Three Finishes

I am moving right along this summer. I finished three quilts so far. I have one other basted and will get to that next week. The first one is a quilt I bought at the NJ Quilt Show last March. It turned out better than I expected. I call it the "Beach House Quilt". Wouldn't it look nice on a bed in a beach house? I had started to quilt it with a star design using a paper pattern, but my machine just wasn't liking to do that, so I ripped out five rows of quilting, Ugh, and started over. I like the affect of wavy lines using a multi-color thread. I also used Thermore for the batting. Since it is polyester, it gives the puffy affect. Nice.

My second finish is a kit I bought at NQA in June. An impulse buy, but it was fun to put together. I am calling it "Black Diamonds". I have been using Sharon Schamber's basting technique and it went together very nicely. It is a one person method which comes in very handy when DH is not around. Again I used my wavy line design to quilt. I should branch out and try some other designs, but why temp fate. Wavy works...

The third finish is a quilt I started some time ago using my embroidery machine and paperpiecing. Lots of seams, but it finished up nicely. I am on a roll this summer. I have one other quilt being basted as I type. Not really, but will be done tomorrow for sure.

Bermuda 09

Time for a vacation, so I went on a quilt cruise. Yes, that's right, a quilting cruise. I had the time of my life. On cruises, you can only eat so much, drink so much or read so many books. We were kept busy quilting and sewing and eating, drinking and reading. Best cruise I ever took. I'd do it again. And what better place than to see Bermuda, again, ( used to live there) for two days. I just love the bag I made and some of the others made a quilt.

Alex Graduates

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted anything. I've been doing lots of things tho. Including my granddaughter's college graduation from Seton Hall in New Jersey. Now it's job hunting time. Good Luck, Alex. So to celebrate her graduation, we all went to NYC to see "Mary Poppins" and what a great show that is. A good time was had by all. Here she is with her parents and one with me and my daughter.

Bloggers Quilt Festival 2009

What a great idea to spend a rainy day looking at blogs. Could be all week from the looks of things. Thanks Amy for organizing this. My current favorite is my quilt using Kaffe Fasset fabrics. Loved working on it. I am inspired by the creativity of these bloggers.

Two new quilts

I tried my hand at FMQ again using a 17wt thread and I like it very much. Hard to find the thicker thread though. I have heard that it is not being made and suppliers are not stocking it. Too bad, because I like the affect. I used all my Kaffee Fassett fabrics for this one.

I also made the black and red, hearts and flowers quilt. I am committed to using what I have and found all the making for that one in my stash. I wonder what else is there.