Episode 119: A Whole Lot of Something Going On

Here are some not-so-great pix of the quilting I’ve done on the red and white quilt:

The snowflake quilting …

… and the square within a square quilting …

\Now it’s time to move onto the green & white quilt quilting. Wish me luck!

 

 

 

Episode 118: Back from Cincy

My mom and I had a great time at the Cincinnati International Quilt Festival last week. Hear all about it in this week’s episode!

Here’s me and my mom:

And here’s me and the marvelous Chris Kaufman, a friend I’ve made through this podcast. She and her husband, Barry, were in town for their son’s wedding reception and came by the show.

And here’s my favorite quilt in the show, “Prairie Fire” by Ruth Powers (thanks to Chris for taking and then sending the picture!):

The book I just ordered on quilting is Listen to Your Quilt: Select the Perfect Quilting Every Time by Barbara Persing.

Episode 117: Back to Business (on the Irish Chain Back)

Meant to post this episode on Friday, but got a little bug instead, and then I couldn’t figure out something on Hindenberg … the usual excuses. Sorry to be late!

Above: The Irish Chain back. It’s now sewn together, but I need to lengthen it, it turns out, which I hope to do tomorrow if I’m feeling up to snuff.

A neat, brief podcast about an African-American quilting bee in Baltimore:

http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/audio-video/podcast-africanamerican-quilt-guild-baltimore-maryland.html

 

Episode 116: March Madness

First things first–I’ve pieced the green and white quilt top:

Here’s the practice quilting I’ve been done for my practice quilt:

And here’s the practice quilting I’m doing for the Irish Chain quilt:

And here’s the beginning of the back for the Irish Chain:

Have a great week!

Episode 115: Got a Lot on My Plate

Above: my first attempt at the Dove block. Can you see all the pleats? If not, look below

But after much practice, I got better:

No pleats!

Here’s the initial  layout of the Green & White blocks. Feedback, please!

Hope you  have a great week!

Episode 114: In the Green

I’ve got a few of Carolyn’s Green & White quilt blocks done and on the boards. Here’s what one block looks like:

And here’s how they’re starting to come together:

I just slapped these blocks up. Once I’ve got them all done, I’ll play around with color placement. It’s interesting to look at this picture and see how yellow that one print is. There’s actually not a lot of it, so it may work as a nice little accent once I have it dispersed throughout the whole quilt. I don’t like it all in one place the way it is now. What do you think about it? All wrong? Okay?

Here are my mosaic blocks up on the wall–all twenty-five of them. Only seventy-five more to go! Thanks to everyone who has sent fabric for this project:

Here’s how they look spread out on the floor in rows of ten, which is how they’ll be in the actual quilt (only more thoughtfully arranged):

That’s it for this week. Lots more to show you next week, I hope!

Episode 113: The Better Late than Never Episode

And I don’t even have any pix. But at least I’ve got an episode posted. Yay! Hope you enjoy!

Books I’ve read recently:

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes. Fantastic! Highly recommend.

How It All Began by Penelope Lively, also quite good.

In the middle of: The Bride’s House by Sandra Dallas and really enjoying it.

Have a great week!