So much going on.  Am finishing up some projects one is the table topper we did at retreat.  Love the Christmas fabrics I got locally and from my stash esp the border.

Thanks Judy for helping us.

Fall has been so beautiful and the bradford pears have really shown their colors.  Here is the tree at St. Stephens church.

 

 

Thanks to C for getting me two book cases for my fabric.  Now to refold all this fabric to stack nicely.  I need another room!!!

 

I am working on A Shakerwood wool piece with crow and pumpkins.  What a challenge for first time.  Oh well, live and learn.

 

Keep safe from Sandy's wrath and goblins.

Happy Quilting

Sally

Retreat doings

Our guild had our retreat in Raleigh last weekend and everyone worked hard on their own projects and'/or on the mini workshops that were offered: yoyos, english paper piecing, pocketbook making, and a tree tabletopper.  Some of us declined the yoyo class thinking we would not make a yoyo quilt.  When we did the tabletopper we realized we could make tiny yoyos to put at the top of our trees.  We had to take a remedial course in yoyos and someone picked up all the small yoyo makers at JoAnns.  We all learned a lot and had fun.

This is a Christmas book I made from fabric I got in Canada this summer.  It is Mary Englebret fabric.

This is an advent calendar I got the fabric for also in Canada and have put on all the pockets for treats for Cecil.  It is ready to quilt.

These are two blocks I painted for the Art "do" on Friday night at the art center.

Now I have to go pick up more raffle quilt tickets because they are really selling.
Happy Quilting.
sally

UFO"s

Finally cooler weather! With the problem of back muscles which have been misbehaving I stayed home most of last week trying not to do further injury.  Friday I was better and tried to finish up some of the 5 projects I had begun.  Saturday Pat T and I went to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum in Kenly NC to demonstrate quilting.  We took hand work to do and the raffle quilt with some of our quilts and projects.  Probably about 12-14 people came through.  We both got a lot done.  Pat was hand quilting and I was putting labels on charity quilts and finishing the binding on a baby quilt.  The director and assistant were very nice and provided lunch for us.

No competition for Kaffe but this is the outside of the museum.  It is really nice with many artifacts of tobacco farming from the area.

I really did do some work but the director wanted us both in the picture with the R Quilt so......

I had found most of these 9 patch squares already made and finished with the borders for this charity quilt..  Now to quilting it.  I made the sashing and corner stones the same size as in the blocks (2.5 inches) and I like the result.  Kind of a modified Irish chain.  There might be another name for it.

I finished the blocks for the quilt I am doing in J T's class at WCC and as I missed last week to above referenced misbehaving muscles I have done two long side Checkerboard border pieces.  Hope to finish the other two sides before class tonight.  If I don't get it done V will make fun of me for not having my homework done.

The last thing I have made progress on is to do the center block for the General Wives BOM quilt from ME's shop and have put them all together. I have not cut and attached the two borders yet.  I will need the side of a barn to hang it up to get a decent picture.  It is huge.

Better get to work on those checkerborders.
Happy quilting
s