Silent Sunday (almost)

Ahhh Sunday ... a nice day for relaxing after Church! 

These relaxing seats were snapped outside the Cracker Barrel in Hampton, Virginia:

Thanks everybody for your kind concerns about my absence - they are appreciated!

Sew forth and sew on

Linda

Out and about

Hi everybody, it's been a loooooooong time!  When I said I wouldn't be posting while my sister was here, I didn't know it would be a whole month later [ducking my head in shame].  I had several people asking "what's up with the blog??" - I apologize, it didn't occur to me people would think something was wrong, just a case of the lazies; time flies, doesn't it?? 

Meanwhile I went to the Quilters Unlimited show in Virginia last Friday with Felicia and Pat, here are some pics:

Of course the first thing that caught my eye was this Beemer parked right at the door to the exhibit center:

we know what she does, don't we!

There were a lot of red and white quilts displayed, but this one was my all-time fav:

I hope you can see the closeup of the quilting, it's fantastic!

A few pictorials...

The door on the shed actually opens up - clever!

I didn't take too many pictures, .sometimes at quilt shows it's as though you're in a time loop... as if  you've seen "this" or "that" quilt before, maybe in a different color combination or by a different quilter.  Not to take anything away from the show, the quilts all came together to make a great show but... do you know what I mean?

I bought absolutely NO fabric this time, wasn't even tempted!  But I did buy 3 patterns and a book, along with a ruler called The Learning Curve.  It's sort of like a drunkard's path but it makes "perfect" circles.  Your seams will match every time - yeah right, we'll see won't we!

We watched a demo of a fantastic tool called The Wacker - you have to read Felicia's review of this tool, when he finished we snuck around the corner and laughed our heads off!

After the show I dropped by Sandy's house for an impromptu chopping and skewering get-together.  We skewered...

and skewered...

and cooked...

then we ate!

it was delicious!

That's all for now, it's such a gloomy day today I don't want to go out - I want to catch up on the blogs that I haven't read in a long time, then gotta put the nose to the needle!  Sew forth and sew on til later  :o)

Scrappy days are here again!

"Happy days are here again,
the skies above are clear again"...

at least til Monday, that's when we get more rain!  That's too bad cuz my sister is coming for a visit til Friday, looks like rain all week   :o*(

BUT... three things to be happy about:
(1) main course salads
(2) adopting one better habit
(3) recuperative strolls

"Scrappy" days are here again, and so am I! I've been working with my scraps and it can be a bit messy at times - how did a scrap of fabric get on the floor mat of my car??  It's fun making my scrap yardage and I'm getting some great pieces made. 

Since I'm using my 6-1/2" GO die to cut the half square triangles, I make the pieces at least 7-1/2" square to make sure it'll fit the entire area.  One thing I found out is, it's almost impossible to control where the seam line fits, as you can see in the piece above.  When I made my cut, I only got just a sliver of that red fabric... I think all but a teensy tiny piece will be caught up in the seam.

I really liked Marei's comment about using red, so I tried a few and boy how it makes my pieces pop!  Take a look at these two layouts I tried:

Because the pieces are so large, I'll be able to make a throw size in no time at all!  For sure I'll need to follow a layout sheet, I had fun trying to get the one on the right lined up correctly - it took leaning my head way over to the side and closing one eye!  Kinda pretty, though.

Well, that's part of what I've been up to, quilt wise.  I find myself back in the position of having to clean my guest room so my sister will have some place to sleep - where'd all that clutter come from in there???  I definitely need a quilt studio!

Also, I'm behind on my Doodles BOM, I need to make three to catch up!  And what about the Quilty Barn Along and the Hello Moon?? 

Have a great Friday, I might not blog again for a while but I'll still be scrapping behind the scenes.  Sew forth and sew on til later!