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August's block is completed! Making steady progress and just 4 more blocks to go! Hoping to get 2 blocks completed both this mont...

The first English Garden Round Robin was the brainchild of Maureen Greeson, an accomplished embroiderer with thread and silk ribbon. This was such a popular round robin that a second one was formed (pictures later this spring). The participants in this round robin were Maureen G., Meg W, Marya, Kathy Shaw, Ingrid G. and Arlene from Australia. MAUREEN’S BLOCKS Maureen’s six naked blocks By Marya for Reen (Maureen) Arlene’s work for Reen Ingrid’s block for Reen Detail of silk ribbon embroidery by Ingrid Meg’s work for Reen Kathy’s stitching for Maureen KATHY’S BLOCKS A couple of Kathy’s Naked Blocks Marya’s work for Kathy This block was stitched by Maureen Work by Meg for Kathy INGRID’S BLOCKS Ingrid’s naked blocks Kathy’s stitching for Ingrid Arlene’s block for Ingrid Maureen’s block for Ingrid Meg’s block for Ing Marya’s block for Ingrid MEG’S BLOCKS Meg’s Naked Blocks Marya’s work Arlene’s work for Meg Ingrid’s block for Meg This block was stitched by Maureen MARYA’S BLOCKS Block #1, naked Block #1 stitched by Ingrid Naked Block #2 This block was stitched by Kathy Shaw Naked Block #3 Meg stitched this block Block #4 Arlene stitched Block #4 for Marya Block #5 (to be stitched by Marya herself) Block #6 Reen stitched Block #6 ARLENE’S BLOCKS Arlene’s Naked Blocks Mary’as stitching for Arlene Reen stitched this block for Arlene Ingrid’s block for Arlene Meg’s block for Arlene Kathy’s block for Arlene

The first English Garden Round Robin was the brainchild of Maureen Greeson, an accomplished embroiderer with thread and silk ribbon. This ...

Instead of doing nescessary (!) things I couldn't help creating this lady that was waiting hidden in my stash. So here she is, waiting for her prince.... Maybe there's a medical term for this???? Though I think it's pretty healthy.

TAILORED FIT FRONT PLACKET WITH BUTTON CLOSURE BUTTON CLOSURE AT CUFF 100% SILK MADE IN USA SHOWN HERE WITH OUR ‘HOTCH POTCH CRAZY QUILT’ NARROW PANTS

Boy have I had a response to the crazy quilt block I posted yesterday! thankyou everyone for your comments. I have also had a number of emails asking me how do I do it? So I am working on a post – or it might turn into a series that …

Happy Blogger's Quilt Festival I hope my regular followers don't mind seeing Pockets Full of Posies again. It's my favourite ...

The stitchers of the Wool Do your Block Round Robin were: Karrin H, Cathy K, Leslie E, Hideko I, Simona (who later had to drop out for pers...

Thanks to mamacjt for the pattern . . . I finally completed this little honey and am really happy with the results!!!

Since the beginning, I’ve categorized my crumb quilts as crazy quilting. And looking at them, you can see why. Visually there’s a lot in common with crazy quilts…. at least initia…

This Black & White DYB Round Robin was started in 2009 and finished in early 2010. Again, DYB stands for “Do Your own Block”, and each participant pieced six 6” blocks. Each person works on one entire block as it comes to them, and when the blocks return to their owner, five of six are complete. That leaves one for the block owner to complete. There are some missing photographs of finished blocks in these pictures, but we’d still love you to see most of them. Black and white are particularly difficult colors to photograph, and both the participants and CQI have done their best to present them well for you. The talented ladies participating in this round robin were Ann F, Nancy, Skye, Simona, Rita and Wendy. Let’s take a look! ANN’S BLOCKS Ann’s Naked Blocks Ann’s Block 1 Ann’s Block 2 Ann’s Block 3 Completed Block 3 stitched by Skye Ann’s Block 4 Completed Block 4 stitched by Nancy Block 5 Completed Block 5 stitched by Rita Close-up of Rita’s spiderweb and stitching Close-up of flower by Rita Ann’s Block 6 NANCY’S BLOCKS Nancy’s Naked Block 1 Block 1 stitched by Rita Block 2 Block 3 Block 3 stitched by Wendy Block 4 Block 4 stitched by Skye Block 5 Block 5 stitched by Ann Block 6 Block 6 stitched by Simona SIMONA’S BLOCKSSimona’s Naked Blocks Simona’s block by Ann Simona’s block by Nancy Simona’s block by Rita WENDY’S BLOCKSWendy’s Naked Blocks Wendy’s block by Simona Close-up of Simona’s work Wendy’s block by Ann Wendy’s block by Nancy Wendy’s block by Rita SKYE’S BLOCKSSkye’s Naked Blocks Skye’s block by Rita Skye’s by Wendy Skye’s by Ann RITA’S BLOCKSRita’s Naked Blocks Rita’s block by Wendy Rita’s block by Simona Rita’s block by Ann

