Immaculate Inspiration... Process

Hello Everyone,When at Victoria's house, for her retreat, she had given each of us a little piece of some fabric that she designed on Spoonflower. It was a Virgin Mary (Lady of Guadalupe). So after finishing my paper piecing, I decided to play with her.I took a dive into the scrap bins, not literally though. First bordering her with black fabrics to frame it up.Being the bright lover that I am, I decided to go with brightly colored fabrics. Since Mary was hot pink, one of my favorite colors, that would be my jumping off point.I pieced fabrics randomly, varying...

Just Plain Fun!

Hello Everyone,Last weekend, my friends Pam, Justine and I went on a wonderful quilting retreat in Chester, VT. This was our second year at this retreat and we had such a fantastic time. Lots of fun with old friends and new. Plenty of inspiration to be had. I wanted to share just a few pictures with you. Hopefully, by my next post I will have a slideshow of the retreat containing TONS of inspiration for you.For now, Justine, Pam and I welcome you to our retreat...Country Treasures is a phenomenal quilt shop in Chester, VT. The shop owner Sue, is...

More Retreat Pictures

Sorry the font looks weird in this post..... Blogger is going haywire today.Hello Everyone,First I want to say that I am overwhelmed by the enthusiasm over my Black and White Challenge. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone's work over the next year and getting to know you all better. It is going to be a great project.I have been really busy quilting customer quilts to return them prior to Christmas. You can see some new ones I added to my site by clicking here.Anyway, in my last post prior to the challenge I was showing you photos of...

Quilt Tops Finished at Our Annual Quilt Retreat

Hello Everyone,This past Sunday I arrived home from my annual quilting retreat with my friends and I wanted to share with you some of what I and my friends accomplished while there. This will be a 2 part post. So here come the pictures...First we had a challenge to do for this year. We all had to use the mottled batik in the border of this SECOND quilt and had to incorporate it with up to 6 more fabrics. The project could be no bigger than 45 X 45 and no smaller than 25 X 25. Here are our interpretations...Erica...

Me In a Movie at a Quilt Retreat???

Hi Folks,I have some really exciting and cool news! This past weekend my friends, Pam, Justine, and I went on a retreat to Vermont. Country Treasures Quilt Shop was hosting the retreat and it was a blast! However, the day before the retreat they phoned us and asked if we wanted to be extras in a movie. What movie???They explained that there were filmmakers in town through mid June making a film called Mistletoe. It will be on the Hallmark channel between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Two of the stars are Tom Arnold (Roseanne Barr's Ex) and Candace Cameron (DJ on...