MQG Ranch

Yesterday, MQG met at an alfalfa ranch!

There were chicks

and aprons by the kitchen door.

 

Look at this farmhouse kitchen!

I love to see new houses. Don't you?

When it rained, we all moved onto the wrap around porch

for show-n-tell, demos, swaps...

and chocolate-peanutbutter cupcakes from the ranch kitchen- yum:)

This little piggy is going to Market next week.

(All the Photoshop study has paid off, you can actually see quilting here!)

New girl, Edie from Colorado, brought Improve for Sit-N-Sew at the Farm.

Can't wait to see this finished- Stay tuned for next month's MQG meeting...

Tina's spinning Halloween, just needs binding.

Thanks for sharing my quilting adventures!

Now I must go stitch a concert black formal for somebody's choir concert....on Thursday!!
Do please send any fitting advice you have. PLEASE:)

Mom & Daughter Quilters

If you have met Cristy Fincher and her mother Sharon Schamber, then you know I can't really find words to describe what special ladies they are.

nice people:  Cristy & Sharon

This summer, I've been privilege to learn from Cristy and Sharon. Here are some quilt details and comments form Sharon's trunk show at July's MQG. I know you have already seen all these major award winning museum quality quilts in magazines, so I'm just posting details for Quilt It! Challenge inspiration Pinterest board, and (as I was too excited to hold still long enough to get great pics - sorry) some fuzzy looking quilts that I still can't believe I saw  in real life!
One of the many reasons for this Thankful Thursday post.

Tiniest yo-yo daisies ever.

Spiral maze echo quilting, I see a spider web.

Don't know what you call this (except for Amazing!), but it makes me want to go to the beach.

Sharon says Quilting is sculpture, not just holding 3 layers together.

I want to try this next Quilt It! Challenge block.

An applique block with embroidery.

Sharon may spend 50 hrs. on an applique block.

Whole cloth design; borders/frames are quilted

Can you see the feather shells border?

This is my favorite: very tiny pumpkin seeds with even tinier stippling.

This one is for @SewExcitedQuilt. Something new!

Sharon says embroidery needles won't bend in freemotion quilting like quilting needles do.

A quilting sampler.

Are you warn out yet? I am. Time for a break.

Alex is making raspberry tea:)

LUV this traditional design. Surprise, it's not English Paper-Piecing. 

Have you tried Sharon's Piec-lique technique?

This epaulet edging has hand stuffed cording.

Sharon develop this technique when she was a wedding dress designer.

What did you do in a former life that contributes to your quilting?

Seriously, tell me! I love those stories:)

Sharon says UFOs are like Ex-husbands. Why would you go back?

Here is an exception. Once Upon a Time is all hand made, needle-turn applique, this quilt waited 14 years for finishing.

And then won NQA best of show.

Sitting Bull's portrait in quilting.

I think Sharon would say the secret to her infinite design styles is having enough technique to go wherever you imagine.  At least, that's what I learned from her quilts.

Beyond unique: Crimson Promises blocks and borders are joined by lattice cording. 400 yards.

No worries, there's a DVD  if you want to try this.

This is a good pic! You can see the variegated dies in appliques and in the cording too.

No to mention, THE QUILTING!

Did you know, the original Emerald Reflections was destroyed in a truck fire?

 This one is a remake. Imagine!

A Perfect Moment also has a sculptured edge,

like her green sister, Memories of Emerald Reflections.

That looks like a great place to end.

packing quilts



Mom's Coffee

Quilt clubs are just one of the clubs that bring fun and friends together. Not only that but quilt clubs can teach ways to make pretty patterns and cool creations from just a little imagination! Mom joined  PHX MQG. This is where she learned foundation paper piecing.

With the new found knowledge of foundation paper piecing, she created this:

Can you tell what it is?

 

If you can't tell what it is, it's a purple travel coffee cup! Isn't that just like Mom?

 

There's even a straw for the cold drinks!

 

But it wasn't enough just to make a coffee cup, so Mom decided to sew it onto an apron for our friend Carolee's, Apron Decorating Challenge.



 

 Carolee models barista apron at outdoor boutique.