Quilt Show Review

 David and I attended the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival last Thursday.  Several guilds go together to put on this show.  It's in the convention center in Overland Park, so is big, with lots quilts and lots of vendors.  We had to park in the overflow lot which was 2 miles from the convention center and then catch a shuttle back.  The shuttle only held 24 people and I was #24, so David waited behind to catch the next one.  There were over 80 people in line for the shuttle.  Some just gave up and called Uber.

So here were the quilts I found photoworthy.

I just loved this penguin family.

I liked the modern feel and the quilting in these 2.

I only took a picture of this one because it was round and was quilted in the round.  I wouldn't want this quilt and would never make it but I respect the work that went into it.

And who doesn't love a balloon animal!

And this one was incredible.  I am very intrigued by these quilts.

And I liked this quilt with different quilt blocks done in greens as potted plants.

I thought Sarah would enjoy this one.

And this Harry Potter one!

And another pictorial quilt that reminded me of my recent trip to the beach.

And this one was adorable.

And this guy was amazing!  He looked so real and had the most intense gaze.  Someone standing next to me mentioned that he looked so cool he should have shades.

But these ladies were wearing the shades.

And some goats in pajamas!  I would make this one!

Puppy dogs with three dimensional ears...........

A close up of the ears.  I wouldn't make this one.

And for the sports fans..................Chiefs!

And Royals.............

And some more that I just liked.

I would love to be able to do something like this next one.

We both really liked this one.  It totally looked like Willow.  We found a kit to make it at one of the vendors, but at $419, David said it was a good thing I had the real dog at home so we wouldn't need to make a quilt of her.

And these last 2 should look familiar.  This was the pattern I did as my challenge project last year, The Mobius Radial.

I didn't care for the quilting on the top one, but liked the way the blue changed shades on the bottom one.

And that was our day.  We spent some time (and money) at the vendors, but made no large (size) purchases because of the shuttle situation.  We had a very late lunch at a BBQ place David had picked out and then stopped at Cold Stone on the way home.  It was a good day!

Christi

20 in 25!

 I shouldn't brag, but, well, I'm gonna.  I have quilted 20 things in 25 days!!!!

This was on the longarm during my last post...........

This is my mom's quilt.  I don't usually post other people's quilts, but it's my mom, so it's ok.  She has 2 books called 3 yard quilts.  I gifted her one when I saw how much she liked the first one she bought.  Now 3 one-yard cuts of fabric doesn't make a very big quilt, but there are cutting directions for larger sizes, if you had 3 two-yard cuts, or 3 four-yard cuts.  Then she had me go through her stash and pick 3 pieces of fabric that would look good together and she simply picks a pattern and makes a quilt.  (Actually, she has made 8 of these patterns so far.)  This one featured lady bug fabric, so I remembered that I had a new ladybug quilt pattern and my sewing room was soon infested!  DON'T call the exterminator!

And here is the finished (almost - Mom has to do the binding) quilt.  

And a closeup of the ladybugs!

I used a bright yellow thread that really showed up well on the back.

(Pardon the shadow photo bomber!)

So that was #19 and here is #20........another of Mom's.

My sister-in-law had gifted Mom some sunflower fabric, so she made this quilt.  I also have 5 new floral/leaf quilting designs that I have been using in Mom's quilts and she loves them.  This one was quilted in gold to match the sunflowers.

And that was #20 in 25 days.  Lucey the longarm has been cleaned and serviced and has a new needle, but has been promised a little rest even though she knows there are still 5 quilts in the TBQ closet.  Those are just my quilts, so there's no rush.  (Lucey's servant (me) wants you to know that she did receive regular oiling, cleaning, and needles during the quilting marathon.)

In other sewing room news, there are still no kittens.  But, we are starting to measure things, sorta like the snow fall!

And I tried a new project cuz one can never have too many new projects.  I have been wanting one of these for quite awhile.  They are heat resistant travel carriers for curling irons and straighteners.  I decided to practice on some fabric I don't care about first (Iowa Hawkeye)  and am now going to make mine from Chiefs fabric.

I'm getting a slow start to the morning.  David has already picked me 2.5 quarts of black raspberries.  It's basically a cleaning day.  Tomorrow we are headed to the Kansas City Regional Quilt Show that happens every 2 years.  Maybe I'll have some more quilt photos to share!

