PIQ.......yes there are more

If I remember right this is the angel telling the Virgin Mary that she will have Jesus. It look like a old painting from long, long ago.Close up of the quilting on Mary.
Beautiful crazy quilt.
Close up of the lace and stitching.
A row of houses in the middle of a white background.....wonderful quilting.
A old woody.....sitting on the beach.
Here is another quilt that looks like an old master.......unbelievable.
Using fabric like you would paint.
Simple black lines on a off white background.
The quilting shows movement.
Scrappy squares......what an allusion.
The quilter must have used up lot of her scraps in this quilt.

Back to pictures of PIQ

Here is a quilt of a lady with her quilt on her lap. Very nice quilt and the quilt is 3D.This has to be the longest quilt I've ever seen.......you'd have to have a very long blank wall to hang this on. I couldn't get the whole quilt in my picture.....there is more on the right side.
Koi fish in a pond......beautiful.
A close up of one of the fish and the quilting.
Children playing on the beach in the sand.
Look how the quilter made the faces and the beautiful quilting.
Colorful dogs......very cool.
A nice place to sit and have a cup of tea.
A close up of the table and chair and the cups and goodies on the table.
Enjoy.....enjoy.....I still have more pictures.

One Week To Go To A New President.....VOTE !!!!!

I was in Old Tyme Pastries over a week ago and what did I see but cookies with Obama's face on them and cookies with McCain's face on them. So I bought a couple to show the guys at work. I really like this cookie.......good likeness......good cookie. Hopefully the next President of the United States.Here is McCain's cookie.......looks OK.....it tasted good.
I really don't care who you vote for.....just make sure you vote......I have voted in every election since I was old enought to vote.....and as I say....if you don't vote you can't complain about who's in office.....and heavens knows I've been doing a lot of complaining the last eight years. I voted a couple of weeks ago after I received my mail in ballott.......so I can't wait till November 4th to see who's going to be voted into office.

PIQ.....not done yet

Yes can you believe it......I still have more pictures from Pacific International. The picture below is a beautiful wine country scene. Looks like the old country to me.Close up of the grapes.....look at that detail.
Fireworks......done in fabric.
I don't know what that is at the bottom of this qult.....but the dragonflys are cool.
The volcano is about to go off in this quilt.....look at that quilting.
Two cranes in this quilt......beautiful.
I didn't get a picture of whole quilt on this one.....but I did get two pictures of the detail. Look at the little guy with the horns on his hat on the left.
Look at the quilting on the left side.
Big beautiful flowers.....look at all those buds.
The quilting and detail here.
The reminds me of a almond tree in full bloom.....or could be a peach.
Close up of the tree.
There are still more pictures you have not seen.......

Sensational Seminole and Brilliant Borders by Nancy Tiffany

Yesterday's workshop was so much fun. Nancy Tiffany came and taught us about Seminole piecing. I didn't know too much about Seminole piecing but now that I do and know how to sew it....I will try and use it in my quilts.

Here is Nancy sitting in front of the teachers table with her sample quilts draped across the table.One of Nancy's sample boards showing different Seminole piecing.
The second board with even more samples......beautiful.
Nancy showing us how to cut our strips and how to sew them.
How to position the ruler....lots of good demoing going on.
Close up of one of Nancy's sample quilts....love the black background...this quilt really pops.
Another one of Nancy's quilts.
Everyone in the class worked hard and got lots of sewing done.
This is called flip flop......this is my fabric and strip.
Medallion strip it is also called Letter I......do you see the letter I?
Love this one.....it's called Tumbling Fish.
These were made by Ginny and pined to the wall........she used batiks.
Here are Rosemary's samples......she sued fall colors......really bright.....love the orange.
Wonderful class.....I'm so glad Nancy came to teach us about Seminole piecing.....I learned so much.

