Houston Part 1 Out and About

I do not stay ion an adjoining hotel to the convention center so I get to see a view of the city that many may not. I also get lots of steps in! 

I did make a point of going to GRS Creations and Fabric in Spring. They run a great sale during the show.

Sometime this winter I'll start my eagle quilt for the 250th year of USA. I'm thinking these may fit in well. The fabric is called harbor Springs by Minick and Simpson. 

Outside Xochi in the Marriot downtown. 

Not an unusual site at the convention center! I talked to them and they were laying out a quilt of valor quilt. 

Most of the time in late October they are preparing this for an ice skating rink! Fun bumper boats on a 90 degree day! That was so unusual to see!

I took a lecture from Carmen Geddes of Ten Sisters on binding. If you saw my recent binding photo on facebook you should get a double laugh out of this. It was interesting and I got a few tips. She is really into piping, not me so much. Their website has many tutorials! I liked her a lot. 

You know I'm working on Jan Patek's Bible quilt and found these quilts so charming!

The cherrywood challenge is always fun and my friend Sue makes and enters amazing challenge quilts!

The theme was Into the Abyss. 

We found it!

My son and husband repeat a lot of movie lines from Jaws so I sent them this quilt photo! 

My friend Annette from Central Oregon and her friend Charlotte from CA. 

Never doubt there are quilt police!

Most people headed straight to the vendors. I went straight to the quilts and it was pretty empty. Even the vendors weren't super swamped on Wednesday. Here was one of the busier aisles. 

In the back of the vendors they have Open Studio with 4 different "tutorials" going on using different mediums. I was thrilled to sit and see the one by Dena Rosenberg on Broderie Perse. 

She mentioned a quilt on display using Broderie Perse. It was a special exhibit by French quilters. (I'll share more of those later) 

After seeing the tutorial I wanted to see this one again. 

Entirely by hand!

More to come later this week!

 

Summit Stitches Part 1 continued

I wanted to give you a few more closeups of the original little quilt. I'm making sure to add a few homespuns!

And sweet directional fabric. 

 

When I ran out of squares I wanted to use, I started using the 1 1/2" strips. I was hoping to get these sewn before heading to Houston but my flight leaves so early I had to get ready for bed super early!

The 4 patches are so cute! Originally I told you 80.... 80 is a great starting place but we will actually need 320 4 patches! I corrected that on the first post so don't think you are going crazy. It's not a race! 

I've been on a sewing hiatus over summer and it is such a nice way to get back into the sewing rhythm. 

I'm hoping to have a little get together on Thursday if you'll be in Houston! Let me know!!

Houston Quilt Festival

 Will anybody reading this be attending? I'm leaving tomorrow and returning home on Friday. Send me an email if you are coming and want to meet and greet! My email is humblequilts@gmail.com

I know many of you go for the weekend but it is too crowded at that time to be enjoyable. 

Have a great week!

Summit Stitches 2025 quiltalong

Hey quilt friends! You ready for a fall quiltalong? I know you have a lot of choices and a lot of projects, but I hope you'll jump in!


I'm calling it Summit Stitches. You know how I got to the summit of Mt St Helens? One step at a time! We will take the sewalong slow and steady just like that hike. (I'm still in a bit of recovery mode!)

This photo is so you can see what fabric the original has

How sweet is this?

Does anybody else have 1 1/2" strips or squares? I'll hunt through this bag first. That is the size we will use. 

Normally I have my quilt made ahead of the quiltalong, but this year I'm making it with you, although I own the vintage little quilt. 

Our little quilt, when completed, will measure approx 25" square. 

You may even have little 4 patches made and tucked away in your sewing room. This is how we are going to start. Let's make some 4 patches!

You can use light/dark like the 2 above but you can also use mediums as well. I think mixing it up adds interest. We are not going to be in a hurry, but we are making 320 of them! Don't let that scare you off.

Press toward the dark, spin the seams if you want. Your 4 patches should measure 2 1/2".

Let me know if you are sewing along.