Crazy Few Weeks

It's been crazy the last few weeks!!  But after this week-end it will be better.  Please click on the Pumpkin and take a look at the Blog Hop.  I'm up on the 24th and I will have something I hope is special and I'm also doing a GIVEAWAY!!!

Back From Quilt Expo in Madison Wisconsin

I'm going to post some photos today as I am leaving on another trip in a few hours.  This time I'm off to Nashville Tennessee for a four day conference.  Then I'm hopefully home for a while!!  I've really been having fun!

I can't wait to tell you about each of the classes that I was in.  I signed up for 5 and loved them all!!

Here are some photos from the quilt show

 

I did take a class with the quilter of this last photo;  Freida Anderson and she does wonderful work.

 

This is where I'm off to!!  Can't wait to start taking classes on Thursday!!!  Can't wait to see my family!!  I'll post photos on Instagram  judyk2310

Savings Update for Two Weeks

Don't you love the smug look on this cows face?  Well I'm not smug but I wanted to keep updated on my savings.  I didn't post last week as I didn't have any cash so this week I made sure I had cash and I've added $30.00 which bring my total to $104.00 instead of at week 8 it would have been $36.00.  I still think that this is a smart idea so that the back side isn't so costly.

Now I'm going to take this and put it into the bank as I don't like a lot of cash hanging around.  Too tempting!!  Plus I'm going to put it into an account that is seldom used.

I've had a good productive week-end  and I hope you have too!!!

Friday Nite Sew-In

I had started this table runner at the quilt retreat last week-end but now I've finished the top and need to quilt it.  This ended up being 60" long but it's a gift for my sister-in-law and she has a formal dining room so this will be fine on her table.  She loves blue so there is a lot of blue.

 

This is the third result of this runner and the first one is still on my design wall, then instead of the blue between the blocks I cut 2.5x2.5 and sewed those together from the fabrics but after all of that work I did this.

I was able to purchase the blue fabric at the retreat on the clearance table for $3.00 yard!!  It's nice fabric.  The pin wheels are from moda fabric.

Working on drawing on fabric with permanent markers.  I haven't sprayed alcohol on the first photo.

This one I've sprayed with alcohol.  Would anyone like a tutorial on how to do this?

A Christmas pin cushion that needs to be sewed shut.

This is Makla Dubrawsky fabric from Moda and I found this yard this morning.  I did some Internet shopping yesterday and had purchased the jelly roll for this and 2 yards of this fabric.  Then I found that I already had a yard!!  LOL  Does anyone else do that?  She designs my favorite fabric and when you see these colors in person they are amazing!!  My colors!!  The big quilt that I finished a couple of posts back is the first line she did for Moda.  My friend Suzy did a quilt last week-end with the first line of fabric.  Nice to have a friend who has the same taste in fabric as you!!

I feel this has been a productive Sew-In and I'm going to be in a Blog Hop in September over at

http://sunshineintheattic.blogspot.com/2013/08/quilts-in-pumpkin-patch-blog-hop.html
There is a button to click on in the top left of this page.
I think that my day is the 24th and I will have a give away to sign up for then.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day/evening!!!!

Friday Night Sew In

Sign up to be part of the Sew In tonight!! 

Go to the link below -

http://sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com/2013/08/fnsi-sign-ups.html

I'm getting ready to work on some projects and I'd love to see what you are doing.

I've posted this before but I needed some photo for here. 

 

Check back tomorrow and see what I did tonight!!

 

Quilting Retreat Blog III

Here is my quilt that is like Suzy's except we have different designs.  The pattern is called "Dream Weaver" that was used.

This is the quilt top that I made with a layer cake.  I cut the white out myself but I think it turned out very nice.  I don't know what I'm going to do with it.  I may sell it once the quilting is completed.

This is my pin cushion and I marked on it with a fabric pen.  I may make another one.

This is Suzy's thing and I gave her a couple of book marks that I had hand dyed the fabric.  The pin cushion for her has a little hanger and I pined it on with a Laurel Burch cat pin.  She's a dog person but she'll have to be happy with the cat!!

Here's a close up of the pin cushion and I sewed two buttons together with black thread to help it look like a flower.  I had these pretty pins and added them.  I had to bring this home to finish up so she won't see it until tomorrow night at quilting.

This is the quilt from the first photo.  I love love this quilt.  The fabric is Moda and I purchased 12 half yeards on E-Bay.  This is somewhat like a log cab in how you make the blocks.  The one that Suzy did of this pattern had identical blocks.  But of course I had to change some things.  LOL

I still am working on a table runner for my sister-in-law as a thank you gift for having me come in September and stay with them for a week.  That will be when I go to Quilt Expo.

 

Did anyone hear that there will be no International Quilt Show in Cincinnati???  I knew they had some problems with the facility but it was an hour and a half away from me.  I guess it will all be at Chicago so that is 4 - 4.5 hours away.  I like to go to Chicago also. 

I want to go to Houston just one time!!! 

 

This is my 225th post.  I will look at a give away for the next post so come back for details.