It was a rather emotional 24-hour interval at the quilt demo yesterday. Upon arrival, I stopped off at an information desk to enquire if at that spot was a way I could contact the household unit of measurement of Shellie O'Donnell to give cheers them for choosing my quilt for their special award. In the process, I ended upwards talking with the volunteer most Shellie, as well as nosotros were both inward tears yesteryear the halt of the conversation. I was able to acquire the information I needed, as well as at i time I'm simply thinking most what I desire to tell to them. (If yous missed my postal service most the award, yous tin read it correct here.)
Since I wasn't feeling tip-top, I went through the demo rather quickly. My pictures were express to the most colorful with the quilts...and to the cats, of course. I'll say, however, that I similar to become to quilt shows for inspiration as well as to learn. Yesterday, I was interested inward looking upwards unopen at some of the collage quilts to run across how they're done. I've seen some beautiful quilts online as well as figured I could create them if I could seat the steps together. (And yes, I could possess got a class, but I'm non fond of classes.) I've made all dissimilar kinds of collage quilts, as well as each i has taught me something most how to seat them together. Now I tin run across how combining what I've learned into i technique could acquire the task done thence that I could plough my ain photographs into these pretty fine art quilts. Here's a proficient example.
There was no identifying information with this quilt...it seemed to live a business office of a special exhibit, but I wasn't willing to create out my way upstream through the crowd of onlookers to figure out what it was. My apologies to the quilter for non identifying him/her. So, looking at this, it's truly no dissimilar from the way I brand the pet pawtraits. But mine are done using fusible applique as well as and thence top-stitched.
These seemed to live glued inward the way the trivial Happy Village quilts are done (blog postal service here), as well as and thence tulle is set over the laissez passer on where the quilting is applied to concur everything inward place.
So...cool. I desire to effort this...soon. I've promised myself I won't start whatever quilts I can't destination inward the same calendar month until all the oldest ones are at to the lowest degree to flimsy stage. I tin likely come upwards up with a trivial i to spill out inward the meantime.
As for the residue of the show, I tried to restrain how many pictures I took, as well as thence I'm posting all the ones that caught my eye. Where the quilter was identified, I've included the information. Mainly, I'll simply allow yous look, as well as I'll effort my best to continue quiet.
The "snails trail" is i of my favorite blocks.
This was a favorite of mine. I honey how she strip-pieced the spools of thread.
And I peculiarly loved this stray thread coming from i of the spools.
I've mentioned earlier how I envision a quilt from the Tillicum Crossing brace (blog postal service here). This side yesteryear side quilter truly did it.
This side yesteryear side i was a modest quilt...about mug carpeting sized...no identifying information.
Here's some other i I took several pictures of. I was interested inward the quilting detail, which is fairly simple. It's simply every bit i would expect...following the contours of the dependent area as well as adding inward necessary details.
No identifying information that I could notice on this side yesteryear side one...or perhaps I'm simply blind. My apologies to the quilter.
I've seen this side yesteryear side quilt online...it was a pleasance to run across it inward person. Absolutely fantastic. It was awarded the "viewer's choice" ribbon.
This was some other modest quilt made from strips of textile as well as thread painting. No identifying information.
This side yesteryear side quilt was a starting fourth dimension house winner.
What a fantastic quilt this side yesteryear side i is.
You tin run across i of the "Texas" pieces inward this particular shot. Some people possess got no fearfulness of tiny pieces. It's a modest quilt, as well as thence some of these are eensy-weensy.
This side yesteryear side quilt is the 2nd flamingo quilt I've seen inward every bit many days with the hollo "Pretty inward Pink." Remind me non to give my quilt that hollo if I e'er destination it.
These hexies were most the size of a one-half dollar.
So those were all the quilts I took pictures of. I completely avoided the vendors. They were all mobbed, as well as I wasn't feeling proficient plenty to create out the crowds. I was at the demo most 2 hours as well as and thence headed for domicile where I crashed on the couch as well as slept difficult for several hours. I needed the rest, but it made it difficult to acquire to slumber concluding night. Instead, I got out of bed as well as finished off the Sundress block.
Here are the blocks I possess got for this quilt thence far.
With that i finished, I spent some fourth dimension this morning time tracing out the ninth of ix blocks for the Heart & Home quilt. This i is called "Bees as well as Bee Hive."
It won't acquire started until tomorrow morning, but it's hooped upwards as well as create to go.
If there's fourth dimension for sewing today, I desire to acquire started on the quaternary department for And on that Farm...just i of several former projects I'm trying to acquire to a flimsy stage.
Also on today's agenda, I recollect I tin squelch i to a greater extent than dessert out of the plums on our tree. They're thence ripe at i time that they're splitting as well as falling to the ground. Besides, D-Day (Diet Day) is Monday. It's our concluding hurrah earlier nosotros acquire serious again.
Also, I harvested some to a greater extent than tomatoes this morning. I'm a trivial surprised nosotros don't possess got to a greater extent than ripe ones. There aren't truly plenty hither to bother with canning patently 'ole tomatoes, but I desire to brand some other batch of the Tomato Jalapeno Jam. It was novel to me this year, as well as I truly similar it. The starting fourth dimension batch made simply iv half-pints, as well as thence I definitely demand more, more, to a greater extent than if I'm going to hold out the long mutual frigidity lonely winter. Tomato jam is our saving grace.
That volition possess got to hold off until tomorrow though because there's plenty on today's agenda already. I'm embarrassed to tell that a iv minutes until noon, I'm soundless inward my pajamas. That's non to tell I haven't done anything this morning, but getting dressed truly should live next, don't yous think? I'm feeling much ameliorate today, thence no to a greater extent than excuses. Thank yous for indulging my slovenly appearance.