I’m not participating in the shop hop, but I did stop by my LQS today. They said this years hop is going great. We’re having wonderful weather here, so I’m sure that helps.  My sister and niece just happened to come in the shop while I was there, so I visited with them  for a while. Now it’s back home and get some work done. It’s almost too nice outside to go downstairs and quilt, but I will anyway. Here is this years shop hop quilt for Quilters Quarters.  (Since I quilted it,  it’s ...

I was checking out the new i pads on the internet a couple days ago and when I googled the i pad, I found some auction sites. Not like ebay where you just bid, but these are sites that you have to buy bids. One of them charges $1.00 per bid. They started bidding on an i pad today at 2:00. Here it is  9:00 tonight, and they are still bidding. The price now is at $26.68.  Each bid the price goes up  a penny. That means that they have made $2,668.00 so far ...

I finished the remaining blocks and now I have the first 3 rows pieced. There are 7 rows total, so I’m almost halfway done with the rows. Then to sew the rows together and add the borders. After 9 years, maybe I’ll finish it soon!! LOL!!!

My friend Sharon and I have been asked to do a program in June on mystery quilts, so that’s why I’m trying to finish this top. I have 2 mysteries that needed borders (did those last week), and one more that I need to finish the center and then piece ...

My favorite books to read are mystery books. So I guess that’s part of why I love mystery quilts. I started out doing mystery quilts on the internet. I found different sites that offered them and I would follow along each week, doing the steps as they were posted. I had fun! I was always anxious to get the next clue. One of my favorites was a tessalations pattern. I could not, I repeat “could not” figure out what the quilt was going to look like, even after I had all the blocks made. Anyway, it ended up being ...

I made it to my LQS today. Signed up for this years Saturday sampler BOM and picked out fabric for my guilds BOM. I’m using black for my background fabric and I chose batik fabrics for the blocks. I can hardly wait to start on it!!!

Theresa

Well, I have a happy husband at the moment! He got some chains for his tractor tires, so he’s off to clear the driveway!!! I’ll be happy too, once he’s done, because my car can’t get out and I need to go to my LQS in the morning for the monthly Saturday sampler block!
I’ve been happy all week just staying home inside the house sewing and quilting, but now it’s time to go spend some money at the LQS! I have to get fabric for a BOM that we are doing at my ...

Look what my neighbor just brought over! Fresh, warm, straight out if the oven, Amish friendship bread! You’ll have to take my word on the fact that it’s delicious. I just hope I don’t eat it all before my husband gets a piece!!!! LOL!!!!

I’ve started working on the Lock in quilt for this year. I think this years quilt is awesome!! I hope it looks as good made up as it does printed out on paper! Anyway, I’m working on making hour glass blocks and I thought I’d share a tip. I don’t like making a single line and then sewing 1/4″ on each side, so I use the ruler thing to mark both lines and then sew on the lines. I’m using black as my background fabric so trying to mark both dark and light fabrics ...

Well, here it is the New Year of 2010. I’ve been thinking back over the past year and things that happened in the last 12 months. Some of it has been great and then there is of course the bad memories of 2009. It’s been 11 months today that my Floyd lost his life to an asthma attack. I still think about him daily. I’m still working on the quilt top that I’m naming after him too. (the snails trail one) I am at least to the point of just needing to sew the borders on ...

Well it’s been awhile since I’ve written on here. My nephew Danny won the modified championship at Lakeside! Way to go Dan!!!! Discovery channel was finished with their filming and had left town but they came back to film the last night, so that in case Dan won, they’d have it for the show.

We had demo night at guild last week, there were 4 stations set up, hand embroidery.

Fabric painting.

Paper piecing.

And Paper piecing a log cabin. Of course, that picture doesn’t want to show up here. hmmm.  Oh well, Doris was showing ...

Well, I played around with a few different border ideas for the snails trail quilt. I have 6 different ones here. Which one should I go with?

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This border would not be pink, I’m just showing the design. I’m not sure what color I would go with, if I choose this one.

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Same with this one, I don’t think I would use turquoise. But you can see the design.

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Well? What do you think? Do any of these add pizazz?

Theresa

After the shipping of the quilt and dealing with an ungrateful lady  this past week, (no matter what I did, she wasn’t happy) anyway, I was needing a good weekend and that’s what I got!! Saturday, I had lunch with my friend Pam and we went up to our guilds quilt show and to the LQS. I had a surprise for Pam and I was dyeing to give it to her. I hate waiting for things. LOL!!! Anyway, there is a new book out (I think it’s new anyway) that is based on the designs of the ...

I went by the place that shipped my quilt last week and asked why the original box was cut down and placed inside another box. The guy told me that because of the amount that I insured it for, they are required to double box it, with packaging in between the boxes. That explains the peanuts! Anyway, I told the guy what I went through and he felt so bad! I told him about my name needing to be on the outside of the box and why. He said he saw my name and figured it would be ok since ...

Those of you that have shipped a quilt somewhere, do you worry about it while it’s in route? You know, that worry that something might happen to it before it arrives at it’s destination? Or that it doesn’t arrive at it’s destination? Well, let me share my heart stopping experience with you……………………….

My friend Doris and I entered her quilt into the Innovations quilt show. It was time to send the quilt, so I went over to Doris’ house and we folded the quilt, placed it inside white plastic bags with the paperwork showing, so that ...