Quilting and other Things

On Saturday I went to the Kindred Hearts Quilt Show in Oshawa with my sister and her friend.  It was a busy show and they had a lot of wonderful quilts.  I liked that they hung similar quilts together as its always fun to see the difference colour and value make to the quilt. After we left the show, we were discussing what we had seen.  The question was which quilt was your favorite / stood out the most. This tiny quilt by Jane Souch call the Spirit of Lucy's Bear was one of my favorites.  I love how it blends from the bear to a forest scene. This pair by Nancy Fitz-Gerald and Helma Rollings were fun to see side by side. They used 2.5 inch strips from a guild exchange to create similar pick up sticks quilts. I was also drawn to the very colourful quilts this time like these ones: Chakra Balance by Kleo Tobias Sweet Tooth by Shelley Tapp Best Friends forever by Jane Souch Colour Explosion by Jane Souch I also looked at quilting details and des...

The other weekend, Karen and I spent the day at Quilt Canada. We had planned a hike but sore foot prevented that. We had a wonderful time looking at the quilts. We met Dad for lunch at a cafe across the street for lunch before heading back to finish going through the show. I was spending the weekend at Karen's because Dad had come down for Father's day. Since I was still behind on the 365 challenge, I took my fabric with me and spent some of the evenings cutting out the blocks that I needed to catchup on. I'd been wondering if my cutting mat needed to be replaced. Cutting at Karens convinced that the answer was YES. Cutting required a great deal of effort and pressure. At Karen's it didnt feel like I was fight the mat. So one of my purchases at Quilt Canada was a new mat. What a treat to cut on! This past weekend I got a new blade for the big cutter and it now floats through fabric without any effort at all. Good tools are very helpful. At the Trendtex Cha...

Today I went out to Ajax to see the Twisted Sisters quilt show.  WOW!  What talented ladies.  Looks like this is their second show.  I'll watch for the next one.  The Green Men.  Spirits of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter by Rosemary Oliver Fishing Village by Rosemary Oliver Children of the World by Trisha Della Vella and Mary Eeg Autumn Splendor by Gaile Statkus Pattern by Kathleen Star  Goose Tracks by Ester Mihkleson design by HoopSisters Daisy May by Carlene Helmle quilted by Ruth Foley from a class at Ultimate Sewing Centre Circular Bargello by Joyce O'Connell quilted by Tracey Russell.  Pattern by Cheryl Phillips  In mid-October I went to the Halton Hills guild anniversary dinner where the ladies from The Quilt Patch in Saskatchewan were the guest speakers.  They showed lots of wonderful quilts which I had no intention of buying until Flakey Friends was shown and walked through the au...

Yesterday I went to see the Brampton Quilt show. As usual a very good show. These were a few of my favorite quilts: Elephant Walk: designed, made and quilted by Winnifred Mason. It has 250 fabrics and 8600 one inch pieces! This is one of the blocks in a Golfer quilt by Mary Nahirny. Each of the blocks was embroidered. Hannah's Hats made by Hannah Hodder and machine quilted by Lisa Seinen Fans of the Rose made and quilted by Winnifred Mason. There are trapunto'd roses in the quilting.

The Mississauga Quilters Guild had their show this weekend. The challenge theme this year was "With a Song in My Heart" and featured a bright Orange and a colourful music fabric. My quilt is called "When I Survey". This time I had to enter the masters category because I won in the open category at the last show. This was what I found when I got to the show on Friday Evening: Second place in the masters category! What a nice surprise.