O Canada for Karen Neary

O Canada

As promised, Karen, I took some pictures of your quilt in the O Canada exhibit at the IQF in Long Beach.  It is beautiful.  I had to take a few of the quilt to finally get the wording to show on it.  And as requested you can see some of the other quilts from the exhibit and the show(Click on the  photo and it will take you where you can see it full screen).  I couldn't figure out how to send them to you without reducing them, so I've uploaded them to Picasa where you can see them.  It's a great quilt!

DJ Friday Not

I had made my fridays as a DJ workday, but it was not to be this last friday. My guardian angel, this time she was called Cecilia, called me at 11 on friday and asked what time to come for our co-op group (this is a group of ladies and we have been meeting for 33 years). Yikes, I told here usual time, 7:30, and put aside all sewing plans and cleaned the bathroom, living room, shopped for goodies and made dinner for DH. Phew - was done at 6:30 so got to sit down and applique a few leaves on my UFO - I wasn't up to figuring a DJ block.

So that was my friday - when I meant to show you a block. In place, here's a block a cyber friend made. She did good: http://billiebeesblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/dear-jane-block-k-5-finished.html  I love it, Billie.

Applique Thursday 7/28/11

Hello!  I did work on my applique piece, but not far enough along to show it, so I am going to post one I did a while ago right now.  If I get further along(busy day tomorrow), I'll post again and show it to you.  And I've got the winners to annouce of my giveaway, too!

First the quilt - no, not the one on the bed, but the wall hanging you can see on the dresser.  I called it Oriental Spring and was a guild challenge.  And yes, it is pieced and appliqued.  I had fun with this.  'The back is solid red and you can see my hand quilting very nicely.  There is an iris in the bottom right corner.  If I find another picture of this, I'll post it too.  I just wished I had made the bed quilt - LOL - isn't it breathtaking?  These quilt were on display at our guild quilt show which was held in conjunction with the Historical Society in Redlands, CA. 


And the winners of two of those fabulous needles are


James-Linda said...  I'D LOVE TO TRY THESE NEEDLES-SOUNDS SO MUCH IMPROVED! THANKS FOR YOUR BLOG+IDEAS!

and

Bonni said...  Those needles sound wonderful. Picking one day a week to devote to your applique will be very useful. You don't have to do a lot but eventually your projects will be finished.

Congratulations, ladies - please email me privately with your mailing address and I'll get them out to you.
Thank you all for participating.

And now for the eye candy!