Quilt Retreat

We just had a wonderful quilt retreat at our local cooperative extension office.  Boy did we ever have fun. I got alot completed. Much more than I would have if I would have stayed at home and sewed. I would have had to stop to put in and check on laundry, take out the dog, vacuum the floor, do dishes, prepare meals and on and on........I am doing the happy dance. We worked on our quilting projects from 9:30am.-4:30am.
We had lots of laughs and food.  I am nearing the completion of a quilt called "A Wing and A Prayer".  Will I everrrrrr be glad to get this quilt complete... Yes I will.  It is going to be very pretty, it just has lots of pieces.  I know one thing, when I pick out my next quilting project I will certainly look at the number of pieces in it. Just can't wait to finish and get it quilted put on the binding and get it spread out on my bed.. This will all happen in the near future.. pending day to day situations..
Happy Quilting.....

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I made this for my granddaughter for Christmas. The pattern is on www.Ravelry.com  it is called Kit's Christmas cape by Cathy Bird.  Ravelry is a great knitting/crochet site. Lots of great people on there.


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What I have been up to.. Well.. In Oct. I went to the Wool Festive in Ky. My hubby bought me this lovely basket.  Have I told you that I love baskets. I love them even more when they are stuffed full of fabric scraps for quilting.  This one on the right has scraps in it. It is a fairly large basket. I think the lady that made this said it was a market basket. The basket below is a yarn basket. Both were made in the USA. 


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Want to know whats pink in that basket? It is a scarf for my grandaughter. She loves pink and loves shiney and sparkly clothes etc.

This is a very pretty yarn. I have started on my christmas gift making. I have some other things to make too so keep checking back if you like photo's of things others make. I have some quilt pics to add also. Just have to get hubby to hold them up so I can snap a pic. Christmas is coming fast. Ya better get busy if you are making your gifts. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave me a comment. 

Movie ......

I am knitting dishrags and watching a great hallmark movie called "Finding a family". If you get a chance check it out.
 Haven't been posting much just been busy with everyday life.
I will try to get some pics up soon.
Hope you are having a wonderful autumn. :) 

Wooo hooooo......

Quilt club tomorrow. Can you tell I love quilting? :)  Then I have knitting one night this week, and quilting another.. WoW... Quilting 2 nights this week.. Can't get much better than this. Well unless it would be quilting everynight. Sounds good to me.. But as you know everyday life gets in the way and I have to lay my quilting/knitting aside and do other things...Well I was in that perfect world for a few minutes...and wow was it wonderful.   :)
I have been making flying geese and trying to get a quilt called "wing and a prayer" somewhere near completion. Although it is nowhere near there. There is like a zillion flying geese in this quilt. If you google it, it will be the one in the brown color family with pinecones and berries. So pretty but lots of pieces. I will be one happy camper when this baby is finished.. Not sure which year in 20??.   But hey as of right now I am determined.....isn't that all that matters? After all it has been shoved to the back shelf for several months. Ever heard of out of sight out of mind? Well that was that quilt until my quilting friends said lets get that darn quilt out and lets finishem.. Ok great idea so we are working on them. One friend has hers finished. Three of us left to struggle through. I think we can, I think we can....

Leaves are turning here and autumn is sneaking in. The temps are cooling which is very OK with me.
Love the beautiful blue sky and the crisp air.
I hope you have a great week and lots of chances to quilt or knit..I'll be back soon and hopefully have some photos. Because if you are like me thats my favorite part of a blog....quilt pics.

Not one I enjoy...

I started the book "Prairie Tale" and it is just not my kind of book. It is totally not what I was thinking it would be.  Guess that will leave more time for quilting.. :)

Salsa..

I have been making salsa.  My hubby,  oldest son and grandkids  love this easy to make home made salsa. They can almost eat it faster than I can cann it.  Our tomatoes were small this year but they were meaty. Very good for canning salsa.

Here is what I have been working on as far as quilting. I really enjoy working on this kind of quilt because I can make them and not have to do a lot of planning and they use up scraps and especially UGLY fabric. You know that fabric that is in our stash that we pull out and think, "Where in the world did that fabric come from? Did I buy that? What was I thinking?" Cutting them down to 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches  don't make them look so bad.  Come on now I am sure we all have some. If you haven't tried making a string quilt, get out those scraps and sew one up. I bet you will like it and have lots of fun making it.