Ramblings

Been busy lately doing quilty/nonquilty things, but still good or fun things...collecting food items for food baskets, raking leaves, taught last quilting class last night for this year, raking leaves, quilting a quilt for one of the beginners in my class ( her first quilt), raking leaves, cutting 6 inch squares for a student's senior project (she needs 5000 to make throws for chemo patient ..(.And I have plenty of fabric that's not large enough for a project?or I don't know why I every bought that piece!!) raking leaves,cooking/freezing collards for Thanksgiving and Christmas...( always cook a huge pot and freeze some so as not to smell up house later!!!) raking leaves!!! Can you figure out we have lots of trees??? 7 Oaks, numerous dogwoods, and several Bradford Pear...the colors are beautiful and the leaves are pretty falling to the ground.
I also tried to enter Quiltmaker's magazine Treasure Hunt contest. I believe some of the sponsor's really do not have the contest button on their website!!! I spent time looking when I could have been RAKING LEAVES!!

Latest project

I decided to make the same quilt in fall colors. I love it. The

 background is a light beige color.

200 prairie points!!! I even found leaf buttons to use!!

I used the sewing machine to sew all the buttons!!

When I quilted it I had to be careful not to sew the prairie points down

and not to catch the sides of the trees. The quilting really makes the trees pop out.

Christmas Sampler quilt along

http://www.sewsweetness.com/2011/10/12-days-of-christmas-sampler-quilt.html

Christmas Sampler quilt along...it is on week 4, but the blocks are so cute and look very easy. I hope I have time to do these. Check it out.

Quilt show

The Mid Atlantic Quilt Fest is not until the end of February, and I'm already getting excited. A friend  ( that loves quilting and fabric as much as I do) decided we are going to take a class this time. It will be our third year going. Last year, we both bought long arm machines, AND we LOVE them!!! We looked over the classes and did the online registration...now we have to wait to see if we are in the class.
Now to get to work on the project I am working on.

Tablerunner

Front of tablerunner made using the Cotton Theory method of quilt as you go. It was fun. I had to adjust the size to fit the snowmen.

Back of tablerunner... I love the cardinals...they do not show up very well in the picture.

At least, I have it ready to put on the table in about a month!!! Christmas is fast approaching!!!

Christmas Tree Quilt

My Christmas quilt is finished...actually has been for a few weeks, but I've been busy.  It is so fun to make.  I should take a picture of the back...I just love Christmas fabric!! I found the pattern at www.modafabrics.com

This is a close up.

Now I am making one in fall leaves and fall colors...love it!!!

retreat

Our retreat was this past weekend....my hair looks like I stayed up too long!!! We were learning the Cotton Theory method of quilting as you go....I did get three sections done.  The decorative stitches look neat on the back. I hope to keep working on it until I finish it. We had fun sewing, shopping ( didn't miss any fabric shops), eating and a little sleep!