East Cobb Quilt Show

Attended the Preview Party last night for the show; oh, the (363) quilts look wonderful and it is a very interesting and inspirational show to walk through. What a glorious art it is that we practice. You can hardly believe the Best of Show was made by human hands. I have some photos but I will wait a bit to post. Well, just let me show you one of mine again: it is my quilt from Jo's Little Women class created from blocks we swapped with one another and is stuffed full of gorgeous Jo fabrics. It has a pretty 2nd place ribbon on it now!

Two More

Two more You Know Whats:

Amazing, A Stickle Block. And Earrings.

Ah, managed to get another Stickle block done. Had to order a replacement book, and that is on the way. Now I'm only two squares and two triangles behind:

I have been short on earrings since the Terrible Time when Rembrandt was getting into my earring tray and scattering the earrings to the winds:

but thankfully the local Yellow Daisy Festival began yesterday and I was able to get some replacements:

The bottom left ones are early celluloid buttons. The other two are so pretty, kind of hard to see since the scan is blurry. The ones on the right are pumpkins, perfect for the season.

Last Month

These pretty quilts were shown last month at Second Saturday Sampler:

Here, my House Party pattern is incorporated into the design; doesn't it look great?

These photos are from a scrappy class taught at Little Quilts last month. This first pic are four antique blocks of mine with a setting idea:

Darling antique scrappy:

Yummers:

Meanwhile, at home, I am trying to pull my quilting activity together after the double whammy of returning to Day Job and getting All Ready for the show...my Dear Jane book (oh horrors) has disappeared. I am half a dozen DJ blocks behind...the To Do List is too long and overwhelming to describe...then I suddenly made this quilt top, using a little stack of luscious hand-dyed fabrics from Dye Candy on Etsy, so I'm going to characterize that as being on the road to recovery:

Off I Went...

...to the North Georgia mountains to see how the little Fit can handle hilly roads:

Why are both doors open? Because there's no room for my camera in front ha just kidding.

It handled the roads pretty well, 43mpg:

Scenery:

But then it was time to hit the road for home (still had the 4th quilt to finish for the Show):

past some nice old buildings south of Helen GA:

Don't forget to see the East Cobb Quilt Guild Show:

Scallop Success

Worked non-stop 15 hours on Sunday from 3am to 6pm on that scalloped border. There was only one way to stay On Task:

And huge relief, it is done:

Blocks Accumulate

Well, I'm a happy Dear Jane camper. Another block done...

and only two more to do in the "D row"> :-) .

DJs

Two more...

and the scalloped border is going well:

It turned out to be possible to dispense with the fabric glue. That would have been a lot of glue.

Oopsie Doodle

An angel, C., an angel with a longarm, let me come over to her house to get this quilt (destined for the East Cobb Quilt Show) quilted. So far so good. Sadly, in a moment of madness, I decided the only suitable border was a scalloped one following the pattern in the print. Nice, eh? Only it turns out it is not possible to sew the binding on to by machine. Too curvy. So I have resorted to glue and hand-stitching to attach it. Pray for me.

Another DJ block, but it may be awhile before I can do more, since the show looms and I must get the four show quilt preparations completed:

Very Funny Rembrandt

Rembrandt uses my canvas floorcloth as a play tent.

There has truly been a death in the family. This minivan is a top of the line 1995 model and I have had it all of its life. At the time of its death last night, it had some transmission trouble and the driver's door would no longer close (yes, I was barreling up and down the expressway with nothing between me and the open pavement), but it got 23.5 mpg overall and I raised my son in it. Oh, so many scenic drives through the mountains, the camping trips, the soccer games, 186,000 miles of living. At the dealership, I told it over and over how I had loved it and I love it still. I could hear it crying for me as I bought the Honda Fit and abandoned Dear Dear Minivan.

Now I have this. It's okay, I guess. There's no room for my purse and no place to put a drink bigger than a Dixie cup, but it has a power outlet, iPod outlet, and a USB outlet. But I want you back, Old Blue!