quilts are 4 kids

They were many kids quilt at the show..some were simple checker board with snakes and ladders,  all you need is a dice and a marker piece.

 there were owls.......





and sun and the moon

there were quilts of trucks

a grinch christmas

The was even a 3-dimensional quilt for a kid....

Lift the corners and there is a surprise inside!  Jake, the little boy whose quilt this is, loves it!  He doesn't ever tire of peaking inside the squares!

This is only a few of what was on display...

I thought that I would show you a few of the quilts that I admired at the show.  The first was made by Janet.  Very stunning with the black background.  Appliqued and embroidered.

This one was made by Maureen.  Pieced and embroidered on a neutral background, also very stunning

Janet's quilt is many different blocks and Maureen's is one block.  When I first viewed them I thought they were the same but they are not!  How could I possible thought they were the same??!!    There is no resemblance between them, except for the hand embroidery.   ps...I was wearing my glasses!                                                         

                                               

Then there is this one by Val                                                                                   

Last years   "Block of the month' ...............she beaded it all....

and then Val had this one

Also beaded...the beading changes the movement of the block completely

Fantastic...very inspiring!

I think maybe I have been doing too much sewing, well, too much cutting with the rotary cutter at the least. All my arthritis is acting up. My index finger has been getting sore and a little swollen.  It bothered me years ago, at that time it was so sore that I couldn't hold a tea mug...very bad for me...I drink tea all the time and back then, rotary cutters weren't available, so it wasn't that, but it was overuse.  This week my finger actually locked on me ...I had a hard time getting it unlocked and was very painful.  So I've been resting it.  My hands have both been achy and my feet so  I've been reading some books that I bought at the Binbrook quilt show and perusing the books I bought at the Oakville Quilt Show.
I didn't get any fabric YET!  I might get some tomorrow...I don't know yet..maybe I will see something  I like.....HaH!  Who am I trying to kid...OF COURSE I will see something I like!



Queen Anne Elegance

 And now the show is over...yes I saw fabric that I liked...but I was strong!  I didn`t buy any!  I admired fabric other people bought!...I got a lot of books...and some fabric markers, some more threads and a jacket pattern...that`s all...

This is the third jacket pattern by this designer that I have purchased.  The other 2 are strip pieced ...this one is more subdued..Looked very nice on the sales lady...so I bought a pattern...

I wonder if this is something that Thing One would like to make?  Maybe a summer project for her and Thing Two?
the website where you can see or order this jacket is
http://www.figureflatteringquiltwear.com/

We had Quilt guild meeting for the other guild I belong to...
I sat in an area that I thought would be good for taking pics of show and tell...it wasn't......oh dear...there were heads in every pic and the photos very dark.  I don't know what is going on with my camera.  I have to check out the quality of the pics..maybe my resolution it too low..
 My fellow members had some very nice quilts, but those pics aren't worth sharing..so on to the speaker!
Our program speaker was Dianne Bergman, she lives and teaches locally.  I asked if I could take pics of her work and write about her on the blog and she kindly said "Yes"!

A lively, animated lady who  specialises in miniature landscapes. 
Fantastic landscapes.  Some as tiny as 4" by 6"...one she showed was as large as 18" by 24"
Self-taught, she uses all sorts of different techniques that she has gleaned from various books.  She pulled some of those books from our library to show we had some resources of our own.  Hmmm...I think I might have a book or two myself.
 She does have some experience with painting and stained glass in a former life as a nun.
http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4d7a457a4d6a55784f546b3d0d0a%26sb&blogview=true

Click on the link for a smilebox that I made of her work. IGNORE the part on th bottom half of the page about a PDF..is an add..just wait for the smilebox to open...thanks

She use various types of fabric ...silks..organza...threads...roving... fibres..tiny little snippets of fabric...roving.  Threads that WE would toss in the garbage, she saves  coloured co-ordinated in bins.  She uses her camera, computer, embellisher (felting machine) and now her embroidery machine to create these little works of art. 
Be sure to click on the link above...that's where I put her pics.

Oh the show! What a fantastic one it was...The room was filled with all our guild members work.
Our visitors were wowed by that vast amount of work and the quality of our quilts we had displayed.
We had a lot of food too...Quilters like to eat and sew.

My feet are sore, my back aches...but it was worth it..

This quilt won a ribbon....

and this quilt by Patricia won a ribbon 

I couldn't possibly put 200 photos on this blog, but here is a smile box of a sampling of them..                                click on the link, please          and enjoy....

http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4d7a457a4e4463774f54513d0d0a&blogview=true

I really have had a push on for the farmer's wife blocks, because I got even more done!

I worked on this block. This was another block I thought would be easier to just piece.
 I went on-line for a half square triangle template, found one, printed it out twice, layered my fabrics rights side together and BAM!  almost done..assembled it carefully on my worktable, then sewed.

What was this one called??  gotta go check the book....oh yeah..#64 Peace & Plenty.

The night was young, the mister was out and Adele was on the CD player wailing out her misery....we had time for more sewing..

Sew, I did...

Number 65..Peaceful Hours, this one is called.  I though....oh  ..is it hard?   Nope, not bad at all...
Then I started to play with a notion I have called mirror tiles and took some pics  I wondered how some of these blocks would look as multiples.....




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Today (yesterday ) was set-up day for the quilt show.  I took my two wallhangings down, made sure they were 'cat hair free' and took them over to where we are having the show.  I also took my three quilt racks...made sure I put my name on them, to be used at the show.  I hear there are over two hundred quilts being shown by our guild.

  I work on Saturday, but I plan on going over on Thursday or Friday to actually 'see' the show.  I want to take pics...so I will be a while..  The mister doesn't have to come to this one if he doesn't want to.

Here the ladies are checking in-coming quilts . One minute, they are just waiting,    the next minute, the table is full of quilts.

Quilts dropped off are labeled, then sorted into piles to be hung.

Here, the guys are discussing something of great interest...the hockey game?  where to grab a coffee?  or maybe what to do next ....their job is assembling the racks to hang the quilts..and then actually hanging the quilts ....they've been hard at work, they have some racks assembled already !                                                                                                     

Ursula is hard at work with the Tombola .   Members have made and donated items for a draw.  I want to make sure I get my tickets..   

     

Looks like everything is under control here...Every one has their job to do and it looks like things are running smoothly.   

Tomorrow ......................................................................

THE SHOW!