Hole In The Roll Class

On Friday night I took a class at Lady Bug Quilts in Manteca taught by Dianah.......it was a very fun class and I got lots done on my quilt. Here is Dianah talking to us as class began. This quilt is made using a Bali pop or Jelly roll.Dianah is demoing how to cut our 2 1/2 strips.
Here is my Bali pop strips all stacked and ready to be cut.
It is very important how and in what order you sew your sub cuts together.
My stack of fabric.
Sewing my stacks of fabric together.
Chain piecing lots and lots of pieces of fabric.

These blocks are all sewn together before I went home.
Finished blocks aranged so you can see how the quilt is going to look.
I really liked this class......in four hours I cut out the strips, then sewed most of the blocks together. I really like making quilts with 2 1/2 inch strips because of the cool quilts you can make.

PIQ.....even more pictures

This is a beautiful appliqed quilt......the background is purple and the flowers really pop.Close up of the flowers.......look at all the satin stiching.....again hours and hours of stitching.
This quilt is made of strips of fabric.....very narrow and then sewing down the middle of the strip and then overlapping the strips.......seems too easy. Lots of raw edges.
Cone flower.
I love red.......this is a very different quilt......love it.
A school of red fish.
Look at this scary guy.
I love black and red quilts........so I took a picture of this very unusual one.
Another quilt with flowers on it.......cool
Close up of the flowers....
Huge butterflys........a very different quilt.
Beautiful butterfly and look at that quilting.
Blue stars.......very nice.
This is a close up of another star quilt........love the way it looks.
I had a class last night at Lady Bug Quilters in Manteca with my good friend Dianah and didn't get home till late. Today I have a workshop with the Manteca quilters group....I took pictures last night and will take pictures today.....more to come.

Are You Getting Tired of These Pictures of PIQ ?

I still can't believe how many pictures I took at Pacific International last Friday.......I keep editing them and it seems there is no end. Don't you just love this cat quilt.......love those blue eyes.
An elephant......looking straight at you. Look at the texture in this quilt......unbelievable. I do believe this elephant is painted on the background.
Detail of the tusk.
Look at the eye......there is wisdom in that eye..
A different cat quilt......not a lot of color but it works.
This is a very different quilt......check out the detail picture below.
Looks like lace.......beautiful.
I really love this rich looking quilt......you have to look very close to see the seams that make this design.
It glows with rich color.
Mushrooms, love to eat mushrooms....but look at the little mouse......he's so cute. Oh...there are two in this picture.....look at the yellow leaves.
Close up of the mouse......I don't like these small rodents in real life....one ran up my leg once and I did a wild dance trying to get my pants off......but this make believe mouse is cute.
I think this bird was also in the quilt with the mouse but I'm not sure......but it is cool.
Another bright flower quilt......love bright quilts.
Close up of the bright flowers.....beautiful.

PIQ......even more pictures

A fairy sitting in a tree.......on a beautiful moon lit night........beautiful.
Close up of the fairy.....look at that quilting.
Deer's in a high mountain meadow with the trees turning in the fall.
This is the most unusual quilt I think I've ever seen at Pacific International.
Fabric turned into art.
A mountain scene.....look a that pile of leaves.
Close up of the leaves.....they are 3D.
A zebra......I like the way its done.
Close up of the zebra.
And here is the tiger in the jungle.
Pink and black and white......very interesting combination.
I'll bet this was paper pieced.
White birch trees.....with red and orange leaves.
I love pictures of old barns.
This fence is so cool......it looks so real.
Another close up of the barn.
An ABC quilt......beautiful.

More pictures....PIQ

A beautiful crazy quilt flag.......wow......this is the most beautiful new crazy quilt I've seen in a long time.
I shot a few close up's of this quilt......the pledge of allegiance in along the blue star part of the quilt.....wonderful stitching.
I couldn't stop looking at this quilt.
Look at that snake.....don't tread on me......wow.
We don't get to see too many southwest quilts......here is a beautiful one.
Close up of the middle of the quilt.
Close up of the landscape quilt of a sea side villege......wonderful detail.
Here is the whole quilt.
Look at the stitching the quilter used on the hills......all those stitches on your sewing machine that you don't know what to do with.......I love the way she used them in this quilt.

