Quilt Show Report

I got the Friendship Medallion quilt done. It won second place in the large wallhanging category at Decatur Quilt Fest! The other two quilts I was aiming to finish for the show didn't get finished because I had to deal with a family emergency. Thankfully that turned out to have a happy ending.

I also entered Cottage Basket table runner which won first place in the "potpourri" category. Summer Solstice, Redwork Sunbonnet Sue and Witchy Poo were my other entries.

Countdown to Quilt Show

Our guild's quilt show is at the end of March, and there are three projects I hope to finish up for it. Above is the Friendship Medallion quilt that I am machine quilting; made from the half-square triangles I received from the exchange on The Quilt Show's website, after Edyta Sitar was on the show. I also want to finish the Rainbow Star wallhanging from the Jan Krentz class - it just needs to be quilted, labeled and bound. I ordered some black batting for it because I didn't want bearding on the black background. The third project on my March goal list is the selvage quilt. That just needs 4 more blocks and the borders.

February Free Motion Quilting Challenge

This month's lesson was by Diane Gaudynski. Here are my feathers. I love feathers!

I phone test

I'm trying the blogger app on my phone. This is a photo of the quilt Alyssa and I are making for her.

Resuming Civil War History blocks

I finished block #52 Christmas Star today.

Retreat Project

The first weekend in January some guild friends and I went to a retreat at Threads of Time in Danville. We had a great time! I started a project that I had bought at Quilters General Store in Rockford while I was on my way to a UU CMwD Women's Connection retreat in Kenosha, WI last October. The pattern is "Beasley" by Dawn Heese of Linen Closet Designs. I'm naming it "Mother's Gift" - the block pattern is the same as the quilt that was on my parents bed when I was growing up; and that title is one of my favorite songs by Shawna Carol. This is as far as I got at retreat.

Here is the finished top. (The photo cut off the bottom border.)

Free Motion Quilting Challenge January



Drawing design with pencil and paper



Stitching





Finished


I've signed the pledge for the Free Motion Quilting Challenge for 2012 on Sew Cal Gal's blog. I've watched the tutorial for January by Frances Moore and completed a practice sandwich. Most of my leaves are pretty - one of them is way wonky, I had a mind-body glitch apparently. A little more practice and I will try this on a quilt.