WPT Quilt Expo 2017

September 9, 2017
Alliant Energy Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Hello Blog Friends,

I've been working on some smaller projects and will share those with you next post.   This past weekend, I visited the WPT Quilt Expo in Madison.  Here are some of my favorites:

 Abstract Autumn

 Chasin' Rainbows.  I love the unusual edge.

Chasin' Rainbows Detail 

Hourglass 

Victorian Ladies.  These blocks are all hand embroidered. 

 Vintage Farm Girl.  Totally Cute!

 A Glimpse Through the Lattice - Cattails.  

Lattice detail.  The squares (center of lattice) were fused in place.

Til next time...

WINTER QUILT SHOW WEST BEND

Hello Blogger friends,

I am still busy working away on my scrapping projects, but nearing completion even as I write this post.   I took a few hours this past weekend to attend the Winter Quilt Show at the Washington County Fairgrounds in West Bend.  It was a one-day show on Saturday.  Here are some of my favorites:

 Modern style.

A very detailed and well done art piece. 

 This is just plain cool.

This one was made from hand embroidery pieces.  It is a multi-generational pieces, using work from both the maker's mother and herself.  A very unique way to showcase the pieces.

 This crazy quilt was very well done.  The fabric and hand stitching was reminiscent of crazy quilts from the 1890's-1900's.

 I love the simplicity of this design.

 Love this Charlie Brown shirt.  The quilting really made the quilt!

And what would be more fitting for a quilt show in Wisconsin...a Green Bay Packers tshirt quilt.  Love it!


My blog post next week will feature an update on the scrapping projects I'm working on.  Till then...

Quilt Show and UFO's

Hello Blog Friends,

Here I am, checking in with a good report!  Last weekend I:  machine hemmed two pair of jeans (the curse of being short), finished two UFO's, and attended a local quilt show.

I attended the Darting Needles Biennial Quilt Show in Appleton over the weekend.  Here are a few of my favorites:

 Love this wall art piece.

 This one won Viewer's Choice.

 A unique shape.

My favorite block...the Dresden Plate.

One of the UFO's I finished was this book of quotes.  (I first showed you this back in May of 2015.)  The overall size is 6" x 7", but each of the pages has a different edge contour.  I made this for my friend and former boss, who has both MS and also had a recent bout with cancer.  I filled this book with inspirational poems and sayings, and I hope it gives her some comfort in days and years to come.  It is a Close to My Heart product (retired), and I used all scrap papers.  The sayings are printed, stamped, or a sticker of some sort.  This will be a Christmas/Farewell/Remember Me gift.   Here is a look at some of the pages:

 The front cover.

My friend has a very deep faith.  I chose to include several bible passages, too.

It was a good weekend.  Next post...A Pillowcase Party!  Till then....

Catching Up...

Hello Blog Friends,

I've been busy, busy these past few weeks...work, quilt show, scrapping projects.

Let's start with work.  Things were hectic the first few weeks in September.  I officially retired on Sept. 22, so there was quite a bit of training my replacement and last minute details to take care of.  And then, of course, there was the farewell lunch party at work.  Here is my new hat:

Quilt Show.  I recently attended the WPT Quilt Expo in Madison, WI.  Here are some of my favorites:

Scrapping Projects.  In the span of just two weeks, I made two smaller memory books.  This one is for my boss, Lynn, who was 50 in August.  She also has some serious health issues, so we girls tried to make the best of things and throw her a little surprise party.  We decorated her office, got a cake for the whole office to share, and even threw in a nice little gift.  I wanted her to remember the good feelings from that day, hence the scrapbook.  This is made with a 6" x 6" accordion book from Close to My Heart.  Here are a couple of pages from this book:

I'll detail the other book in my next post.  Till then...

I'M BACK, WHAT A SPRING!

Hello Blog Friends!  

I hope you haven't given up on me!  It's been a heck of a spring!  I'll try to be brief while I catch you up on what's been happening in my life.   

Since I wrote to you last:

• I've been on a scrapbooking retreat.
• I've sewn 20+ pillowcases.
• I've been to Colorado.
• I've made 2 six-page scrapbooking layouts.
• I've made 2 throw pillows.
• I've been to a quilt show.
• I have 1 quilt top ready for quilting.
• My husband and I have been to 4  plays (local community theater).
• The construction season has begun, and I'm working 45 - 50 hours/week now.

Whew!  That's quite a list.

Here's a fun pic from the scrapbooking retreat:  

Here's the pile of pillowcases, along with some of my favorites.

Here I am with Denis and Mom at Loveland Pass, just west of Denver on U.S. 6.  Denis, my brother and I traveled there to scatter our mother's ashes high in the mountains.  Elevation 11,990 ft..  

Here are some photos from the 2016 Evergreen Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay).  These are the ones we liked the best.

 I love this one, it is a landscape of National Parks:

 This next one is a "Slice" quilt.  You take a picture or drawing, cut it into slices, then each quilter makes her slice, then you join them all up again.  A great group project.  

More next post on the scrapping layouts I've created.  See you then!

Sun Prairie Quilt Show

Hello Blog Friends,

Denis and I took a day off work and visited Sun Prairie, just east of Madison.  We attended the Sun Prairie Quilt Show on Monday, March 8.  Here are some favorites:

"My Colorwheel" by Donna Willadsen.  2nd Place Ribbon

"Celtic Circles" by Karen Capps.  1st Place Ribbon

"Maggie's Birth Quilt" by Joanie Zeier Poole.  2nd Place

After the quilt show, we had lunch in Sun Prairie and took a look at their downtown.  Here's the highlights:

 

Historical Marker.  Artist Georgia O'Keefe was born in Sun Prairie.

This water tower was built in 1899 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

A totally fun day!