What a show, the biggest quilt show in the world, with between 35 000 and 45 000 visitors per day going through the doors. The show is held in The Tokyo Dome, which is just a 5 minute walk from The Tokyo Dome hotel and conveniently close to Starbucks. From arriving at the doors, where orderly queues are moving slowly forward, through security, where you are politely asked if it is okay to search your bag, then through the revolving doors past the lockers and food and drinks kiosks, where you are guided to the steps going down the seating area into the stadium, you are aware that this is a very well organised and well run event. Inside the Dome Not spectators, lunch timers Again, not spectators, visitors resting before returning to hotels or homes Hardly any Westerners around, but we were immediately welcomed and given English translations of the guide maps. Two magazines are available for purchase, one with photos in of all the quilts in the show and another with all the award winning quilts in the show. These were duly purchased at the end of the day in order to avoid carrying around all day, also after realising that taking photos of quilts without people parts in it would be near impossible, even though at only 5ft2, for the first time in my life, I could easily see over the heads of most other spectators (LOL). Spent the first morning going around looking at all the quilts on display, started with framed quilts, then moved on to bags before braving the crowds at the traditional quilts section. Next attempted to get a look at the award winners, but no chance, couldn't get close enough to read the names let alone see any detail, so decided to move on to Modern quilts. By now it was time for a break, so met up with lovely Lynda from Newcastle to have a coffee and what we thought was going to be a lovely ham sandwich (turned out to be a pork schnitzel between 2 slices of bread, which we ate long toothed, having spotted the egg and ham salad sandwiches which our waiter called vegetable sandwich, which came with some lovely crisps too - we didn't get any, so made a resolution to order the 'vegetable' sandwiches tomorow). Now time to visit some of the vendors, with first stop Yoko Saito's stall (I have after all come to buy fabrics to do her Mystery Quilt). Spent the best part of the afternoon here, being jostled to and fro between eager customers - as polite as the Japanese ladies are under normal circumstances, if there is competition for fabric, it is everyone for themselves with elbows flying in all directions. Having made my not inconsiderable purchases here, I head up the steps to the locker rooms to offload my bags before returning for some more vendor support and bumped into Scottish Lorna, who is very keen not to waste time talking and just get back down to shopping. Decided to tackle sections D and E of the Vendors, before returning to the hotel for supper. Just managed it in time before the show closed at 6.30pm. My shopping after day 1 Day 2 and I decided to do vendors in sections A,B and C first today before going around quilts on display, as I noticed yesterday that it quietened down later in the day at the quilts. Even more jostling today than yesterday, and some of the aisles are so crowded that you can hardly move. Decided to start at the furthest point from the entrance but not really any better, so just persevered and moved slowly along. Had lunch with Lorna, Lynda and Janette and had lovely 'vegetable' sandwiches with crisps this time. After lunch looked at the rest of the quilts on display that I have not seen before, before meeting up with Lorna and returning to the hotel. Had free time to do what we wanted on the third day, so returned to the show for last minute shopping with Lynda and Lorna and had another walk around all the wonderful quilts on display. There are so many wonderful quilts on show that it is really hard to decide which photos to post here, but I have had to make a decision, so here is my selection of quilts that I have enjoyed seeing the most: Framed or Wall hangings: Very quirky flamingoes Came second in this category Royal Wedding Love this one The one I would most like to do So much fun Quilts: In no particular order, some with detail Other more modern quilts: Embroidered obi at the show

Sweet Surrender by Sue Cody, pieced by Beth and quilted by Judi Madsen

The Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2013 is about promoting the art of crazy quilting and expanding the participant’s individual artistic creativity and technical knowledge.

I know I've blogged about Jillian Tamaki's stitched covers for Penguin Threads before, and no doubt you've seen these amazing pieces on the...

This is one of my favorite scrap quilt patterns lately...I have another quilt top just like this one I need to finish. The squares are cut 2.5 x 4.5 inches, so my scrap bin had much to contribute to this quilt. Nothing makes me happier than using up scraps. I think this pattern appeals to me because it is random, but somewhat organized scrappy. I was inspired by this quilt I found on Pinterest several years ago, but there are many tutorials out there similar to it. For the binding I used up my leftover bindings from previous quilts. (I sew them together each time I finish a quilt...once I have a long enough piece I use it as binding). It adds to the scrappiness. For the backing I used my stash...I purchased this stripe on sale years ago, with hopes of using it as a binding...but I didn't realize the stripe was going the wrong way, and not good for binding. (Hate when that happens). I love these bears, added to the backing to make it wide enough. Quilt stats Finished size: (forgot to measure) Pattern: rectangles cut 2.5 x 4.5 in Fabric: front-scraps ● binding- scraps ● backing-stash Batting: Warm and White

For Day 16, here's a quilt which celebrates the delight and innocence of children everywhere. The "Little Darlings" theme relates to the Hu...

