Wordless Wednesday

From my garden-------Teddy Bear sunflowers.

Kelly

An Earthquake, A Hurricane And 2 Posts In One Day!

Now you know the world is coming to an end!!

This is my Hurricane Irene baby quilt. It is called Charm Squares Baby Quilt and the pattern is by Oh Fransson! I thought is was an easy quilt to complete in a day or two, it was so give it a try. I think the only thing I would do is make it a little bigger next time. The colors look rather blah in this photo but in real life it is great. I used a gray polka dot for the binding.

I did a zig zag or flame kind of quilt stitch that took a little longer than I thought but I like it and will do it again.

Here is a close up.

In all the craziness this weekend I forgot to wish my baby boy, Colin a happy 30th birthday! His wife, Jenny,  made some special plans that were cancelled for the weekend. They will be celebrating this weekend so keep your fingers crossed for no more storms!

 Kelly

We Are No Longer Amish

This morning as I walked out to the mailbox that smell hit me....the smell of fall, just a little bit of crispness in the air.
I won't bore you with our saga of Hurricane Irene. Suffice to say no power for 48 hours. We do have a generator so it wasn't too bad.

This tiny tree caused all our electric problems....

I worked on my Longwood quilt

Played Scrabble with Bob at night by candlelight...

Washed dishes by hand after I heated up the water on the gas stove....

Listened to the radio...

Made a potholder with Maddy.....

Cleaned up the yard...

Enjoyed a beautiful sunset......

All without power, well sort of does the generator count? I did not finish my Hurricane Irene quilt because the power went out. The family decided water was more important than my sewing machine! We have to pick and choose what gets the power. I will finish it today and post it tomorrow.
My new favorite saying is "Knowledge is power but it doesn't make my blow dryer run"!

Kelly

Sewing Up A Storm!

I stole that "sewing up a storm" from Rachael who left it in a comment yesterday. It kind of is appropriate for today.....Yes it is really raining hard and they are predicting a lot of water that is going to produce a lot of flooding. I did complete a top and now the challenge is to see if I can have it quilted and bound by tomorrow. There is something about rain the is so conducive to sewing....

Kelly

Hurricane Sewing Party

Well Hurricane Irene is on her way and I plan on making the most of it! Today I am going to get stuff ready so I can sew the entire weekend. It is kind of like a summer version of a snow storm except much more destructive. We will be on the western side of the storm but they are predicting a lot of rain, some tropical winds, power outages (we have a generator) and falling trees because of our already saturated ground. I will not be leaving my house!

I even pulled out some fabrics to make a NEW quilt. I have no busines starting something new. I think it could be a real quick one though and I could call it Irene! Anybody else planning a sewing party?

Kelly

Lunch and Quilts with Sujata

Yesterday was a really fun day. Sujata of The Root Connection invited Cheryl, Terry, Jane, Christine and myself over for lunch, an authentic Indian food lunch!

These pictures show her making us chappatas.....I am not sure if I spelled that right. Sujata pinches off a piece of dough, rolls it into a little ball, then rolls it into a circle. It kind of looks like a tortilla. It is placed on a greased round pan over a flame and cooked on both side.

Next she takes it out of the pan and places it right on the flame. Poof it puffs up just like this, we were all amazed.

Here is a picture of the spices she uses which made a delicous meal for us.

Of course there was some quilt talk as well. Christine took a class at Qulting By The Lake with Rosalie Dais and this is what she made. I love it! My picture does not do it justice, think Cherrywood fabrics and you can get an idea of how vibrant it is.
We got a very cool show and tell of Sujata's quilts. Her color sense is amazing. I can't wait until she gets them quilted (hint hint) and posts them on her blog. You won't want to miss them.

Kelly

Slacker

I am a slacker this week.....

No sewing....

I can't even pretend my kids are going back to school........

Is it just laziness?????

procrastination????

The distraction of grandkids!????

or

just

the end

of summer???
Kelly

A Quilt For David Mx

Here is the start of a new quilt. It is for my brother in law David who lives in New York City. I made him a small wallhanging a few years back that he lays at the end of his bed. I decided he needed a real bed quilt.

Here is my inspiration. These are pictures of his building. The blue sky is really beautiful.....and look at all those details.....

My pallette, I did edit this down quite a bit but still have a lot of different fabrics in the quilt.

I drew some shapes that I saw in the building.

Started to sketch....no I am not feeling this.....

I like this one better but still not what I want.....

This is better.....more what I had in mind....

Strips cut and ready to go. I think this is going to be a fun quilt.

Kelly

Wordless Wednesday

Fabric Surprise

I went to Joanne's yesterday for Wonder Under and Timtex and look what I found.....the next new line of Denyse Schmidt fabric. I didn't like all of them but these I could not resist. I really like that dotty one.

I knew it wouldn't last but when I spread things out it lets me be creative.....one more thing to finish up and then I will put it all away.

I am starting a new quilt for my brother in law David. He lives in NY in a very cool apt. with a million dollar view. This is the inspiration for my color pallette. It is going to be fun, cut and sew, no pattern, no problem...........yeah right!
Kelly