Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Well, I've been a little sidetracked from quilting this past week. We lost our beloved Duke the end of January & have been dogless since then. We knew we'd get another dog, but weren't ready just then. We finally decided the time was right to get another one. We decided to get a Sheltie. I grew up with them & know their traits, etc. Floyd said yes to the breed. Being as we're no longer spring chickens, we grew up with Lassie on TV. All the kids of our era wanted a Lassie. So now we have her! Plus her sister, Lola! They were born January 10th, so they're 5 months old.  Here's a pic of the girls!
Lassie's in the front, Lola in the back.  Aren't they just the cutest??

Friday, May 30, 2014

Well, I finally got around to quilting those 3 9 patch tops! Here's the 1st one done. I had so much fun doing this little red & black one!
On to finishing the other 2!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Whew! A whole month since I've posted! Where does the time fly!
Did Guild, had a super presentation from Brenda Jaske on "How to become a Blue Ribbon Quilter". She always does an awesome presentation.
Right after Guild, my friend, Judy, & I headed out to Irena Bluhm's home in Celine, TX for a one day retreat on the longarm. I actually got to spend a little over a day with Judy & enjoy some quilting together instead of over the phone!  The retreat was terrific! Irena's hospitality was fantastic! We took 2 classes on retreat day. In the morning we did a class on feathers & the afternoon was on background fills.  The day just flew by! We learned a lot & I think we gained a little weight too! Every time we turned around they were offering us food, drinks, whatever we needed.  If you have the chance, take a class from her in her home. It's well worth the time & money!
I have been doing a little quilting. I just did 14 quilts for charity! Yes, that's right....14!  Here they are...
All ready to take to guild & have someone else do the bindings.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Here's the Texas flag section............
Now to trim & bind it & it's done done!


Woohoo! The POW/MIA quilt is finished!  Here's the full quilt...
Here's close ups of the top part of the flag....
and the POW/MIA center....
continued in next post...............



Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Well, here's a couple of finishes for you.
The first is a collaboration between Virginia & myself for the upcoming TAQC Rally Day Silent Auction. She found this top amongst all the things she acquired with her new longarm. I brought it home & did the quilting on it & she's doing the trimming, binding & hanging sleeve. Hope we gain a few $$ with it.
Then I made this cute little baby quilt for some friends of mine's about to be born grandson. They wanted a monkey, so out came Morty!
Now to finish the POW/MIA quilt for them. Will post soon on that one.

Happy quilting!!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

TADA! I can use the Mondo bag! It's finished! Of course, it would have been done sooner had I read the directions right. Had to do a little unsewing! But, it's done & off my UFO list. 

My UFO list that I made at the beginning of the year is dwindling! WOOHOO! It's not even the end of April & I'm 1/2 way finished with it! But, the few that are left are big ones, so they're going to take awhile!

Here's the Mondo Bag: