This is Renata's quilt with my fan stencil machine quilting. Love it! Goes so great on this quilt. She did a great job!
At the Quilt show in NJ I ran into Jean and she had her finished churn dash quilt with her. What fun!
Yay!
I finished my first block of the Chrome Yellow 4-block quilt project. It matches my green/yellow arborvitae.
It also looks nice with my daffodils and grape hyacinth. YES spring has arrived in CT finally!!I love the crisp look of a freshly finished and pressed applique' block. I steam press it from the back on a fluffy bath towel. I use a spray bottle of plain water to create the steam as I NEVER add water to my iron anymore.
I received several comments about my rag balls. First I will confess, they aren't balls from strips of fabric. They are balls of batting strips that I cover with strips that I trim from my quilt backings. Rag balls were made of strips of old clothing and rolled into ball to later be used to make rag rugs and weaving. I have heard of modern day quilters using selvages to tie up garden plants. I like them as a remembrance of the quilts I've made. The sweet pink one below is from my Mother's Garden quilt. There fun to look at and if I was better at juggling, they would be good for that :)As reported on Instagram - my Jubilee quilt is home after traveling to Houston and Chicago. OMG - I am missing line of quilting by my initial and just noticed it after 5 major shows, lol. Will take care of that soon.
They sent me show books and nice patches for my quilt. It was a great experience and I highly recommend you enter any one of there special exhibits. click here to see what they are calling for this year. What a nice touch - they packed it beautifully with lots of acid free tissue and this note which included the packers name.And finally, we golfed for the first time last weekend with our golf buddies. Anyone else out there golf? I love to spend the time outside with Mr. Fun and friends.of course I mostly love to go out to eat before or after and have a cocktail :)Can you believe the carts had GPS so we knew exactly how far the cup was? Oooops, too much talking and looking in the weeds for my pink golf balls.
Happy May! It's Derby Day on Saturday - woo hoo!! xo
