Mystery Quilt Is DONE !!!!!

I worked for two days up at the retreat and finished this quilt on Wednesday night. What alot of sewing......I have never made this completed of sashing on a quilt.....ever! Here it is hanging up at the cabin up on the second floor railing.

Here you can see the whole quilt.......I'm glad it's done and I think I'm tired of looking at this fabric and the colors. On the way home today I dropped it off at Quilters Cabin where it will be hanging with all the other mystery quilts......people can go in and vote on their favorite quilt.
This is a quilt that Marie was sewing on during the retreat......made with one of the xmas Moda fabric lines. Love the colors and the way it really doesn't look like most xmas fabric.
Deloras made this beautiful circle quilt......love the bright colors!

I've got more pictures to post and more to tell about our wonderful week in the mountains.....sewing and eating way too much. I've got to go unpack.

At The Quilting Retreat

Greetings from Twain Hart !!!! The weather is beautiful and we are getting lots of sewing done up here at the retreat. I am sitting at The Rock....a restaurant in Twain Hart that has internet.....eating garlic fries and posting to my blog. We are also doing lots of eating.....see picture below. This is the back deck where all the meals are bing taken. I've seen a couple of deer that wondered by last night during dinner.

Here is the sewing room.....the wirling of machines being heard........quilters sharing projects and getting quilts done.
I finished this quilt.....Posh Tot the first night.....in the first hour of sewing......love this pattern and quilt.....so easy to do.
Delores finished this quilt yesterday.....see had most of the blocks done but had to cut the setting blocks......it a beautiful xmas quilt.
Close up of the quilt.
Pat is working on this chicken table topper......here it is all layed out ready to be sewn together.
This is my space at the retreat......working on the mystery quilt and today I'm busy sewing the rows together......when I go back I will finish it. YEA!!!!!
The garlic fry's are almost gone......so good. Lots more sewing to be done when I go back to the cabin. I'll post again when I get home on Friday....I'm taking pictures everyday.

I'm Off and Away !

I'm busy packing and getting ready to go on a quilting retreat. If you've never been on a retreat....it is so much fun. Going away...up in the mountains with quilting friends to sew ! What could be better!

My trunk is not full yet.....but it will be soon. Do you see the zip lock bags I use to store my quilting projects in? They are the best.....you can see whats in them when looking for a certain project.....and they even have a handle on the top. I must get back to packing.....don't want to forget anything. I'm taking my lap top so if I can find internet........I'll be posting from the retreat....keep your fingers crossed!!!

Sunset and Moon Rise

The corn next to my house is growing as corn will grow in the summer time. Its going into tassel....making the corn. See the sun going down last night.On the other side the moon was rising......a little cloudy.....this is looking toward the dairy on the other side of the road.
Here is another of my bags.....made for Kelsey who turned 3 last month. I love the pink in this bag.....my favorite color.
Its hot again today.....I hope it gets cooler next week as I am going to Twain Hart on a quilting retreat. Going up on Monday and sewing all week. Yea! I need to start getting all my stuff (UFO's) together.....its hard to decide what you want to work on. Of course my mystery quilt will go as I need to get it done by the 23rd.

Beautiful Quilts To See

Here is show and tell from the Oakdale Quilters membership meeting last night. Isn't this a beautiful and very different table runner.......love it......too bad its only going to be used at Christmas....too beautiful to only show off one month a year!

This is a large quilt.....as you all know anything over a lap or twin quilt is a large quilt to me.....love the colors....the movement you see in this quilt.
These quilters are all really on it......making Christmas quilts in July......this is a square table topper. Look at that quilting.....done by Mary of Freedom Fabrics. My pictures don't do it justice.....quilted in a gold thread and quilted alot.
Here is a close up of the middle of the quilt......beautiful.
That's all the eye candy for tonight......I'm off to watch the Olympics.

Beautiful Fish Under The Sea

Last night was the first quilt show meeting for the 2009 quilt show.....you have to start early and the next quilt show will be our 30th year. Nadine came and she was doing hand work on this beautiful quilt. Nadine is making this quilt as a donation for the Sutter Breast Cancer Quilt Auction that is being held on November 1, 2008 at the Sutter Cancer Center in midtown Sacramento. Web site here

Love the way she thread painted this under water scene.
Look she even has a sea horse....swimming around.
I hope all the details shows up for all of you to see......if you click on the pictures you can see them in a larger format. Thanks to Teresa for taking the pictures and sharing them with me so I could use them on my blog.

The Floor Was Covered In Quilts

On Tuesday night when we meet at the library to sew.......... in the library park in back of the library the city of Manteca holds it Farmers Market. Sometimes we wonder out to buy produce and other stuff. I like the flavored almonds....yum.

Betsy brought her mystery quilt from last months workshop.....I love the way she used scraps in the border. Betsy used two rolls of jelly rolls to make this quilt.
Lue-Anne is busy cutting out strips to make another quilt......she using lots of purple and told me that she picked up a jelly roll on ebay for $1.50......good buy.
Liz is busy working on a back for her bright quilt that I've shown before on this blog. I really love this fabric......very nice.
Look at what Sandy has been sewing on.....her Bella Bella......wow!! I really need to get sewing on mine and will take it next week when I will be attending a quilting retreat.
Here is a close up of Sandy's quilt.
I finally finished sewing the borders on my quilt from last month's workshop that Inez gave us at my Oakdale guild. All done and I even have purchased the backing.....it will be going to get quilted soon.
I really like the yellow big border......I bought the jelly roll at Cloth and Quilt and went back to see if they had any more fabric on the bolt. They only had a white color and this yellow......I chose yellow. Really like the way it makes the black pop.

