Qakdale Quilt Guild Retreat part 2

Happy Halloween !! The weather has turned and it really seems like fall is here. Did you feel the earthquake last night? Made me dizzy.....but it was fun while it lasted. The picture below is of the fall leaves next to the cabin we were in. Taken from the deck.

Shirley was in my jelly roll class.....she didn't use a jelly roll....cut up a lot of blue fabric and used a light yellow for the background. Beautiful. After we had finished a project we draped them over the rail on the second floor of the cabin. The cabin really looked festive with all the quilts and projects draped above.
Lucile was working on the mystery quilt all weekend. By Sunday she had all the block sewn together and arranged them on the table. A very fall looking quilt......love the design.
Here is a red, white and blue quilt I worked on.....a small take 5....done my way. This quilt will go to Manteca philanthropy and will be given to a veteran. Very easy quilt to make. I'm going to sew more of these for philanthropy in Manteca and Oakdale.
I'm still sewing on my mumbo gumbo blocks and on retreat I made 12 more blocks. I still have to decide what size I'm going to use and square them up.....I figure I'm about 1/2 done with this quilt. I like the way it is looking.
I made four pillow cases at retreat. These are so much fun to make and give away to people.
My jelly roll quilt....I finished the borders at the retreat.....I like the way it turned out.
A close up of my quilt.
The retreat group on the stairs. I was so tired by the time I drove home that I took a two hour nap. Much was finished on the retreat and I had a good time, Thanks Stacye for organizing this retreat!

Oakdale Quilters Retreat

Last Friday I took the day off and headed up to Twain Harte to the Oakdale Quilters Retreat. The picture below shows the color in the mountains. Beautiful yellow and red trees.

Here is the cabin we stayed in.....lots of bedrooms and room to set up tables and sew!
Here is Cora and Barbara busy sewing. I was sitting with my back to them sewing and we all talked quite a bit back and forth.
Here is the whole group.....on the table in the foreground is my jelly roll quilt finished and folded up.
Nance and Lucile were working on the mystery quilt that they and Stacye worked on for the weekend....tomorrow I'll post a picture of Lucile's blocks....its a cool quilt. I spent the weekend working on UFO's and making pillowcases.
Maya worked on her applique project.
Lunch on Saturday on the deck......the weather was wonderful and it was nice to eat outside.

Last Tuesday night bear class

Last night was the last bear class and most of us are on the final step of finishing our bears. Carol got her Mombo Gumbo wall hanging back from Eddie who's sister machine quilted it. WOW...when they say the quilting makes the quilt they were right. I don't know if you can see all the detail quilting on the quilt....but it is beautiful.

Barbara finished her bear....its the girl bear on the right. She already had the knitted sweater and scarf...and see the cute little purse on her arm......she just needs some pants. On the left is Sue's Pea Pod bear with his shirt and overalls on.
Here is Sue, helping people in the class with their bears.
I finally got my bear head done and on the body. Just need to sew on the arms and legs and she will be done.....I know its a she but don't have a name yet.
Teresa's bear....cool fabric...with one ear on.
A finished bear from the class.....what a cute bear!
A fuzzy bear from the class....before it got its ears on kind of looked like a beaver.
Thank You Sue for such a fun class....I'm so glad I made my bear. Now to figure out how to put clothes on my bear. I have to sew the block of the month tonight.....as usual the night before our membership meeting. Should be easy to do. I'll have a picture tomorrow.

Oakdale Saturday Workshop

I attended a workshop on Saturday for my Oakdale Quilt group. The quilt took one jelly roll....or lots and lots of 2 1/2 strips to make.and 2 1/2 yards of back ground fabric. See the picture below to see the pattern and the label from the jelly roll I used. The picture on the pattern is ugly. Why do they do that....all the quilts made on Saturday looked much better then this picture.

Here is some of the quilters who took the class....busy sewing.
Here is my machine and the strip piecing that I am doing.
This is a easy block to make and goes together fast.
this is my finished center for my quilt. I just need to add the borders.
Barbara came to the class and worked on the paper piecing little quilt below.
Here is Marie's quilt.....she used a jelly roll that had lots of purple in it. The dark fabric in the picture below is dark purple.
Charlotte used Christmas scraps and a beautiful gold background. I took this as she was using the ironing board.
I finished the center of my quilt on Saturday.....we sewed from 9 to 3. The finished quilt is 57 inches by 57 inches....so its not real big....but big enough.

Even More Pictures from PIQ

Do you wonder how I spent my money at Pacific International? See the picture below....on the left 1/2 yard cuts from Creation Station....I can't pass up paying $2.50 for 1/2 a yard. In the middle a pink hand dyed long sleeved shirt....its beautiful. Two pillow case kits....the price was right and I love the fabric...I'll be making these up for Xmas presents. And last but not least....the roll of scraps at the top of the picture....a grab bag for $2.75.

Back to the pictures......love this one....
A close up.....see all that quilting.
More animals.....
A close up of mother and baby.
A cool face.
Mountain sheep.
A close up of the sheep and rocks.
Love these red flowers.....

Making A Bear....and more pictures

The Bear class was fun.....Lue-Anne brought a baby quilt she finished....she used the X block ruler to make it. I love the colors.....and its not all blue!

