I love this one and think it deserved a ribbon! |
If you got to the bottom, thanks for visiting!
I love this one and think it deserved a ribbon! |
If you got to the bottom, thanks for visiting!
I entered 4 quilts in the quilt show. My Dear Jane quilt won a 3rd place ribbon.
I also sold a quilt, my "Pineapple Nine Patch" quilt.
It was a lot of fun having a booth at the show, even though people thought we had a real shop somewhere and kept asking where it was. We explained that we didn't sell fabric or patterns, just things that we made. I had a "cat quilt" hanging there, hoping that someone would buy it, and it got lots of attention, but didn't sell. I'm not worried about that as I'm sure it will sell sometime. They wanted the pattern for it, etc. etc.
Of course, I had to buy some items - that's half the fun of a quilt show! It took me a while to decide what to buy. I got this "My Country" panel designed by Kathy Schmitz who had a booth. I visited her booth several times before deciding to buy this panel. This will make 6 patriotic pillows to put in a basket or bowl and can be embroidered or not.
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This one won a blue ribbon and was made by Peggy Gelbrich, president of the Willamette Valley Quilters (I belong to that guild) |
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This is the table of Gone to Pieces Quilt Guild (where I am secretary). They raffled off baskets of fabrics, etc. |
Two days down and one to go!. It has been fun and we have sold a lot of items. I have 4 quilts hanging in the show. Here is one of them, named "Uncle Henry's Barn." I'm quite sure I have shown this quilt on the blog before, but I never had a chance to take the picture while it is hanging up spread out like this before.
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Uncle Henry's Barn |
Today is the first day of the Oregon Quilt Festival and I will have a booth there with my friend (see picture of our booth below). When we were setting up yesterday we got to see some of the amazing quilts as they were putting them up. Can't wait to see all of them! I will have 5 quilts in the show.
I have been very bad lately, and I'm blaming it on the holidays. Things didn't go as planned due to the Portland Airport being closed, so we had our Christmas dinner on New Years Day.
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My grandson, Jakob. |
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My granddaughter, Angela |
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Angela with the "horse" pincushion that my sister gave her |
I'm trying to think about what I have been doing for the last month! The usual, I guess - sewing a lot and making thing to sell. I just participated in one craft show and have 2 more in December.
First I want to show you my finished challenge that I told you about October 7. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I've never been good at "challenges" before, but this time I knew right off the bat what I wanted to do and here it is.
I picked 4 of my favorite animals from Beatrix Potter's books. I love some of the names she used, like "Mr. Tittlemouse" and "Jemima Puddleduck."
Now, I'm working on some cat potholders. I got the pattern when one of the quilt guilds that I belong to had a sale where people brought things they weren't going to use. I saw the cat pattern and bought it because I have a few family members that love cats. I am making 8 of them and will give them to people for Christmas (if you read this and are one to these family members, please forget that I mentioned this). I have the faces almost finished.
I also got this 9-patch quilt top pieced and basted. These 3" blocks were from a block exchange that "funwithbarb.blogspot.com" had a few years ago. I just love this quilt and will not sell it or give it away! The border is from the same sale as the cat pattern.
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My main job this week and next week is getting ready for our youngest son and his family to come here for Thanksgiving. I will mainly be doing some baking and cleaning! Birthdays will be celebrated also - 5 of them in November and early December and they will all be here. What fun!! Of course, I can't believe how old my sons are getting to be - my baby will be 50!!
I do have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season. We all need to take time to be thankful for all our blessings.