Christi

Quilting Marathon

Well, first let me pick up where the last blog left off.............kabobs for supper!  David did an excellent job on the grill.

And another UFO is finished!  I finally got the binding done on Sarah's college t-shirt quilt.  I think it turned out well.  I'm hoping she forgets for awhile that she still has a tub of shirts from high school.

Now for the quilting marathon...............since I returned from vacation with Sarah, I have quilted 18 things.  Number 19 is on the longarm today.  This is day 24 of the quilting marathon.  Most of these were for other people, with only 3 being mine.  Three were placemats, two were baby quilts, but the rest were QUILTS!

And on the piecing side of things, I finished this cutey!  Waddles!  

Is this just the cutest ever?  When I saw the pattern on Sew Sweet's live shopping, I showed it to David.  He said I might as well get the pattern and make it because that was the only duck I was ever gonna get.  Of course, I had cut this to take to our upcoming retreat on the 20th, so had to cut a couple more things just in case I ran out of things to work on at retreat!  As if!

In between the quilting (which has only happened when we weren't having thunder storms) the black raspberries have been yielding a quart or more a day.  They don't seem to need much sunshine to ripen.  We've also picked cherries twice (no photos, I'm just too sticky at that point to touch a phone).  There is still another tree to go which David predicts has 5 gallon on it.

My mom has told me that these would make a great syrup.  I think she's hoping some will make it to her house.  I already have a gallon bag of them in the freezer, so maybe some syrup will happen.

And Mabel is still pregnant.  She looks like she has swallowed a barrel.  With all the time in the sewing room, she and Esme have cleaned me out of treats.  They were so pleased I made a trip to Walmart to restock.

And Mabel is officially too big to open the cabinet door over her belly anymore.

She can clearly sleep anywhere.

Christi
 

Nothing New

 Ok, I titled this nothing new, but this is new...........Mabel is trying to hold up the living room wall all by herself...............or she's still pregnant and is trying to get comfortable somehow.

But seriously, there's not much new to share.........that is the only photo I have.  It's raining today and will probably be raining all day.  I'm still working on the binding for Sarah's t-shirt quilt.  Sewing room activity yesterday was trimming backings for quilts.  Of course, this morning I saw a really cute idea on Pinterest so drug out lots of fabric scraps to cut for a new patriotic table runner.  That's as far as I got on that project.  Oh, and I took in another quilt to be quilted yesterday, so brings it back up to 8.  Hoping to cut for the new project and cut some batting this afternoon.  Having kabobs on the grill for lunch!

Christi

June!

Strawberry season continued into the sewing room.  I made these cute little coasters while the longarm was running.  Everything was totally just little scraps of things I had. 

There are a couple more "fully finished quilts".  This first one is called Cozy Plaid.  I don't think it looks that much like plaid, but it's cute and it's FINISHED!

And this one is finally finished.  I think I kept putting it off because I wanted to custom quilt it.  It's an Elizabeth Hartman pattern called Greenhouse.  This is going to Sarah's house.  I made it for the wall behind her table in the kitchen.  The wall is the same color as the pots in the wall hanging.  It's plants she can't kill!  

Lots more things have been quilted, but most were for other people.  I still have more to do, but the TBQ closet is down to 7.  I am working on the binding of Sarah's college t-shirt quilt.  That one was on my UFO list, so I'll get to check another one off when it's complete.

And the pet update..............Friday has learned to like pigs.  He gets to go bark at them every morning.

Cici is holding down the fort in the bay window seat.  It's a great place to survey the kingdom.

Mabel is still pregnant.  The rug in front of the kitchen sink has been a favorite place to snooze, or she just simply can't make it any further.

I guess she's trying different ways to get comfortable.  I was slightly concerned that she might be stuck there, but when the feeder went off, she rolled out and made it to get a snack.

Her other favorite place is the table.  We're really hoping she doesn't have kittens here.

Esme's favorite place is still the sewing room and the cutting mat in particular.  We have been working with a new shedding comb to help get rid of the excess hair (I know that is a rotary cutter on the mat behind her, but I wouldn't waste a good rotary blade on cat hair.)

Willow is still hanging out on the deck (or inside if there is lightning).  She just didn't get any photos taken this week.

Christi