Setting sail later today...

on the amazing Oasis of the Seas!

This will be one of my views this week.

While I'm away

grab a cup of coffee,

and view some of the amazing quilts on display for the

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I look forward to checking them out when I return!!

Welcome Blogger's Quilt Festival participants!

The first quilt I made was a Strips N Curves quilt by Louisa Smith.

http://www.quiltescapes.com/index.html

This quilt was along time in the making. The book was published at the end of 2001, so I assume I got it sometime the next year. I signed up to take a class for it, but that never happened for whatever reason. It didn't stop me from gathering fabrics, however.

My husband has an Aunt who sews, so while she was visiting us from Las Vegas, I showed her the book She ordered the book, and made her quilt. We went to Las Vegas to visit, and saw her beautiful quilt. Still, nothing finished on my end. Life got in the way.

I then proceeded to lose my copy of the book. I ordered another copy. This was the summer of 2006.

Fast forward to 2008. I was determined to make this quilt! I really began getting fabrics together, and to my delight, a quilt store opened up 5 minutes from my house! With Claire's help, I was ready to start making my strata! The rest is history, and my first quilt top was completed in June of 2008. Off it went to the longarm, and returned in September 2008 to be bound and hung above our mantle in the family room! I love how it came out!

http://amyscreativeside.com/2010/10/29/bloggers-quilt-festival-fall-2010/

Giveaway!

Edited 10/29/10
The winner is:
VIVIAN!!
Congratulations!


I noticed my visitor count has crossed the 25,000

mark, so it is time for a giveaway!

I love the Quilt Sampler magazines,

and look forward to each new issue!

I find myself with 2 copies of the Fall/Winter2010

issue, one that is new and unread.

If you don't have a copy yet,

leave a comment,

and I will randomly draw a winner at 10 PM Thursday 10/28.

I'm sure I will find some other goody to include with the magazine.

Make sure I can contact you for a mailing address-

If you have a no-reply account,

please be sure to leave your email address in your comment!

Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!

No time to sew!

Busy getting ready for our cruise,

leaving Fort Lauderdale this Saturday on

Oasis of the Seas!!

I can't wait, and know I will see lots of inspiring things while on board!



Beards and brains!

This was featured the onther day on the Selvage blog:

http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dont-have-beard-get-beard-hat.html

When I showed it to my sister in law Becky, who knits,

she showed me this-

I sent it along to Karen of the Selvage blog-

the creativity out there is

AMAZING!

Karen wrote:

When my buddy Jill Bunis in New Jersey saw the

Beard Hat post here a few days ago,

she said "I see your beard hat, and raise it..."

Is this hilarious, or what! :)

Does anybody else think it should be gray?

Or maybe I'm being too literal.

This hat was designed by Flint Knits.

The pattern appears in the Sept/Oct issue of Crochet Today magazine.

(This link goes to a pattern preview. The actual pattern appears only in the magazine.)

Selvage blog fun!

Black, White and Red Julius all over!

Love this final block!

Life is good!

Will work for shoes.........

show me a woman who wouldn't??

Julius...with sprinkles and a cherry on top!

So fun!

Cruisin'

Not a great photo,

but really shows how this works.

You keep adding fabric

until the block becomes the size it needs to be.

Boots!

This block holds special meaning.

The T shirt was purchased during

our family trip to Israel in 2005,

when our children were Bar/Bat Mitzvahed

and the fabric is significant because my

daughter and her friends all wore

awesome patterned rain boots

during their summers at Camp Ramah.

When I purchased this fabric, I knew I

would find a special use for it!!

Love, love, love this one,

and all the "rainboot" Ramah girls!

Sealed with a kiss!

totally <3

T shirt quilt continued

Sorry it is so blurry,

I kept forgetting to stop and take puctures

as the blocks progressed.

Next block/row!

I realized I already showed this block

 so I am editing in the completed row.

The row was too narrow, so the solution was

to add more gray to the block on the left!

(Not shown)

love it!

Favorite so far........

I just love this fabric, and the

combination it makes with this T shirt!

T Shirt Quilt!

Today, I made lots of progress!

I decided that I am going to get blocks ready for

tomorrow nights class,

but not sew the rows together at this point.

Love this keyboard fabric!!

Quilter's Home October November 2010

Looking forward to reading about the

50 Best Quilty Websites!!

Fabric Trends magazine

I picked up the latest issue today.

I am looking forward to reading it;

I am curious to see the changes now that

Mark Lipinski is involved.

Have you read it yet?

What do you think?

http://www.fabrictrends.com/

Homecoming dance tonight!

She looked beautiful!!

Next block for the T shirt quilt...

will be made from this

I hope to get to it tonight!

I've been busy cleaning closets lately,

sorry I haven't been updating daily.

No time for sewing today...

but I spent a wonderful afternoon

shopping with my daughter

for a dress for her homecoming dance

on Thursday.

We found the perfect dress,

and another for our cruise

at the end of the month!!



Mentioned on the selvage blog today!

but for nothing I did!!

Here is what I wrote to Karen Griska,

of the Selvage Blog:

I feel it is my duty to show you

what I found when I searched selvages on Etsy.

I have no words :)

There is a second one also available for sale:
bridal-style-womens-thong-underwear