Friday, April 6, 2012

Working planning another quilting design...

I have a pantograph that contains these bees, but I want to simplify the quilting and place just the side view bees on some of the blocks. I will trace a page of bees and use my copier to put them on some vellum paper that can be pined to the quilt blocks where I want the bees. To fill in the other areas I plan to add free motion flowers and leaves. The borders will get just flowers and leaves as they are a very busy print. I'll try to get some more pictures to show what I end up doing.
 Who me? Is this a problem?
I am still having trouble with this inspector, he lays on his back and pulls himself by his legs wrapped around the take-up bar along the track clear across the length of the table. Sometimes in both directions and as in the second picture he pulled his self still on his back into a folded quilt that was there for him to sleep on. The water bottle does not deter him very much. Not sure if he will outgrow this. Scotty will be one year old the end of this month.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Getting back to quilting....

The Inspector helped me out this morning by checking the tension on the under side of the quilt. Next step was the water bottle to get him to move on to his own kitty chores and to get out of my way.
This is the Charity quilt tat I was able to finish today. I will get it trimmed and ready for the binding tonight.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Design wall Monday...

This is my design wall today!
I found these Daiwabo fabrics on sale for $5 a yard on line at Quiltique . They  arrived in the mail today. My plan is to make a quilt using my collection of Daiwabo fabrics as a background for an applique scene. I might use wool for the applique, just not sure yet. The rainbow piece of fabric at the bottom was a free fatquarter that came with my order.
 These two are just hanging out to see what I am doing.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Quilts from Hilton Head Quilt Festival 2012...



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I hope that you enjoy the sampling of quilts from the festival. 
  This picture is for Impera Magna it is the quilt that uses the holly from the cover of the book from yesterdays post.
Finally here is a Kitty picture.