Pointless Quilter

I started this morning off with a class from Cindy Walters. The class was called Painted Imaginative Wholecloths. I've painted on fabrics before but this was showing us how to draw out abstract designs and how to use the paints to stay in the lines. She lectured at first about different textile paints and showed us a lot of her work. Then we got to paint on our own 12 x 12 piece af fabric. The class kit included everything we needed and we got to keep everything as well so I have a nice selection of textile paints. Here is her class sample. She was a great teacher who came around to all the students and didn't play favorites. She was very knowledgeable and entertaining. After class and lunch I did a little more retail therapy. At 3 I went to a lecture from Marsha McClusky who wrote the Vintage Moment pattern that I love. She too was great and funny. The lecture was about feathered stars which I now want to make more of. However on the bottom of the cover of her books she...

What a day! As a vendor said when I walked by--you look like a deer in the headlights. I said I was a little overwhelmed as it was my first time here and first day shopping. So much stuff. Anyway, I figured out how to get the hotel Internet (free) so my pictures went through the stream. Here are a couple pictures of quilts I saw last night. This is for my glitzy friend Debbie. This thing just shone. Now look at my last post and my poor pitiful Christmas block. I can never complain about small appliqué pieces again after looking at this beauty. This is our hotel (on left) looking from the convention center. The convention center from our hotel. Dinner at House of Blues. And yes Deo, there was a live band. Ended the evening with show and tell. A few of Grace's friends joined us. It was SRO. I have a half day class tomorrow morning and a lecture in the afternoon. After seeing what other got at show and tell I need to pick up a few more things. :) Thanks for lo...

I am finally in Houston for International Quilt Festival!!!! We went to the preview of quilts tonight from 8 pm to 10 pm. Took lots of pictures with my camera but only a few with my phone that should be streaming but haven't yet. Not getting emails either so not sure what to do. Maybe tomorrow afternoon I'll go down to the lobby to see if things will go thru. But I do have a picture to show of my block of the year block 2 that I finished. It's a Christmas Baltimore album. Thanks for looking.   Posted with Blogsy

This months teacher for the Sew Cal Gal's Free Motion Challenge is Teri Lucas.  She wanted us to use different threads and needles.  Since I a using only neon threads on this quilt, my choices were limited.   I used some Madiera thread, and from Superior Threads some of the Brytes, New Brytes, Natures Color and some Rainbow Threads and I just bought some Connecting Threads spools and wanted to try those too.  they are pretty thick and I bought them to use when I raw edge applique with the buttonhole stitch.  Plus the prices are great.  It quilted nicely and if you really want your threads to show, this is the thread to use. On a personal quilting note, I finished machine quilted the HST quilt and have the binding on - with 3 more sides to hand sew down and a label.  I will work more on the binding after I post this blog and watch part two of the Ken Follet's World Without End series on Reelz.  Loved the books.  Love Ken Follet's books....

Made these for some friends. I couldn't find all red tic tac's for the vampire vitamins so these cherry passion ones will have to do. So easy. I'd give you the link but I printed the tags as soon as I saw them and forgot to pin them http://www.somewhatsimple.com/tic-tac-halloween-labels-free-printable/ .  Thanks Janice for finding the pin/link. I've been busy machine quilting all weekend but haven't finished anything. Thanks for looking. Posted with Blogsy

Last weekend I went to Pacific International Quilt Show. While there I picked up two patterns from Quilts in the Attic. One is an ornament pattern and the other a pumpkin wall hanging. The ornament pack came with fabric but the pumpkin fabric all came from my scrap therapy boxes. Yea!!! I did buy the accessories kit that included the raffia, buttons and letters. I like both projects. Tonight the Loose Threads girls met to show our "Dog Days of Summer" Challenge quilts. My quilt is pretty literal. I'm calling this one RockStar Walter. Oops. Don't know why it's turned sideways. Next is Sara's. She has three panels of windows in her living room and on hot days she looks at the hot summer days from her air conditioned house so her quilt reflects that view. Her machine quilting is of ceiling fans. Janice, our coastal member, has a beautiful beach scene. Karen's isn't quilted and she hasn't done her thread thing, but this will be a spectacu...

