R
12. IMHO
13. IMO
14. IRL
15. IYKWIM

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THE BIG REVEAL







I can show you my finished quilt now. No blue ribbons here, but the enjoyment of having it entered and people enjoying my work was well worth the time and effort. ENJOY T

Never to old to learn!

(Side Bar Ramblings)
Don't you just love water, there is nothing like the calming soothing affects it has on the way one feels.....to live near or on a bed of water somewhere, anywhere lord would be appreciated! Sorry, got side tracked when I came across a picture I took and thought I'd share, now back to the post!


I thought I was doing great with the little acronyms I did know in this big old WWW (LOL), but after reading this wonderful book I purchased this weekend, I was way behind. Let's see if you can figure out some of these and I will start fairly simple at first with the ones I do know.

1. BRB
2. BTW
3. OMG
4. ROTF
5. ROTFL
6. ROTFLOL
7. THX
8. WWW
9. LOL
10. PPL-????


.....and please, if there is someone out there in blog world that can tell me what PPL is, I would greatly appreciate it. I have a friend who always tells me that and I am too ashamed to ask what the heck does that mean? I think the P is for people, for the life of me can't figure out the rest. HELP MY FELLOW BLOGGERS!

Be back tomorrow with the answers! T

JURY, JURY, JURY

Don't you just hate being on edge when you enter a juried show? Wellllll....good news on the horizon and I guess hard work does pay off! The reason I have been missing in action is because I have been working to get my quilt into the Georgia Quilt Expo Show this month here in Atlanta and waiting to get a yes or no is so nerve racking and you feel like you are on pins and needles the whole time. I got the email, and it was a BIG yes! Congrats you have been chosen! Can you say excited?

Off to work on the next one, deadline approaching really soon. Have a good one, now go be creative! T

The list goes on.....

I am on this crusade to get things to a finished state. I am bound and determined to get things done, stay focused and just do it! Ok, if you read the last posting, I have elected to go to my yarn shop and quilt shop to get me motivated to get something done IE projects, UFO's whatever you must call it. It's working I tell ya! You should try it, however it is easy getting caught up with the hipe of the family stories the ladies' tell...and lord they are too funny sometimes, but your there for help, fun, and motivation.



I just started one of the arms. I can't wait to get this done to see what it will look like...I am loving it so far.



....and actually finished two baby quilts. This one and the other is a donation quilt.



Well off to finish something else, time is of the essence....later!
Happy Quilting and Knitting, T

Sooo Close.....

Have you ever worked on a project and you thought you'd never see the end? Well, on top of all the other projects I multitask daily I am bound and determined to finish my sweater before the fall weather heads in. I am almost there and I can see the end is very near, but not there yet.

So I have made a decision, in order to get some projects done (those dreadful UFOs, lord!) I would participate at my local quilt shop stitch-ins, yarn shop stitch-ins to get some of this stuff done, and while I am doing it, it accomplishes three things. 1.) The opportunity to socialize and make new friends. 2.) To finish those darn unfinished projects. 3.)Pick up tips and tricks of the trade. What I have found is, you find the inspiration to finish your items, plus see what others are doing that gives you the motivation to finish your items.

It's working!

Have a good day-Happy Crafting

Signing off T

Fabric Dyeing Anyone?

Yesterday I had fun dyeing fabric, or should I say batiking. I must say it is a very messy process, but the end results are wonderful. I did find a better way of dealing with this wax, so guess what I did? The directions instruct you to simmer the fabric in a big pot, and then run warm or cool water over the fabric, in turn what happens is the wax gets stiff on the fabric and you should be able to rub the wax off with your hands into crumbles. What a messy process I tell ya! So instead, because it is so darn hot here I took those fabric pieces out to my backyard laid them out on the grass, wax and all and took a plastic broom to it! LOL I started sweeping the wax off like I was sweeping a floor and do you not know it worked like a charm! Yes, it did. I had beautiful waxless (Is that a word? I just made it one!)fabric. I threw it into the wash like normal procedures and there you go. So the lesson learned here is.....just sweep it off with a clean broom, the end results are the same! I never do conventional stuff anyways!


Happy Quilting T