Hanging with the Big Girls in Chattanooga!

A HUGE thank you to Carol S.

for taking these photos of my quilt

hanging at the Chattanooga AQS quilt show!

I've always said Quilty People are the best!!

Thank you again Carol!

Your the Best!!

Funky Garden in Red receives recognition!!

SO excited to wake up this morning 

and see this on my computer!!!

Bed Quilts – Traditional

Hon. Mention  #109 FUNKY GARDEN IN RED, 

Janet A. Elia, Taunton, Massachusetts

WHA-HOO!!!

So over the moon thrilled to have received
Honorable Mention Recognition!!
This is the first time I have ever entered a national show!

My "little" red quilt is hanging with
the Big Girl Quilts!

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 :)

Quilting around Embroidery … enjoying the process!

The quilting on my "Winter Days in Shades of Taupe"

is coming along S-L-O-W-L-Y!!

   

Just taking my time, 

the Sharon Schamber's quilting halo

is a huge help.

 Still have not decided on my border quilting design …..

Feathers

vs

Snowflakes

What do you think?

Onto my fourth "Ladies of the Sea" block

tracing pattern using light box
and blue Fine Point Mark-B-Gone pen

and look who is keeping my company

in my quilting room!

A sleepy Bella!

 She's such a Cutie Pie!

This week I listened to Mark Lipinski's webinar on 

"Slow Stitching" 

and really enjoyed it, have always loved taking on

large projects and taking my time to enjoy the process.

I've never been one to have the "hurry up and get it done" mentality,

and it was nice to hear there are a lot of quilters out there

that feel the same way!

If you get a chance to join in and listen to 

Mark's webinar - I highly recommend it!

Funky Garden in Red is a semi-finalist!!

Just found out that my Aunt Millie's Garden quilt

which has been renamed to

"Funky Garden in Red"

Is a semi-finalist at the

AQS Chattanooga Tennessee quilt show!

Had to pinch myself to make sure it wasn't a dream!

close up of the needle turn appliqué and

quilting done on my Janome 6600

Since it is a "Piece 'O Cake" pattern I had

to get permission from them to enter the quilt contest.

Becky Goldsmith very graciously wrote a 

wonderful note giving permission!

This is the first time I have entered an AQS show, 

totally floating on cloud Nine! 

                          

Trip to Boston's MFA to see "Quilts and Color"

Spent day with Quilty Gal Pals in Boston's 

Museum of Fine Arts to see 

Quilts and Color - 

the Pilgrim / Roy Collection

The show is Unbelievable! and runs

through July 27.

GO!

and see this fabulous collection of antique quilts.

Just LOVED the way the MFA decorated the elevator!!

Betty, Diana and Joan

myself and Diana

My FAVORITE wall ~ all applique!

 This beautiful 

"Log Cabin, Sunshine and Shadow Variation"

is dated from Illinois ~ 1870's

there are 292 log cabin blocks all done in silk

"Yellow Baskets"

 New York 1920s - 1930s

done in cotton satin

My absolute FAVORITE!

"Baltimore Album Quilt"

 From Maryland (Baltimore) ~ before 1847

The day would not be complete

without a "Selfie" of the Quilty Gal Pals!

Quilt Repair!

The Hawaiian Quilt

All during high school all my son wore

was Hawaiian shirts!

So naturally when he graduated high school

he wanted them cut up into a quilt…

which I did, and he took it to college

in his sophomore year!

(it took awhile!)

Now that he is moving into his own place he

asked if I would repair the quilt!

He so nicely gave me a stack of the Hawaiian

shirts he wore all through college!

Eleven of them - to be exact!!

(some traditions just never go away!)

So cut them up I did!

Not realizing how extensive the repair job would be...

 Yikes there is even missing batting!!

It probably would have been easier to make a new quilt,

as this one needed 35 patches!!

 Patches in place I delivered it to him yesterday

He was very happy!

His new apartment is taking shape,

DH watching after giving instructions

on how to hang curtain rods!!

His living room is a bit sparse!

But a good start,

he was given a nice leather living room set from his old boss - 

it was furniture that was in the lobby of the business he worked

for right out of college!

Actually very comfortable.

And yes he would like a new quilt to match…

the Yellow Leather!!!

Hmmmm….

I have so much Hawaiian shirt material left…

that should match? 

Right?!

Cross Stitch any one?

It's been years since I've done counted cross stitch

but I'm LOVING this project!

Especially when I can stitch at the canal!

Little Miss Shabby started a stitch along called

"Quilted Stitches"

Not sure what I'll make with it … but it sure is FUN!

No Sewing … just a Graduation!

From Pre-School graduation 

to college graduation!

Where did the time go?

 Proud Papa 

and Mum

and onto her next adventure

Grad School at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

and a job as the Athletic Trainer

for the women's soccer team!

Life is a journey!