A week in review!

The week started last Sunday fishing at the canal!

DH caught a few small Strip Bass and I was

able to finish the applique of my Turtles!

Later in the evening we caught a beautiful sunset 

at Horseneck Beach in Westport 

this is my Favorite place to go!

Beautiful long walking beach especially at  low tide.

During the week I had the pleasure of presenting

a Hawaiian Quilting workshop

to the Ninigret Quilters Guild in Westerly RI

Everyone had lots of FUN!

A nice relaxing quilty day and NO machines required!!

A day of Slow Sewing!!

Finished the top of my guild show 2015 challenge!

"50 Shades of … Purple"

and three more Sashiko blocks!!

Wrapped up the week with another 

beach walk at Horseneck Beach

where I found these beauties!

I'm just a sucker for sea glass!

plan on making sea glass lamps for the house

here is the one just finished for my son's new apartment!

Had to take a quick pic before giving it to him!

It was a good week!

Happy Quilting, Janet :)

more on "Funky Garden on Red"

Another "OMG" moment!

Pinch Me!!

Just received word that my red quilt

"Funky Garden on Red"

2014 MQX East with a teachers ribbon!

was accepted into the

AQS show in Des Moines Iowa!!!

She is traveling more them me!!

Over the moon excited!

Happy Quilting, 

Janet :)

Summer is flying by …. but still time to do a few projects!

Time just flies by!

July was spent moving my daughter to grad school. 

Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 

offered her a nice grad assistant position!

The first few days were interesting … 

no furniture for the first few days! 

so we made the best of it and camped in 

her living room on blow up mattresses!!

Then all the Ikea furniture arrived - 

it only took two days to put together a 

bed, night stand, couch, TV stand and bureau!

this is what an Ikea couch looks like when it arrives!!

I did have lots of time between everything 

to get a few Sashiko squares done!

 Thirteen to be exact!

We also took a day to shop at two quilt stores in Corpus Christi. 

My daughters not a quilter but she was happy to go along for the ride - 

I think she wanted a break from assembling furniture!

The first shop was The Quilt Cottage

a very nice cozy shop with lots of samples to tease you!

I picked up a few things!

Then onto Heirloom Elegance

another nice shop with lots of fabrics!

I found these Robert Kaufman London Calling beauties 

there so scooped up 2 yards of each!

They will fit in nicely with my Liberty of London collection!

Now that I'm home I have a new project on the design wall…

my guild has a challenge for our Sept 2015 quilt show

"50 shades of …. Purple"!!

My inspiration was this photo from a sidewalk at Texas A&M:

here is the beginning all laid out on the design wall.

Purple Ombre hand dyed fabric from eQuilters        

Hope your summer is going Quilty well!

Happy Quilting, Janet :)