Nearly all of the 24 of the quilts she showed are really big.
The designs look very complex but when she showed how the blocks fit together they didn't seem so intimidating.
Though I've owned many of her books I admit ...
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Carol Wilhoit was the speaker at the guild meeting Wednesday. Her program spoke right to my scrappy heart.
She mentioned "our" Wanda as the inspiration for the way she selects a range of prints/colors for her quilts.
"Use the good fabric! Don't be afraid to experiment!" she told us. Good advice.
Speaking of range of color, here are the 20 orange Ohio Stars. I'm doing straight sets for each group of blocks in this RSC series so assembly is easy.
There's a community garage sale this weekend. (Many people sign up and they (who?) publish a ...
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It rained Tuesday night. When I went downstairs Wednesday morning to do laundry I found puddles on the basement floor. The culprit was a detached downspout extender. Did I forget to check it after the landscapers did the fall cleanup, or did it fall off sometime afterward? In any event it took two wet-vac tubs full to get all the water. The 1-1/2" and 2" strip bins under the cutting table got wet. The bins themselves are made out of nylon or polyester and they dried fine. I contemplated putting the strips in pillowcases and putting them in the ...
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I trimmed the black-bordered bingo board blocks (say that three times fast) in one kit to 14" and added snowball corners (2" squares). I found a yard-plus of Kona black in my stash (2010 purchase per the note), more than enough for the borders ...
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I didn't realize that it is an art installation. It was created in 1990 by Marcia Weese as an homage to the prairie.
Apparently the intent was to have prairie flowers and grasses in the center, but it hasn't been maintained that way.
There are other sculptures at the marina that I'll need to explore.
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The quilting week began ...
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There was lasagna left over for Stevens to enjoy the next day (and more in the freezer).
The gift card "tree" was actually a picture frame with $300 worth of gift cards. Judy and Dottie are holding it. Dottie's niece was the winner.
We chose "festive food" for the gift exchange. I got a gift certificate to a local bakery cleverly packaged in a holiday mug.
Wednesday: Northern Lake County Quilters Guild holiday dinner. The meal was catered ...
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I've admired Lynn's work since I began reading her blog way back when she and Bonnie Hunter were among the "Quilt Mavericks."
Two members of the McHenry County quilt guild came to sell tickets for their annual raffle. One of them was Sue Daurio, who blogs at Sue Daurio's Quilting Adventures. We've been meaning to meet up for several ...
read moreIt was rummage sale night at the guild meeting on Wednesday. Members could buy tables for $20 and sell quilt-related stuff. I bought a table and a half (Irene shared the other half). I rounded up fabric, books, kits, and notions that I figured I'd never get around to using. I made $135! Less the $30 for the table-and-a-half = $105.
Upper right: strawberries. Middle right: black mustard (an nasty invader). Lower left: puccoon. I haven't identified the other two.
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Our house was built in 1972. When the original owners remodeled the kitchen in 1985 they moved the old cabinets and sink to the basement. The past couple of weeks that double-basin sink has come in very handy. I can do meal prep in the bathrooms (his or mine) but those basins are not convenient for washing dishes.
Below, right, shows the Instant Pot and crockpot on my 44-year-old card table. The microwave is set up in the garage.
The kitchen and dining room walls had been covered in acres and acres and acres of floral wallpaper since 1985. When ...
Diane Murtha presented the program at Wednesday's guild meeting. "Accept the Challenge and Win the Prize" was about all kinds of quilt challenges. There are big-name juried competitions that require entries that interpret a specific topic or that require a particular line of fabric (e.g. the Hoffman Challenge). Some require both (e.g. the Cherrywood Challenge -- one year it was Wicked with a specific Cherrywood acid green; this year it was Prince with a particular purple). There are local challenges (like our guild's Birds of a Feather). A quilting bee or a quilt retreat can include a ...