Posh Tot

Yesterday Teresa sent me a picture of her finished Posh Tot......she made it out of 30's fabrics. Isn't is beautiful and so easy to sew.......I do believe you can sew it in under a hour. This is the crib size....what a simple design and you can get it done in no time. Teresa quilted it her self. Love it....now to get my Posh Tot sewn.

She's using it as a sample in her booth at quilt shows. Quilts and Kits her quilting business will be at the quilt show in Paradise this weekend and at the Sonora show next month. Be sure and check out her booth at either show.

Fields Of Fabric

Isn't that the coolest name for a new quilt store in the valley? It opened on Friday in Ceres....yea! Located on 4th street the main street in Ceres......right off of 99...very easy to get to. I stopped tonight on my way home from work.

Fields of Fabric has....fabric, notions, supplies and soon classes. They do....quilting, custom embroidery, long arm quilting and rentals. Grand opening September 15th, enter their contests, prizes will be awarded at the grand opening. Store hours, Monday to Friday 10 to 6, Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 to 4. Address, 2930 4th street, Ceres, phone 209-541-1655.

The shop is light and bright inside and here is one wall of fabric........as you can see lots of room for more fabric...........they still have 1,500 due to come in.
Here is a pile of batiks that came in today and still have to put out on the shelf's.
Big class room....the tables are set lower then regular tables......easier to sew that way.
Lots of fat quarters........on top of the bolts of fabric you will find FQ's of that fabric so if you want a FQ of a certain fabric it is easy to find.
The notion wall.......looking toward the front of the store.
Look at all that embroidery thread......lots of beautiful colors.
Yes......I did come home with a few pieces of fabric.....couldn't help myself. So take a trip to Ceres.....and check out the new quilt store.

Other Tops Finished.....

Dianah finished this quilt top......a workshop that we both took over three years ago.....I finished mine and now Dianah has her top done and another UFO off of her list. Love this pattern from the book Square Dance.

Joan finished this cat quilt top....used up lots of scraps....this is a cool cat pattern.
Joan also made this Hawaii print quilt top. She bought the fabric when she was in Hawaii and this is the third or fourth quilt made with these beautiful squares.
I sewed all my blocks together from the mystery class and now I just have to sew on the borders.

More Tops Finished

Last night at the tuesday sew more members brought their finished tops from the mystery class. Below is Carol's top......it's smaller then the rest....square because she's going to use it as a table topper. Love the controlled scrappy in the blue and yellow colors.

New member Jennifer made this purple and green controlled scrappy top. Love purple and green together a beautiful top.
Dianah used a moda xmas line to make her mystery quilt......this is one of those xmas prints that does not scream xmas. Love the soft colors and the way its turning out.
Last but not least.....my blocks....I arranged them on the library floor so I could see if I liked this arrangement......I plan on sewing the blocks together tonight and I stopped and got the fabric for the stopper border and final border tonight.
Love...love....love making these 2 1/2 inch strip quilts....the sew together so fast. Off to sew these blocks together and maybe add the borders.

Quilting In The Garden

Its that time of year again.....Alex Anderson's Quilting in the Garden will be held at Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore on September 27th and 28th. On Alden Lane's web site they are looking for quilts....as they are accepting quilts for display. You may enter a maximum of 4 quilts for the show. Go to Alden Lane quilt show for rules and restrictions. All photos and forms must be delivered to Alden Lane Nursery by August 11th to be considered for showing.

I'd love to see some of my friends quilts hanging in those beautiful oaks at Alden Lane. There is still time to get your quilt entered.

Mystery Revealed

I have one block all sewn together......YEA!!!!! 19 more to go.....I have until the 24th to get the whole top done so I can take it to Quilters Cabin and the quilter coming to the shop can vote for their favorite quilt. So do you like it?? Leave a comment below and let me know. It's a very different quilt for me to make.

I picked different colors....all batiks.....one note...love using batik because there is no wrong side to the fabric.....so no un-sewing because you sewed the wrong side to the right side.
Please let me know if you like the way this quilt has turned out so far......leave a comment below. Just click on the word comment and tell me what you think.

Quilting Break.....Lets Talk Cows

On Fridays I water my lawn.....front and back and while out there moving the sprinkler.....I noticed the three cows in the pasture across from my house.....legs in the water....watching me. So I went inside and fetched my camera. The red cow didn't like me getting too close and backed up. There is water on the pasture because we have the irrigation water and they are watering the corn and the pasture.

This is the white cow and she as all cows believe that the grass is better under the fence......all cow do this.....there is plenty of feed to eat in the pasture....but they will reach way under the fence and eat.
This is the Jersey cow....she's smaller then the other two cows and has big beautiful eyes......she doesn't give as much milk as the other cows but her milk is rich in cream and is used to make cheese.
That is your quilting break of the day......I need to get back to sewing.....I picked up the last set of instructions on my mystery quilt and now must finish it.