Recent Quilt Retreat

Had our semi annual quilting retreat a couple of weeks ago and we had a blast. It is so much fun to get together with friends for nonstop sewing and laughing. There was a huge crowd there and so many pretty quilts and tops to look at. So much inspiration. I can't seem to get my pictures to post tonight. Will try again tomorrow.

Another Knitting Project

This is a Booga Bag that I have been working on. I think it will look great once it's felted. I think I might line this one to have pockets for cell phone, etc.

Knitting projects

My mother and grandmother taught me to knit when I was a little girl, but I haven't knitted anything in a long time. This is a wool felted bag that I made this winter with Noro Kureyon. I just love the colors and how the striping turned out.

One UFO , Now Complete

I started the new year taking a look at my unfinished projects. I had five quilt tops that needed to be quilted and several tops in progress. I knew that I needed to get those tops out of the closet and finished.

This week I finished the quilting on a BOM from 2005. I completed the top on retreat last March and it has sat since then. It is made with Civil War Repros and I added the applique. I like the way it turned out.

I also have started the machine quilting on a Garden Twist quillt. I feel so much better getting these quilts DONE!!!!!

Great American Ballpark

I just wanted to show a picture of me with my family at one of their favorite places....Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. We go to see the Reds every chance we get. This particular game had a rain delay and we later learned that Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, and Dennis Miller were all in attendance. (Part of Hanks celebrating his 50th, he went to several ball parks with his friends.) It was pretty cool, even though we only saw them from a distance.

Dreamin' of a White Christmas

Okay, it looks like I've gotten my holidays mixed up. This is Labor Day weekend and I'm posting Winter/Christmas quilts.
I just finished machine quilting the redwork snowman quilt and I remembered that it's been exactly a year since I started it. I went to a local discount fabric store on Labor Day 2005 and found the red/white snowman fabric. (actually my sister found it for me.) I've worked on it periodically over the year and now it's ready for use.
The other top I'm showing is one of Bonnie Hunter's patterns from www.quiltville.com I think it's called Strip Twist. My sister, mother, and I got together one night, shared our Christmas fabrics, cut the strips, and assembly lined these quilts. It's really a BUSY quilt , but I like it anyway. Now to get it quilted before Christmas.
I haven't posted in a long time, but I do enjoy reading about what everyone else is doing. I really need to get more involved with my posts too.

Twilight Garden

These are blocks I just finished from a 2005 BOM. It is fused and machine appliqued. Don't think I could have done the hand needleturn with these tiny pieces. I used lots of batiks and I love all the bright colors. I need to decide how I want to set them. The original pattern has stars in the sashings that separate the blocks. It won't be very big, but it sure is colorful.

Plaid Stars

Several months ago I started looking for thrift store plaid and striped shirts to do a quilt from Bonnie's site she calls Smokey Mtn. Star. I took them all apart and cut out the pieces I'd need but I didn't start sewing them until a few days ago. I loved making this top! It went together really fast and I double sewed to get the bonus HST's also. I don't think I have any fabric in my stash suitable for the borders so I'll have to purchase it, but I think I'll really like this when it's finished. Very soft!!! And I have tons of fabric left over from the shirts. I told my sister she can have them if she wants to make one.

SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!!

Well, school's out and graduation is over....I've been so busy the last couple of months, that it feels kind of strange to have free time. My son loved his graduation quilt that I gave him with the photos...I'm so glad that I made it. I know he will treasure it for many years.

I'm planning to work on some UFOs now that I'm not working. I also want to get some scrapbooking done. That's another of my expensive hobbies. Oh well, you've got to spend money on something,Right?????

I have a friend who just bought a Pfaff quilting machine. I told her to let me know when she gets it set up...I'd love to see how it works. I don't have room for one, but I know it would be great to have. Maybe then I wouldn't have so many tops in bags and more of them quilted and on a bed!

Here's a picture of my boys..we had a cookout after graduation and he opened some gifts.