The internet has not been my friend the past week. It's wavered between being interminably slow and entirely nonexistent. However, the Web gods have smiled on me today because lo and behold, I actually seem to be able to access not only the blog, but even upload some photos!! Miracle of miracles, amen. So this post is a bit of a rewind. Noel is still in Utah, working hard at his new job. The pics on this post are from the weekend before he left (which was 2 weekends ago) when we went to the Mountain State Fair! We had thought we'd see a lot of animals at the county fair (where I, as a Blue Ribbon Knitter, took a victory lap around the cow pen). Well, we didn't. Not even a rooster in the Rooster Bingo cage. Sigh. However, the state fair had TONS of animals, and sometimes tons of a single animal! First off, the cuteness of a family of pigs. :) (Note: we had bacon for breakfast that morning, but still I fawned over the piglets. I am perhaps a hypocrite.) This was an interesting display. These oblong metal things? Are pig oilers. Yes, apparently even bacon needs slathering with grease. Just kidding. But not really, because these seriously are pig oilers. They're filled with burnt motor oil and pigs rub up against them, and apparently the oil keeps biting insects away from the pigs. Huh. The cats are now working on designing their own version, which spits out kitty treats when they rub up against it. Patent pending. This was one seriously happy Texas longhorn bull. Probably because it's not 197 degrees, like it is in Houston right now. "Hmm...hm...la la la....napping in the sun..." Now, speaking of large mammals and Texas, remember our run-in with the Devil Cow, which despite Noel's protestations, I am convinced was considering eating us, heart and soul, with his Evil Teeth of Doom? And remember how I was so freaked out when we pulled up next to the fence containing said Devil Cow that I didn't want to stop to take a picture, for fear that looking into its Deep Black Eyes of Oblivion would forever seal a demon's pact for my innocent soul? Remember that? Well, we saw his brother at the fair: (Noel is convinced this cow is not evil. He's just not suspicious enough.) *shudder* Moving on! How about some cuteness to combat the Forces of Bovine Evil? How about some baby goats? They're so fluffy! Side note (isn't this blog all sides notes?): they had baby bunnies at the fair. I petted one, and it licked my finger with its teensy little pink tongue, and I was in love and wanted to take this 4-inch long bunny with us, but was afraid that (1) the kittens would try to eat him, and (2) I would pet him so much his fur would fall out. So. The sad thing? I was so wrapped up in a gossamer blanket of adulation for this baby bunny that I totally forgot to take a picture. Whoops! I did get a picture of a MONSTER bunny though! Any of you seen the Wallace & Gromit Wererabbit movie? This was the wererabbit. Has to be. You can't really tell from this picture, but this rabbit had to weigh 15 pounds if he weighed an ounce. HUGE. He was bigger than Loki. For reals. Speaking of big stuff, some people must really lay on the Miracle Gro, because WOW: Blue ribbon pumpkin, 736 pounds. Blue ribbon watermelon, 195 pounds: And I thought Cukezilla was big: CREEPY! There were stylin' old tractors: And huge tractor things I really want to drive someday: There's a huge arts & crafts competition for this fair, and sadly I didn't get to enter any items because I missed the cutoff dates. Of course, maybe it's better I didn't, seeing as this was the quilting competition: Isn't this gorgeous? Done by a guy! It looks like a fancy Tetris quilt to me. Noel liked it too. This one was also stunning. And this was a Blue Ribbon winner. Most was probably done by hand, what with all those curvy seams. Impressive! There was also some lovely knitting. Look at this: Incredible. We enjoyed some State Fair Health Food: Oh yes, it was SOOOOO good. We also saw a redneck zamboni: HA HA HA HA! I have to admit, I said that same thing to Noel as I walked up to take this picture, and laughed so hard I snorted. hee hee. Lastly, this is my favorite picture from the fair. There were lots of llamas in the competitions. Llots of llamas? Anyway, this is a prize llama, and she knows it. Condescending attitude close-up: Heee heee!. Don't hate her because she's beautiful.

Dad jokes may be all over the internet, but this weekend belongs to moms, so let's hand over the mic to them.

I kept looking at this block and it just didn't feel right to me. At last, I realized that what was bothering me was that central pa...

