Quilt Top Finished

 This quilt top was worked on all last year, mostly at craft shows.  I decided it would save time to take a sewing machine (my Featherweight) and get some sewing done during breaks in selling to customers.  And there were a lot of breaks.  People would show interest in the sewing machine, but I don't really think it helped me sell more items.  Anyway, the pattern is "Trail Mix" designed by Mabeth Oxenreider.  I was always drawn to scrappy quilts, especially ones that had the "lines" like this one has.  

The pattern is in  "Scrap-Lovers' Quilts" published by Better Homes and Gardens.  I've had the book for a long time and finally got around to making it.  As you can see, there is a lot of sewing involved!  It measures approximately 77" x 115".  I need to get the quilting done in time for a guild meeting in September because we are having a UFO challenge and it was picked from my list.  I just finished putting the borders on.  It is too big for my design wall, so it is folded in half.

I plan to get it basted next week along with a couple small donation quilts.  Basting large ones like this is not my favorite activity! 

Thanks for visiting and happy quilting!

County Fair Ribbons

 The Yamhill County Fair was last week and I entered some quilts and won 3 blue ribbons.  Two of them were for baby quilts, Half and Half designed by our blogging friend, Joanne Kerton (Canuck Quilter) and a Peter Rabbit quilt from a book about Beatrix Potter.

 One ribbon was for this doll, Mary Pickford Hill Colonial Doll, pattern from Etsy.  The reason I could enter 2 baby quilts is that the Peter Rabbit quilt has hand embroidery, and therefore is in a different category.

I live in Yamhill County and this fair is the oldest one in the state of Oregon.  In the mean time, I have been working on some Christmas table runners and lap quilts that have finished tops.  And I am working on the Double Duty quilt (pattern from the American Patchwork & Quilting, October 2017 magazine).  I'm not sure how big I will make it, but it is fun to piece.  I have tons of 2 1/2" squares cut to make this.

My pictures aren't very big because I couldn't get the pictures to load the regular way, so I had to drag them onto the blog and couldn't make them any bigger.

I had a birthday and went shopping at my favorite quilt shop, Boersma's, which is only a mile from my house!  They give 25% off any regular priced items for your birthday, so I spent some $$ there.  It is always fun.  It doesn't look like a lot though.  Remember when fabric was $1.00 per yard?  If not, you are too young.  I am OLD!!

Soon the weather will be changing and that usually happens around September 1 here and the rains start.  We don't get much rain in the summer (if any).  We are tired of the heat and looking forward to fall.  Where does the time go?  It goes too fast now it seems.

Happy quilting!