I am sorry about the lack of posting last week, and possibly this week. My computer has given up the ghost which makes writing a blog with pretty pictures very hard (I can only seem to access Instagram photos on my ipad). I am hoping to have a working solution by Wednesday, so please bare with me.
Thanks
Cath
Ps. I am of course blaming the cat.
I beg your indulgence as I replace this week’s Paper Piecing Monday with a selection of highlights from my weekend at the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show. First up has to be…
The firemen putting up the quilts. We arrived early (around 7.45am) to set up the PMQG bits and pieces for the show and managed to see quite a few of the quilts go up.
This was my first time to the Sister’s Show and I was blown away by the volume of quilts. Everywhere you look there were quilts hanging from building… over a thousand of them in total.
What follows is a smattering of the quilts that caught my eye on Saturday, starting with some of the PMQG quilts…
And on the other side of the building Elizabeth Hartman’s new Sampler quilt was hanging…
There were modern quilts scattered all over town including…
This quilt is made up of the same little block, the detail is just amazing….
In the air-conditioned library (it got close to 100 degrees outside) local quilt artists Wendy Hill and Pat Pease had an exhibition of their amazing work…
And the Central Oregon Modern Quilt Guild had a wonderful exhibition of its members quilts, which all used the Ohio Star block in the most wonderful ways including Katy’s Camp Fire Ohio Star…
and this wonderful quilt with the Ohio Star printed onto the quilt… genius!
Scattered around town there were a number of quilts that used denims in their construction including…
The details in this quilt are amazing..
I can not imagine piecing such a thick fabric let alone quilting it… but Diane Jackson managed to do the most amazing quilting on her piece “Red Square”.
Animals were also well represented in the show with my favorites being this fellow…
and Elizabeth Hartman’s Liberty Fox quilt…
There were of course hundreds of more classic quilts including the fabulously scrappy…
As well as some beautiful vintage quilts….
But my favorite of the show has to be this beauty…
It is a seriously amazing quilt… and that wave… wow….
To finish up I leave you with our Modern Quilters group shot. Towards the end of the day a group of modern quilters from all over gathered to say hi before scattering to the wind…
To let you know that my Heather Ross scrap bundle is heading to Scotland. After a very technical process where I pulled everyone’s emails into Word, printed them out, cut them out and then put them all in a container… and pulled out a lovely comment by Miranda…
Hi – I have been following your blog for ages directly and through Bloglovin (can’t get enough!!) so glad you’re better now.
I’m collecting yellows for a surprise quilt for a special someone and have loved working with the Heather Ross pinks so am THRILLED that there is a whole yellow range too
So thank you to everyone who entered. I was fascinated to see what colour people loved quilting with and must admit I got a little excited every time someone said pink or navy.
If you are new to my blog…welcome… feel free to have a look around. If you are a regular you are probably aware I am an avid fan of scrap quilting, paper piecing and colour and my Heather Ross fabrics are always added as a special touch to a quilt. This scrap pack has cuts from some of my 10 of favorite yellow Heather Ross pretties, with most of the pieces being around 9 x 11 inches.
So how to enter… leave a comment below telling me what your favorite colour to quilt with is. For an extra entry let me know if and how you follow my blog (Bloglovin, Feedly, Facebook etc).
This giveaway will be open until 8 pm EST (5 pm PST) on Friday, May 16. The winner will be notified by May 18 and I will happily ship any where in the world.
This time last year I made an impulsive decision and joined in Plum and June’s “New Quilt Blogger Blog Hop”. I had never done a Blog Hop before and was new to blogging (I think I had about 30 followers and I knew 29 of them!). I did not know what I was signing up for but it ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made.
During the Hop I met the most amazing bloggers and made some wonderful friends from the process… as well as reaching some new viewers. The process also made me think about how the quilting obsession started for me and what I wanted to achieve. It was a great therapy session… and if you are curious you can see my Blog Hop post here.
The reason I mentioning this wonderful Blog Hop is that it is time to sign up for the 2014 Blog Hop. So if you are a new blogger and are interested in being apart of this fun process you can check out all the details at www.plumandjune.blogspot.com.
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