Sneakerdoodles!

 

 

You will not find a quilt today,
however you may find a few quilting designs!

 

 

 

 

Over the weekend I took a break from quilting. 

 

 

 

 

 

I relaxed on the deck, taking in all the

wonderful spring sounds! 

 

 

 And doodled on these sneakers!

 

 

 Up Close!

 

 

 

 

 

Hope You Had A Wonderful Easter!

 

 

   

 

linked with

 

 

 

Till We Quilt Again,

 

Something To Think About:
If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?  

Leaf Bowls Demo And Giveaway!

You Asked For A Leaf Bowl Demo!
You Got It! 

Denise and Chelsey are a mother and daughter team.

Their Demo and a Giveaway is at
Nini And The Sea

Once you visit thier new blog, you will be hooked.
I can only imagine what they will be creating in the future!
Thier Crafting is "Eye Candy".


Denise Thank You for the wonderful
Nutella Crepe's Foster.
(I need this recipe)

Sometimes people come in our lives for a reason.

 I was lucky to have them come into mine.

Look for this future post. 
Mom This Is For You!



Till We Quilt Again,



Winners of "Leafs Me Happy" Blog Hop!

Look Hard!

Can you read it,

"Leafs Me Happy"

I wanted to remember this Blog Hop.

With my computer lighting up like the 4th of July!

I forgot to post this photo.

Panic best described me on posting day. 

And The Give Away!

Originally I was doing a drawing from a hat.
Oh! No--No--No

Due to the amount that responded I  

 tracked down Random.Org. counter to save my sanity.
(but again not knowing what I was doing there either) 



Random.Org did its picking and

The Winners Are!

Congratulations!

Cherry at
 Cherry's Priaire Primitives Blog (Click here to visit) 
&

Louzee at  Sapilo80@gmail

Please email me your addresses so I send the

AccuQuilt Fall Leafs to you!

I know that I should show the Random.Org widget.

As luck has it--
I can NOT get it on the screen.

Go Figure!
 Better luck next time.  

Sneak Peak!

Here is a peak at what I made with the same Leafs that the winners are getting!

I will post in a few days the finished piece. 

And if you were one of the MANY that asked about

 the Fabric Bowls come back here on Saturday!

My friend has agreed to show you.

Till We Quilt Again,

Think'n I might go get a message!
Happy Fall!

A Bit Twisted!

At our guilds Christmas meeting we brought

1 yard of our ugliest fabric.

Later we stood in a circle with a scissor

 and a random yard of fabric.

When the music began, we passed the

fabric till the music stopped.

 Then snipped and tore the fabric in half.

Keeping one half and passed the other half on,

 when the music began again.

Every time we kept half and the

other half was passed on.

Till we were down to a small piece.

We all ended up with 7 pieces.

Here is mine.

This became our Guild's Challenge Project.

The requirement was that it could not be any

 larger than a 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper.

 And three of the fabrics were to be used.

Plus you could add fabric as well.

We were to bring it completed to the May's

 meeting and a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

 was to be awarded.

 Then all the pieces would be displayed at a local

Historical Society event dedicated to quilting

 in June.

So here is my Twisted Piece.

Photo not so clear!

The rust color is on the back and I used only the challenge fabric.

I did not place in any of the Top 3 Picks.   

But I always Love a Challenge!

The theme was

"What Makes You Happy"

For me that is trying something new.

I have seen this technique and

it can be stunning.

However, I will need to practice this 

more before I can use

 the word Stunning on mine!

 If you want a great tutorial on a

 Twisted Piece visit

Katie at her blog called Shocking Hocking

also known as Fabric Tucks.

And The Winners Are!

1st Place-Gail

A full photo below with the Orange Star.

2nd Place-Elena

3rd Place-Margareta (MY MOM!)

Joan made all the Stars for all the Winners and everyone that entered. 

 Gail's Quilt with Orange Star

There are many more, but I think the snacks where calling me!

 Congratulations

 To the Winners!

Till We Quilt Again!

Goodbye Winter & Hello Spring!

As much as I enjoy the cold gray days, fire lite,

calming music, and the hum of the sewing machine.

I am ready for spring and summer!

So....this is my final reminder of a winter.

While in Vermont, my mother and I took a day class.

This looks like where we have been skiing for the past 35 years.

We learned about free motion, and how to use reversed fabric.

This and the next 2 photos where done at day classes with Donna Clauer.

She is a incredible teacher and artist.

She held her classes at her summer vacation home in Ocean City, NJ.

All the pieces we painted by hand and her techniques of painting is done
in a very freeing and a non structured approach.

Everything was done on a blank piece of

fabric and you apply paint and tread.

It is my understanding that she has moved up around Lancaster, Pa.

and teaches at the quilt stores in that area.

I highly suggest a class!!!

Till We Quilt Again,

Helen

Channeling Toughts!

Several have emailed asking about the quilt in the frame above.

Even had a phone request to discuss it.

Then comes a phone call asking me to help demo the same technique at our

guild meeting tonight.

This has all been in the past week.

I must be channeling thoughts on

English Paper Piecing!

Here is a full shot of the quilt.

It was a challenge quilt that was entered in a local guild's quilt show.

The guide lines, that I remember (there was more) were it could not be

much bigger than a standard piece of paper. And it had to include words.

My words are attached with bent metal wire and were:

Create, Imagine,Believe, Dream & Inspire.

I had sewn the tumbling blocks together using the English Paper Piecing Technique.

Each diamond was only 1 x 1 1/2 inches.

The quilting was micro meandering.


Here is a larger quilt that is EPP'd also.
Having all the papers ready before we left.
I started the whip stitching on my way to the airport.
And only worked on this while at the airport, during layovers or on the flight (many hours).
Since we were flying form Philadelphia to Hawaii, I was able to COMPLETE piecing this together only while traveling. Who wants to sew while in Hawaii--Not Me!
This is 24 x 18.

You can find so... many tutorials on English Paper Piecing.
By typing it in your search engine.
It is a great take-along project too.

Till We Quilt Again,
Helen

Here They Come!!!

Grandbabies!!!!!

But They Are Not Mine!!!!

YET

Friends are starting to have Grandbabies. I am so happy for them!

While in Utah, this past November, I got to revisit some quilt stores and find some new ones. I picked up a Moda Layer Cake. At our guild's retreat this past October I demonstrated a simple way to make a pinwheel. I have searched high and low for the link and I can not find it. So today I made a simple photo tutorial on making the block. Please excuse my photos--this was my first attempt at doing this.

This quilt is made with Moda Layer Cake cottons, soft baby blue Minkee (?) for borders, backing and binding. And a over sized Rick-Rack . The batting is 50%Bamboo and 50% organic cotton.

I loved quilting with this batting!

The quilting.

Detail of quilting.

Cut any size squares (2) that you choose. Mine are 10 inch. It can be any size but be

consistent through out the quilt you are working on.

Right sides together. Sew 1/4 inch all the way around the block.

Take ruler and cut corner to corner this way.






And corner to corner this way

Should look like this after it has been cut

Open each piece and it should look like this.

Either finger press or iron.

Rotate blocks to form a Pinwheel

And sew to form the block!!!

And it is that easy!!!!

Till We Quilt Again,

Helen