Border Patrol

Hello Everyone,Remember my last post on this quilt, if not click here. I can say that I have been working away, little by little at paper piecing the border for my Judy Niemeyer quilt. All I can say is, I am in love with it!! Disclaimer: Sorry about the poor photo quality, it was night time when I took the photos and the lighting wasn't as good in my studio then.So here are the beginnings of the borders. There are left and right sides, so I had to make sure that I was placing them properly. This is definitely a...

In My Younger Days

Hello Everyone,One thing that I have learned about myself over time is that some things never change. A while ago my mother had found some of my old art work, from when I was a child, that she had kept. She brought them to me and I had put them away in the closet. Yesterday, I rediscovered them and thought it would be neat to share.This first one was done when I was about 9 years old. You can see I loved color then like I do now. Very abstract, but would make a nice quilt, wouldn't it? It even...

Red Asterisk

Hello Everyone,I bet you can't believe that I have NEVER been involved in a Bee! Yeah, me too! So when my friend Andrea invited me to join the Two's Company Bee, inspired by the Red And White Quilt Show that was in NYC in March, I jumped at the chance. After all who wouldn't want a red and white quilt?So first up was Tara's block!She sent everyone their own fat quarter of red fabric and we needed to add the white. My red piece was plaid. I really liked how it turned out too.It was a paper pieced block and...

Don't Ask Me Why...

Hello Everyone,Thank you everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes! You all put a BIG smile on my face!But now... don't ask me why my little Pavi just loves our kitchen sink.He is quite the silly fellow. When he hears us doing dishes he runs into the kitchen to see if he can assist. Unfortunately, when cooking or cleaning he cannot get what he wants... to sit in the sink. But when the sink is all clean, up he jumps. Typically, he will want us to run the water, but only a trickle. Pavi will drink and play with the water.I...

Celebrating With A Giveaway!

Hello Everyone,Well, I am one day late because I was busy yesterday... it was my birthday!! Thank you to everyone who sent me good wishes on Facebook!But I still wanted to celebrate with ALL of my loyal readers and my new readers with a great giveaway.I am giving away this wonderful Pretty in Pink Kona Cotton Solids bundle from Robert Kaufman to thank you all for your wonderful comments on a daily basis, as well as your inspiration that you give to me every day!!If you would like to be entered to win this lovely bundle, Click Here to Enter...

Scenes From A Classroom

Hello Everyone,As you know, I was able to take a two day class with Judy Niemeyer last week and I thought that I would share some photos from the classroom.All of Judy's beautiful quilts. Aren't they gorgeous? This is just a small sampling.Judy showing technique.Pam showing her progress.Students intently listening to instruction.More technique.Beautiful spikes!The center of a gorgeous quilt top.Each version is so different yet so beautiful. If you haven't tried paper piecing then you really ought to give it a try.Until Next Time...

I Am An Addict

Hello Everyone,Many of you know that I have a serious addiction. An addiction to paper piecing, but mostly to paper piecing Judy Niemeyer patterns. On Thursday and Friday, I had the opportunity to take a two day class with Judy here in CT. So, of course, I could not pass up the chance to see her again and work on her patterns.For those of you who are fans on Facebook, you already had a sneak peek at my creation. All I can say is I am in love!This photo shows the center of the quilt. If you recognize these fabrics,...

Kona Cotton Giveaway!!

Hello Everyone,I know many of you love Kona Cotton Solids!! You can find them in my shop by clicking here.But don't you just love these colors... Papaya, Mango, Cerise, Lupine, Bahama Blue, and Pear?Well, I am giving away a fat quarter pack over at my friend, Ashley's Blog today!! So go visit her at Film in The Fridge and enter to win this lovely little bundle!CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY!!Best of luck to everyone!!Until Next Time...

Show And Tell

Hello Everyone,One of my favorite things about going to a guild meeting is the show and tell. On Sunday at our Mod Conn Quilt Guild meeting, it was no exception. Loved it!!I would like to share with you some of the quilts from the talented ladies.Susan's quilt. Entirely appliqued for her daughter Maddie. Wonderful design.Susan's little bag! A free pattern that can be found here.Michele's quilt for the preemie unit in the hospital.And her very beautiful green and yellow quilt.Heather's wonky rectangle quilt. Love the colors.Heide's very romantic Jennifer Paganelli quilt. She made it for Sarah Fielke's Naked Bed Challenge.Karen's...

Eight Little Green Blocks

Hello Everyone,As I said on my last post we had our Mod Conn Quilt Guild meeting on Sunday and I showed you my block before I left. Taking my cue from my friend Victoria, we had a green block meeting.The only instructions given were to make a 12.5 inch block out of only green fabrics. So neat to see what we all came up with too!Here they are all lined up. Now let me introduced you to each one.This little froggy block is from Susan. She incorporated curves and applique.This free pieced block is from Heide. Don't you just love...

