HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! etc.

We're ready for Independence Day!  Flag is flying...

Patriotic quilts are hanging....

Patriotic wool appliqué too....

Even put one outside!  (under cover)

Such a good Mama!!!  I think the babies are getting ready to leave the nest.  Maybe it will be today!  One of them has been flapping his wings once in a while.

Caught up gain on my Mood Block Head blocks!

Have a happy holiday!

MINI TUMBLER QUILT FINISHED

Back in August, I blogged about a giveaway I won from Rogue Quilter and part of it was a bunch of mini tumbler pieces in reds, whites & blues.  I got it sewn together pretty quick and finally quilted and bound it.  It will make a nice addition to my "patriotic" decor!  Thanks Janet!

Close up of the quilting, which was just a stippling all over.

I had the perfect backing for it - American flags!  I used this fabric on my civil war quilt.

Here it is hanging on my fence.  It measures 12 1/2" x 18".  Each piece is 2" x 2" (at the wide end) and there are 72 of them.

I plan to bind my log cabin quilt soon and will be posting about it again (yes, again) soon.

QUILT SHOW

Saturday I met Love at the Arlington Quilt Show and we had a great time!  We saw so many wonderful quilts and here are some of my favorites.

This quilt of little dresses was just adorable!

 Love and I agreed that this would be a great pattern to use for an appliqued quilt with the blocks and pieces being very big.  

This quilt was absolutely stunning!!

Look at the eagle quilted in the design.

 Also, a liberty bell!

 This baby quilt was just amazing!  

 Look at this border!  Wouldn't you love to make a border like that?

 Another gorgeous quilt with fabulous quilting!

 Here's a close-up view.  maybe if you click on the picture you can see the quilting.

Love and I both would like to make this quilt.  In the blue border there are patriotic phrases quilted, such as "In God we Trust."

We both made a few purchases from the vendors (of course) and I had my scissors sharpened, then we went to lunch.  It was a very good day!

VISIT WITH HUMBLE QUILTS BLOGGER

Yesterday, my SIL and I had the chance to visit with Lori of Humble Quilts. I first started following her blog over a year ago and then I won a giveaway from her. We have commented back and forth a lot since then because we have similar tastes in quilting.

What a treat to be able to visit her home and see her quilts first hand!! Thank you so much, Lori! Here is a picture of Lori and me standing in front of one of her wall hangings. She had her home decorated for July 4th, so had a lot of patriotic quilts out. I thought I took more pictures than I did, but you can always go to her blog and see lots of them there.

Some of my pictures weren't real clear, but I wanted to post this one anyway. It's all out of reproduction fabrics and I love it.
This flag quilt, below, is one that I had seen on her blog before and I really wanted to see it in person. She said that a friend made it for her. I would love to make one like it someday!
Here's another flag quilt for Independence Day!
In one of the bedrooms, she has a cabinet with lots of quilts folded.
This quilt is one that she said she and some other quilters designed. It is gorgeous and I'm sorry I don't have all of it in the picture. She said it was published in McCall's quilting magazine (I think).
Lori is such a wonderful quilter! I hope you will visit her blog so you can see more of her quilts and get a little more inspired. After yesterday and a quilt show today, believe me, I am really inspired to get more quilting done!! I will post pictures from the quilt show tomorrow.

Housewarming gift

I took another picture of the table runner because the color was kind of washed out on the last one.  I finished the second one and have one more to go.

However, I have to work on a wall hanging for our DS#1 & DIL.  We are going to see them next week in Oregon and while there my DIL's sister & friend will be giving them a housewarming party, since they just moved to a new house - actually, it's an old house built in 1885.  So, I thought I would make a patriotic wall hanging which celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  The fabric panel is from Windham's Old Glory III line.  I got it sandwiched after taking the picture and am stippling the middle section.
While in Oregon, I plan to visit at least 3 quilt shops.  One in Bend, OR was featured in the last Quilt Sampler magazine.  We will also be driving through Sisters, OR and I will stop at the Stitchin Post.  There is also a really good quilt shop in McMinnville, OR, which is near where they live.  

I will try to post some pictures while on the trip, but we don't have a laptop, so we would have to use their computer and I don't know if I'll be able to.