My summer was spent:
sewing and sewing...
quilting and quilting and quilting and quilting...
and a little ride to New Hampshire
to do a Quilty lecture and watch my hubby do a little gold panning!
a little stitching by the canal...
Oh and more quilting!
My Aunt Millie's Garden quilt is all put
together and the quilting took me all summer
a few hours a day
on my Janome 6600
and it was time to make the piped binding
out of this mess!
and using these tools
LOVED the Groovin Piping Trimming Tool
by Susan K Cleveland
If your going to make a piped binding it is a must have!
Here it is attached....
and then with the binding on....
here are a few pictures of my machine quilting
every block has a square with circles quilted on point
and pebbles inside and squiggles outside
hearts with loops quilted into the sashings
in the boarder I quilted feathers on bowing side of the vine
with pebbles and swirls on the other side
since I'm not a big machine quilter, this quilt took so much time
energy and effort ... and I'm happy with how it came out
It will look hanging in the entry way!
The second quilt I worked on this summer was
an applique bluebird that I just wasn't sure what to do with....
so it became a Polaroid snap shot with two "cheater" snap shots behind it.
Then the idea was to have the Polaroid pictures look like
they were thrown onto a table!
This is the results....
a little machine quilting of a few leaves
helped fill in the empty space around the bird
and wood grain quilting was done to make the
background look like a table.
Finished off with a knife edge binding,
first time I've ever tried this type of finishing technique!
In August I had the privilege of speaking at the
at the Lake Opechee Inn and Spa
what a wonderful group of ladies.
The Inn was so relaxing -
can not wait to go back and stay again!
Check out the sunset from our balcony...
just breath taking.
While in New Hampshire hubby went gold panning!
Something he has always wanted to do...
he's watch too many gold shows on the Discovery Channel!!
Worked on my stitching at the canal,
yup hubby was fishing,
he actually caught a few fish!
Here is a small one...
All in all the summer went by way too fast,
and I'm back to work...
Only 170 school days left until next summer vacation!
