Birmingham Quilt Guild

Today I went to Alabama to share my quilts with the Birmingham Quilt Guild.

 

 

I enjoyed their “show & tell” and seeing the many quilts they have made.

 

 

Their president Vasha tells about her “string” quilt.

 

After my Power Point Presentation and trunk show these ladies took me out to Jim N Nicks for a BBQ lunch.

 

Thank you ladies for a wonderful day. I enjoyed it so much.

Work in Progress -- Snow on the Pine & JOY

My "Pine Tree Series" is a work in progress. This is the second quilt of the series. I'm calling it

Snow on the Pine

Stats:

Measures 19 1/2" X 17 3/4"

Fiber: mostly cotton

Batting: Hobbs Heirloom Cotton

Thread: an assortment of cotton and polyester

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I'm working to finish these two "JOY" quilts, just in time for Christmas!

The Lone Pine

I'm starting a new series of quilts. The word 'series' to me, means 3 or more. So, here is the first one.

"The Lone Pine"

Statics:

Size: 11"X14"

Techniques: Machine pieced and machine quilted

Fiber: Mostly cotton

Batting: Warm & Natural

Thread: an assortment of cotton and polyester

Diamonds for Tina Sue ~ Blogger's Quilt Festival

My entry for ...

Diamonds for Tina Sue

I found a tutorial on The Modern Quilt Guild's blog to make the half rectangle triangle. By placing the dark side of the rectangles together the diamonds came to life.

I really enjoyed sewing the wonky letters together to make her name.

Here's the little sweetie pie!

The back!

Entry #188

Blogger's Quilt Festival Stats
Finished Quilt Size - 57" X 71"
Machine pieced, and machine quilted
Quilted by myself, Julia Graber
Best category - Throw Quilt, Two Color Quilt, Baby Quilt

I'm trying to make a quilt for each of our grandchildren. You can see them here. And now I have one more yet to make for Talya.

Work In Progress

I'm still working on Tina Sue's crib quilt.

 

I have the straight lines quilted and now I'm working on the loop-dee-loops in the blue diamonds. The blue thread doesn't show up much on some of the fabrics and it's hard to see where I've quilted and where I need to quilt. I guess I should have picked a thread with higher contrast.

And today I practiced a little to put Paul's name on his shirts. I used the coffee filter for stabelizer and it tears away very nice. The "Trucking" looks like "Tricking" and needs more practice.

 

This is our first year to plant cotton.

The fields are white unto harvest ...

 

Cotton makes wonderful quilt fabric, don't you think?

 

~~~ Parting Shot ~~~