All Things Quilty

We had a great bee meeting last night at Irene's house. Lots of good show-and-tell...I was not the only one sewing during the snow days!Here is our hostess, Irene, with a fabulous stars quilt that was from a Bernina Saturday Sampler. The stars really pop on the blue background. Kathy...

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My bee, The Whacky Ladies, meets tonight, so I finished two more of the charity quilts that the ladies made at our sew-in meeting in January.The first one is made from a kit that I put together with homespun, flannels, and a novelty fabric that has a camping theme. I...

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I never would have guessed that this old quilt top would turn out so pretty! It is off the machine now, waiting to have the thread tails trimmed, the binding put on, and, oh, yes, it needs a bath after spending the last forty years or so in a...

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The gorgeous blue skies are only a memory...the snow is still on the ground, but it is precipitating some kind of frozen stuff again today, making for a rather gray and dismal day. To top it off, I have been working like crazy to finish the blazing stars antique quilt,...

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Yesterday, my husband and I took off for an adventure on our Gator, which we normally keep at our mountain place. Overnight, the snow had been coated with an icy glaze. You did not even need boots, because you could step right on top of the snow. ...

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It continued to snow on into the night yesterday, and we woke to a beautiful sunny day with mounds of sparkling crystalline snow. That is the view from my front door, which is as far as I have ventured out so far. It is so gorgeous that I think...

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This was my side yard yesterday morning in the bright sunshine.And here it is this morning! (Photographed through the porch screen)Yesterday evening the flakes started falling.This morning the birds were lined up at the feeders that I just filled to the top. I love to see the cardinals against the...

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Just got back from the library and grocery store, stocking up for a weekend that is predicted to include some wintry weather. Everyone here in the Raleigh area gets excited at any forecast of snow, since we experience it so seldom. The last two big snowstorms in North Carolina produced...

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If you ever visit the Quilting Gallery, you may have seen some of the weekly contests they have been sponsoring. This week's theme is Two-Color Quilts. I decided to enter the quilt on our bed, a blue-and -white sampler.The large blocks are from an Internet block swap back in the...

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Today I made a cover for the journal that I will use for samples from Fabric Art Collage- 40+ Mixed Media Techniques, by Rebekah Meier, and any other techniques that I wish to try. I took a class a couple of years ago from Sue Bleiweiss on making fabric journals,...

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Yesterday I took the whole day off from sewing and enjoyed a visit with one of my friends from college. Donna and I worked together behind the same counter at the university bookstore for three years. Back then, there were no ATM machines. Students were allowed to cash checks...

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I took a break this weekend from quilting the blazing star heritage quilt, and worked on the Technique of the Month from Three Creative Studios. This month's technique was painted batting. There are great instructions with photos for trying this out with various paints and batts. I actually painted my...

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First of all, I am happy to report success with removing these dark thick pencil lines from the "heritage" quilt I am finishing for my sister-in-law. Her grandmother was a hand quilter, and apparently planned to quilt these roses and leaves in the two largest white areas on the...

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Yesterday, I decided to tackle the problem of the thread breakage I experienced while working on this old quilt top from the seventies. It was so frustrating and making me mad. Pretty soon I was going to have to wash my own mouth out with soap, if you get the...

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I don't think I have shown you any of my father's artwork lately. He is retired commercial and fine artist Pete Turner, formerly of New York and Cary, NC. Here is the watercolor Valentine he sent me last year. Everyone else at the retirement center spent the craft afternoon making...

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Today I decided to tackle a quilting project that I have been avoiding for awhile. A year and half, to be exact!This is the first of three more quilt tops made by my sister-in-law Debbie's late grandmother. I have already finished three of these in the past....

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Yesterday, I just had time to quilt one little charity quilt for my guild's Quilts on Wheels program for rest home residents. Last weekend my grandson asked me, "What is that black thing in your hair, Gigi?" I started batting and shaking my head, thinking that some creature was lodged...

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I have been putting some of my mixed media technique samples onto my painted card stock pages to make a journal. This is way too much fun! The backgrounds are painted with acrylics, stamped, coated with clear gel medium, the samples attached, and then I have added some deconstructed...

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As I was importing pictures into this blog post, I discovered that my DH has erased all the photos on my SD disk, and replaced them with a PowerPoint presentation for his upcoming series of financial seminars. WAHHH! Obviously, he thought he was saving to a USB thumb...

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I made a little more "It Doesn't Matter" patchwork yesterday, and put some more blocks together per the instructions on Del's blog. Here are four of the constructed blocks on the design wall. Busy, aren't they?I decided to try some sashing strips. These are not sewn yet, but I like...

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I had a wonderful lunch yesterday with my friend Carol at Bahama Breeze in Raleigh. The grilled tilapia was mouth-watering! After lunch, I did a little shopping. At Joann's I found two large pieces of upholstery-weight fabric to make Schlepping Bags, a pattern by our own Raleighite and Capital Quilters...

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I have plenty of Quilty Things to report todayFirst of all, it was a Great Mail Day. In December, I participated in SewCalGal's Virtual Christmas Quilt Show, entering two of my Christmas quilts featured on my blog. It was fun to read all the lovely comments from viewers, and to...

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After my near-disastrous quilting experience with the fiber curtains, causing hubby to ride in on his mechanical horse and rescue me, I decided to quilt some charity quilts today. I wanted to make sure everything was really working fine while my personal mechanic was on hand!First, I quilted the...

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Yesterday, I finished the quilt top that I began at our bee sew-in on Thursday. It is ready to be quilted. That makes five of these waiting to be quilted. Guess I better get back on the horse and start some long-arm quilting. I also put away lots of my...

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We had so much fun yesterday at our Whacky Ladies sew-in at Quilts Like Crazy. We had a good turn-out, and got lots of quilt tops started or completed. I came home with two finished ones to quilt for others and donate to our guild charities.I decided to work on...

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