Back from the GA Quilt Show

I didn't take any classes this year but had a wonderful time at the show and the most fun was viewing quilts, seeing my guild members, and quilting buddies all in the same day. What fun! You know your having fun when you pass each other for the second time and you see bags getting fuller and bigger you ask " Let me see what you got!" Too funny! Love it, just love it.

Here are my favorites from the show....











...and of course this last one is my quilt "Cherish the Moments" word quilt. The quilt has some embroidery in the center as a focus and the words of the poem are quilted manually in both directions in a readable format by my domestic sewing machine which is how I quilt all of my quilts. Funny, I was taking a picture of my quilt when two ladies walked up to it and said they thought it was done by embroidery....I started laughing! Yep manual all the way with all imperfections baby! Too Cute. But it will probably be a cherished quilt all because of what it says and stands for. Cherish those special moments with friends and family and most of all being thankful.

So with that being said, I cherish those moments with my disfunctional family, why if there weren't disfunction, we wouldn't have stories to tell for future generations.

Have a great day, go quilt or do something wonderful today!
Enjoy, T

Mom's at it again!

Can you guess what pattern this is? When she showed me the pattern I was like ok cool! Then once she started it and has it 95% completed mind you, It looked totally different from the traditional pattern she showed me.

Ok, ready....it's the drunkards path! Just goes to show what colors and how the arrangements of those fabrics can totally change the look of your quilt. But isn't this what quilting is all about? Making it your own and that is really what I believe in, making something your own.

I must say she is really really proud of this quilt and I an really really proud of her. I can't wait to see it quilted up with it's loveliness to show off proudly.

YOU GO MOM!

Go be creative! T

Project of the Day

Here is my F/O or finished object as they say in our acronym world. My finished embroidered handwork piece I have been working on foreverrrr, is finally done! I just picked it up one day and was just going to town and before I new it, it was done. I am using it as a cafe style curtain in my sewing room.

Enjoy and have a wonderful, crafty day T

Project Of the Day!

Project one of the day is a new look! Hope you like it. In the quilting world things seem to evolve daily so it just made sense to follow the theme. My banner was created into.....well, check out the paragraph below.




Project two brings me to my current discussion. Three small projects I had a ball making. Two wall hanging and a stool. That's right, a project stool. What is it used for you ask? Since I love doing hand work, I will use it to place my threads, scissors, and any small objects on it while I work. It makes for something pretty to look at while working and feeds encouragement to more future projects. I love the way it turned out. I also created two wall hangings for the studio.






Enjoy! A mind is a terrible thing to waste....go use it creatively! Later T

Herbs Anyone?

The harvest has been plentiful this year from the herb garden. You can read how I had a hard time getting the boxes together on blog post dated March 15th-With Sheer Determination and March 13th-Don't you just love Spring time? Even though it's a small one, it's a mighty one. I have enjoyed what has come from it and there's nothing like ANYTHING fresh from a garden, let me tell ya!


Now, a SNEAK PEEK at the next project!-Wholecloth




More to come.....now go spend your time wisely! T

Project of the Day

I picked up this cute little girls book from local artist Mary Abreu, Little Girls, Big Style about a week ago. She was invited to our local guild a couple of months ago and I had to opportunity to see some her lovely designs in person that were featured in this book and can you say what a treat. Now I must admit, I don't have any girls, but I love this book for making things for family and friends. The book has wonderful pictures of inspiration along with a simple format of instructions that anyone can follow from beginners to advanced sewers. LOVED IT and my finished outfit. I will be making another as a gift.


Do something creative every day, a mind is a terrible thing to waste! T

Project of the Day

Project of the day is a Presidents Project for my local guild. The guidelines were to swap 1 yard of fabric, place it in a bag mix up the bags and choose one(try not to pick your own). What ever you picked was what you were supposed to use to make a project out of, so who would have known I would have picked this wonderful green fabric with all sorts of sewing stuff on it. I love it, so being the knitter I am, I made a Sock knitting bag and accessory wallet to put scissors, stitch markers and any other small items needed for basic knitting. If you look closely you can see I incorporated some quilting. Feathers baby!



This is Madison, she's a very spoiled miniature poodle, that is currently posessed with yellow eye, can you tell? I have to learn how to delete that from the pictures. Thats another lesson, another post. (Smile)


Enjoy and have a great Saturday! T