Here are the bear parts I was stuffing last night....my bear head fell out of my bag and so I couldn't stuff it....I will work on it at home before next weeks class.
Here is Sharon's bear.....cool fabric.
Barbara's bear is made with cool fabric too.....a jungle bear.
Here is the sample for the class......a cool green bear that Sue has made.
More PIQ pictures.....Love this horse, the color the way its put together.
Red and black.....beautiful quilt.
Half dome.....
I love this block....moon over the mountain......I want to make a quilt like this.
This quilt uses real feathers......
Beautiful fish....looks like she's ready to spawn.
Boats in the harbor......
I still have lots more pictures. Check back tomorrow.

PIQ 2007 More Pictures

There were so many beautiful and inspiring quilts at Pacific International. You can't help but want to go home and sew! Here is another cool picture quilt.

I did take a few pictures of regular quilts.......love this one.
Here is a close up. The fabric used was a fabric printed with buttons on it. The same print fabric was used and because of the different buttons on it looks different in each square of fabric.
Look at the rocks in this quilt picture.
A close up of the rocks.
I love this way the frame on this quilt is done.
Jelly fish.....love the colors.
Now who do I know who loves pink birds....this one is for Barbara.
The way the fruit is captured in this picture......and the quilting.
The thread painting on this quilt goes out into the black border around it......beautiful.
Chicken and sunflowers......lots of quilting on this quilt.
I have my bear class tonight......we get to stuff and stuff our bears.....fun. More pictures of PIQ tomorrow.

Pacific International.....it rained

It rained all day Friday but who cared......we were inside the Pacific International Quilt Show shopping at all the vendors! What a good day we all had. Shopping and getting to see beautiful quilt....who can ask for anything more? Below is a picture I snapped on one of the vendor areas.....not too many people...at times there were lots more and in some vendors you couldn't move.Here are the beautiful quilts......I love picture quilts.
Look at the way this quilter used her fabric to become a field of corn......so cool.
Look what's in among the flowers......
Here's a close up.....isn't he cute. Look at the quilting......
Here's a very bright quilt that I liked.
Beautiful flowers.....see the dew drops....
I want to live in this house and look out this window.
This is just beautiful......

This quilter loves cats......look at all the work in this quilt.
A close up of the cat and the quilting.
More tomorrow.....I took tons of pictures.

Pacific International Quilt Show

Taking a vacation day tomorrow and going to PIQ.....yea! I will of course take lots and lots of pictures of the quilts that I find interesting. Stay tuned.....

What's Black and White and Red All Over?

Why my finished quilt top from Sunday's mystery class. See finished quilt below.

Bear Class......Last night was the first night of Sue's Bear Class.....see all the eager quilters ready to make a bear. We cut out our fabric..and then sewed all the pieces together.
Here is a picture of my fabric.....felted wool...hand dyed brown. This was taken before I cut out all my pieces. Class was fun.....next week we stuff all our pieces and then hand sew our bear together.

Sunday's Mystery Class

The internet was down yesterday here so I couldn't post about my Sunday mystery class with Debi. What fun! The picture below is all my many, many red 4 1/2 inch squares......that was all I brought to class.....this class included all the rest of the fabric that was needed to finish the quilt. See the black and white fabric...what is this going to be?

Here are the blocks all sewn and I'm starting to lay out the quilt. You really have to pay attention and get the blocks in the right place. I only had to un sew once! Two blocks in the middle of the quilt after it was sewn together...boo.
Here is my quilt with the first two borders on it....we got to pick the fabric we wanted to use in the borders. I did finish my quilt in class. I will take a picture of the finished quilt tonight at the Tuesday sew. I am very happy with the way my red and black quilt turned out.
Below is a quilt one of the ladies in the class brought......Cloth and Quilt is having a strip class every month.....2 1/2 inch strips seem to be the latest thing in the quilting world. I really like this quilt.
More blocks from the strip class......in pink.
Debi was sewing right along with the class......she's using brights.....now Debi is not a bright fabric person....so this is unusual. You get a whole different look with brights.
More of the lay out using brights.
Rita had some pinwheel black and red blocks left over from another project......so she used them. It turned out beautiful.
Debi's finished quilt.......draped over a chair.
It was a fun class....we walked over to a Mexican restaurant for lunch and still finished our quilts. Thanks Debi for such a fun class and I now have a red and black quilt.

Tonight starts the teddy bear class that Manteca Quilters is having on Tuesday night. I hope to get lots done tonight. I'll be taking pictures......so stay turned.

X Block Workshop

The Workshop on Saturday was loads of fun......see Patricia Pepe teaching us below. She went around to every person who attended and checked out our fabric choice and what pattern we were about to make. I really learned from listening to her talk to each quilter.

Here's part of the group......working on their projects.
This was a full class......so lots of people working hard on their x block design.
Close up of Patricia......teaching.
Here is my fabric choice.......looks OK....but I think I need more contrast.
Here are some of the blocks I sewed on Saturday......too dark. But I learned....what to do....what colors to use.
Sandy came in and brought this quilt she made for a wedding.
The following pictures are from Saturday's class.....the blocks that quilters made that day. Really love the blocks below.....very scrappy.



I can't remember which block belongs to who.....but I do remember that this blue one is made by Lou-Anne......beautiful.


Lots of ribbon star's were made......the x block is an easy way to make a complicated looking quilt.