Quilt Festival Part 3

I have so many pictures…..I am trying to choose the best, but all the quilts were just amazing. Here are some that were not so modern.

There was a whole display of these star quilts:

They were done by different quilters, all from Washington, but I’m not sure if they were part of some guild or group or what.

This one was hand quilted. Here is a detail shot of the quilting.

It was just amazing.

I got a couple of shots of this one.

I have plans to make this….actually, I have had the plan for a while….I already bought the red solid. My squares won’t be so small, though.

We didn’t go to the show Saturday until after lunch. The Aggies were playing so we stayed at the hotel until halftime to watch the game. I occupied myself with crocheting and finished two crosses and a dish cloth.

Have a good Monday wherever you are reading this!

How About Some More?

We are still in Houston—leaving later today. I am anxious to get home, but in the meantime, I have lots more pictures. The majority of quilts at the show were quite modern. There was a section of traditional quilts that were reproductions of old ones, but unfortunately, photography was not permitted. Here are some more of the improv ones:

I didn’t post the details that go with each of these, but I do have them, so if you want to know more about any of the quilts, let me know, and I will post it.

Quilt Festival

We had an uneventful drive to Houston and were able to check our bags at the hotel even though it was too early to check in. We also put our car in the hotel parking garage. The parking is not cheap, but it is downtown Houston, so….

The lines weren’t too bad this year (although a little more than last year), and guess who I got to see?

Yes! It’s Kaffe and Brandon. The microphone didn’t seem to be working, so I didn’t catch most of it. Oh well.

There was an entire section of improv quilts, and I took lots of pictures. 

I love the improv piecing. I will share more tomorrow. There is also a display from the Texas quilt museum, so I hope to see that when I go back tomorrow. I was just exhausted by the end of the day. I am not as young as I used to be. We ended the day with TexMex and margaritas.

So good!

This and That

I was so scattered Thursday—I get like that some times, and then I am not too productive. I worked on several things but didn’t actually finish any. I got a quilt trimmed and got a new one loaded. 

It’s the same fabrics as the last one….only bigger squares this time. The last one was 5” squares.

I ordered a sewing machine cover from Amazon for my Singer 403. The price was right, but the fit is not good. You can see it won’t go over the machine bed.

I was at Hobby Lobby yesterday looking for cotton crochet yarn and found some fabric on clearance for $3/yard. I bought some to see if I can make a sewing machine cover like the one from Amazon, only bigger.

I even have some green dot I can use for the binding.

And, I had some clear vinyl squirreled away that I can use for the front pocket. This is as far as I got with that project.

I stuck a phone book page under the vinyl to keep it from sticking to the machine bed. Oh, I also cut the fabric pieces and ironed some interfacing to them, so the day wasn’t a total loss. I had leftovers from yesterday’s supper so I didn’t have to cook. This morning I will be on the way to Houston after I drop the dogs at the kennel. I really hate to leave them, but no choice this time.

Fooling Around With Kaffe

Or maybe I should say "fooling around with the Kaffe design roll". I have most of the pairs sewn together at this point and started to play around with how to lay them out. This was what I was originally planning to do

but, I don't think I like how all the prints sort of mush together.....especially as you keep adding blocks. I think it needs sashing. 

I'm pretty sure I like that better, but it means more cutting so that's the disadvantage. I will keep on working on this one. 

The rest of the day was customer quilts. 

I got this one finished; I still need to trim it and cut some binding. I got another loaded and partially done:

Isn't that rose quilt pattern pretty in pink thread? I've used that quilting design three times in the last couple of weeks. I'm happy about how well it is working out.

It was rainy and cool all day; when I got back to my shop from running an errand, I had a friend waiting for me.

I keep a plate of cat food by the back door for the stray cats that roam around here. He was letting me know the plate was empty. He is a regular here and looks pretty chubby so he may be a neighbor cat who has figured out where he can get a second meal.

To Do List Tuesday 11-1-22

It's November! My list from last week was the same as the week before:

1) Spend 15-30 minutes each day cutting up the small pieces into useable squares and strips. Sorry to say I pretty much fell of the wagon on this one. I remembered yesterday that I was supposed to be doing this, and cut a few, but I wouldn't really count it as progress.

2) Work on the Kaffe Fassett design role. I started last week, but haven't gotten farther than adding a black strip to each strip. I’m making progress on this one. Slowly but surely.

I will continue to sew the pairs together and get them ironed.

3) Bind the customer quits I quilted last week. Mostly done. Three of them are ready to be picked up, and the fourth one is in progress. In fact, it will be finished by the time this post goes live.

What's on my to-do list for this week. Hmmmm, that's a hard one. I will be in Houston Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the quilt festival, so definitely no sewing or quilting will be done then. For the rest of this week:

1) Get some more done with the scraps....as in every day that I am in town.

2) Get two customer quilts done.

3) Get the binding done on customer quilts.

I hope everyone has a wonderful, productive week filled with all the things that make you happy. Today I am linking to TexasQuiltGal.