I finally finished my Riley Blake challenge quilt. And just in time too; a new Modern Quilt Guild challenge is starting this month. More free fabric. Whee!
This little quilt makes a great hot pad for my cast iron pot, which I have been using non-stop.
Speaking of the Modern Quilt Guild, they've announced that QuiltCon 2015 will be held in Austin, Texas again. Yay! I'd attend just for the food! So many great places to eat. I'm thrilled to have my same roomie
Rene' and already getting excited. Last time was a blast. Squeee!
Also exciting was this huge gift box from my buddy Yumi. She sent me all kinds of goodies from Japan, including an entire case of Cheezas which I shared. I usually hide them for myself. ;) There was a cool toothbrush, lots of snacks, dumplings to steam, gorgeous fabric, horse oil hand cream, and some scary green drink powder with brown bits. Wasabi coffee with chocolate chips? Yumi will tell me what it is, but sometimes it's fun to just try these new things. Unless it's wasabi coffee with chocolate chips...
I had College Boy build the little bird that was in the goody box . These are the tiniest Lego-like pieces I've ever seen. So cute. Birdy is hanging out in my studio.
Our guild's Saturday Sew Day was a blast. I cut the fabric for the
Canoe Ridge Creation's Gigantic Starburst quilt before I left and happily stitched the top together in no time. It makes a 60" square quilt, so this pattern is a keeper for quick quilt tops. I plan on quilting this one in 2020.
We had a smaller group sewing on Saturday, but the talent was in abundance. Just look at all the projects my guild buddies are working on. I'm always in awe around this guild group. We have so much fun. My sides were starting to hurt from laughing. On another note, only one gentleman walked in the room where we sew at the library and asked if we could tailor his suit. I hope our laughter didn't offend him. Ha! We always get at least one person wanting us to tailor garments and we always laugh.
I really like wasabi, but in coffee? with choco chips? eew. interested in hearing how you like that one. seems like wasabi green tea would be better. that is a fun care package and congrats on the big star quilt top.
ReplyDeleteThat's so funny about the guy who walked in looking for a tailor. He probably thought he hit the jackpot - all these ladies with sewing machines, surely one of them will tailor my suit! hahaha You could add it to your list of finishes, right after quilting the starburst in 2020!
ReplyDeleteYour orange cast iron pot looks terrific on top of the Riley Blake finish! So excited for the next QuiltCon!!! It will be here before you know it. Sounds like I missed another fun Sew Day. Great projects and a wonderful package of goodies from Yumi. Life is good ;-)
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