January Color Challenge 2012

| February 1, 2012

  The first month of the ColorChallenge has been lots of fun.  Here are the Vicki Welsh colors!  This photo is of 1882 tiles in a ship  that she saw in a museum in London.     Here is my quilt using those colors!     I can’t wait to start on the February colors! […]

What’s on my DESIGN FLOOR, Monday, January 23, 2012

| January 23, 2012

I was looking at my design floor post last week……and I was sure giggling because I did not DO EITHER OF THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE ON MY DESIGN FLOOR last week.  I am just like the mouse in the book “IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE…”  I got DISTRACTED by other things. OK […]

Show and Tell at the Richmond Modern Quilt Guild Meeting, January 20, 2012

| January 22, 2012

My mind was churning away – while I slept last night – yes, I was DREAMING about Julia Pfaff’s embroidery and I was painting yellow dots on my fabric and embroidering all over them.  LOL. And then I got weary (in my sleep) of embroidering around little dots, so I designed my next ROUND ROBIN […]

What’s on my DESIGN FLOOR, Monday, January 16, 2012

| January 16, 2012

  I am now piecing the BACK for my  Orca Bay – Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery Quilt.  I finished piecing the top this week!  I call this one ORCA BAY 1.  (I am making my FAVORITE style back for the quilt….12 1/2″ squares…..I am using gold, white, red, and blue blocks.  It takes a bit of […]

What’s on my DESIGN FLOOR, Monday, January 9, 2012

| January 9, 2012

My DESIGN FLOOR is really getting fun (AND FULL)……I am working on putting together my second ORCA BAY 1 quilt.  It is red, white, blue and gold…stay tuned…..  The top of my first ORCA BAY II Quilt is finished…..and I have already delivered it to my long arm quilter….I can’t wait to see it finished! […]