PIQ........more pictures

We did spend time looking at the quilts at PIQ.....that is why I took so many pictures. Stayed at the show till six when it closes and then went and had dinner and let the traffic clear out. My feet were very tired at the end of the day.....cement floors and not good to be walking on all day.
Can you believe this quilt.......a normal looking older lady.
A smiling monkey......very cool.

I love blue and yellow together in a quilt......this one is a real beauty.

Close up of the quilting.
Beautiful tropical birds........beautiful.
A close up of the birds and the quilting.
A different black and white quilt of penguins........
Look at the quilting and close up of this baby.
Lots of beautiful leaves on this quilt.
Wonderful detail of the leaves in this quilt.......and look at the beading.
Purple trees........very cool quilt.

PIQ......second post of the day

My second post of the day........this picture shows crowded walk ways between the vendors. Rows and rows of vendors.......depending on how much time you spend at each vendor it takes almost the whole day to visit them all. We leave looking at the quilts till we are done with the vendors.....and hopefully not out of money!
Look at the detail in this quilt.........set in the early days of cars and someone is running for office.
Windmills with cows.....what's not to like.....these look like the windmills that we passed on our way to Santa Clara.......the hills are lined with them.
Close up of the quilting and some of the cows.
Here you can see the cows on the hills......cool quilt.
Pots......beautiful pots......what a wonderful wall hanging.
Many hours spent sewing on all these beads but well worth it.
A Salmon painted on black fabric........a very different idea and it works so well.
Look at this close up....amazing.
This is a famous hotel in Hawaii.......with rainbows in the sky.
Look at the way the quilter used yarn and thread to embellish this quilt.
Love these colors in this Hawaiian quilt......the quilting is just as it should be.
Purple and green together......ferns appliqued on it. Beautiful.

Pacific International Quilt Festival XVII

Six brave quilters set out from Manteca yesterday (Friday) for the largest quilt festival on the west coast.....or so they say. It was our yearly trip to PIQ in at the Santa Clara Convention Center. It was a beautiful day.....really too nice to be inside, but there were vendors to visit and spend money with and wonderful quilts to see and and take pictures of. I took the most pictures ever at a quilt show....so everyone who reads my blog is in for many days of pictures from the show.

I think attendence was down from last year....maybe the economy....but it seemed less crowded then last year. See the picture below. Rows and rows of vendors. How did I get a picture with no people in it.

I really want to get my bella bella quilt done......look at this one......outstanding.

Close up of the middle.....you can see the quilting......love this quilt.
A very different quilt.....shoes and purses.......I don't know if I like the big poofie purse on it....but I guess it works.
A very different old brick building in this quilt.......beautiful.
A close up of the fabric used in the bricks and in the shadows.....wonderful fabric.
Here's my kind of quilt.....bright leaves....this quilt has lots and lots of satin stiching on it.
Look at the quilting......I don't know how anyone could do all this close quilting and all the satin stiching it took....many hours sitting at the sewing machine.....I don't even want to think of how many hours this quilt took.
Look at this quilt.....I like the way the black is used.....works well.
This quilt has beautiful flowers mixed in with the panels of Japanise ladies. Very nice.
That's all for now......its going to take me a lot of time to edit all the pictures I took yesterday. I only take pictures of quilts that I'm interested in and like......leave me a comment if you like the pictures I took and look forward to a week full of beautiful pictures.

Projects From Tuesday Night

Carol's been working on this wall hanging wanting to get it done.......those three black kitties are so cute.....love them.....Carol has been working on hand blanket stitching and all she has to do now is sew some borders on and it will soon be on her wall.
We don't all sew on Tuesday night........some work on other projects.....this is a baby blanket almost done.
Look at this red hat wall hanging Sandy is making for her mother in law......very cool.
Here is a close up of the hat....with feathers in it.
Lots of sparkles on this quilt......beautiful.
Off to PIQ tomorrow......can't wait.....its the biggest quilt show in this area and always fun to see the quilts and visit the vendors and help out the economy. I'll be taking lots of pictures and posting here in the up coming days.

