Wall Hangings

I am really working on some wall hangings, these are not finished as they have to be embellished. The "Eat Your Veggies" wall hanging has to be quilted as well,which I am hoping to do myself.....eek! I hope to have them finished in time for our annual quilt show the first weekend in October!!! The "Dresden Wreath has to have some charms attached. The quilting on the "wreath" was done by a professional quilter, Marian Drain, click on the photo to see it enlarged. You might be able to see the "bling" in the border!


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I am still sharing Christmas goodies photo's!!! No calories in doing that is there??? This only half of the table. The other half was just as yummy. Especially w/the large pan of Baklava!!!

The raccoon paid us a visit a few days ago in the afternoon. DH was sitting doing some desk work and looked out and there was this critter just meandering around the yard very nonchalant! So, it was a great photo opt. He eventually went down to the creek and swam across to the field and just waddled along.

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Cowboy Attire!

I have been doing some sewing lately. Here is one that was on the "to-do" list for 7 years!

I've been collecting western/cowboy style fabrics to put in this wall hanging for all that time and then "put the pedal down" ! Now to just back it and quilt it. Mmmm...hope it doesn't take me 7 years to finish it!!! Oh, yeh, I didn't use all the different prints that I was saving for it!!!! So hard to decide what to use so ya need a lot of choices!!!!!

Christmas

We had so much good stuff to eat, thanks to our daughter and son-in-law and Gkids, who drove from out of state to spend a few days before Christmas . This one dish of the many she made for us!!! I think it is called "peppermint bark".These boys scouts who came to cut a Christmas Tree, were so proud of their parrott, it was very friendly and even talked to us! When this "retired" fire truck drove in the yard, I just had to take a photo! They drove away with the tree like you see it all the way through town to their home! Such fun!

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Flower Power

Getting to go to "Fishland" w/my DH and packing all my sewing trappings and UFO's is mind bloggleing! I call this my own personnel private sewing retreat! He fishes all day, I get the motel room all to myself! No cooking,cleaning,phone calls, just what ever I please to do! I read a great book "Culture of Corruption" by Michelle Malkin and finished it, watch t.v.,snack,take a walk. Well, the weather was not walking weather this year, so I didn't do any walking. Brrrr,most days it was in the high 40's,sunny w/clouds, some breezes. But, I had the heater turned up and was very comfy! So,I sewed on my project of 3 vacation's: a wool table runner. Now, as you can see this isn't rocket science, but, I also take other UFO's and generally switch back and forth in sewing on them. This required just alot of cutting the flowers, even w/a pattern I still couldn't be accurate on some of the petals, however, they are my flowers and they "grew" just the way I like them!!! The flowers are connected to the backing by french knots, and the leaves by a stem stitch. The wavy green wool is "felted"down, this was my first try at hand felting. It was a little slow, but soon I was able to develop a rhythm of "punching" with the 5 needles in their holder. Is it finished you say?? Oh,no, I still have to add the under wool backing and edges! Will I wait until next year you ask?? Mmmm not sure, I am kinda thinking I might get it finished sooner!
Click on photo's for a real close up!

Quilt Show Views

I am showing you some of the interesting exhibits at the Falling Leaves Quilt Show last weekend. Oh, they were all interesting and lovely, but there were over two hundred!! I couldn't photo all of them.

The vignettes of old dolls and their furniture adorned all the nooks and cranny's. This is my antique wicker buggy displayed w/doll and shawl was furnished by a very active member who is also a antique doll collector.The bathing beauty babe w/the 3D boobs wall hanging, was just to0 fun and was done so cute, but alas it didn't catch the judges attention for an award.

This quilt was called "Ann's Houses". Just adorable done in Freddy Moran fabrics. It earned a Blue Ribbon for Ann!

This is Ann's jacket. Can you imagine sewing all those patches. The colors were so blended. Very nice.

Here again is one of Ann's creations, called Material Girls was the title. Don'tcha just love the fabrics! This also earned Ann a Blue Ribbon!

Falling Leaves Quilt Show Awards

Here are the results of the Falling Leaves Quilt Show entrys that I made. I was very pleased to recieve the Blue Ribbon, 1st, for my "Leaves and Geese" jacket and a Red 2nd place for the small tree hanging. I showed them to you on a previous post after the local fair judge didn't consider either of the entrys as worthy of an award. Of course there was different competition at the quilt show. I do take that into consideration. The fair judges do not give comments as to their critic and the quilt show judges dictate to scribes to write a lengthy one. Giving good remarks and if needed suggestions to improve upon. I didn't recieve the latter for either! I didn't enter my Crazy for Circles lap quilt for judging. Just for exhibit. The fringe didn't look very good after I washed it!!! (See other post)
So...the quilt show is over and a "new quilting" season begins for the show next year!!! I have no idea what project I will start for next year!