I'm using my walking foot.....after using it to quilt a baby quilt a the free sew I really like the way it works and how nice the machine quiling turns out. I will take pictures of the finished project at the Christmas party so you can all see it.
I need to get back to quilting......I have to put binding on it when I have finished with the quilting.
I wish all my readers here at my blog a Happy Thanksgiving. I'll be at my Mom's tomorrow with my sister and part of her family and my daughter and son in law. We will miss you Bryan, Heather and Lauren but look forward to seeing you at Christmas.
Enjoy today and don't eat too much.
There is a blog that started on January 1, 2008 and every day the gal there is using her crock pot....so almost 350 days of recipes. You can go back through the months and read all the good recipes she's posted. She even cooked a whole (small) turkey in her crock pot. Amazing.....check it out http://crockpot365.blogspot.com.
I spent most of my time yesterday quilting this baby quilt......I used my walking foot and the attachment that comes with it......this is the posh tot quilt that I made months ago.....I'm quilting straight lines from one side to the other.....about 2 1/2 inches apart......it worked good using he walking foot.
Pat was working on a nine patch quilt.....beautiful fabric.
Here is the room early in the day.....people come and go.....work for awhile and then leave. We enjoyed a tasty lunch and snacked all day.
Dianah pined up her outfit for Laney after she sewed on the ruffle on the pants.
Rosemarie was working on a quilt for her 5 year old grand daughter......a very nicely done quilt.
A close up of the central panel.
Liz W worked on several projects......she sewed together this cup cake pin cushion. Looks good enough to eat.
Cathy came in later in the afternoon and layered this quilt so it would be ready to quilt. Its a kit from Lady Bug quilt store. Makes a nice fall throw.
Barbara worked on her quilt from the class she took from Dianah at Lady Bug quilt store. I really like the fabric she used and the way she used a few bright colored in with the black and white.
Sandy used today to machine two quilts......this is the first one....it's so much easier to machine quilt down at the library because you can put two tables together and have lots of room that's hard to come by at home.
Shirley worked on this black and white quilt.......I have this pattern and can't wait to make it.....I have collected lots and lots of black and white fabric.
Teresa laid out her newly found chicken fabric......looks nice.
Dotti is working on this flannel quilt for her college aged son......very manly fabric.
Dianah is working on this Christmas outfit for Delaney......love the fabric and the way she's used it in this cute outfit.
Cheryl is working on finishing this batik leaf quilt. Love all the beautiful colors.
Close up of one of the leaves.
More pictures tomorrow.
Dianah made this quilt as a sample for a class she's going to teach at Lady Bug Quilts in Manteca. The pattern is from the Threaded Pear Studio...web site here. She said it sews up fast and makes a quick and easy baby quilt.
Liz is finishing up her fall table topper.....she's working on the quilting.
Lue-Anne is working on a fall table runner......here you see her laying it out on one of the large tables at the library.
She's using raw edge applique.....and fusing the leaves on the block.
I have never seen this baby fabric......it's so cute. What a cute baby quilt!
Close up of one of the blocks on the quilt.....love the look on the baby's face.....I need to find some of this fabric!
On the outside in front of the large building is a stream.....built with lots of rocks and look at these cool deer.
Over the door that you go through is the quote.....welcome fisherman, hunters and other liars....look at the deer heads and whole stuffed deer. All the stuffed animals inside and outside the store are donated to Bass Pro by families who don't want them hanging around anymore....and they have lots and lots of different stuffed animals.
Looking down from the second floor to the main floor.
Here is the waterfall and fish tank with native California fish inside. When have you ever seen a waterfall inside of a store?
I will go back and shop here again.....wow....you could wonder around here for hours and hours and not see everything. When ever you are in or around Manteca check out this store.
Bridget made this Christmas table runner and taught it in a class up at Standard.....said you could make the top in about three hours.
Bridget has been very busy.....she made nine take five quilts to give to her family for Christmas. She showed us three of them. I sat next to her and she spent Thursday night sewing on the binding on the quilt below. Love these colors.
A close up of the quilt above.
Another take five.....beautiful colors.
Close up of the quilt above.
Flowers on this quilt.
Close up of the quilt.
Bridget plans on making the family pick numbers and then go into a bedroom and pick the quilt they want. I think that is a smart way to give away quilts and no one will be mad if they get a quilt they don't like.
This was the line to go into another room and get samples of food......we did not do this as we had dinner before we came in.
After they took your ticket you received a bag of grocery's....and coupons all kinds of good stuff in this bag.
This issue of Taste of Home Fall 2008 was used and some of the recipes were demoed last night.
During the night they gave away lots of good stuff......Taste of Home cookbooks and I didn't win till the end when they gave away the food that was fixed last night. I won Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch and the bowl......very cool. I took it to work today and everyone was on a sugar high all day. I will share the recipe below.
Enjoy.....
I didn't get to take pictures of the program because I was holding up lots of quilts but I did take pictures of the show and tell. Someone went to Hawaii and bought fabric squares and made this quilt.
Bright flowers.....I remember this fabric from a few years ago.
Pegi finished this small wall hanging just in time......
Beautiful flower fabric used to make this watercolor quilt.
Red, white and blue stars.......very cool.
Sandra took a class at PIQ and made this sample from the class.
Here is a quilt that is made using the strip tube ruler.
I went through all my pictures and I don't think I've shown this picture to you yet.
Beautiful winter scene......with snow and trees.
Close up of the trees.
The quilter used lots of thread on this quilt.
Flowers and wine on this quilt.
We have finally come to the end of my pictures from Pacific International....I hope you have all enjoyed these pictures.
An Election Day shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered--
We voters, we happy voters, we band of brothers;
For he today that stands with me
Shall be my brother . . .
And those who remain this day a-bed
Shall think themselves the worst they were not here,
And hold their freedoms cheap who did not rise
And stand with me in California on Election Day.
I used the library floor last Tuesday night to lay out my blocks for my Hole in the Roll quilt class that I took the Friday night before. I made extra blocks and used all of them except for one. I started sewing the blocks together and about half of the way done......I need to unsew one block as I sewed it the wrong way.
This is teacher Dianah's blocks from the class.....she finished hers after class was done as did we all. Love her colors.....it looks so different from the colors in my quilt.
Lu-Anne brought her blocks down on her design wall......the back of a plastic table cloth. It works very well and she hung it up on the library wall.
This is Sandy H's quilt......she made her quilt larger too.
Liz W. had her blocks all sewn together.......beautiful.
Pegi S. visited us Tuesday night......with her dog.....he's cute........and very fury. 
I'd like to be sitting in this spot and enjoying the forest.
Harvesting grapes....we have lots of grapes here in the central valley.....they do some picking by machine but most is still done by hand.....beautiful quilt. It should be hanging in a winery.
Look at the detail and quilting in this quilt.
Big leaves showing the four seasons.
Another beautiful landscape quilt.
Love the different quilting in the sky.
Beautiful fall quilt.....love the colored leaves.
Love the different fabrics that are used in this leaf......we all love to collect fabric for projects like this.
A different way to do a landscape quilt of Africa.
Close up of the middle.
Brown bear with the bear paw block on the side of the quilt.
This looks like the road home through the trees.
I have to go through my pictures and see if I missed any and then post them for you to see. I'm planning on sewing today as it is a rainy day here......it finally feels like fall.
