International Quilt Festival Cincinnanti Ohio 2013 Blog A

This is Poky Bolton from Quilting Arts TV show with me on day 2

This is a look from the 3rd floor window of the floor about the time they opened the doors on Saturday Morning

Poky on Thursday evening for The Iron Competition

This quilt was about memories of growing up in the 50's and the more you looked the more items you found.  It was a stroll down memory lane for my friends and meI as well as a lot of others that were there.  This did win a first prize and it is an amazing quilt.  Too bad I'm not a great photographer!!

This quilt was another memory and the person that made it did not have a photo of her father so this is what she remembers.

Another memory quilt and it was very well done.  Another photo below.

 

Memories of going to the grandparents home

A sister and brother.  This was a wonderful quilt of the maker and her brother as children.  She was selling it and we were surprised at that as it seems like a family heirloom

Beautiful quilt, loved the fabrics and the photo below shows the binding

Art Quilt

I loved these houses and all the colors

I liked this quilt

This bird was amazing and the quilting was something else.  I kept looking and looking at what an amazing job she did on the quilting.  The colors and piecing were wonderful!!

The show had about 500 quilts but it was not as large as last year and there were not as many art quilts.  The crowd seemed lighter but I was down there at odd times since I took TWO classes.  I will do a whole post on the classes as I loved them both but the one was amazing!!!  I wish I could take classes more often.

We met a lot of people from Canada, Holland, and all over the US.  It's wonderful how friendly quilters are but then we have soooo much to share. 

A LOT of raw edge applique.

Back soon with more photos!!

 

Shopping & New Project

Two Jelly Rolls of Heather Bailey Fabric  - I got these on Missouri Quilt Co. Daily Deals

We went on a Shop Hop a few weeks ago and the above and following are some of the things I bought

This a Malka Dubrasky(sp?) fabric and I love her designs.  I have a quilt that I just got back from the quilters with her first line of fabric for Moda.  I'll show you that quilt and another soon.

Cat fabric  (some of this is for my granddaughter)

I'm helping to build her stash.

This is a Monet Panel called "Tribute to Monet" for Exclusively Quilter.

Monet is my favorite so I bought this panel.  They had fabric to match but I didn't purchase any.

The above and following is from this fabric that I guess is like post cards.  Not sure what I'll do with it but had to have it!!

This is a new easy quilt I've started.  I was hoping that our quilting group would want to do something simple and the same pattern for summer.  They only work on their stuff when we meet on Monday nights so I don't know.  Oh we've made a purse the last two weeks and it has been fun.  I'll have to remember to show you mine soon.

 

On Thursday we go to the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati Ohio.  We are taking classes and maybe I told you this already but I'm telling everyone several times a day!!  Very excited and have most everything packed!!!! 

I hope to have lots of photos for you and I'm wondering if I'll see Pokey Bolton again.  I am a fan of her show Quilting Arts on PBS. 

We are having amazing weather - the heat is off and the windows are open.  There is nothing like good fresh air!!  I'm taking extra allergy meds but I don't care.  I want to hang sheets out on the line.  I love love getting into bed with clean sheets that have dried on the line!  Anyone else like that?

Be back soon and I hope with loads of photos!!!!

April Fools Day & Making Purses

This is a baby quilt that I finished the top of and now I need to sandwich it and I think that I'll hand quilt it.

Another purse from left overs - Love it!

This is a big bag that I put lots of pockets in and I'm going to use it to carry big rulers and sewing items on Monday's as we have quilting and I need to take a photo of it finished!!

These three photos are what it looked like last Monday morning!

I took a photo of this bag and as you can see it is very long.  I love love this fabric and I still have a couple of yards left for other projects.

This is a needle thingy out of the scraps and I used selvages for the ties.  I also made a big pin cushion but I guess I didn't take a photo.

I've wanted to make bags forever but I have just been scared so I happened to watch Jenny Doan's YouTube video on making bags and it all clicked.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7i6Wrl4rZ8

 

I really like Jenny's videos and she has a lot of them.  Hope this will help others who like me are scared of something that turned out to be so easy!!

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Quilt Top Completed & What Happened To Spring

This is the start of my latest quilt top as I found these blocks that I had done several years ago so I added two more rows to make a full size bed quilt.

I wanted to pull the yellow out as there are a lot of darks since this is batiks so I used this batik yellow that has a lot of the colors in it.  I like it because it is me but I don't think most people would like it.  Maybe I'm wrong but this is going to be an every day quilt so it doesn't matter and also it's an old UFO that is close to being completed.  I will send it off to the quilters soon but I need a backing and it may be muslin since it's not a "special" quilt.  What do you think?

The block above and below are two of my favorites since they have cats on them.  I sure wish I could find these fabrics.  I collect cat fabric.

Another shot of the quilt on my design wall.  It wasn't up there for long as it gets heavy for the flannel.

The next two photos are what is happening here at this time.  It started by sleeting and then went to snow.  They are predicting 6" - 10" and it is to snow all night and most of tomorrow.  When I look out my window at the moment there is a huge tree about a block or so that I can usually see plainly that is like in a fog from where the snow is falling so heavily.

April will be here soon and I'm gearing up for the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati and I'm taking Machine Quilting for Fraidy Cats on Thursday afternoon and then on Friday I have an all day class Fabric Painting Master Class and Cindy Walter is the instructor.  I'm looking forward to the painting class the most.  The machine quilting is for little stuff so that I can do that better but the large quilts will still go to my quilter.

 

Anyone going to this that would like to meet up there for the fun of it?  I have two friends that will be going with me and last year we met people from all over and even from Canada.  The Canadians have to spend a fortune for fabric so they come to the states for it.  They come on bus trips and it sounds like they have a blast!!

 

I might mess with fabric a little more and go to bed early to start a new book.  I've had my granddaughters here the last couple of days and I don't get to go to bed early and read when they are here.  I must stay in the same room with them! LOL  I love them but they can wear me out and they are 13 and 12!  Eventually they may not want me in the room at all so I guess I better appreciate it while I can.  I did get some crocheting and embroidery work done.  I'm working on a red work quilt.

 

Guess I better go as I'm very gabby so have a great evening or day!!

Quilt Show From Last Fall

These are some quilts from the local guild that have a show about every three years.  I think I enjoyed this show more than I did the one in Bloomington.  I know some of the quilts are side ways and sorry about that.

Two friends and I went on a Shop Hop on Wednesday and we hit 3 states and 6 shops.  We would have missed the last one but they had been busy and were still open.  It was the first time we had done this and there was a lot of driving but we had fun.  We know which ones we would go back to and that's the real friendly ones where people want to help you.  The place in Burlington KY we would not go back to.  Cute shop but we didn't feel welcome and that means a lot.  Quilters are usually the friendliest people!!  The shop was cute but no going back!!!

If you've never done a shop hop then I would recommend it.  Lots of different fabric in each place and lots of laughing - oh LUNCH - that's important also!!!

Does anyone have spring weather?  Still cold in Indiana and a dusting of snow yesterday morning.  My granddaughters are coming tonight for a couple of days and I hope the little one can keep working on her cat quilt that she has started.  She doesn't know it but I've been buying cat fabric for her as her birthday is coming up.  The girl needs to start out early with a stash!!!

See you soon!!