Fine Art

 Can you guess what I'm making???

 Ever since I saw this pattern for sale, I had to have a piece of fine art...The directions are clear.  The quilt is sewn together with 1 1/2" strips and the cutting is very labor intensive.  It took me a week to cut this out.  It is assembled in a paint by number style.  I have found it handy to have labels which I have subcut and have labeled everything as the colors are so similar and the sizes are so close...-**

++-+8**I have a little helper this morning...

For your fabric, I did find some pieces at my local quilt store, however I had to order online for the remainder...Fat Quarter Shop was wonderful to work with.  I asked them to label the colors so that I could continue to label them once they are cut out...I found some boxes and I am using the lids to keep things somewhat contained and in order...wish me luck!!!

Party Aprons...

More sewing that took place in my absence...I was asked to sew 12 aprons and 13 chef hats for a very special birthday party...sorry, no pictures of the chef hats, but they turned out adorable...

The fabric was absolutely scrumptious to work with...

Nothing better than to sew and to do it with the most beautiful fabric surrounding you...

As a child I developed a love affair with fabric and it has continued throughout my life...

I found this thread keeper at the antique shop...the tag stated it was from 1880

There were slits cut through the wood for the thread to pull through from...I was sad this piece was not in my budget, but I did get a picture...

Recent Finishes...

 Years ago, when we had Red Rooster Quilts and Treasures, they had free economy quilt classes where we exchanged 6" squares and we were taught this pattern with the 9 patches...I just got the quilt back from the quilters and bound it.  It was a work in progress as I decided to make it a queen size and had to make more blocks...so nice to finish a 4 year project...

 This is my Scrapbag Star quilt made last year and finished up this year.  Fun quilt and I got to use up some of that stash...

Close up of the blocks....How are you all coming along on your scrap quilts???

Patchwork Friends Quilt Guild...

 Here we are for the April quilt guild...Enjoy the show!!! I missed last month because of a schedule conflict so it was so good to get back!!

 This quilt is the spring mystery quilt put on by My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe...I made one and it was really fun!!

 This picture and the following picture are from My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe, which Kim and Kris came and talked to our guild.  These girls have it going on.  They are fun, creative and really smart.  The store is amazing and I have to make excuses to go all the time and get something here or there...

Please ignore the blurry photos as my camera has a really slow shutter and people show their quilts really fast....Some really fun show and share this month!!!