Fabric Shopping

Don't we as quilters just love it when we have to go looking for new fabric for a new project. I know I do.....so on Monday I shopped for fabric for the next workshop at Manteca Quilters......below is my focal fabric. I really love all these different colors and the design in the fabric.
I bought lots of fabric to go with my focal fabric.......I really like the way it all looks together.
I am also taking a class at Lady Bug Quilts on the 24th at night made with 2 1/2 inch strips.....I also bought four 1/4 yard cuts to add more strips so I can make a bigger quilt. Dianah P is teaching the class and if you want to see the quilt......go over to her blog and check it out....there is still room in the class and it should be lots of fun.

I'm Back......with chickens and cats

It's been a whole week since I posted......it's been hard with my ear problems and then surgery for a melanoma on my back.......it all seemed to happen at once.....I'm tired of going to Kaiser but after I go back to the Dr. this week....I should be all done. I really need to get back to sewing and have begun to sew a binding on a quilt I need to finish.....its a birthday present and now the the weather is getting cold I need to get it back to the person I gave it too.

Below is a picture of a rooster that lives on the ranch that I live on. He's beautiful and very hard to get a picture of.....he kept moving and didn't want me to get too close. I don't hear him crow too often....just when he decides to look for bugs in my back yard. I rather enjoy it when he does crow.....it's usually in the morning when I'm already awake.
This was taken on a warm day and I took it to show you all the cats that live by me.....all mostly wild and on warm days they lay on my back grass in the shade because it is cool. The cat on the left side of the photo is my tame outside cat.

Fabric Lovers Garage Sale

I visited Judy's garage sale yesterday......I didn't go first thing in the morning.....I went after lunch. There was lots of fabric and other stuff to see. She's really been busy going through her stash and getting rid of stuff she's not going to use any more. It rained on Friday night and was a cool and windy day but it was warm in Judys garage.
Fabric was rolled up with the amount of yardage on it and the price.
Tables were full of stuff......baskets and look at these stuffed cats......cool.
She even had scraps......stuff a bag for $2.00......I really didn't need any more scraps.
I found a couple of rolls of fabric I couldn't live without.......and I bought a purse. A cool purse made with quilting fabric. I'll have to take a picture of it and show you all.

Projects by Liz and Liz

Last Tuesday night sew Liz W brought her fall table topper so she could cut borders for it.


I really like the fabric she used.....some of it is hand dyed. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Below is my circle project....so far I have half of it sewn together. I really like to take a picture of my project and then look at it and see if I like it or not. I can see that I will be un-sewing a couple of blocks and changing it around. I know some quilters use a design wall but I find taking a picture works for me and I can look at it when ever I want on my lap top.

Workshop....with Marie Strait #2

Chickens......I see chickens......Teresa had collected all these cool chicken fabrics and this is the lay out of her squares....can't wait to see this quilt finished.
Marie demo's how to sew our circles......her way.
Marie's way uses a thumb tack and tape.
You can see the tape....blue and it holds the thumb tack.....you had to be there to understand how it works.
Barbara's lay out......its all about coffee.
Dotti used this bright fabric to make her quilt.....and it'[s Christmas fabric.
If I remember right these are Donna's blocks.....flowers.
As you see we all used way different fabric to make our quilts. I can't wait to see them all done and quilted. Maybe some will be in the next quilt show.

Workshop with Marie Strait

We had a full class last Saturday for our workshop with Marie. You can see in this picture all the tables set up and people ready to sew.
Close up of Marie's quilt made with African fabric......some very cool fabric in this quilt.
Love this fabric......here you can see one of the circles on the quilt.
Me sewing my squares and making half square trangles.
These blocks belong to Judy M and she's going to make her circles out of dogs......will be cool.
It was a lot of fun to lay out my blocks.........I really like the way this quilt is turning out.....my circles will be in red......
More pictures tomorrow......I took lots of pictures.

Judy's Fabric Sale

Don't forget about July's Fabric sale on Saturday October 4 from 10 to 2 at her house in Manteca. E-mail me if you don't have her address as I don't want to post it here.