Jane told us that she acquired the blocks just the hexagon shape.
She added the plain coloured
triangles and centres and the border.
Eleanor Burns Pattern
Friendship blocks likely for a wedding
Sugar and flour sack quilt
Looks familiar but don't know pattern.
Also made with polyester knit and backed with
a curtain
This quilt was made from donations blocks given to
Jane in her outgoing President year. She made up
tea groups around vintage doilies. This one is Gorgeous
Drunkards Path?
Made from cigar box flag inserts
Grandmother's Flower Garden
Cheddar and Blue
Tea Towel Quilt
Cathedral Window made of crimpilene and corduroy
Jane is a past president of the Mississauga Quilt Guild. She brought her quilts to the Lakefield Farmers Market. They were hung on a clothesline strung between the trees. It was beautiful.
Quilt Canada was in May, and I was too busy playing Cityville to keep up with my Blog. However I should tell you we had a great time. The Quilts were amazing. No Photo's were allowed but I think you can look on the CQA web site.
I had a great time with my friends whom I had not seen since my time in Barrie we had a lovely meal brought by them (Lasagna, salad, fruit etc) and we sat around our apartment and talked.
My friend Kelly and I took two classes during the week there and left quite a bit of money at the merchant mall.
London, On is consider the city of trees, so that was the theme and logo of the show. The organizing committee sent out a call for leaf bowls. The plan was to have one for each delegate. There was a pattern available, sent to the member and all of the guilds. Now keep in mind that they often have difficulty getting enough of these items. They were hoping for 400 and stopped counting when they reached 1500. WOW!
Mary, Kelly, Myself and Margaret
One of the classes
Close up
Leaf Bowl with Goodies
All of my Friends in Stitches
Stage prepped with extra leaf bowls and quilt made by one member of Dala who performed for us on the night of the Gala
Morning all, I am here in the land of the pouring rain. First few weeks of this summer have been sweltering, mostly have the A/C on all of the time, which I hate. Now we are having lots and lots of rain which we need. I have been working on putting together a little quilt for my church group. We meet every Thursday and hand quilt. I can attest to the fact that it is so relaxing and fun to see and gab with the other ladies. Here is in EQ design. It is not my preference, but the person for whom we are making this quilt. I am in the throws of piecing all of the blocks and sashing together. Not a job that I love but I was elected.
Anyway today is hubby's birthday and we have had our breakfast and I have lavished him with all of this presents. Mom is taking us out to dinner tonight. It is a 100 mile dinner put on by some local chefs as a kick off for the our annual Peterborough Exhibition . Hopefully it will be lots of good food and drink.
I have to admit that I have been addicted to the games on facebook. It all started last Christmas with Cityville, then escalated to start back on Farmville, then Frontierville, then English Farmville and then Empire and Allies. The bottom line is that I was spending more time on the computer then I was at my favorite pastime quilting. Anyway I am back know and hope I will have lots to share in the next while. For now I need help. I am new to this new blogger and I have a problem. While I am typing this draft I find that the toolbar at the top of the page is almost completely covered by the page that you type on. Any idea's on how to fix this. I won't be able to post any photos at this rate.
My Guild was having a show this past weekend. Kawartha Quiltmakers. There was a fabric challenge where you were to make a mini quilt no more than 20X20 using some of the fabric in the challenge ( the beige with the leaves, butterflies and bumble bees). The theme was "Memories in Stitches".
I lost my dear little brother when he was almost seven. I wanted to make a small crazy quilt in his honour.
I "like" my piece but I don't "love" it. I used the fabulous book by Allie Aller as a guide to developing my piece but I didn't leave myself enough time to study it during the process.
I think that if I had it up on a design wall I would have seen that it needed, and planned it out better I like the upper right corner where the fabric curves and i think that I should have continued on in that theme. Also I should have used a stabilizer under the photo collage, is to loosey goosey.
I would appreciate all of the feedback you can provide me so that I can get better at this.
Tomorrow I will put some photo's up of the show.
Last Thursday I had a marvellous day, one I hope will be the first of many. I decided to join the ladies at my church who Quilt every Thursday. They begin about 9:30 and go until about 3:00 pm. What a wonderful time we had sitting around the frame chatting and stitching, sometimes saying nothing at all.
Just before lunch one of the ladies got up and went into the kitchen. She made, tea set out real plates mugs, milk jug, sugar bowl and plates of cheese, pickles and celery. All we had to do was to bring our own sandwich from home. She also put our a large plate of cookies for after our lunch. Three cups of tea later she cleaned up while the rest of resumed our place at the frame. It sure felt wonderful, a very relaxing day.
In another couple of weeks I will begin a parade of classes. The the first is a two day class at my local Quilt Shop on using EQ7. Tangled Threads owner Mary's significant other is a bit of a techy and he is going to lead us in a two day workshop. I am so looking forward to that.
Then I have a another two day workshop with Renske Helmuth on Orchids and Sashiko. The first picture is a photo of my orchid at home. I thought I would use these colours for my piece. The second is a photo of the Renske's class sample. Gorgeous!
Also I have just received my supply lists for the two classes I have signed up for at Quilt Canada in London, Ont. in May 2011. So looking forward to that. If any of you are also attending I would love to meet you there.
Today we had a new Washer and Dryer delivered and set up. Our old pair were getting on to 30 years old and so it was time. I received some Sears Gift Cards for a retirement gift, and saved them for just this purpose.
We purchased a pair of front loading LG's and Wow do they ever use less water and dry and in record time. So far so good. I will tell you how I like them better after a few more uses.
We are getting ready for a big storm coming north from Texas. You might have a little laugh at this old video.
So I sent hubby out today for milk and bread so I will not have to go out tomorrow if it turns out we get as much as they are calling for (6-10 inches) in our area.
The first photo is a pair of socks that I am working on. My first pair using self striping wool. Kind of cool.
The next picture are a small sample of the embroidery portion of a quilt that I am making, Over the River and Through the Woods. I will have lots of handwork to keep me busy tomorrow.
Unfortunately if the weather is nasty I will miss guild tomorrow. I will however have more time to prepare the presentation on "Labels" that I am give at my other quilt group on Thursday. I am hoping however that the weatherman is may be exaggerating.