Going Green

Hello Everyone,Today is our second meeting of the Mod Conn Quilt Guild. At our first meeting, a challenge was issued. We needed to use just green fabric and create a 12.5 inch unfinished block. We had to interpret what green means to us. We will bring our blocks to the meeting and then we will discuss a layout for them into one quilt!Fun!So I started out with this, using my scraps but wasn't quite happy at how it was turning out. It just wasn't what I envisioned.I started again. I decided to paper piece my idea. I drew up the...

A Beautiful Day in My Garden

Hello Everyone,The past few days have been quite hot and sunny, just like I like it to be. So I took the opportunity to photograph some of my beautiful flowers that have just begun to bloom. Come take a peek with me...A gorgeous peony.Pink geranium. You will see that pink is a theme in my garden. It is definitely my favorite color, all shades!Another pink peony.Baptisia Australis or Blue False Indigo.White Iris.White Peony.Can anyone help me with the above? It is a flowering shrub, we planted it about 12 years ago and I can't remember what it is called. Any...

Total Eclipse

Hello Everyone,As most of you know I spent 4 days on a wonderful quilting retreat with some of my quilty buddies this past weekend. I have been sharing lots of what we all did over the weekend. One of the things that I did I eluded to in a previous post. But I really want to show you more, because this project is making my heart sing....This is a paper pieced pattern from Judy Niemeyer called Total Eclipse. I chose bright batiks for my quilt. There are two units that basically comprise this quilt.Tons of quarter circle spike units. Loving...

Retreat Show And Tell and A Surprise!

Hello Everyone,I am now back from my retreat and had a wonderful and relaxing time with my quilty buddies. One of the wonderful things that we do at this retreat is we always do a show and tell. Because there were so many quilts to show, I put them in a 1 minute slide show for your viewing pleasure.Oh, the title does read Retreat Show and Tell 2013. I was slightly ahead of myself in time. I hope that you enjoyed the slide show! There are quite a lot of talented quilters that come to this retreat so it is...

Lots of Progress

Hello Everyone,On the third day of the retreat there was tons of progress made by everyone. I would like to share with you some of the photos.Shirley our Masseuse, (yes we could have a massage every day if we wanted), is also a quilter and she brought this quilt that she designed and made all from her scraps. Gorgeous!!This is the back side! She is also dressed very colorful like her quilt.Deb our fearless leader and retreat coordinator.Justine did a little twisting.Lorraine finished her gorgeous top!Pam is almost done with A Touch of Spring. It is just gorgeous too! Justine...

Productive Quilters

Hello Everyone,We are busily sewing along on our wonderful retreat. So I wanted to drop in to share a few more photos. Here is my space. A good quilter must always have technology at hand, right? Note the computer for blogging and phone close by the sewing machine so if something should happen that is notable it is easy to connect. Also, you can see all my bright spikey units for another Judy Niemeyer project that I am currently working on...Pam's beautiful pincushion/scrap bag. Note... scrap bag is full... she needs to empty.Our sewing space. Isn't it fabulous?Queen Caroline with...

It's A Paper Piecing Mecca...

Hello Everyone,I am here!! On retreat!! With my bestest quilty buddies! Guess what? At our table we had all brought along paper piecing projects. How funny is that? I guess we are just addicted to it because it is fun and gives great results. So let me show you some fun pics...This Double Wedding ring is my quilt, a Judy Niemeyer pattern, that is all paper pieced. I started this one about 7 years ago or so. All it needed was the last 2 borders to be applied. I don't know why I waited so long. So this was the...

Packed and On My Way!

Hello Everyone,I am off to my annual retreat in Vermont with some of my bestest (not a word, I know) quilty buddies. I look forward to this every year. After all there is really nothing like a weekend away with friends and uninterrupted sewing time!Here is my stuff ready to be unpacked and worked on the minute I get to Vermont. I will be back late on Sunday, but I hope to blog a little while I am there. I will take tons of photos!In the meantime, I am sure you are wondering who won those autographed copies of Marie...

Piles...

Hello Everyone,I hope that you all had a wonderful long weekend. It was pretty much glorious weather here, but we did have to turn the air on as it has gotten humid quite fast, but I love the heat!!Anyway, I spent the weekend making a TON of these....Dark purple batiks, on a light blue batik background. Kind of cool, like my air conditioning. Tons of pretty piles. Can't show you more just yet, but let's just say I made some squares, TONS of those too!After today, I will be packing to go on a quilt retreat and I just can't...

Artful Hands Quilt Guild - Show and Tell

Hello Everyone,As promised, the ladies of the Artful Hands Quilt Guild had a show and tell following my lecture and of course I had to take photos. Sit back and enjoy!This one was made for charity.Aren't they a talented group? Thank you ladies for the show!!While we were there they also allowed me to vend goodies from my shop. Here are some photos of what we brought along.Bundles, Kits, Patterns, and books.Lots and lots!For them...and for you!You can find what is left...in my shop! Just click here to see what I have in store... LOL!Oh, and don't forget there is...