Pleasant Surprise

The Quilt Show

with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims is my

favorite online quilty place...

(the second is Craftsy.)

Well much to my surprise
my "Red Quilt"

alias Aunt Millie's Garden
was featured on the Quilt Show's Daily Blog today!!!

It is so neat to hear from people all over the world that
they saw your quilt on the Quilt Show Blog page!
It really is a small world!

A Day in the Sewing Room

Today I spent the day quilting!

I had finished marking the boarders of my Lime Quilt,

using a stencil and my new favorite blue marking pen.

The stencil didn't fit the way I wanted so with the addition of

a fancy motif that I drew onto Golden Threads it was ready to quilt.

 

I'm loving my Bernina BSR today!

It was finally working properly - not skipping stitches.

I guess it helps to have the machine cleaned and updated every once in a while!

So off I went ... quilting away!

Does it get any better than this!

Quilting away while watching the "Quilt Show"

and sipping diet ginger ale!

My own litle oasis!

I guess that's why my daughter bought me this little sign... "Paradise"

she said it reminded her of me playing in my sewing room!

and my beach wagon car!!

I love my car!

I've had her for 8 years now and she always puts a smile on my face!

And I have no trouble finding her in the parking lot!!!

Tonight I bind my Lime quilt,

and take her off my UFO list!

A Weekend with Ricky Tims and Hurricane Earl!

This past weekend I attended the Ricky Tims Super Quilt Seminar and all I can say is WHOO-HOO!!!!  

I wasn't sure what to expect. Last spring when I stood up in front of my guild and said, "I need 9 people to go with me to get the group discount" I wasn't sure I would have any takers .... but 11 of us went - even with the threat of Hurricane Earl (which turned out to be a dud - thank goodness!) and we had a Fantastic time. Two and a half days of quilting knowledge from Ricky, Alex Anderson and Libby Lehman - my mind is so full of thoughts, ideas and inspiration - I have to sew something!!!

Libby, Ricky and Alex (wishing my flash worked better!)

 Of course the weekend would not have been as much fun as it was with out my favorite Roomies!
Diana, Joan and Giuliana!!
We were able to get a photo with Ricky!! Whoo-Hoo!!

Diana, Janet, Joan, Ricky and Giuliana

The entire seminar was filled with helpful presentations on "caveman" style quilting, creating quilting motifs, marking quilts, quilting quilts, binding, soup to nuts everything you ever needed to know and more! Ricky, Alex and Libby all told stories about their family and quilting lives and best of all we were serenaded by Ricky through out the seminar!! I did not realize he was such a fabulous musician, and who knew Libby was so funny - some of her jokes had everyone rolling over in the aisles! Alex was gracious and wonderful and her love of quilting came through as she spoke. I was thrilled to be able to chat with her and have my picture taken with her....

Her husband - John, runs the web site for The Quilt Show and I highly recommend if you don't subscribe to the online series of The Quilt Show - do it NOW!! and get yourself a subscription the Quilt Life the magazine put out by Alex and Ricky - I think it's the best!

They even had a mini quilt show for us! That was fun, to be able to get up close to their quilts and really see them - unbelievable! My favorite was the quilt made by Ricky and his father! I was glad it was at the front of the room so I could stare at it the entire time!

And another favorite ....

Now it's back to reality with a head full of ideas and inspirtion...