November Mini - Modern

Christmas Cosmo
 My Final Monthy Mini (my failed commitment)

I had to step away from my intention of doing one each month because of teaching and traveling but I decided to finish strong with this little cutie.

Here it is looking very flat a dull before the quilting.  I used an obre green fabric to get different shades of that line green.

I decided to do lots of straight line quilting with white thread to calm the pink down a notch.  I mark out 1 inch then I fill in the lines. 

here is the backing - dull, but cute fused label.

I used a lighter pink single binding as I was out of that great bubblegum pink.

 this is my pinkie finger.

 I didn't intend to get out a lot of Decorations.

 But I did manage to pull together a pretty table.  It was me and two boys.

Coco enjoyed her usual special Dinner.

Here is my big Holly quilt that a made a couple of years ago.  It is hard to see the scale.  It is still in NJ, but when I get it back I take of photo of them together.

Miss Nosey Nutmeg has to see what is going on.

See this sad and imploring face on coco?  

 The problem is right there on her dog covered recliner.  I've gotten her a bed so I'm hoping she give coco her chair back.

Can I tell you how much I am loving the Netflix series The Crown?  I am obsessed with all the period details and palace intrigue.  

My perfect Friday is watching TV shows, sewing and having an evening Cosmo before Pizza and a movie with my honey.

You can clearly see why the new mini is Christmas Cosmo.

Cheers!!

xo

p.s. 

Yesterday was the very first snow that Nutmeg had ever seen and she was enchanted.

Challenge Accepted!

Here is the big reveal of the word challenge quilts my small sewing group created.  We had such a fun time making these.

My word is Bee.  Can you guess what each block represents?  Click the photo to see my baby bead embellishments.

We each picked a word and made 9 blocks to depict the word. We connected the blocks with the pot holder method.  

Thank you Wendy Reed of Constant Quilter who has a great tutorial.  Wendy makes incredible award winning quilts with this method.  She has a wonderful blog that always inspires me.

Norma's word is Cat~

Pauline's word is Eye.

Nancy' word is Time.

Fun, right?  what word would you use?  

Special thank you to Pauline for making our story cards.  They are just great.

Whig Rose Update:

Hooray!  I finished my last block.  I am setting them with a zillion HST.

Thank goodness for Triangles on a Roll.  They come perfect with no trimming.  Extra steps on the front end for great results on the back end are worth it for me.

I can't decide if I like them radiating, or going all the same way.  What do you think?  It's hard for me to be impartial when I see it so often.

I get a lot questions about adding lettering to my quilts.  I use Microsoft Word and print out the letters on the computer.  I enlarge them to about 350%.  

I also like to make plastic templates because it makes marking them easy and more accurate.  I don't mind extra steps that produce excellent results.

A Cooper Hawk came for a visit and we had a great view out the kitchen window.  

Have a Great Day!  

xo

Celebration of Quilts!

Oh My!  Song of the Sparrow won the favor of the judges at the recent Brownstone Quilt Show this past weekend.

My quilt was awarded with 1st in Applique Wall Quilts, Best Hand Quilting and Best in Show.  I am so honored and still amazed.

The show was excellent and the quality of the quilts was the highest it has ever been.

I was very preoccupied chatting with friends and guild members so I didn't get all the photos that I would have liked but here are some of my favorite quilts:

Pauline's City Scape One Block Wonder - and what a wonder it is!  She was awarded 1st place duet wall quilt, Judged Choice and Viewer's Choice (awarded after photo).

Nancy's (co-chair) BOM Star Quilt.  Machine quilted with my fan stencil.

Pauline's Star (BOM co-chair)  Such an incredible setting!

Another Star BOM Beauty by Peggy.

Norma's Baby Quilt with embroidery animals.

Incredible recreation of a 1916 Quilt that was a feature quilt and book cover of the Red and White Infinity Variety Show in NYC.

Fun hexie quilt by Margaret.  The title is "never again".

Lovely 4 Block Applique' by Maureen.

I was absolutely smitten with this pattern.  So charming! and so well done.

Love those Hand Quilted Baptist Fans!

 Each Pair carried a "ticket to ride".  Adorable!

Nine-patch color wave quilt by Jacqueline 

Finished Lollipop workshop piece made by Flo.  Love the colors!  Flo won the raffle quilt on Saturday - yay

 Margarets Harry Potter Quilt.  As a inept paper piecer I am impressed!

Action shot of my God Jul quilt going up.  Thanks you Sir!

My Toile' the Night Before Christmas.

 You can see more on the Brownstone Facebook Page Here.

My Silly Vanna White Impression - Have to get it while the gettings good, right?  ha ha

 Nutmeg is totally unimpressed and just wants a belly rub :)

coco says "lady: hurry up and put my fleece on the sofa, it's cold here CT."

Congratulations to all members of the Brownstone Quilt Guild on a Fabulous Celebration of Quilts, and especially my friends, Pauline and Nancy for Co-Chairing this wonderful event.

xo