Large Pies Prepped!

I got all of the "pies" prepped and the tarts are going much faster as they are much smaller-I think I have about 40 left to do and then the whole quilt will be prepped.

I also worked on the dreaded T-shirt quilt for a couple of hours.  I have about 12 more shirts to prep-but most of them  just have the greek logo on them so they will be small pieces.

Today-hoping to get most of the little tarts done-fingers crossed.  When Greg gets home Monday night-my sewing frenzy will have to step back a step or two.  Love having the uninterrupted work time but am starting to really miss that guy!  His dog REALLY misses him.  He plays frisbee by the hour with Miss Hyper.  She plays games like "let's put my ball under the couch where I can't reach it and then cry until mom gets down on her hands and knees and retrieves it for me".  We are playing that now:)

PS-this is what I came home with from RtC Thursday:

I added a few pieces to my fiber collection-I am thinking the leaves will find themselves in the Cow quilt

I am starting to collect neutrals and corals and sea  foams for Regans quilt (2015)

And you can never have enough purple and turquoise batiks-can you? I had printed off 50% off coupons for E. Burns booth for all of us.

The only other thing I bought was Misty Fuse-have never used it but liked the demo.

Road Trip

What a great day.  Yesterday I took a road trip with friends, Debbie, Martha and Carol to Road to California.  We left at 7:30 and stopped in Temecula for breakfast at the Swing Inn  which was packed.  After a hearty breakfast, we headed to Road.  It was packed!  The first 2 aisles were so crowded we couldn't really see much but as we wound our way through it got better.  Some beautiful quilts but the trend to load them with thread and crystals is not to my liking.

I like this jacket

I seem to be drawn to quilts made from photographs

 

I really like Sue Spargo's designs

 

Sharon Schamber does exquisite work-I just don't care for the genre

 

Sorry for the blur.  This pattern is from Kim McLean,  Stars and Sprigs

 

 

You can find Kim McLean's pattern here: http://www.gloriouscolor.com/store.php?cat=352

My favorite kind of quilt-traditional pattern with an entirely new interpretation-color and design-no crystals-no over the top quilting-I LOVE THIS.  I give it best of show.

 

This artist won a ribbon last year for the first of the series which was the  Madonna done in silver

 

another quilt from a picture-love it

 

This was a mug rug in the Misty Fuse booth-I just liked it.

This year there was an outer tent with vendors-hard to find at best.

My lighting wasn't good-but this was a really cute quilt

All in all a good show-I bought some fibers, batiks, and Misty Fuse

My poor dog was beside herself by the time I got home-she never gets left for 12 hours

I felt so bad I let her sleep with me and we wrestled in bed this morning before I got up at 5am.

Going to finish prep on Pies and Tarts today so i can get rid of the table in the living room.

Tiny Treasures is going to be a Favorite I Think

Last night was Tiny Treasures

I had my houses all cut out and got 3 assembled.  I left an hour early because Lizzy was home alone.  I got to play "throw the rubber bone" for an hour before she went to bed so she got some exercise.  I took her errand running in the morning as she loves to ride in the car.

This morning I sandwiched my first Tiny Treasure:

And then I decided to get started on the last consignment I will ever take (this is the second part of the Tree project).  The young lady had cut out some of the tshirts so they are all going to be different sizes.  I will have to find a setting fabric so I can cut them into something I can make uniform units out of (or divisible).  So I have them all ironed and have a few stabilized with interfacing-I am just going to forge forward and get it done!

Lastly, I got all the templates done for the Turtle Quilt (which is the kids' Christmas14 present) and a second set done for mine after I move.  I will choose the fabrics and mark them today.

Before I say goodnight to the day I hope to quilt the basket quilt and choose the materials for the turtle quilt.

Tomorrow-Road to California with some friends!