Boy, I have been chasing myself around like a nut on fire! Last week I took a class with Bonnie Hunter (I should have been working, but I needed a break) with my quilting friend, Carole. We made the quilt called Pineapple Blossom, that you can find on Bonnie's blog, Quiltville's Quips and Snips. I had most of the body of the quilt finished in class and finished the borders after work on Sunday. I got it quilted and sewed the binding down during Downton Abbey. The photo is below.
I saw the knee doctor about my gel shots and he said they have been ordered but haven't come in yet. I guess I'm okay with that, but disappointed I won't have had them before the February retreat. I will have to settle for a no-pain quilt show instead!
I have been working along on Bonnie's yearly mystery quilt which isn't a mystery since everyone else seems to have finished theirs! The part 4 HSTs are done and need to be made into a zillion pinwheels. Part 5 looks a little intimidating, but I am determined to finish this quilt. Tomorrow is a sewing day, so we'll see how much progress I have made!
Meanwhile, I quilted another quilt for a customer, custom quilted two pillow shams for another, made a giant pot of vegetable soup (with alphabet noodles for fun) and made a batch of cookies for guild tonight. I will be giving a talk and demonstration of the judging process. (scribing, fanning and running; there's no real running involved, but I do love the name of this task!)
I think after that, I'll be pooped and ready to go to bed.
Hey, I also forgot to show you my quilt for the 'Black and White with a Splash of Color' guild challenge. I used loads of rick rack, yo-yos and buttons. It's called Black and White and Plaid All Over. Oops! Beeper went off. Back to work!!
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| Bonnie Hunter gave a swell talk on scrap quilting |
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| My quilt from class...really scrappy!! |
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A close-up of the blocks. Next time I will have just one color for the chains,
they turned out really hard to distinguish in the pattern. |
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| My back include the bonus blocks made when adding the triangles to the block corners |
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| Here, you can see them better |
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| Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (not made into pinwheels yet) for the mystery quilt |
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I had to make one block just to see how it's gonna look. The other block (it's a 2 block quilt)
needs parts 4 and 5 before I can make one. Boo hoo. |
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| This is part 5 |
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This is the second block and the finished quilt layout.
I still have a lot of work to do. |
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| Black and white and plaid all over quilt |
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| Rick rack, yo-yos and buttons, oh my! |
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| I love the zingy backing fabric! |
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| A full gallon of home made vegetable soup. Yum. |
