Thank goodness for the rain although the grass.... oh well.  The BOM for guild has been so well received and everyone is so good about getting the blocks back in to be turned into charity quilts.
What a great idea!
Here is the first BOM quilt ready to quilt today I hope.

We just used 12 of the 16 blocks so the others will be put into sampler quilts with leftovers from other BOMs. I just love the different color ways and warmth the yellows bring as well as the BLUES!

The third BOM quilt is from the pattern Amish Diamond and I love the color combo.  Of course it is blue!! and black.  It is ready to quilt also in a sandwich and I am practicing feathers to do on it.  We will see. 
Color is amazing to me.  It looks as if there is a brown piece in the quilt but it is a black and cream print.  Tried a new way to do sashing.  Put on left sashing then top sashing with corner stone for each block then join blocks together.  Works great just remember to do top and bottom of blocks on bottom row.  Don't you just love turquoise and black?  The correct answer is yes.

Off to practice.
Happy Quilting
Sally

Thank goodness for the cooler weather.  I don't care if it rains it is cooler.  However it is more difficult for the AC to cool the house. 
I also appreciate the break in having to water my flowers.

I saw a flag quilt at Mary Ellen's quilt shop in Goldsboro and really liked it.  Together with help in measurements from C and P as well as Mary Ellen, I finally finished it and it is ready for me to sew on the binding. 

I just love the way the log cabin blocks look as if the flag is waving.  I had to do three sets of the stars to get the right size as I did not have a pattern.  I am challenged to try to make the stars wave also.  Maybe I can try it on the extra set I have??? I finished the quilting and am excited to hang it up.

Happy Quilting
Sally

This and that

I just love the mandavilla plants but usually don't have enough sun.  I got this one in a container garden in May and put it on the back porch in the blazing sun.  I have to water each morning but it is just beautiful.

Cecil has really enjoyed the rides on the four wheeler with his sister and other mom.  He waits in his chair until he hears it start up and then gets anxious until he is retrieved to ride.  Of course sometimes he gets mixed up with the lawn mower motor and is so disappointed! Such a sweetheart. They really spoil him.

Here are two of six blocks I have made for a scrappy quilt.  I don't have a lot of scraps so my scrap stash has been added to by wonderful friends. Thanks C and P.  I am putting together the blocks for the Desert Sky quilt we learned to do last Saturday.  I do hate taking off the papers but the results are worth it.

Got to get to work so :
Let us then be up and doing with a heart for any fate,
Still achieving still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

(Longfellow I think)

Labor I can handle it is the waiting.
Happy quilting
Sally

guild quilt

This is a picture of our "Opportunity" quilt.  So named because you may for a donation have an opportunity to be the owner of this beautiful Double Irish Chain quilt in my favorite color... you guessed it ...blue.  The quilt will finish about 85"x105" and is being quilted now.  Hopefully we can get the binding on and have it ready to show at some Days of sharing and/or Local Quilt shows.  I am trying to figure out how many tickets will guarantee my winning.

Happy quilting
sally

Desert Sky etc.

This is a picture of some of the paper piecing from the Judy Niemeyer workshop on Desert Sky taught by Lucille Amos for our guild on June 30, 2012.  I was so pleased with how much everyone got done.  I only have 24 more of these!!! but that is all of the paper piecing.  This quilt should be quick to assemble as the other parts are squares and rectangles.

The workshop was the end of a very busy month.  June 1 was the golf tournament for a memorial scholarship fund in honor of  my late husband, Branch. Then the rest of the month just flew by.

One of the highlights was going to the sew expo in Raleigh.  I do love vendors ... oh yes and seing the quilts.  My best purchase was a book on Australian fabrics and some ideas for using them.  It even includes the explanation of some of the Aboriginal symbols used in their fabrics.  I love the book.
I picked up a sample of some foundation "paper" that is all cotton but feels like a thin plastic. 
I can't wait to try it.  I hope they will have this show again next year.  It was well worth the trip.

Then came the quilt show in Wilmington by "Quilters by the Sea" which is always fun.  This is the second year for me and Connie and I headed to the ReSale room first.  I had to go to the car to take everything before we could even get to the show!!! The quilts were beautiful and inspired me to get home and sew.  Such beautiful work and quilting.

After resting I plan to get to work and finish the Desert Sky.  So much fabric so little time!!!

This is a quilt I finished last year.  I had gotten it as a BOM before I knew what that was!! I did not work on it until months after I got the last one.  It was great to take to bees because everything was in one pack for the block.  The name of it is Hot Flashes.  I love doing sampler quilts just to see how different blocks go together.

Happy Quilting
sally