Irena Bluhm's New Book!

 Irena Bluhm's new book is out.  This is the one that has my little quilt in it!!!!  I had taken her class at MQS last year and she contacted me and asked if she could include my class sample in her new book.  So...I finished it and sent her a picture.

I have to say that I am proud as can be.  Tickled to bits.  Over the moon....you get the picture.  ;)

Little *Owlies* Wallhanging

This little *owlies* wallhanging is displayed outside the door of my studio, in the foyer of the building.  The owls are from the *Whooters* pattern.  I had made a wallhanging from the Whooters pattern for my little grandson, Quinn for his bedroom.  And I also made him a crib quilt using the same little owlies.  This studio wallhanging is my *little bit of Quinn* for the studio.  :o)

I love to do faux trapunto (HATE the trimming involved in regular trapunto) which is done by layering two battings...cotton on the bottom and poly puff on the top.  I also like to do *ghost* quilting and did leaves and branches in this little quilt. 

Lots of swirly stipple in the background.

And a pretty batik for the binding.

Seasons of the Moon

Deb Levy's Seasons of the Moon quilt that I had the honor of seeing at MQS last year.

I have a finished wall quilt hanging in my studio that people love. It is Deb Levy's Harvest Moon and one of her Seasons of the Moon art quilt series. Deb had offered an online class for Harvest Moon at MQResource.

Several people are interested in purchasing the patterns so I have contacted Vicki Welsh and will be ordering some kits in. The kits include the pattern as well as the hand dyed gradient background.

Here are pictures of the four patterns. Every one of them is beautiful and I look forward to adding the other three to my Harvest Moon!

Irena Bluhm Project

I took Irena's class in Kansas last May and had a great time. She provided a pre-quilted sample that we colored on with colored pencils. Since then I have done nothing with my little sample project but this week I decided to get it on the longarm and use some threads to spice it up.







It was also an opportunity to use threads I have not used before...like Superior Thread's Highlights and Glitter. And with no problem! I just loosened the tension and the stitching went beautifully. I also used my usual Invisafil in the green bits....love Invisafil for fillers.

Finally Done Done!

The bindings and hanging sleeves are on and they are both hung up in my quilting room...the walls of which are yellow and not pink. Guess that is what happens when you turn the camera flash off. :o)

It's Coming Along...slowly...slowly...

...but surely! I have the quilting finished on the top bit of the Harvest Moon. And I only ripped out twice! LOL!

Cannot believe I have not posted in so long....

Happy New Year! :o)

Now that the busy Christmas season is behind me I have decided to take the next 2 weeks and work on some of my own things and to challenge myself. First of all, I am working on my art quilt, "Harvest Moon" from Deb Levy's online class at MQResource. The applique is finished and it is loaded on my quilting frame and I have done the metallic thread work, so far. The batik leaves will be applied on top of the leaf *shadows* when all the quilting is finished. Next quilting will be a lot of *fills* in the rays...haven't decided what to put where, yet. I need to draw it out, first. And since I hate prep work I have been putting it off...because...for good luck I started a NEW quilt on New Year's Day. Like I needed a reason.... ;)


Harvest Moon Wallhanging on the frame.











This is the new quilt I have started, Sunshine Pineapple, and it has been so much fun to work on! It is so cold and snowy here that working with these colorful batiks has been a real treat!