Something new

Sometimes you just have to try something new. Get outside your comfort zone.

This table mat was one of the new items I bought at the Quilt Expo. I was so excited after taking a lecture on "Working with Wool" that I started this project in the hotel room later in the evening.

Now it is finished! I am so proud of it that I will keep it for myself.
But I will have to start one more. There goes the pocket book, and a reason to go to the wool store.

Finally an update on the Quilt Expo!!!!!

I am finally getting around to blogging about the Quilt Expo! (what? I've been busy)
It was fantastic!!!! Wonderful!!!! And very expensive to my pocket book.

These are just some of the many many quilts we saw. I took a ton of pics but can't put them all on my blog. Where would I have room to write?

I found alot of new things to try and took a class and went to two lectures. Tricks and tips to bindings, and working with wool, and free motion quilting. What a weekend!

The quilts were just stunning, the workmanship exquisite. Words can not describe the quilts that were on show.

They estimated about 15,000 people that went thru the doors during the three day event. It sure was crowed as the day went on.

And now I have more items in my stash. Now I have to live longer to accomplish it all!

Madison Quilt Expo

Yes Yes Yes!!!! It's that time of year again!
The Madison Quilt Expo with Nancy Zieman. I will be heading there tomorrow after work. I will be able to meet my sister there. This year we will have a new gal with us. My sister's sister in law is joining us for the weekend.

I am all packed, the car is gased up, and ready to go. Just have to get thru the day at the office.
Honestly I am just like a littel kid that knows christmas is coming. My wallet along with the credit cards are already shaking with fear.

I don't need anything else for my quilting stash, but I am sure I will find a thing or two that I know I will just need. And I am always open to new tools. Who knows what I will find.
Stay tuned............................

Labor Day weekend 2010

Words can not begin to explain this weekend. Alot to do and all that got done.
Imagine that!

And play time with my favorite playmates.

We are at the Fun Set Blvd in Appleton for the day. So much to see and so much to do. I am sure you can imagine what it was like trying to keep up with four toddlers. And the bumper cars were the biggest hit. A wonderful day, and who cared that it rained and stormed outside. We had fun and stay warm and dry.


And this is a fall quilt top I finished this weekend also. I believe it is a queen size, so it will make a nice gift. For now it is resting on my quilt rack for the autumm season. The colors are great and seem to match everything in my house.
Oh and I got the house cleaning done too!

Weekend visitor

My brother came for a weekend visit to my new home. It wasn't that difficult to think of things to do since there was so much work around the place that needed to be done.
But we kinda picked and choose. Here is my brother, learning how to tie a quilt.

Ok, I thought it was funny, he didn't. He kinda got confused as to which way the needle and yarn went thru the quilt, but that's ok Jerome, it was your first time.

We went shopping to pick up some fabric paint and some sun visors so my brother would be able to relax and do some of his artist work. This is the sun visor he make me. I love it!!!!!!!

He worked very hard trying to figure out how it would fit on the brim but after careful thought he worked it out.

I worked on a few projects myself on saturday afternoon. This is a purse that I got put together in no time at all. Now I just need to add the straps and it is ready to fill.

These three blocks are my august BOM's for the quilt club meeting. All done two weeks ahead of time. Don't get too excited, that won't happen again.

A very busy, but relaxing weekend spent with my brother. Well, when I talked him into washing windows it was not relaxing for him, but hey we had fun and now my house windows sparkle!

Settling In.....

This home is starting to feel like home. Always so much to do and I know it has been awhile since I blogged. I will try to be better.

I have been able to get some curtains sewed and up in a few rooms, still looks pretty naked in the living room without curtains.

I worked on cutting for some projects today. Nothing I can say that is finished. Well I did have a tablerunner that I had done quite awhile ago and just needed some free motion quilting done on it, and that got finished. But mostly I cut material today for four projects and also needed to cut and make 15" square sandwiches for my free motion machine quilting class that will be coming up in a couple of weeks. The Madison Quilt Expo is September 9th thru the 11th. I am soooooo excited! It has been two years since I have been there and my boss has been generous enough to let me off of work so I can go.

Well anyways, the cutting of the material is always the longest part of a new project. At least it feels that way to me. So I always love to get that part over with. Now that I have four projects sitting here waiting in piles for me, it seems easier to get to them.

Of course one of the projects is the backing for the boheimian quilt and the plans are to get that sandwiched and quilted this week.

No sewing!!!!!!!!!!!

No sewing has been done for quite a while. Unless you count a kitchen swag that I whipped together. It was just a endless moving day. Each day was something to do. I do have all the boxes emptied now, but still things to put away and to do. No curtains up in some of the rooms yet, thank god for mini blinds.

A few pictures on the walls, just enough to make it start feeling like home. Maggie is not ajusting very well at all. I am sure that will take time. My sewing room is coming together. No curtains in there either. But in time I am sure it will get there. I will be sure to post a picture when it's done.

The weather is very warm, no air conditioner in this house, so that gets in the way of getting things done too. Things are starting to get back to normal, so hopefully by this coming weekend I will have time to do some sewing.