Quilt Friends Part 2

Before going to my quilt guild trunk show/class I had been talking with Kathy (photo below, left- such a fun lady with high energy!) and we made arrangements to have dinner at Laura's (right) before the evening meeting. 

Laura's hubby took a quick photo before we left. It was such an enjoyable time!

Laura's house is so adorable!

Upper right, Quilters Madder, lower right, Palmateer Point, both quiltalongs on my blog. 

I love this so much. It was hanging right near her front door. I want to make one!

Cascadia quiltalong on top of a cupboard filled with darling quilts!

Here she is at another guild meeting in  2015 showing me her quiltalong quilt! 

These were her string hexies from the class the next day. I can't wait to see them as a little quilt! I really want to try this!

I hope it is just the camera that catches my goofy expressions during my trunk shows! lol

Thank you Laura for dinner and letting me snoop and paparazzi around your house! 

Have a great weekend! I'll be traveling next week but have plenty of blog posts to share!

 

Busy Thimble

If I was going to have a quilt shop, I'd want it to look just like this! 

It was a little rainy heading from Portland to Litchfield for our appointment to shop at Cyndi's quilt shop. 

The link to Cyndi's blog- HERE.

Filled with lots of quilts and almost exclusively reproduction fabric!

Cyndy's potholder quilt! Amazing reproduction.

Oh yes! 

Here is Cascadia, one of my quiltalongs. 

So simple but effective and so sweet!

Wendy, of The Constant Quilt blog, came to visit as well! I was as thrilled as I could be being able to meet her in person. We've known each other online for several years now. We just grabbed a couple of cute quilts to hold- we had lots of choices!

We shopped for about 2 hours and it was finally time to say goodbye and give Cyndi a hug!

She is retiring at some point. I'll try and use up some of that fabric I bought and maybe I'll be able to make a return trip while she is still open! XOXO

We made sure to leave Portland in plenty of time to NOT be late. This  old cemetery was nearby Cyndi's and we were a bit early so we wandered around a bit and and wondered  who these people were and why it seemed to be a forgotten cemetery. 

Incredible- Born 1776 and lived 91 years! Oh the stories John Ranks could likely tell! According to Ancestry.com he was born in Yorkshire, England. 

Here he is! Ancestry also says he had 20 children!  Holy Smokes!

I loved the urn and tree decor on this one. 

If anyone is near McMinnville Oregon on Monday I am presenting a trunk show and doing a string quilt workshop! Send me an email if you'd like more details. HumbleQuilts@gmail.com

We woke up to this pretty scene yesterday morning. 

The sun was shining and it melted pretty fast. Look at the lovely blue sky!

Have an amazing weekend!

 

Humble Quilts Quiltalongs Revisited

Many of you know I do a little quilt sewalong once a year, usually in the fall. My next one only needs to be basted and hand quilted. And after a hike this weekend I think I've come up with a name. 

The directions are still up for each of these little quilts. Feel free to make one or all! I'd love to see them when they are finished. (link will be at the end)

Abundance

Faithful

Harmony

Country Roads

Cascadia

Quilters Madder

Mountain Trail

Cheddar Cheese and Crackers

Midnight Stars

Strawberry Fields

Mid Winter Blues

Pink Lemonade

The best way for me to give you the link is to link it to my pinterest board, then you can follow the one you want to make back to the directions on my blog.

You should be able to get HERE and get started!

And you can always use the search feature in the upper left corner. 

Have a fantastic week, my friends!

Running With Scissors

I had the privilege on Tuesday to teach a workshop to some wonderful ladies from the Bellingham area. The guild is called Running With Scissors.

  

This is the quilt, called Blue Ridge Rendezvous.. 

They all put in many miles behind their machines. And they were a very joyful bunch too!

Some got further than others but I think we all had fun and hopefully learned a little something.

Jane (I hope that is right) brought 3 of her quiltalongs that she has done from Humble Quilts. I love seeing them!

Laura came to the lecture and brought along her Cascadia. It was almost done! I found out that she was one who shared how she decorates her home with quilts. You can do a search on my blog and easily find that post!

After whipping them into quilt shape at the workshop, we all went for Mexican food. Yum! Thank you for dinner!!

Word spread about a birthday and soon I had on a sombrero, fried ice cream dessert and a bewildered look on my face! (I have to admit, the singing by the waiters wasn't too great!!)
Thank you Running With Scissors for making this day so enjoyable. Thank you Sharon (grassroots quilting) for asking me, and thanks Laurie and Linda for driving so far and being supportive!!
I'd be happy to teach somewhere else if anyone wants me!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

One more project

A friend, who I met through blogging, Sharon @ Grassroots Quilting, has asked me to do a trunk show and workshop at her guild in Washington! I'm excited and need more small pieces for the workshop. Can you believe 1 1/2" squares? That is what I just sent away to the Cascadia quiltalong winner. 

Good reason to meander through my scraps. 

Here's my small pile of 1 1/2" squares. I thought it would be fun to have extras to share at class, so I'll keep cutting.

Here is the other project I mailed ahead. 

 The amount of blue I have from Jill's stash and two other quilt pals who sent me what they had, will determine the size of the quilt.

That little square is all I have uncut.

Three more sleeps until my trip to Quiltvilla in North Carolina!