Kim's Christmas Cactus Quilt

Kim found me online, and this is our first quilt together.  She made the top for someone in Arizona - perfect choice for a Christmas quilt!  According to Kim, the fabric is from JoAnn's.  Too CUTE!!!

Quilter's Dream Wool batting, SoFine thread in the top, Bottom Line in the bottom.  Pantograph is called Cactus and Coyote.

2010 Library Raffle Quilt

This quilt is the raffle quilt to raise funds to help our local library.  Last year we cut it pretty close.  This year we're about 6 months ahead of the game.  It will be raffled in May at Wild Goose Bill Days in Wilbur, WA.

We used Quilter's Dream Puff batting, Sew Fine thread on top and Bottom Line for the bottom.  Both threads are from Superior Threads.  The pantograph is called Primrose Swirls.

A Walk in the Woods

I had all my customer quilts done when I left for retreat, so I finally had a chance when I got back to actually put one of mine on the machine.   This has been a work in process for about two years, a graduation gift for my son, Karl.   He's currently living in an apartment with 3 other guys, while he goes to college.  The quilt will stay home for a while! 

As always, click on the pictures for a closer look.

Six days at Quilt Retreat - LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

I left last Tuesday for Lutherhaven on Lake Coeur 'd Alene for retreat with the Basin Piecemakers.  The lake is beautiful this time of year.

We had lots of fun, quilt making, bingo and food (check out the table under the clock...it was still pretty full, as was the refrigerator, on Friday when the retreat center started to feed us).  None of these projects are mine, these are just a sampling of the work (?) that went on.

There was the retreat project - Cupcake pincushions

And the retreat raffle quilt, while still in process.  The winner of the raffle has to finish the quilt by the next retreat, and come up with the plan for the next retreat quilt raffle.  Mabel was the lucky winner! 

On Friday, the center started to feed us, here's the walk to the Dining Hall. 

And some of the girls stayed up until 1:30 Sunday morning finishing the puzzle.

This is the view from my seat.  Now, tell me....how can quilting life get any better than this?!? 

 

Time to catch up!!

Now that the birthday girl has her birthday quilt, I can now show the front! I can also show the quilts from the fair, since it was also there, and it had the 'Superintendent's Award' on it!!!

Mary made this quilt for Jeanette's birthday (it was a big birthday).




This little quilt was made by Shirley. Her daughter Lisa quilted the matching pink quilt.





These are a couple of little doll quilts that 10 year old Kayla made, her first piecing of a quilt top. She quilted one, I quilted the other, both using a pantograph.



This quilt is my entry in the INMQ (Inland Northwest Machine Quilter's) 2009 Challenge. We all used the same fabric and pattern, and 'quilt as desired'. The winning quilt will be on the cover of the 2010 INMQ Quilters for Hire brochure. This was NOT the winning entry, by a long shot! I'm still very happy with how this turned out. BTW....the winning entry was spectacular! All will be shown at the 2009 WSQ (Washington State Quilters) Show in Spokane, WA in October. I'll try to get pictures of all of the entries then.

Harvest is DONE!!!!

All the kids with driver's licenses are back in either college or school, so guess who gets drafted to drive truck?? I took in the last two loads of wheat to the elevator. Chicken dance of happiness, anyone??

2009 Buggy Barn Quilt Show Pictures

Here's some eye candy's from this weekend's show. I always wish I'd taken more pictures! They are in the back-asswards order, but I'm just too darn tired to move them! Enjoy!