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I have a few more pictures from the Cuero Quilt Show that I want to share. One of the things that interests me most about quilting is how different colors or contrasts can make the same quilt patterns look so different. Apparently, their guild did a mystery quilt last year, and several were exhibited at the show. The pattern is a three-color quilt. 

Betty and I drove to Cuero yesterday to attend their quilt show. It was nice, and it looked like the attendance was pretty good. It wasn’t a very large show, but they have a pretty small guild. Well, it’s a small town, after all. I took a few pictures, not everything, but I took pictures of the ones that inspired me. 

The butterflies were hand quilted. I took a closeup of the quilting.

Here’s a pretty bargello:

And some more pretty ones,

This was an old one made from ...

Here are some more pictures from the quilt show. This is not all inclusive, just the ones that inspired me. 

They had several done with the buzzsaw pattern. I’m guessing they must have done them in a workshop at their guild. Of course, I don’t really know.

This was a beautiful one done by William Reue in his new fabric line. He designs for Free Spirit fabrics, and is originally from Port Lavaca. I graduated with his ...

I’m still not feeling like doing much. I try to keep up with laundry and housework the best I can, but I might be losing the battle. I did some reorganization at my shop—Betty is helping me with that—but it is going to take some time to get it all done. Right now, I feel like we are moving stuff from one pile to another. I have found some long-forgotten projects that need to be finished, but I can’t seem to find the energy to work on them. I found this kit that I thought I ...

 For anyone wondering where I have been… I was working this weekend at Malvern Quilt show – will post properly when I get time! Nessie had a lovely holiday with friends. Did not get slow worm house but will take the wee cottage in Tavi;) update to follow xx

I now know lots about the Accuquilt cutting system and think it is great. I bought some cotton duck fabric for my new kitchen – woodcut style whales and sardines. I am not exactly sure what to do with it but have not bought any fabric for ages and just fancied it!

Here ...

I think I can wrap this up today. I had to take my car to Corpus Christi for service, and it gave me a good opportunity to write this post since there isn’t much else to do there. I already looked at all the new cars, including the ones I can’t afford. LOL.

It’s a big temptation until I look at the sticker prices and decide I can be satisfied with what I have. Maybe.

These should be the last of the quilt show pictures. 

I hope everyone will enjoy seeing some more quilt pictures. I like to get them all (or almost all) posted on my blog as it gives me a permanent record of what I saw. It serves as kind of an online diary where I can keep quilting things documented. 

This quilt was from a shop hop a couple of years ago. I made a similar quilt top, but, wow, the border Nancy chose really puts hers over the top. The border fabric is still available, but I don’t want to duplicate someone ...

I have quite a few pictures to share. It make take more than one post to get them all posted. I am trying remember which were the winners, and I think I have mostly forgotten. 

The medallion was actually my favorite, but that’s no surprise as I always like the medallion settings. I tried to crop these photos, but I see now that I may not have saved the cropped photos. 

Here are some more of the quilts:

I will have some more tomorrow. Have a ...

Hello blog friends. I got back from vacation late Tuesday night, and the days since then were spent doing laundry and prepping for the quilt show. My vacation was a four-day trip to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge with two girlfriends and my mom.

It was just long enough to have a good time, but not get too tired. Anyway, my favorite place to be is home. 

The quilt show ended yesterday. It was a lot of work, but I think it went well. The overall attendance was down this year, although I’m told it’s always down when it ...

 This fall, you can find us at the following quilt shows.

If you'll be attending, stop by and say hi!

I spent Friday at the AQS Grand Rapids Show. When you have a quilt hanging there, you have to go and enjoy it.

The quality of the quilts this year was exceptional. Several quilts looked like paintings, they were so heavily stitched. They didn’t look like fabric. Not something the average quilter will produce, but fun to see what’s possible.

I didn’t buy any fabric at the show or at any of the stops we made on the way home Saturday. I did count the fabric I bought last week.

Clockwise from upper left: rayon batik, red ...

I first attended FoQ in 2006, missed out 2007, can’t remember whether I went in 2009 and 2020 was cancelled which means I have been to 17 (I think) and at least 14 of those years I was working as a longarm demonstrator. 

Birmingham is often hot while FoQ is on and set-up day was around 30 celsius so we all melted as we got the stand ready. Thank goodness for the good humour of the UK Bernina team and everything was made ready, with just a few swear words, for the crowds on Thursday.

Thursday and Friday were ...

I didn’t add any fabric this week, although I had many buying opportunities. I finished the shirt for almost a yard out. All the shirt details will be in a separate post.

We went to the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild Quilt Show yesterday. Hundreds of great quilts, plus a gift shop and vendors. If you live in the area, the shows continues today from 11am – 5pm at Washtenaw Community College.

While we were out and about after the show, I found a screen printing screen at a thrift shop. That was a first. I’ve wanted to learn ...

 Four quilt shows in six weeks is a lot. 

But it was so much fun!

In May we had a booth at the Boundary Bay quilt show and the Langley quilt show. 

We kicked June off with a quilt show in Parksville. It was there first show since 2019 and it  was amazing.

 Hello Everyone,

As usual my week has been filled with catching up after the quilt show in Modesto.  I had trouble downloading the pictures at the hotel, so I'm going to post a few today.  My sister Gail helped 'man' the booth.

 Had the first two quilt shows for 2024. 

The first one was the Boundary Bay Quilt Guild show.

And the next weekend, we were at the Langley Quilters Guild show.

 Hello Everyone,

Here's just a very small sampling of some of the product that will be in my booth this weekend at the Heart of the Valley Quilt Show at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, CA this weekend. 

While watching TV the other night I rolled 128 wool fat 1/8's.  These look good enough to eat.

I have 175 patterns and books packed and lots of bundles of other fabric lines that ...

 This past weekend kicked off the start of the quilt show season for us. I was a vendor at the Boundary Bay Quilt Guild's show. 

Here's how we set up the booth.

 Our first quilt show of the year is this Saturday and Sunday. 

So if you are local, come on out and say hi!

Good morning, my friends. It's a good thing I have lots of pictures for you today. We can both just sit back and relax. I did almost nothing yesterday. The day off was very nice, and I'm happy to report my pain level is back to pretty much zero. (At my age, we're not ever quite at zero.) 

The only thing I accomplished yesterday was getting Smitty out for some more Cattucky grass.

The people with the big woofies moved on and so the space beside us was empty. I've realized if I carry him around ...