Friday, November 28, 2008

I shopped...

and shopped...
and shopped...

and then I shopped some more...

I took a few days this past week and flew down to Arizona to visit my parents who have been snowbirds in Yuma for the past 3 years. Just as winter is starting to settle in around here it was nice to get away and enjoy the 80 degree weather. And as luck would have it, it was so nice in Alberta while I was gone that all our snow was nearly gone when I got back... :) I did a lot of relaxing and a little bit of touring around and a whole bunch of fabric shopping! About 25 yards to be exact....eeeks! Oh, but I have plans to use each and every bit of it....I do, I really do! :) See the top picture is some border fabric that I picked up to use with some of my Kansas Troubles charm squares and jelly rolls. The second pick, is a bunch of Williams Inn by Nancy Halvorsen to go with some of the line I already have in my stash for a king size quilt for myself. The third pick is some Moda border fabric for those pesky shangri-la charms and jelly rolls I have hanging around. And the last picture was such a nice find...I was extremely late to jump on the bandwaggan for Moda's Simplicity line and only having one piece in my stash I was so lucky to find these pinks and greens which I have planned to make the most darling quilt for my dearest friends daughter, who happens to LOVE pink!!! See, it all has a purpose and I was completely justified in purchasing every last yard of it! And to top it all off, it was 25% off!!! Going through Canadian Customs was kinda funny though....Ma'm what kind of goods are you bringing back with you? Ahh, just shoes and fabric! Yup, that's all! Oh ya, I caught a massive shoe sale and ended up squeezing 5 pairs in my luggage. Now justifying the shoes is another story all together...



Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Organized...


The book for the class suggested to store all the cut pieces in a cutlery tray. Not finding one that I felt suited the job I went digging through my boxes for my threads. I had been using this thin tackle box for my smaller metallic thread spools and with the removeable slats it made a perfect storage solution to keep me organized. Not to mention the lid with snap closures was great for transporting to and from class.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Advanced Class...


Even though my studio isn't finished yet and we are behind schedule I've managed to get on with my life and GET OUT of the house!! I joined an advanced class at the local quilt shop and Monday night was the first class. The quilt is called Timberline Log Cabin from Judy Martin's Log Cabin Quilt Book. I am going to make a wall quilt with the above fabrics that I picked up at the local shop...of course I didn't want to use anything I had...I wanted something new! :) The wall quilt consists of 36 log cabin's with a set in seam and a gorgeous pieced border, there is also a queen option but honestly I'm not ready to take on 196 blocks and as it stands for the wall I'm already cutting 17 fat qtrs into 1070 pieces. :O Right now I'm half way through the cutting and about to start on the inside 7 pieces of the log cabin, I need to be done all 36 centers by Monday's class. eeeks, I better get movin. It feels GREAT to be quilting again!!!