Quilts, Quilts, and More Quilts (Thimbleberries)
Posted By drsao on June 28, 2008
I am happy to say that I have finished my Thimbleberry’s Club assignment for this month! It is nice to have a SMALL ASSIGNMENT – I love marking these things off my TO DO LIST!
Today I spent the entire day with the VIRGINIA SCRAPPERS having a wonderful time sewing! I met some new friends and missed some old friends (SHEDDY AND CARMEN.)
Look at this “antique” Birthing Quilt that Peggy brought. Isn’t it wonderful! It is so intricate and it looks like the original quilter made it PILLOWCASE STYLE. (I had a lovely picture of Peggy too – but somehow my program has decided to cut her head off……….oh how I wish that I had a techie brain – I would fix it!)
At least I only cut off the top of Nancy’s head – she made this very cute purse and matching billfold….the billfold has lots of very cool compartments……I loved it! Nancy also made this wonderful wall hanging – all today!
Patsy was working on putting the finishing touches (ala binding) on her Circles and Melons quilt. I LOVE THE FABRICS that she used. I have never done any circular piecing and HOPEFULLY I can get into her class July 12!
I actually took a picture of the entire REDWORK QUILT OF ANTIQUE SEWING MACHINES but it came out blurry – too bad! But I did get a corner of it (THANKFULLY) with Linda’s smiling face…..aren’t quilters just some of the happiest folks around! Linda embroidered these sewing machine blocks BY HAND! Such an inspiration!
And last but not least – here is the HELLO KITTY QUEEN – look at that cute little green Hello Kitty sewing machine! She added the Hello Kitty Stickers too!
It was a good day for Susan (at the Quilter’s Corners) today – two more people at our table signed up for the EGG MONEY QUILT CLASS starting July 20….it is going to be lots of fun! (There is nothing like word of mouth advertising!) 🙂
Today I finished the binding on my ALL THE RAGE QUILT for my grandangel Harry. Since binding is my least favorite part of quilting, it is more fun to do it with friends.
I also spent some time working on my Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt. The hexagons look a bit off color – that is because the papers are still there – showing through. I have been using old business cards and magazine subscriptions cards to cut the hexagons….it is now kind of fun to do the English paper piecing task – more fun than just sewing around plain old card stock. It was a good day!
What a wonderful day, and you managed to get such a lot done too. I love your black/white/red quilt and the hexagons – do you have a plan in mind for them yet? The redwork quilt is lovely too. I really enjoy combining hand stitching with patchwork and quilting, so this was fun to look at.