March 6, 2011

The new year is in and I am dragging behind. I have a couple of UFO that I have started but just like all quilters I started them and put them on the back burner. One UFO that I started is a Hexagon Quilt and the other is a cute little baby quilt with circles. Hopefully I will be able to post them in there beginning stage in a few days.

During the week end of March 4, I attended a Quilt Show with my friend Mary of Island Quilts in Fernandina Beach, Fla. it was small but nice little quilt show with lots of talent displayed. I was blown over by this one quilter. I did get to meet her and believe it or not she was just a little thing but boy did she pack a lot of talent in the quilts that she quilted.

Happy Quilting my Fellow Quilting Friends

Hot Pinks

Are these some beautiful colors or what? I thought so my self. I think I am getting addicted to this fabric dyeing. Now, out to buy more muslin.....

Turquoise Fat Quaters

The start of a new project "Fabric Dyeing" the first batch that I dyed was a very lite or baby blue. This is my second batch with the same color dye, which is Turquoise. This second batch came out a lot better than the first batch, but I still can use them.

Tomorrow new color will be Fuchsia Red, WOW!!. I'll post my new stash as I go along. The camera didn't do the turquoise color justice.

This quilt belongs to "Cuz" but not really. It's an inside story that I would hate to let out.

Wedding Memories

My friend MoRonica wanted me to take her wedding dress and make something that she could keep. So we decided to make a pillow and a quilt with the fabric from the dress. This is the pillow I made and used the lace to embellish the pillow with. I then use some of the fabric here you see in the quilt (white blocks)and replaced the pearls from the dress in the center of the white blocks. On the bottom of the quilt I used the embroidery machine to add the couple's name and wedding date.

Sunday Go To Meeting Hats(ufo)

Growing up in Georgia and going to church with my Grandma, I remember the Sunday Go To Meeting hats. There were big, bright and decorated with lace, beads, feather and flowers and everything else you can think of. We would go to church on Sunday morning and stay for 1st, 2nd and sometimes 3rd churxh services. Every Thrusday nite was Prayer Meeting nite and when that was over we would always stop by "Mr. Butcher Shop" that what it was called "Butcher Shop". Were the community met every weekend and every Sunday was the biggest day of the weekend. There was lots to do after the Sunday Go To Meeting in the little olde town of Tarboro, GA

Declaration of Independence

This is a fabric copy of the "Declaration of Independence" it's not quilted as of yet and I am not sure if I want to hand quilt it or just place it in a frame.

this just happen to be a baby size kit that I found in the dresser that I purchased from some where some time ago. This quilt has given me a chance to work on my points, I think I did okay. I do have another one to practice on so hopefull my points and 1/4 seams will be perfect after all this work.

Easy As ABC

This is a version of the quilt "Easy As ABC" taken from the June 07 American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine.

The picture on top is a wall hanging called "Lattice Logs" using half log cabins. This pattern can be found in the book Half Log Cabin Quilts by Sharyn Craig, quilted by Island Quilts. The picture below is one of the pictures I used in the Memory Quilt, featured is baby Dyllan's(1 lb. 4oz.) little hand being held by her mother.