Pointless Quilter

In January at the Road 2 California quilt show I took Anita Grossman Solomon's two color pineapple quilt.  My friend Janice took the class too and didn't want to start a new quilts so she made a couple of these blocks in the class.  So thanks Janice.  I finally finished it!  Yea!  I love it.  It can either be a Halloween quilt or if you are a San Francisco Giant's fan, it could be a quilt for you. In binding it, I found a whole section I forgot to quilt.  That has happened before.  Try as you might, you sometimes just miss a spot. And here are a couple little quilts for gifts or the guild's boutique.  The angel is actually a lap sized quilt - just looks small and the floral quilt is only 23" square. This was a kit I got at Keepsake Quilting in 2014. For Father's Day I headed up north to see my dad.  But on Sunday morning I met my husband and his folks and Kelly, Chad and my grandkids in Los Banos (centrally located for ...

I went on a mini retreat at a friends house this past weekend.  It was a great time - just 3 of us and very relaxing.  Lots of good food and fellowship.  Her husband is a top-notch barbeque-r.  And I had fun dancing and playing with her granddaughter who was also there. I got a lot done.  First I finished the 2016/2017 Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery quilt top.  It's a very spring like quilt.  Not sure how I want to quilt it.  Hopefully when I pin it tomorrow night something will come to me. I also got these two boutique item tops done. I also worked on a couple bags.  The small one on the left I finished before I left, but the other's I made this weekend.  They have a vinyl front so you can see what's in your bag.  It's a pattern called Whatcha Got? from This & That. I also made this doozy of a bag.  It gave me fits and I would not have been able to do it if I wasn't with Anna.  She has made enough ...