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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
WIP - Busy, busy!!
Been a while since I've taken the time to blog.... So thought I'd run through a little update of what I've been busy with!
First, my guild is having a Quilt Show and I'm part of the committee so we've been very busy with making all the arrangements. This is the first Quilt Show I've been involved with and I'm very excited to see it all come together. There are more than 110 member quilts that will be shown PLUS:
Terry is in charge of the Raffle Baskets which we are putting together tomorrow night so I'm not on the sure of the count though I've seen the loot: fabric, patterns, books, tools, thread+++ and I know I'll be buying some tickets!
We will also have a Boutique of wonderful handmade items made by our members. I recently ran a Boutique night at the guild where members brought their machines and I brought patterns I drew up, 'how to' boards with step by step instructions, as well as written instructions and kits. The 4 items I presented were two different coasters, tissue holders, and coffee cup cozies... I have to say that our current president, Patty, was a MACHINE! at the production of coasters, she enlisted two friends who did the ironing and turning and wa-la! Not an one original as I give Pinterest as well as the many blog I follow all the credit for the ideas and drew up patterns from those ideas to present with the kits. My night alone netted 75 or so items for the boutique so if you are looking for Christmas presents you should stop on by and see René and Lisa in the boutique!! (For more information on the boutique items and link to patterns visit my other blog: http://www.quiltarie.blogspot.com/)
Here's my current project... when I'm not binding quilts and adding labels for the quilts I am putting in the show!
At a retreat a couple of weeks ago I finally got this quilt together. This past weekend I added borders.
You may remember this from the February 2013 retreat - here's a beginning picture! and link to the blog.
All for now! Marie
First, my guild is having a Quilt Show and I'm part of the committee so we've been very busy with making all the arrangements. This is the first Quilt Show I've been involved with and I'm very excited to see it all come together. There are more than 110 member quilts that will be shown PLUS:
There are 31 mini quilts made by our members that are being raffled: Souhegan Valley Quilters Guild
(online tickets are available for purchase through 9/30)
Terry is in charge of the Raffle Baskets which we are putting together tomorrow night so I'm not on the sure of the count though I've seen the loot: fabric, patterns, books, tools, thread+++ and I know I'll be buying some tickets!
A BIG thank you to all who have donated!
Check out the vendor donation list below:
We will also have a Boutique of wonderful handmade items made by our members. I recently ran a Boutique night at the guild where members brought their machines and I brought patterns I drew up, 'how to' boards with step by step instructions, as well as written instructions and kits. The 4 items I presented were two different coasters, tissue holders, and coffee cup cozies... I have to say that our current president, Patty, was a MACHINE! at the production of coasters, she enlisted two friends who did the ironing and turning and wa-la! Not an one original as I give Pinterest as well as the many blog I follow all the credit for the ideas and drew up patterns from those ideas to present with the kits. My night alone netted 75 or so items for the boutique so if you are looking for Christmas presents you should stop on by and see René and Lisa in the boutique!! (For more information on the boutique items and link to patterns visit my other blog: http://www.quiltarie.blogspot.com/)
Here's my current project... when I'm not binding quilts and adding labels for the quilts I am putting in the show!
At a retreat a couple of weeks ago I finally got this quilt together. This past weekend I added borders.
You may remember this from the February 2013 retreat - here's a beginning picture! and link to the blog.
All for now! Marie
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
WIP Wednesday...
Here are a few more pics of my current quilt project...
(This picture links back to the original post on this quilt)
I have continued to work on this project.
I'm now working on the second of four quarters.
Here are some process shots:
Ironing open the seams as I go helps a lot when it comes to
adding the batiks...
Here's the Personality Shot!!
The SEAMS seem to add a LOT of personality to this quilt!
Be sure to cut open the seams on the jeans before drawing you circles... I didn't discover this until I was cutting the 5th pair of jeans...
Here the next quarter is put together in rows...
I found that working in row groups of 2 or 3 are the easiest to move around on my sewing machine...
Then it's deciding where to place the batiks...
I was trying to not repeat the same batik across or up and down...
Close, but there are a couple of repeats...
I think I'm pretty happy with the layout so far...
Not sure how it will be to attach the two quarters together...
Let you know soon!!
Have a wonderful week! For lots of fun and creative quilting check out
To see what everyone else is up to!
Marie
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