Star BOM #13

This is #13 and I call it the 'block of blocks' because if all my blocks went together with as much difficulty I would not have ever got to this point..1. cut something wrong.. 2. re-cut and it went together awful... 3. went to EQ6 and paper pieced...4. My iron sputtered and ruined a corner square and by the time I tried to get the rust out the color came out.. 5. replaced corner piece and pressed the final time....so you see it was an adventure...IT IS DONE..PRAISE GOD!!!! It really has been wonderful and my first experience doing a block of the month. Of course, I have yet to do the many borders but I do anticipate the adventure and the finishing of this beautiful quilt. Thanks Judy.

This is the others blocks minus the 13th that is above...

Kieve - quilt - Fabric

A group of 15 ladies from Backroad Quilters went on an annual retreat Saturday and Sunday to Camp Kieve. We stayed in the very beautiful and modern Learning Center that accommodates 20+ people with sleeping, dining room. This picture (taken from their website) is a view from the lower bedrooms of the lake. The second level is where we sew with windows the whole length. The scene has changed; the snow is gone, the lake is starting to open up, the mud is everywhere and lots of potholes on the road coming in off the main road.

We each brought our own projects. I decided to do this quilt called 'Fool Around Fun'. It is a scrappy quilt. I used two charm packs from Moda. 'Rites of Springs' and 'Peace on Earth'. I usually work from a design wall so found it hard to put together without a visual. The striped material was something I had bought for a friend but she decided to use something else and it proved to be the one that made it 'pop' as we say in the quilting world. There are several of us doing this quilt and they will probably be displayed in the state quilt show in July.

One of the highlights is our visit to the area quilt shops. We always go to Maine-ly Sewing in Nobleboro at some point of our trip. I am doing 'Under Cover' quilt at a workshop in a couple of weeks and so I put together fabrics I will be using. The off-white will be the main focus and instead of doing fusible snowman I found a wonderful design with snowmen that I will use.

Another shop we visited is Alewives Fabrics in Damariscotta and they have wonderful bright cheery fabrics. Below is fabric I am using for a bag to carry all my big rulers etc. It is called the 'Duffy bag' designed by our President and copyrighted. I found some quilted fabric and added others to make the outside pockets. We all came home happy that we had accomplished a lot and we had more fabric for our stash.

Tacoma Meeting

We had our Tacoma meeting today and showcased the big pin cushions we began last meeting. They are varied designs. We all agreed they were pretty cute!! Some were stuffed with rice while others with poly-fil. The one on the bottom left had pins stuck in it. It belonged to Rayna and her cat kept taking the pins out so she had to hide it in a plastic case to project the hen and the cat.

This is the whole group holding their creation.
This is Pres. Barb and we call her the gadget queen. She is also very talented with embroidery and did the stitching on her apron. We all brought gadgets we 'could not live without'. They were many and varied.We make a block each month that has a theme. Those who make them put their name in for a drawing and someone gets to take them all. This month it was a spring theme. This one is what I decided to do. It is hand appliqued. The design is Pat Sloan called 'Prancing Posies'. It was pictured as a runner in McCalls April 2005 magazine.These are the other blocks and the winner is Pauline (pictured). It was pretty amazing the blocks were mostly yellow/lavender/purple. You can click on the pic and I think you can see them better. I should have made it larger but you get the idea.

It has been fun to come up with something each month. Next month the theme is Easter.

We have some very talented ladies....wouldn't you agree.