Our Guild had its first boutique yesterday and we were very happy about how it worked out. We received a lot of community support as well as quilter's support and our members came through with all kinds of donated items. Quilters are one of the most generous groups of people. This was a fundraiser for our guild instead of our great little quilt sale on the Fourth of July which is held outside on July 4th. I have to say this beats sitting outside in 100 degree weather any day! I also brought 9 quilts to sell in the consignment area and 4 of them sold. That made me pretty happy as I will be heading to Houston for the quilt festival in a few weeks. My step-daughter sent me these cute photos of them and Jack. Thought I would share. I think jack is so handsome but I am a little biased. I was in bed reading the other night and heard some snoring. I looked over and saw this. Look closely. It's a dark picture but Duchess had her head on the pillow and was looking so cute. ...

I'm sorry to say that I had to turn it back on.  I was getting too many weird emails and comments with some weird and bad links that I just didn't want to deal with it anymore.  So sorry for any inconvenience.  I hope it won't stop you from commenting.

We have been busy beavers in Los Osos. A dear friend has recently retired to a great little house in Los Osos and invited 3 of us to come test her studio called After Math Studio (as she was a math teacher). We are having fun and of course are laughing a lot and eating well (healthy foods too except for her award winning apple pie). I was the first person to finish something. I got Jacks Christmas rag quilt done except for cutting the fringe. The next person to finish something was Debbie. She made two of these Mary englebreight Crazy Eight toppers. She then whipped this rich black and cream topper together. Not to be outdone, Elaine finished this elegant Christmas topper. Janice has been working on her Loose Threads Dog Days of Summer quilt. She's been madly machine quilting it and I'm sure shell have that done before we go to bed tonight. I started machine quilting the guild's opportunity quilt. I got the straight line stitching done and started the free motion...

The president of the guild said we needed more aprons for the boutique and said Christmas ones would be best. I cut out three but only got two done before tonight's guild meeting. I'll get the other one done before the boutique. If not, well.....I've made enough so I won't feel bad. I spent this past weekend up north visiting my folks and helping my sister-in-law with my brother after his hip and knee replacement surgery. However, he had some complications (blood clot) and is still in the hospital. Yesterday's was the first time he was able to sit or stand without having his blood pressure spike or nearly passing out and today he actually walked (with a physical therapist) for about 30 feet. My niece had fun playing with my iPad. She's changed the backgrounds of my phone too with fun pictures of herself. We had fun coloring mustaches, devils horns or haloes on each other. The picture above is the picture I get behind all my apps. Then when I got ho...

Look at the lovely fabric my nephew Shane brought back from Norway for me. I helped him by saving money each month so he could go on this soccer trip. I teased him and told him he would have to get me some fabric if I helped. HE DID IT! And it's so pretty. Now I have to figure out a good project for this. I bet it will go great with the Dutch fabric my mom and sister got me. Thanks for looking and I apologize for the funky pictures in my previous post. I took them with my new phone and emailed it to myself and cropped. Not sure what I did wrong. Took this picture with my iPad through Instagram.   Posted with Blogsy

These are made from Material Possessions Studio pattern. I rarely make them as long as the pattern has them. Super easy and super cute if I do say so myself. I need to make some aprons still but I will be gone this weekend so they will have to wait until next week. Me younger brother had knee and hip replacement yesterday at the ripe age of 49. He's not doing so well and hope hell start to feel better soon. Pain meds aren't working and his blood pressure drops when he tries to stand. My husbands younger cousin also passed away yesterday of a heart attack. He was about my age and he and my husband were closer when they were younger. They are just having a viewing tomorrow and that's it. That's all he wanted. Thanks for looking.   Posted with Blogsy