Embroidery, and Rehabilitation

A beautiful quilt deserves a beautiful label.  The label turned out beautiful for fellow quilt guild member Susie.  She asked me to make this label for her award winning quilt.  The Blue Jay details are so realistic.

Embroidered Label

4 weeks post TPOL surgery

My baby is recovering slowly, and that's just what the doctor ordered.  Mostly very little activity for my girl.  Leash walks out to the backyard for potty breaks, and then in her doggie play pen for the rest of the day.  Once we reach week 6 she will be able to walk two fifteen minutes walks.  Once in the am and once in the pm.  It's hard thinking that my dog ever thinks like a human (me, human) .  I have to watch her every waking moment.  She will revert to her old dog habits in the blink of an eye if I let her.  She only wants to take care of her pack, but for now her human MUST take care of her.  

Until next time, happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

A quilt show and some good old fashioned inspiration

A quilt show and some beautiful quilts equal some good old fashioned inspiration.  This past Friday me and my friend Rosa headed out early to Columbia, Md for Milltown Quilters of Columbia's quilt show.  https://milltownquilters.com/quilt-show/  The quilts were amazing, the vendors were great, and "fellow guild member" Barbara Dahlberg's lecture, and trunk show "My Journey to Art Quilting" was full of inspiration.  Here is a link to Barbara's website. http://www.barbarasartquilts.com

Quilt Ikebana

Barbara's "King" 

Quilt Ikebana is a class Barbara is offering in June that I want to take.  Her "King" quilt, and "Dinner Conversation" were two of my favorites.  Barbara had a lot of beautiful art quilts, and lots of quilting tips.  I loved how she put a flange on most of her quilts.  

Dinner Conversation

T-Shirt Quilt #!

This T-Shirt quilt isn't like any t-shirt quilt I have ever seen, and I like it.  (A Lot!)  And the next t-shirt quilt is nice too.  I really like the rounded corners.

T-Shirt Quilt #2

These were just two of my favorites that really stood out in my mind for future reference.  Idea's are bubbling in my brain, hopefully I'll have a finish to show next time I blog.  

Happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Sunday Fun

A typical Sunday started this morning with CBS Sunday Morning.  A Sunday morning "thing" my man and I have enjoyed for many years, and during the program one of us fixes breakfast.  Today after the program we went for a bike ride.

Check out my Sugar Skull bike!

After our ride, off to DD#2's house for a baby gender reveal party.  (todays generation can not be surprised)  A Grand Baby of either sex is very exciting, and we are looking forward to another baby in the family no mater what the sex is.

Another Baby Boy!

Congratulations to my baby girl and her man.  She's having his baby.

Happy sewing, happy piecing,

Sheila

That time of year

The Southern Comforters Quilt Guild of Bowie is having their annual quilt show this weekend.

So if you're local stop by and check us out.

The Guilds Lovely Raffle Quilt is "Friends In My Garden"
by Jane McKinley and Guild members

Dates:
Saturday, March 25th - 10am - 5pm & Sunday, March 26th - 11am - 4pm
Location:
Samuel Ogle Middle School
4111 Chelmont Lane - Bowie, MD 20715

Admission: $10, $1 off with canned good donation

Appraiser: Phyllis Hatcher - AQS certified quilt appraiser. Phyllis appraises new, vintage, antique and art quilts; and offers lectures and workshops.

Vendors: - AtMyOwnPaceCreations - Hoppin Bobbin - Aberdeen, MD - Lavender Lane Farm of Maryland - Mad Mud Studio - Bowie, MD - Monarch Scents - Crofton, MD - National Junior Honor Society at Samuel Ogle Middle School - Bowie, MD - Quilting Affection Designs - Waldorf, MD - Say it With Applique - Westminster, MD - SESART and Design - Aberdeen, MD - SpringWater Designs - Columbia, MD - Superb Sharpening - Huntingtown, MD - Sweet Pea & Roses - The Cloth Peddler, Stephens City, VA - The Fabric Peddler, Upper Marlboro, MD - Undiscovered Treasures - Burke, VA

Demonstrations: Saturday: - 11:00 Misty Cole - Innovative Applique - 12:00 Debbi Carter - T-Shirt Quilt - 1:00 Barbara Dahlberg - Art Quilting 101 - 2:00 Charlotte Kielszek - 10 Things Your Longarm Quilter Wants You to Know - 3:00 Pat Scully - Leaders and Enders: Never Break the Chain Sunday: - 12:00 Margy Hill - Correcting Paper Pieced Mistakes - 1:00 Karen Todd - How School Glue Can Help with Your Quilting - 2:00 Trish Rader - Thread Painting

Happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Test Quilting

Sew I'm helping out a friend, piecing a quilt top from batiks.  She has an Etsy shop, and is offering customer's who buy a yard of fabric each month, pieces of batiks to complete a quilt top.  I agreed to piece a top for her to have a sample to show her customer's on her blog.
https://pinkyscotton.wordpress.com

Pinky's Cotton Pattern

On my design wall Sunflower

I'm not sure about this, but it's what I came up with.  I think I'll add a wide 6inch border, and maybe some appliqué leaves to make it look like a sunflower.  The picture below is what I originally had on my design wall.

The pattern was looking like a question mark? 

Anyway, the pattern says "Our pattern is one example for the layout of your quilt blocks.  If you want to stray from this pattern layout and form your own placement pattern, your quilt will be fine".  So that's my Sunflower, and I hope Marcia likes what I came up with.  Until next time, happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

3/12/17: Adding a link to Marcia's Etsy Shop  

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PinkysCotton

Raffle Quilt

Here we go!  Spending time with a friend, co-worker, and fellow quilt guild member Rosa to sell raffle tickets.  We headed out at 9:30am to Village Quilters of Catonsville.  http://villagequiltersmd.com

Southern Comforters of Bowie Raffle Quilt 2017

Village Quilters of Catonsville were having member "yard sales".  Members had sewing notions, threads, fabrics, books, and other goodies.  Much control was in need for me, (blinders, please) after all, I work at a quilt shop, and I have a lot of UFO's (unfinished Objects) in my sewing room.  I'm trying to control myself, and move fabric out instead of into my sewing room!

My yard sale purchases

I did buy these two books, happy, happy dance going on here!

After selling tickets for a couple of hours, we headed to Columbia, for lunch at Jimmy Johns, and Spring Water Designs Quilt shop. Because, after all that control, I'm collecting batiks for a quilt I want to make!  (I know! LOL!)  http://www.springwaterdesigns.com/#carousel-1567190

My batiks

This is what I have so far, (purchased at the shop I work at, and Spring Water Designs)  I still need about 12-15 more pieces.  Most of these, and the one's I still need are small cuts.  Less than a yard, or a fat quarter or a fat eighth.  I will have more on this project at a later date.

Until then, happy piecing, happy sewing,
Sheila

A new project and a new technique

Crosswalk Placemats and Tablerunner pattern by Laurie Shifrin Designs is my current quilt project.  Smaller is what I'm thinking so I can add some finishes to my list. I also like the technique of sewing 2 1/2in strips together, and then cutting the piece up and rearranging the pieces for a whole new look.

Tabler runner 

So here is what I have so far.  I'm not totally feeling it.  Mine don't seem as random, maybe I should have turned the pieced strips around?  Oh well, I have eight placemats with one sewn together, and seven down on my design "floor" waiting for me to sew them together.  Practice makes perfect.  One can only hope...

Happy piecing, happy sewing,
Sheila