Another day with no pictures

I'm glad you all are enjoying the quilters' horoscope. It amazes me how close these things are. Though I guess you can read anything into them. Fun though.

I'm slaving away, no photos yet, maybe tomorrow. Got to finish this quilt, and move on to the next one tomorrow. No rest for the weary...lol!

Did get a neat phone call this weekend though from my son...Fiona, my youngest granddaughter is now walking on her own! I'll be going to see them and the rest of the family in early December. I can hardly wait!

Slim pickin's today on my blog....sorry!

Slowly making progress

2 finishes today...a large allover feather meander and this beauty. The colors are richer in person...a deep royal purple and a beautiful gold. This was pieced by one of my best piecers/clients. She took a class from Sharon Schamber (her link isn't working right now) last year. This quilt was impeccably pieced and her colors were beautiful. What a joy this was to quilt! The photo isn't the best, I had forgotten to take a picture until she came to pick it up, so I was rushing. She was pleased with the outcome, thankfully.


And today, I also got another postcard from Mary! I think the bug has bitten her big time! But I'm happy, because I love getting stuff she's made! Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of quilts she's made for me.

And then to top off my day, I got a huge order from Superior threads! Loads of beautiful threads!

All in all a good day! Hope yours was too.

Slogging along

Finished 2 more quilts...allover designs today. And then started one for a regional show. The snowbirds are back, and the show season here in Southwest Florida is gearing up. I have several stacked up waiting to be done for the show season here. Not to mention our guilds raffle quilt that hopefully will be accepted to AQS. So I'm starting to feel the squeeze!

On another note, our heat wave is no more! We finally have fall...such as it is in South Florida (fall ,winter, spring). But it is wonderful to me! We turned off the air conditioning and opened all the windows and doors. And hopefully we'll stay open like this till next May ! This is what people come to Florida for! 78 degrees during the day and 55 at night...pretty much perfect! And the days are absolutely cloudless, so perfect for sunprinting. Which I intend to do ...........just as soon as I get caught up. LOL

A good day

I got allot accomplished today. Finished 2 quilts! The first one is a nautical panel..a repeat of one I did a couple months ago. It is for the same client...she liked it so much she did another and wanted it quilted exactly the same! Since I posted the other one in September, I won't bore you with another picture of the same thing!

The second quilt, is a king size scrap quilt that I quilted "heartstrings' by Jodi Beamish on. No pictures taken yet.

Last night I received to raffle quilt top for my guild's 2009 show. I shared my drawings for the applique a while back. It is really neat to see the finished top! Now to quilt it!

And then finally today i received my UP mag AND my catalog for MQS, and Mid-Atlantic quilt fest! SO after I finish up on the 'puter' tonight I'll be reading !

And, I also received my latest book purchase.."Fabric Art Workshop" by Susan Stein. All I've had time to do is flip quickly thru, but what I've seen looks INCREDIBLE!! Can't wait to read it in detail!

And now, after an exhausting day, I think I'll retire to bed and read all my goodies!

Pay it forward

I have seen this on a couple blogs in the past, and either ignored it or was too late to participate. But tonight on Suzanne's blog I committed. Now who wants to be next?

Pay it forward rules:
I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.

Have a great weekend!

Whew!

Boy, the last couple days I have been working on the quilt from h***! Finally finished and off the frame today. I have to say, I have done a lot of quilts, many have had their "issues" but this by far was the worst. I won't post a picture, but I can say that I have never had anything to even come close to this. Thankfully, it's done, and my husband says he doesn't see what all the bitchin' was about. So I'll take that as a job done semi well done. I can tell you however, I will probably be too "busy" to do anymore quilts for this one.

On a happy note though, I got the next one loaded and it is one of my best piecers'. Oh happy days!!

And I got my latest Joggles order of wool roving...All brights! Yeah!!!!!!!! And a new supply of hand dyed wool.

A little work and a little play

OK, first the work. I finished this quilt this afternoon. That makes 4 done this week! This is the prettiest, so this is the picture I'll share. I love these blues and greens...too bad it isn't mine! It is Jodi Beamish's Waterworld pattern and I used Signature "Island Waters" variegated thread. The next quilt is loaded and ready to start when I get home from guild tomorrow.
And now some fun! I made 2 more needle felted coffee cuffs this afternoon. And this time I pinked the edges and just did a straight stitch around. I just can't believe how fast this needle felting goes!

So I started another one. This time I'm making the flower 3-D. Easy and fast too! And I dug out a box of wool yarns that I have had forever. I originally got them to hook a rug.....That doesn't seem to be happening, so I'll use some of them for needle felting!

And then I ordered some more wools today... lots of brights! This is really fun, and it's something to do by hand which is nice, since everything else I do is at the machine. Nice change!

And I also discovered I can felt this wool to flannel and batiks too! What a great way to add texture to some quilts!