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The Fall Fiber Fair is Saturday October 17th in front of Beginnings Quilt Shop. I have agreed to be a part of the it once again with a booth in front of their store. I pulled out all the things I have left over from the guild gift shop, and it is quite a bit. …
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I know you have been wondering what I decided to do with all those leftover flying geese. Well, today you find out. When I finished the Busy Bees quilt, I had enough time to put a lullaby quilt together for entry in the Mountain State Fair. I thought, something cute with a border of flying …
This has been one of my busiest weeks of the year, with several cooking contests in the evenings. I got my first ribbon of the season with the blueberry contest. I made a Blueberry Breakfast Parfait with vanilla Greek yogurt and homemade blueberry compote. It is really easy to make. I found some individual serving …
In August, I finished the Fleur Lumineuse art wall hanging. When we left off this project, the base quilting was finished. I turned attention to the collage. The rose was assembled on parchment paper, but the stem needed to be recut. I wanted to have the stem hang off the edge of the base, to …
With the complex piecing on this quilt, it was begging for custom quilting. I had a fair amount of negative space to play with, now to decide on what to put where. I loaded it on the longarm, using the same print as in the border between the pinwheels and the flying geese for backing. …
Continue reading Busy Bees Quilt – Part 3 Quilting and Finishing
This has to be my second favorite weekend of the year behind Thanksgiving!! Autumn is on the way, football season has started and the Mountain State Fair is in full swing! I get to bring out the fall quilts, change the wall hangings and get ready for the next three months of cooler weather, wearing …
When we left off last time, I was in the process of making 160 flying geese. I was doing them in batches of 20 so I wouldn't have to do the same thing 160 times at once. Here I have some in all three stages of piecing. I stacked the finished ones up in groups …
Back in June, I was asked to participate in showing a demo at our guild area on rulers. We had four members showing different rulers. Members divided into groups, and shifted tables every 15 minutes. It was a fun program for the members. My demo was on the 60º ruler, which makes a hexagonal table …
Labor Day weekend is our local Apple Festival, the biggest event of our year. For four days, we celebrate our county's apple orchards. North Carolina is the 7th largest producer of apples in the US, and Henderson county provides 85% of the state's production. Downtown is closed to traffic and set up with orchard booths …
The past two years Worldwide Quilting day challenges have produced interesting projects, but I have no use for them after the challenge is done. I entered one into the fair last year and both were exhibited at the guild show this past May. So, now, what to do with them? I can't throw them away, …
