Tulare County Fair

My Mom and Husband Larry and I went to the Tulare County Fair today.  We saw some beautiful Handmade Quilts, Crochet and Counted Cross Stitch.  I took some pictures to share.

 

This one is Barbara Sindlinger's Butterfly Quilt with Machine Applique.' It got a White Ribbon.  I think that is Third Place.

 

I don't know who made these cute Towels.  But they reminded me of my Childhood.  Embroidery is like coloring.

 

Diane Ruby made this Beauty.  I loved the yellow background.

 

I took a closeup of the Feathers.  She took my Feather Quilting Class at Thimble Towne.  And I think she quilted this after my class.  She did a great job.

 

This one was made by Adena Joseph.  And she got a Blue Ribbon.

Adena's mom Pat Gilcrest made this one.  Third Place.



 

Paula Lovett made this one.  First Place.

 

And here is mine.  It was entered in the Group Quilts.  And it got a Second Place.  This was the Material Girl's HST Challenge last year.  I loved the way it turned out.  I used my Curved Cross Hatching Rulers to mark it.

 

And here is another one of Barbara's Scrap Quilts.  I love the Orange and Pink.

 

Here is Suzie Kitsler's Best of Show in the Professional Category.  I can understand why it won!

Judie Fleming made this Beauty.  All hand Quilted.  Best of Show Overall!  Look at that cute Border.

 

This is the Beautiful Crocheted Bedspread.  So Beautiful!

 

I loved this Antique Hankie Quilt by Geri Hill.  I have some Hankies and I need to make them into something like this.



 

And Diane Ruby also got a Best of Show.  Following her BOS at Best of the Valley.



 

I don't know Donna Wilson.  But she does beautiful Counted Cross Stitch.  And she must have good eyes.  Because that is tiny stuff.

 

It was a really nice day.  I hope you get to go to the Fair too.



Plan B

 

 

My only sister Sharon Gimlin is going to be a Grandma for the first time.  We are all excited because the Baby is a girl.  My sister has 2 Boys and I don't have any children of my own.  So I had found the perfect fabric that I wanted to make a really special quilt for the baby.  But the fabric wasn't going to be available until the end of August.  Well, okay I could wait until then.  But August came and went and still the fabric wasn't available.  The Baby Shower is scheduled for the first weekend in October.  I had to start that quilt!  So, Plan B.  I ordered another Fabric.  And decided to make a simple Quilt and save the other one for Christmas.

 

 I used some Pale Yellow and Pale Pink Minkee with the cute Riley Blake Fabric I ordered.



 The back of the Quilt is the Pale Pink Minkee and I did all straight line Quilting with the Walking Foot.



I bought this cute little "PS I Love You" tag years ago.  And I finally had a chance to use it.

 

 I attached the Binding by Machine with a Blanket Stitch.  The front looks great.  But the back, not so much.

 

And then with the left over fabric I made these really cute Burp Cloths. 

 

I have a pretty good weekend.  And my Baby Gifts are all ready for the shower.  Now on to making Napkins for my Dinner Party I'm having for my Mother's 85th Birthday on Thursday.

Posting again!

 

I've finally posting again!  I've been busy.  Maybe just too busy to post!

 



 

This quilt is made from Recycled Plaid Shirts and Denim Shirts and Skirts.  The pattern is from Nickel Quilts & Borders by Pat Speth.  It's for my Nephew Brian.  I is his Christmas present for this year.  I hope he likes it.

 

This one is a Table Runner for the Common Threads Boutique in October.  It's from Nickel Quilts by Pat Speth and Charlene Thode.  The pattern is for a quilt and I just made a small version of it as a Table Runner.  I may have to make myself the Quilt.  I really liked they way it turned out.

Quilts for the Girls From Haiti

Today I got to meet 2 new friends.  Edelyne and Eunise Pierschbacher.  My office had a party for the newly adopted daughters of Philip and Ginger Pierschbacher.  Philip is the Ass't Superintendent for the Tulare City School District.  He and his wife had been in the process of adopting 2 girls from Haiti.  They started the process before the Earthquake that was several years ago.  They have lived in a church Orphanage since they were very young.  Well they finally got to come to the United States last week.

Here is a picture of the gifts that the office put together.  The gift bags had hats, bracelets, hair clips and a gift certificates to Kohl's for each of them.  We also gave them a gift certificate for the Family to go to the Zoo.  And for the Big Kahuna Frozen Yogurt.  Yum.

Something else that I did along with Barbara Sindlinger, was give them a Quilt.

 

 

Here they are along with their new Dad and their Quilts.  Barbara made the Pink and Gray one.  And I made the Yellow and Gray one.  They were very overwhelmed.  But excited too.

Peacock Feathers

I made this quilt for the Common Threads Challenge 2013.  We were to use only Solid Fabrics.  As you can see I used only one solid Fabric.  There were several different categories that were being Judged by the members.  Mine got the Favorite Traditional Small Quilt.  But the funny thing is, I got a vote for Most Colors Used! Ha!  Go Figure.
Anyway I thought I could also use it in my HyperQuilting Class.

Excentric Quilt

Here is a Quilt I made for a class at Thimble Towne.  It's called the Excentric Block.  Unfortunately the class didn't take place.  No one signed up for the class.   It's from Anita Grossman Salomon's Book.  Revolutionary Rotary Cutting.  All of the Blocks are from 1 fabric of Stripes.  It's fun to see how they all turn out.

Baby Junio Quilt

OK I'm going to try this again.  Barbara got after me today about not posting on my Blog.  She said it won't take long.  You will still have some time to Quilt.  Oh sure...  Well my Wifi went out right in the middle of me trying to post.  Ha!  My luck!

So here is a baby quilt I made for my Co-Worker Michelle Junio.  She is going to have a baby boy in September.

It turned out pretty cute.  She is decorating the Nursery in Turquoise and Red.

Here is a Quilt Sample for my Class at Thimble Towne.  It is called HyperQuilting.  And it's taking place on June 22nd.  I'm looking forward to teaching this class.  It's really fun to do.