Saturday's class and other stuff...

I taught the second half of the Tumbling Blocks class on Saturday....I think all the color combos are turning out really well. 

Did you miss me? I have been out of town for a week. My mom had surgery last week, so I have been staying with Dad while she was in the hospital. She is doing well now, and is back home recuperating.

 My folk's don't have a computer. I took my Kindle Fire but spent a lot of time at the hospital, so didn't have much to write about. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon.

   

What a surprise!

 My daughters took me out to eat the other night and gave me an early Mother's Day present...a Kindle Fire. I was so surprised and excited! I have been busy figuring it out and how to add apps to it. I even checked out some ebooks from the library for it. It will be fun to figure out all I can do with it.

 I have played with it a little and ordered a cover for it, but until it comes I made a small bag for it. I had a leftover piece of quilted fabric, so it went pretty quickly. It's not too fancy, but it will work for now.

Tumbling blocks class & other sewing....

Saturday's class for the Tumbling Blocks quilt went very well. Lots of pretty fabrics. I am excited to see what kind of layouts they come up with.

This one is going to have lots of flowers, which should add some interest. That is part of the fun of class, seeing the colors everyone picks out. They are going to try to get their strips all sewn and cut before next week's class. I can't wait to see them!

I spent a good share of yesterday working on some blocks for some mini courses I want to do in June. I am using some browns, teals, orange and yellow. I will take some pix later.

I"m having dinner with a friend tonigiht that I haven't seen in a long time, so we have lots of catching up to do.

All Iowa Shop Hop

I recently heard about the first ever All Iowa Shop Hop, which will take place in June. What a great idea! There are prizes, there are free blocks at every shop. It's exciting! If you go the website, there is a list of all the shops. I'm sure I won't make it to all of them, but I hope to visit a few that I haven't been to before. If you live in the surrounding states, you could also visit the shops in your area.

I am teaching another class of the Tumbling Blocks Quilt again today. Should be great fun! Hopefully I will have pictures to share tomorrow!

Friday Eve...

I went to a meeting last night about an upcoming quilt event and show in Council Bluffs. I met with some very creative ladies and am excited about being a part of this. This event will showcase some of the talented quilters in our city, as well as antique quilts. If you live here and would like to submit a quilt to show, please contact me.

I didn't get any sewing done when I got home, just watched two of my favorite shows, Criminal Minds and Revenge. I'm not sure I like the turn Revenge took last night, but we'll see.

More blocks and a model kitty

I made a couple more funky star blocks last night. They are fun, easy sewing. I used the same center strips as the others with white background, just didn't tilt them. I like this off-set four patch center too. I have used all of my white background squares, so what color next?

  I think maybe Conrad would make a great model....he just appears out of nowhere when I lay blocks down for picture taking!

Maybe I need to start my own network....Quilting with Conrad!

Wonky, crooked? funky?

 I had fun going to the auction Sunday. Truth is, I was a little afraid to bid on anything because they go so fast and are hard to understand. You can tell I am a newbie at auctions! It was fun going, and I really didn't need anything there!

 I came home and worked on some more wonky stars, using white for the background.

 These are fun and easy to make. I haven't decided where this is going, but I want to teach a workshop or two on free-piecing, so will use these for a model. I made the crooked centers all the same on these four.

 I have lots of strips cut for other projects, and just scraps of fun prints, so it isn't hard to find fabrics to use. I like how the stripes turned out. They were actually diagonal on the fabric.

Guess who wouldn't let me take a picture of them on the floor.....are you tired of pictures of Conrad yet? 

 He finally lost interest and wandered off.

 Here they are with the ones I made last week. It's always interesting how they look on point, isn't it?

What color background next? I have some baby blue left from the baby quilt...