This Weeks Quilting

Basted and started the quilting on Chrissy's graduation quilt. Went to Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Blossom class on Tuesday, finished 8 blocks in class, here are four of them on the church pew I used for a design wall. A very good class, personal attention and relaxed.

Graduation Quilt Progress

I designed an applique border for the corners of the inner border, used the glue over freezer paper method of preparation, and machine appliqued with a tiny zigzag stitch in matching 60 wt. Mettler thread. Used my Perfect Circles templates to make the center circles in the flowers. Got the outer borders on - the top is finished.
One week til the party, plenty of time to quilt it!

Pineapple Blossom Class

I've got my strips cut(most from my scraps from other quilts and a few from fat quarters in my stash) and ready for Bonnie Hunter's class next Tuesday!

Paducah!

Took a one day bus trip last Saturday. Fabulous quilts; need more than one day to stand in front of them with mouth hanging open in awe! I covered it pretty well, and the vendors-controlled myself and didn't buy too much. Kept to my vow not to buy any more kits until I get some finished (only because a booth was out of "Thistle and Thicket" kit that caught my eye!)Found the Pieces of Time pattern I've been looking for, golden threads paper, fabric for Chrissy's border and some Wm Morris fabric.
As I was entering the showroom, saw Ricky Tims come through the doorway. I bought one of his C.D.s at his booth from Justin. Nice guys. Maybe I can take his class and/or go to his concert in the future.
Next year I hope to get a room and stay for at least 2 days.

Spring Sewing

Started my granddaughter's graduation quilt, and finished the block for the guild's day group's outgoing president.

Applique

After seeing some beautiful applique quilts at our show, I was inspired to get out my hand applique project- block #6 of Applique Affair (Edyta Sitar's pattern). Got some wash-away freezer paper; that I learned about from Beth Ferrier's website - it worked very well. Traced the pieces onto the paper (the sheets would fit into a printer also), ironed it on back of the fabric, cut out with seam allowance (3/16th inch) and then turned and glued them - no pokies! When the stitching was finished, instead of cutting away the foundation fabric to get freezer paper out, all you do is rinse the block in warm water and it comes out nice and soft. Love this method!

Sewing This Week

Made a cute little paper-pieced house block for the guild's evening meetings chairperson, did a feather design (my first attempt) machine quilting on my Illinois Sampler, sewed some blocks on Autumn, and made some prairie points for Il. Sampler.