Enchanted Autumn

I have loved this quilt since I saw it hanging in a quilt shop south of Seattle 3 years ago.  I suggested it for our town's Quilting Club's (we are not a guild-nor do they want to be) Opportunity Quilt.  I organized the making of it but many ladies took home blocks that were turned and glued down so all they had to do was whipstitch around them.  I then sewed them all together when they came back to me.  Susie Johnson quilted it and Marilyn Hersey bound it.  Truly a group effort.  I think it turned out beautifully and it is hanging in the Crazy 9 Patch for the Quilt Run.  It felt good to hand it over to the ladies who will take care of ticket sales.

Enchanted Autumn by Verna Mosquera (Vintage Spools)

A Well Spent Weekend

I really want to get Sloanie's quilt finished today.  I finished the top on Saturday. I added a brown flange and mitered the corners (which I don't usually do) and I like it.  Need to finish Home Sweet Home so I can have my design wall back.  Very hard to take pictures laying the quilts on beds.

On Sunday I finished prepping the last applique block for the opportunity quilt.  Judy volunteered to stitch it so I wanted to get it to her.  It took all afternoon but as I turned under each piece, I removed the template from the back and ironed it on to another piece of material.  So, I have this whole block ready to be prepped for my own quilt when I have time to do it.  I was able to do that with several blocks from this quilt so I have a headstart on my own Enchanted Autumn.

The blackbird has a beak-it is just folded back

I changed one fabric from our original selection.  The sunflower originally was going to be the folded gold fabric but it would have been lost.  I had the gold/burnt orange batik in my stash and I think it adds life to the block.

P.S.  The 9-3 workshop on Saturday was really very good.  They did get me to buy 3 things but they were 20% off and I think will be very helpful.  Two rulers to help with mitered corners and a foot that will help with echo quilting.  I also learned how to sew beads onto fabric with my machine.  I learned a few other things but would have to read my notes to remember:)

Almost a Quilt!

I needed to go to the Crazy 9 Patch yesterday to get some green for Sloanie's quilt.  A block for our 2014 opportunity quilt was turned in and given to me (I am coordinating the making of it) and instead of coming home and cutting out the green, I put together the middle of the quilt-It is going to be beautiful!

Vera Mosquera's Enchanted Autumn

The panels are straight-it is just laying on a bed as my design wall is 3 layers deep:(.  I will embroider "Enchanted Autumn" under the house-don't think I will add the date there.

Then I found "24 Hours" on Netflix and watched 7 episodes while I almost finished sewing Sloanie's top together.  I had never watched the show and -except for the fact that it shows the darkest side of humanity-it kept me on the edge of my seat.

Sloanie's animal quilt

Today i am off with a friend to a $10.00 "What's New in sewing and quilting today" class that include's lunch at Poway sewing.  I wonder what they will try to sell us:)

Long Time No Post

It has taken me awhile to recover from 3 trips to Seattle in 3 months.  Also, My granddaughter was taken to ICU on Tuesday and that has been my focus this week. She is still there with RSV.  One lung is good and one isn't as of this morning-so she is gradually getting better.  I have Tea With Thee coming up on May 4th which is a tea for about 140 ladies that benefits the pregnancy center in Ramona.  The last 2 years we have raised about 5,000.00 for the center, hopefully we will come close this year. I have been focusing on getting my part done for that effort right now, then I can work on my part of the women's retreat that comes up on the 1st of June-then I am taking myself to Julian to rest, sew and write!

I spent the day at The Crazy 9 Patch helping the owner, Martha, choose fabrics for Enchanted Autumn by Verna Mosquera which is our opportunity quilt for 2014. We had fun-she is a crazy lady-the Patch is aptly named. The quilt is going to be beautiful. Verna sent a very nice note with permission to use the pattern for our club.

I volunteered to be the chair of the group that will make the quilt-what was I thinking:)

I have been working on the Beauty and Check quilt and am making progress.

 The Empty Square in the top left will be filled after all the other pieces are completed-it is a complete circle made with 4 identical quarters so I want to see what colors I need to unify the quilt.  It is 5x5 rows and instead of putting a black and white border, I am going to add flying geese to the top and bottom so that it is a rectangle instead of a square.

The background is a black star Laurel Burch fabric and I found a great cat fabric-also Laurel Burch-that has the bright colors of the New York Beauties. We'll see-New York Beauties, Flying Geese and Laurel Burch cats-what is the common denominator?  Can I make it work?  Stay tuned as there is definitely more to come on this subject!  Dear Jane Tomorrow-Yay! I love Jane Days!