Quilt Fest 2012: 2 days of non-stop quilting!

I had some reeeeeally nice DST this weekend! "dedicated sewing time". ( and I was so DTS)






It was a fun retreat with the great gals from The Little Shop.

I almost didn't make it this year due to my insane amount of kidney stones.

I passed about 6 on my right side this past Oct/Nov...  and then they kinda stopped. I got new X-rays in January and they found 4 new buddies all huddled together in my LEFT kidney.

So i have been waiting for them to fall, and they started this week. Promptly Sunday night after dinner, and it went ALLLLLLLLLLL week.... non-stop insane PAIN for 4 days.

Here is an old photo of the one i PASSED on the right! what a little bugger at 6mm!

Thursday they at least knew I had a big sewing trip to go to they they stopped moving and i was able to go to my event mostly pain free!

I got there late Friday and then the fun began!

I got to work on this one quilt that had been stuck in my head forever. 

mini gentle curves

Then i moved on block 2  of  my Lollypops quilt. 

I was channeling my inner Pat and Bobbi.

Debbie is working on the Kim McLean quilt Flower Garden 

This is just ONE of the 4 borders. It's just amazing. i just love it.

The grand finale of Saturday night was Cindy finishing her amazing feathered log cabin. Creams, golds, and super rich dark purples.

I was piecing with some blue lame that Kay just gave me, and listing to my Cure. 

seal fur

I took a visit to my parents house, and I found this hanging in the back bedroom. I completely forgot about this painting. I think i finished this the summer between 7th and 8th grade. So I was about 14. I used a lot of white paint in the fur. I still love the look on the momma's face.

it's just another photo update...

March 2012.
9 yards in... 

I made a little pin cushion

The square part is filled with walnut shells, and the green strawberry is filled with emery.

How Do I Quilt This Modern Quilt?

How Do I Quilt This Modern Quilt?, a group on Flickr.

cool flickr group

WIP hexies

Making lot's of progress on my hexies! i'm really enjoying these.

color

Sorry- i just have time for a photo blog today....

Hoppy new year

Happy January!
I am excited for what the new year brings! I am hoping lotsa FABRIC and lotsa QUILTS!

My personal new years resolution is to lose 50lbs. Eat less and move more! 

you know it's scary when i already kinda look like this lady- so now is the time to really make some changes!

My Quilting resolution is to enter some decent quilting competitions. I always want to enter them, but by the time i find out about them, it's too late to enter. So this year I am going to try and get on the ball and find out early. But I need to make some quilts first!

There is a tristate show i just read about and the dead line is in 20 days... I'm not sure if I can make that one.... I have a top that is kinda started... so if it makes it great!  if not- i can save it for the next one.

i got a basket of vintage buttons from my friend Kay for Christmas!

yeah i know, i left my blade open... what.

I've been kinda sick more than not for the past 3 months, so I've been in bed a lot. So what better a project to start than Hexies! I sew them in bed, on the couch and bring them with me to my doctor appointments. 

I started them before, but I did them the cheap ass way- I tried to cut out my own papers. When I went to sew them all together nothing matched up. if one or two are just a LITTE bit off...  they don't really fit. So i learned the hard way and now I buy my papers here.  Yeah, I need like 2,000 more to make a quilt... but it's a start. :-D

me hugging Pooja New Years Day 2012