So it's October...
WHEN did THAT Happen??!??
Seems like yesterday the sweet smell of
Lilies filled the hot summer air
and my Hydrangea's were in beautiful full bloom,
with the Rose of Sharon starting to pop!
there were lots of visitors to the yard
especially these three turkeys that I have watched grow
since the spring!
and a beautiful deer that just could not resist my husband's peach tree!
Disclaimer: we only plant a garden to feed the wildlife!!!
It's their own personal buffet!
In August I attended the New England Quilt Museum's
Summer Celebration
with one of my Quilty gal pals ~ Diana
she is standing in front of a quilt that she Quilted!!
This quilt also happened to win the popular vote for the entire
Summer Celebration!! Congrat's to the quilt maker and Diana!
While at NEQM Diana and I had the privilege of viewing
"Threads of Resistance"
~WOW~
Very Impactful...
Continuing to receive and LOVE my monthly
Blue Quilty Box from
the Fat Quarter shop!
SO many fabulous goodies
with lots of projects to keep me busy all winter!
This summer hubby and I were able to get away for a few days
first was our trip up into New Hampshire
so he could ... Gold Pan!
NO ~ he hasn't found any gold...
but he has had fun!
While he dug in the dirt I spent my time
sipping an ice coffee, reading the latest edition of Quiltfolk
(Loved the Hawaiian quilts in this edition)
and focused on my favorite style of quilting ~ Appliqué!
The next few days were spent sitting on the edge of the canal
watching him fish ... and fish... and fish!
getting more appliqué done....
and a little English paper piecing!
and he caught a fish...
too small to keep
so back into the canal it went!
The end of August was time to put things in high gear
to get my quilt done for the guild's quilt shop in September...
There was one section that just baffled me as to how to quilt it...
so that's when the beads came out!
Love the combination of sashiko, appliqué and beading!
Here you can see the beaded areas.
all the quilting was done on a domestic Janomee 6600!
With every quilt I try and do something new...
this time is was a scalloped boarder...
or rather a piped scallop boarder!
It came out ok...
a bit bumpy - but it was the best I could do
on my first attempt! with just 24 hrs left
before the show judging!!!
Nothing like squeaking it in!!
The Silver City Quilt Guild had two special displays,
the first was our Comfort quilts...
Most of the quilts were donated to a local shelter for women and children
and some were sent to "Quilts of Compassion" for those in need in Houston
The second special exhibit was our "Quilts of Valor"
my guild works with the Ma chapter creating quilts for veterans ...
no all the quilts pictured below were made by SCQG members,
some were made by other quilters.
and here we are ready for the opening of SCQG's
sixth biennial quilt show
All of my hard work paid off...
"Tropical Sashiko Sampler"
received
Best of Show!!
from Pat Harrison
a certified quilt judge!
Plus
Exemplary Domestic Machine Quilting!!
Posing with my quilt and ribbons!!
My little landscape
"The Lonely Pine"
received a Viewers Choice first place in the
"Look what I did in Class" category!
My Quilty BFF ~ Joan
entered her "Gravity" quilt
(first time she has ever had a quilt judged!)
she received a Judge's Third Place in the Large Bed Category
and a Viewer's Choice Third Place!!
So proud of her!!
My mom doesn't usually feel up to getting out and about
but we had one really good day in mid September
when I was able to take her to her favorite place
"Briggs's Nursery"
She loves looking at all the plants and they have a nice place to
sit and have tea and dessert!!
Both of my children had their share of bad weather....
my daughter survived Hurricane Harvey in Texas
and my son was hit with Hurricane Irma and a Tornado!!
Both of them have requested Hurricane Quilts!!!
For the fall I have restarted my Ladies of the Sea Quilt
It will be scaled back from Sue Garman's 16 ships to 9 ships
as it will need to fit on a certain wall!!
The cent ship is "Massachusetts" from another pattern line ~
but it called (yelled!) to me so it just had to be made!!
The decision of the moment...
choosing the last three ships!!
There you have it ~ all caught up!!