The minute I put this block on the screen and said it was done, I realized I hadn't attached the special button I painted for it. Then I couldn't find the button... But found the button when I was looking for the butterfly charm bracelet I got at the thrift store last Wednesday. Note button left center... I painted the flowers on the buttons to blend with the flowers in the trim... Each block will have a special bird from our garden... I've started to gather stuff for the February block which will be butterflies and lavender... You can see I found my 99cent butterfly charm bracelet...with pink wings no less. I don't know about you but I'm always buying skeins of the variegated thread but when I use them the span between color change is so great that you never get the lovely effect that it has in the skein. I'm going to use them on this project anyway... I believe this block will have a button with swallows. And I just adore the funky brass beads.. They are quite irregular and suit this theme so well... Have I mentioned how much I LOVE thrift stores? LOL I have been gone from home far too much.... And Sunday the Bohemian Waxwings migrated through on their way north... They only stay a day or two and sometimes I miss their visit. They're usually my highlight of this time of year but after all the excitement over the owl and new birds last week, the waxwings were lesser news....still handsome birds though and glad we're on their route.

I made my first Hanky Rag Quilt in 2011 and since then I have made a whole lot more. Here are some of the quilts and pillows I have been ho...

I’m Designer, Author, Talk Show host Pat Sloan. This year we are celebrating the rainbow of colors in our color wheel. Each designer is assigned a color to create their block in. This month we land…

Here is a photo of my newest quilt. It is entitled Grateful Dance. I created it in commemoration of my two hip replacements and in gratitude that I have mobility again. My inspirations were the ske…

Seneca Falls Star by the Sew Whatevers (Roseanne Smith, Georgann Eglinski, Barbara Brackman, Sarah Fayman, Carol Jones, Nicki Listerman, Janet Perkins, Wendy Turnbull, and Jerrye VanLeer) Lawrence, Kansas, 2009 87" x 87" The Sew Whatevers reproduced a quilt from the International Quilt Study Center and Museum to raise funds for the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild. Roseanne made the center star from fabrics Barbara and Terry Thompson designed years ago for Moda. The collection was called Seneca Falls. The fabrics echoed mid-19th century prints and the names honored leaders in the era's women's suffrage movement. Georgann hand-appliqued the Oakleaf and Reel designs for the edge of the star. The group pieced the diamond border and Lori Kukuk machine-quilted it. Our inspiration was a terrific mid-19th century quilt in the collection of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. Click on the link below to see the original (#1997.007.0660). It's possibly from Pennsylvania, in the James Collection, and done about 1840-1860 in indigo prints with golden yellow figures. http://www.quiltstudy.org/includes/photos/quilt_database/large/1997_007_0660.jpg?PHPSESSID=bf577b00549c9bc75d5e8453048f8943 Our reproduction quilt will go to its new owner on September 20th. That might be YOU. Email Barb L at [email protected] for information about tickets---$5 for six. Click here for more information: http://www.kawvalleyquiltersguild.org/opportunity_quilt_2.html

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Yes, I said quilts. But as you can see, these quilts created by Sherri Lynn Wood of DaintyTime are NOT your grandmother's quilts.

The stitchers of the Wool Do your Block Round Robin were: Karrin H, Cathy K, Leslie E, Hideko I, Simona (who later had to drop out for personal reasons) Marya and Ritva P. HIDEKO’S BLOCKS Hideko’s Naked Blocks Marya’s block for Hideko Leslie’s block for Hideko Cathy’s block for Hideko Karrin’s block for Hideko Ritva’s work for Hideko CATHY K’S BLOCKS Cathy’s Naked Blocks Set 1 (Woodland) Ritva stitched this Woodland theme Hideko stitched a Woodland spring Marya stitched this Woodland block Cathy’s Naked Blocks, Set 2 (Christmas) Leslie created this Christmas block Karrin’s block for Cathy KARRIN’S BLOCKS Karrin’s Naked Blocks Ritva did this basket of flowers for Karen Hideko’s work Marya’s work Leslie’s block for Karrin Cathy K’s work Karrin’s finished blocks LESLIE’S BLOCKS Leslie’s Naked Blocks Cathy K’s work for Leslie Leslie stitched this block herself after Simona left. Karrin’s block for Leslie Ritva’s work Hideko’s block for Leslie Marya’s block RITVA’S BLOCKS Ritva’s Naked Blocks Marya’s block for Ritva Hideko’s block for Ritva Leslie’s work for Ritva Cathy K stitched this block The first four finished blocks for Ritva Karrin’s work for Ritva Ritva’s stitched her sixth and final block SIMONA’S BLOCKS Simona’s Naked Blocks Karrin stitched this block for Simona Ritva also completed a block for Simona Hideko stitched this block for Hideko Marya’s lovely work for Simona MARYA’S BLOCKS Marya’s Naked Blocks Leslie’s work for Marya Cathy stitched this block for Marya This block was Karrin’s for Marya Ritva’s block Hideko’s work for Marya Simona’s final block (stitched by Leslie??)

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