The Cherrywood Challenge for 2024 was Poppy and the exhibit at the festival was HUGE!! So many of the quilts were personal, honoring family members who served in wars. Some were just about poppies and a couple I saw referenced the poppies in Wizard of Oz. All were amazing, it was quite an exhibit, as you can see! 👏😊❤️
We spent the last few days at the International Quilt Festival in Houston and had such a nice, relaxing time. Front and center as you entered was a HUGE display of red, white and blue quilts of all sizes. The flower arrangements are all real and beautiful as well. Pretty stunning!
As I embark on another quilting adventure this week, I thought I'd share a little more about this class I took at the Sisters Oregon show in July!
Leslie and Michelle taught the class and it was all hand stitching - which I love. They prepared beautiful kits for us (below).
The class was on stitching scrolls. My friend Sherida made on awhile back and I've been wanting to give it a try! I even ordered an antique spool to put it on. This class was fun and gave me a good push to start, but now I need to dig deep for some creativity to keep going. 😊
My start is pictured below.
Michelle was also hand stitching these wool patches! She stitches laters of wool onto a background wool piece (the pink) and then sews them on jackets, clothes, bags etc. as patches. She had some really fun examples! It would definitely be easier than stitching right on the clothing, if you're layering wool pieces,.
This is me.... Ask my hubby ....😂
Check out these nuggets!! They're so cute and they just make me smile. Deb, the maker, has been going through her own breast cancer journey. You can follow her on Instagram @wildrainbowco
Her website is: https://www.etsy.com/shop/wildrainbowco/?etsrc=sdt
You can sign up for her newsletter and/or follow her on Instagram and she'll let you know when new batches of nuggets are for sale. She just finished a cute Halloween batch and the next will be Christmas. They're so fun!! 😊
The "H" quilt above was made by my friend Sherida! Looks like a quilt I should make! 😊
Below is a machine embroidered quilt made by my friend Pam - quite amazing! 👏
