Traveling quilt - better it than me!

I have been wanting to share this with you.  This is a triptyc done with my friends Grace and Sara  for the Orange Blossom Challenge last year.  The challenge was to pick a holiday and make a quilt.  For our group quilt we chose National Bubble Wrap Day (it really is a day in January).  Sara entered our quilt in "West Coast Wonders" and it was accepted!  It is traveling first to Long Beach this July.  I hope you will make an effort to look for it when you go to the Long Beach show.  (mine is first, than Grace's, then Sara's).

The latest from the Anna's Studio!

I have been coveting my time in my Studio and have enjoyed just quilting. I haven’t kept up with the laundry or housework or anything else. I have so enjoyed being home. I don’t want to get dressed in the morning because then I am afraid I will have to go somewhere. I just want to quilt.

I finished a “Scrap Therapy” quilt to give as a wedding present this July. We have two weddings, two weeks apart, this July. I want to use the Common Threads mystery quilt for the other wedding present. I am waiting for the last installment so I can finish putting it together and quilt it before July.


Our Loose Threads group is finishing up “Fearless Design”. I am working on a series of quilts. These are just some of the ones I have worked on. I have taken this a little further and will post them when I am done.

I’m babysitting Becky for awhile today so I thought I would take her to the grocery store. Keeps her busy and then I get one of those hanging over my head chores done. Tomorrow is a dyeing class with Kristin Eilers. Looking forward to a day of dyeing and a day with friends!

Finishes!

While visiting the quilt show with baby Daniel, Katrina was asked how many quilts Daniel had.  I was ashamed to admit that he didn't have any yet.  Now he will.  I just finished his first quilt, one of many I hope.  It is backed with red minkee ( I forgot what a pain this is to work with!).

Just for fun I used the pattern we received for the Orange Blossom Quilt guild's block of the month to make this small quilt for Jeff.  The ties are from Jeff's dad (who passed away two years ago).  Just a fun reminder.  I made three for the quilt guild and guess what?  I won!  Now I have to make another quilt.  This really is a fun pattern.  I have to make one more to have 12 then let's see what I can come up with.

Finished Trees!

"Burn Out"  18" x 18" - 2010

I finally finished my quilt from Pamela Allen's class which I took this past January at Road to California.  It was all about designing from the background to the foreground.  The sky fabric was leftover from another class. 

"Roaring Rapids" 10" x 14 1/2 - 2010

This is the result from a class I took a few weeks ago with Linda Schmidt through the Common Threads Quilt Guild.  Linda taught us many, many techniques to use in our art quilts.  These techniques are going to help me finish my diamond landscape quilt which has been sitting around for a few years.  Sometimes it takes me awhile to finish a quilt because I haven't learned the technique to use to put the finishing touches on the quilt.  I have a few tops like that!

Loose Threads meeting was tonight!

Yes, our Loose Threads Art group met this evening at Deo' house.  We are working out of the book Fearless Design, in fact, we are almost done.  One more lesson that no one seems to have time to do.  We never did decide what we are doing next month.  I hope to do the last lesson.  It is working in a series and that is something I have always wanted to do.  I'll let you know how it goes.

I forgot my camera, so I only have my quilts to show you.  The first one is done from a panel (shown) that I took and made it my own.  I'm really happy with it.  The next one is done with fabric I painted and stamped.  It is just a nice calm scene.  They both need names.  Any ideas?

I'm thinking of having a  All Day Quilt on Saturday, June 5 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Breakfast will be provided but bring your own lunch.  It will cost $15 and I can have 8 people.  I will be your on site teacher, so if you want some help on anything, I'm here for you.  Who would like to come?

I'm off to Thimble Town tomorrow to pin some quilts.  I need to finish Daniel's quilt.  It shouldn't take long to quilt.  And then I have two weddings this July to go to so I will be pinning one of those.  I don't know how soon I will have those for you to see but I will post them when they are done.

Project of the Day

     I made this cute little bag for Denise today.  Denise has never owned/carried a purse in her life and she will be 40 next week. She needed some guildance on a feather star table runner so I had her pick out fabric from my stash for her purse. I sewed, she spent most of the time cutting. I hope she will enjoy this purse and not forget it somewhere! 
     Also worked on my panel project for Fearless Design.  I hope to have it done for our Loose Threads art group Monday night.  I also hope to have pictures of our group for you on Tuesday.
      Well, my friends are quilting at Party, Party.  I miss going so much.  I'm thinking of starting one at my house once a month.  Anyone interested in coming?  How about a Saturday sew-in for 8:00 am to 5:00 pm?  Anyone up for that?

I finally got to quilt again!

It felt so go to be in the studio, doing something I wanted.  This was a piece of fabric I painted with dyes and have been wanting to quilt.  All done and it was so much fun.