Thanks Pat and Eleanor

 

Pat Nagle visited our Guild last night!
My first driving at night adventure since cataract surgery last week.
Sure glad I cowgirled up and made the trip. We had hot apple cider and....

There were modern traditions.....


Geese flying over Geese
Not Applique!

 

modern Trip Around the World

..and old,,,,


clever edges and applique combinations
add dramatic interest to Dresden Plates

Log Cabin birdhouse, Star sunshine
I'm always amazed with Eleanor's Fences

...and the cleverest piecing techniques!

scrolling colors
even the border is rainbow

Crazy layer cake

Plus extra lovely quilting, of course:)


Cabbage Rose in HST Feathered Star

 



Pineapple, one of my favorite stitches

Thanks, Pat! For making the long drive on a cold November evening

to bring patterns and rulers and amazing quilty ideas to share.

 

Thanks Pat, and Eleanor too, for sharing your cleverness, talent, and fun!

 

And Thank You! For reading:)

 

Computer still hurts my eye, so I won't right again for a week or so.

I hope you will stay warm, and enjoy some hot apple cider

along with these Pat and Eleanor quilts.

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Surprise Quilt Show

Most Saturday mornings I travel 10 miles East to the next tiny town for Writers Club.
But yesterday when I arrived, look what I found!


Burgoyne Surrounded

Local quilters showing their Valor quilts before shipping:)

I was so excited, I texted Alex, "Quilts are here!"

"Mom. they're following you," she wrote back.

Super Quilting

I kept asking every stranger I met, "Where are the rest of the quilts?"

Finally, someone took me to the "craft room." Where I found...

and...

And for Writers' Club? Our group has grown to ten, yet everyone writes something extremely different. Success of the moment goes to Bill, who's screenplay is in post production!

You can watch early trailer.  





I tried to Photoshop up the values in this so see you could see the red patches better.

Wishing you Quilty Surprises :)

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:)

October Auction Small Quilts

It was a dark and stormy night...

Really!  Didn't think I would get to attend small quilt auction at guild last night. I travel 30 miles to guild meets. Not fun with flash floods warnings all day.
But the storm cleared around sunset, and Alex helped making diner and medications for her Grandpa, and I hadn't been to a quilt show in a long time so....off I go.

And glad I did! I got to share 2 witch hats in auction, which were well received, thanks ladies:)
Here are my faves from the mini quilt show auction:

Swoon Houses! Look- the doorways are fussy cut with tiny women. Sew Clever! LUV when a classic pattern gets a unique twist. Totally worth the trip!

Halloween Cat and Moon: Just adorable applique. I never think of batik for moon and starts. Darlene's quilts always make me smile.

Applique Bouquet:  LUV a scrappy background. This one is extra clever;

"tablecloth" portion of background is quilted with crosshatches, to differentiate from rest of background. Can you see?

Witch Sue:  Most Sues are applique, but this one is very cleverly foundation pieced. Sparkly star stickers added on her hat. Cute!

Quiltigami:  Origami kimono, first I've seen in real life! This works extra nice as a single block study, don't you think?

Simple & Sweet:  I never find cute fabric like this! Extra simple runner -oval framed with bias binding before cool border fabric- showcases fun fabrics. sorry only partial pic.

....And the storm stayed away until I returned to my own neighborhood:)
It's been a busy month with emergency plumbing and car repairs. Focus between surprises has been to try and  finishing witch hats for the RHQ Etsy Shop, so I haven't stopped to put up Holiday decorations yet. Mini quilt show was just what I needed to get in the holiday spirit.

Do you have Halloween quilts to share? I'd love to see them!!!  You are welcome to post onon
 Commemorative Quilting FB Page.