Back to Quilting!

My scrappy Insomnia quilt top made with all Kaffe fabrics is sandwiched and pinned and about a third quilted. I'm back in the dining room using my Juki in the home-made quilting table leaf ( see old post from 3/3/09 )

I've not quilted anything larger than a wall quilt since my shoulder surgery on December 24, 2008. So, my free-motioning is a bit rusty. I'm doing my favorite motif of leaves and curling vines between. I spent about 3 hours yesterday after work and am about a third done. YAAAAAY!

So far so good. I'm using a variegated King Tut thread in red /pink/ orange on the top and a green on the back to match the backing. My son and his girlfriend came over tonight for dinner and just left, so no quilting tonight. It is too late for me to start up at 9:00pm!! Oh, and I forgot to show you yesterday with all the other quilt show buys, the new quilting gloves I bought. They are called Grabaroos. they are a very lightweight knitted glove with little rubber dots only on the finger tips. So far, I like them!

Tomorrow night is our last CQU quilt guild meeting of the year. As we meet in local schools, our guild season runs from September to June with no meetings in July and August. So no quilting on it tomorrow night either! Our June meeting is all fun. We have a potluck for food, drawings for those who participated in community service projects, show and tell and revealing the annual summer challenge! As a Co-President, Susan and I give the current board of officers little Thank You gifts. I've made 25 little pin cushion that will be given out tomorrow night. WHEW!

We've been having lots of late afternoon and evening thunderstorms the last few weeks. My little Westie Yogi finds his crate a cozy haven when those booms make the windows rattle!

He will also scrunch down into the crack behind the back cushions on the couch to catch some cozy comfort! Sometimes he slides all the way down!

Isn't he just the cutest thing??? Can you tell he is loved and spoiled daily??

No Text Tuesday- Quilt Show Buys!

Fat quarters in tone on tones for floral appliques!

Purse and quilt patterns!

Cute fall pillow kit with awesome leaf buttons!

A new version of Quilt in a Cup with a lid and straw!

A psychodelic tree wall quilt kit with a panel center!

Martha Negley Holly print Christmas quilt kit! YUM!

Vintage looking Chateau Rococco collection fat quarters!

And the best for last- my new Alto Quiltcut 2!!

I lovveee shopping the vendor malls at quilt shows! Such fun!!

Annual Quilt Show Weekend!

This weekend was our annual Quilter's Unlimited quilt show. It started with classes on Thursday and the vendors and show opened on Friday... so. of course, I had to take off from work to go on day one!! We don't want anyone buying up all the best stuff now do we?!? Saw lots of friends there all day long. Bought some gorgeous fabrics...mostly fat quarters, a few patterns and I've saving the best for last!! I did buy an Alto's Quiltcut 2!! YESSSSSSSSS! I'll take some photos of it all tomorrow and post it!

What I want to share with you today is our lecture by Mark Lipinski from Quilter's Home magazine. He spoke on Saturday night to a packed high school auditorium. He was a total hoot!! We laughed until we cried. As I was driving home, I realized my face hurt from all that laughing!! I didn't see anyone in the audience who wasn't as entertained as I was!! He was such fun!! :-)

He showed us his first quilt. It is quite stunning for a first quilt, isn't it? Of course, you had to hear him tell his story about it!

He told us all about adopting his now 17 year old son from South America. The stories continue about the different quilt designers he's met and worked with and how he designs all his quilts in black grey and white on EQ6. He showed us allot of awesome quilts - many of which were made with his own fabrics. He poked fun at Pat Sloan who is a member of our quild and was there in the audience! She is a hoot to take a class from, too!! :-)

I think everyone's favorite story was when he bought and wore a girdle to a funeral. Picture it rolling down mid service... I'm still laughing about that one.

Another good story was when he spent a layover at an airport sashaying around the shopping area for 4 hours... only to find out later that he had a huge tear in the back of his pants and this was on a day when he wasn't wearing any underwear.... OMG!! Ya gotta hear his explanations.... Hysterical!!

What a great weekend!! A quilt show, tons of vendors and Mark Lipinski!! Life is good!