Friday Fun!

 Here's a little flag gift I'm making for a non quilter. I'm thinking she may be wondering what the heck to do with it. 

 It will be ready to pop in the mail tomorrow. Prim and Humble.

I was invited to participate in Christine's little quilt swap again this year. My quilt is done and will be ready to mail next week. The person I'm mailing to doesn't know who is making her quilt so I can show it here.

My rugosa's were blooming nicely then we had a crazy storm, with pelting rain and wind and Wednesday night about 2 AM was the loudest thunder I've heard in a long time. Even though most of my blooms are in the yard I thought the green made a lovely back drop for the little quilt.

My Instagram feed for the week.

Blogger thinks they have the email notification fixed, but I still think comments will be coming in as no-reply, so it will still be difficult to reply like we used to.

If you are still struggling Barb did a concise and clear job of explaining what she did to fix it. Check it out HERE. They are still working on issues.

I do appreciate all your comments. If you are a no-reply commenter I have been leaving a reply on my blog in the comment section.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Oh and 

HAPPY SUMMER!

Houston- Clear for Take Off!

As part of the education team for Quilt Festival Houston I am prepping already!

First up, choosing a pattern and fabric for a garment. Always difficult for me, since I'm not a garment maker. Using quilters cotton is another factor that doesn't help me make pattern decisions easily. But that part is done.
I'm making a dress this year! It'll probably end up being more like a tunic on me.

Including the eagles, for sure. You'll have to wait and see about the rest.

 This is called Road Trip by Andover.

And we had swatches for the second choice, metropolis by Moda.  

That was actually really nice to see the actual fabric. 

Did you know you could be prepping too? They have the class schedule online right now for planning purposes. The class book is huge and takes many nights to get a good look at all the classes and lectures.

You can see it HERE.

Even though I'll be working, we can take up to 1 1/2 days of classes. I'm considering a half day class with Maria Shell. If you've taken a class or lecture with her can you give me your opinion?

I'm going out on a limb here and saying that I like to learn new things and what she does isn't what I do, but what I don't like is when modern quilters think what they are doing is so much better than "traditional" quilters. I don't want to take a class from a teacher with a huge ego.

363. COLOR—IT'S RELATIVE

E,PC Maria Shell

Color is one of the most important components to quiltmaking. This short and intense workshop is based on a series of mini-lectures and exercises designed to take your color usage to the next level.

Supplies—scissors (fabric cutting); paper, pen, & pencil; note/sketch paper; sm trash bag; rotary cutter; rotary cutting mat; rotary cutting ruler (any straight ruler). Fabric: twelve to twenty-four or more FQs or similarly sized pcs representing the color wheel.

I'm also considering a bus tour to Texas Quilt Museum in LaGrange or Galveston.

TEXAS QUILT MUSEUM, SIGHTSEEING, & QUILT SHOPS TOUR  

 HISTORIC GALVESTON & QUILT SHOPS TOUR  

I did finally get to see some of Texas when I went to Victoria via Austin, but that is the only time I've been outside of downtown Houston. I'd love your thoughts.

Have a wonderful day!

Small Post

A small quilt and a small post!

I've stated to hand quilt this over the weekend. Hopefully send off later this week.

If you missed the hoopla about me summiting Mt St Helens (Not sure how you could have missed it, I was making enough racket! LOL) you can read about it on my other blog HERE. 

I'm still in recovery mode. 

Both the kids came home Sunday to spend time with their dad. I wasn't going to spend it in my sewing room. I don't get to see them often enough. 

So, not much to share today. 

Take care!

Sunshine on a Wednesday!

After the video from last week several people asked me about this little quilt. I started it in an applique class with Gwen Marston. She showed us how to make our own pattern to make our quilt unique. It was supposed to be a 4 block quilt, but I opted to stop at one. Wish I would have continued!

 A comment was made on Monday about small half square triangles getting pulled into the throat plate. Above is a standard throat plate. I have the wide one on because I've been doing machine applique.

Here's one that only has the small hole instead of the more open horizontal opening. This is super helpful to have on when using small pieces, actually just piecing in general.  I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic Wednesday!

Mahvelous Monday!

 I'm using a few half square triangles for my little swap quilt I'm making.

 I have two containers (from lettuce- the best of recycling!)

That I dump, pick what I need, then trim to size. It is super convenient! Do you have hst's waiting to be used in your projects?

 Here's my little project. It isn't quite as dark as the photo shows, but I still kind of wish I used a bolder print.

Spent some time working on these crazy star blocks designed by Cheri. I make the arrows so I keep plenty of fabric to the outside  so it is easier to trim to size. It seems to work good for me.

I hope you got a bit of sewing done this weekend. Make it a great week!