Sew Fun 2 Quilt: January 2018

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Hedgehogs

I got my Hedgehogs stitched! SOOO cute! If you want to do some hand stitching with a fun group of folks come to the Stitchin' Patch at Inspiration Fabrics on Thursday afternoons. It's free, fun and fabulous :)

Friday, January 26, 2018

This is IT!

Today I'm sharing the rest of the photos that I took at the Quilt Festival in Houston :). Have a great day!!

Nature's Whimsy
by Lisa-Marie Sanders, Florida

Red Violet Structure
by Cheryl Costley, Florida

Tangled Garden

by Marisela Rumberg, Virginia

Shiprock
by Cat Larrea, Alaska

Arches
by Carol Bryer Fallert-Gentry
Washington

13 Daffodil Lane
by Robin Gold, New Mexico

This one is so whimsical - I love it!

Sine Me Up
by Kent Williams, Wisconsin

Autumn on the Village Green
by Sarah Ann Smith, Maine

Annular Eclipse
by Fumiko Nakayama

Thursday, January 25, 2018

The Value of Your Gift

If you're like me, you give most of the quilts you make away! I'm not sure the recipients always fully appreciate not only the time and cost of materials, but all of the love that we put into these creations! I saw this on The Quilt Show website and had to share. Hope you have a great day creating!!

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Learning to Sew!

I just had to share this video of my granddaughter making stitches! I think toddlers talk so cute! "You poke it in the hole and then you flew it out." "Did I flew it out wronger?" Ahh.... it's so much fun being a Grandma :). Have a GREAT day!!

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The Hedgehogs Are Here!

Look what came in the mail today! Woodland Whimsy Block Number Ten!

Oh by the way - I counted how many leaves I stitched down on my IMQE piece - 392!! Actually, I ran out of floss with six left to go...

I've been doing physical therapy for my knee. The doctor told me it's arthritis. Today while doing PT, I overheard someone describing my exact symptoms to his physical therapist. I thought wow, someone else must have arthritis too! I looked over and it was a little boy about 8 or 9 years old! I kind of started eavesdropping and heard his PT tell his Mom that it was growing pains. So I guess if you're 8 or 9, you have growing pains and when you're in your 50's it's arthritis.

Monday, January 22, 2018

The Judged Show

Here are the rest of my photos from the judged show in Houston - I still have a few more from other exhibits...

Santa Maria Del Fiore
by Mieko Sasano, Japan

Blossoming
by Diane Rusin Doran, Maryland

Happy Quilt
by Chizuko Ito, Japan

Memory in Blue
by Yasuko Sugaya, Japan

Marchen (Fairy Tale)
by Kayoko Hibino, Japan

Flower News
by Sachiko Chiba, Japan

Flower Vine
by Susan Byrne, Texas

Woven Journey
by Claudia Pfeil, Germany

For Such a Time as This
by Kathy K. Wylie, Canada

A Time of the Madder Red
by Toyoko Nakajima, Japan

Some details below. You can tell these are mostly from the hand work category, which I love!!

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Froggy Finished!!

Yesterday I finished up my Woodland Whimsy frog block! I really like it! Apparently the next block was shipped yesterday too, so I should receive it sometime next week. I will be putting the finishing touches on this quilt before you know it! (Actually I think there is still quite a bit of embroidery in the sashing - which looks really fun!)

I love the butterflies - especially the beading.

The leaves were fun too, using the fly stitch, whip stitch, reverse chain stitch and couching.

Love the dragonfly with tule!

The snails and mushrooms - and the ladybug, which appears in each block :)

Back to stitching leaves on my IMQE quilt!
Have a great day!

Friday, January 19, 2018

Many Requests

I've had many requests for the pattern for a quilt I made/reproduced for my friend. I will dig through my patterns and see what I have and kept, as I had to make it up to replicate a quilt that was made for her years ago. So I'll keep you posted!

Here are some more quilt show pictures!

The Four Queens
by Victoria Rondeau, Florida