Guess What? I'm moving off of Blogger!

That's right!
You can now follow me at:
 http://2quilt-ornot-2quilt.com/.
The site is pretty much good to go. I want to update the logo and colors and some small functionalities... but in the end I think I have a winner.  And boy-o-boy is it exciting to see my little 2quilt or not 2quilt as it's proper URL or webaddress!

Purple and Orange Table Runner

I was determined to make these fabrics work together.

I considered it a mission.

I was not going to take 'no'

for an answer.

And, yes I believe I succeeded.

Like it?

Love it?

Buy it today at my ETSY store!

After all, Purple goes with everything :)

Red White and Blue Quilt update!

Thank you to Kireen for our first donation!

I worked on the quilt a bunch these past couple of days.  Still more to go,But so far it's looking rather fun!  I can just see it being used on a picnic or something to sit on or cuddle under when watching fireworks.  Or even draped across a table for a fun bbq buffet!

Interested?  Then click donate on the side bar and for every 3$ you donate to help us pay for my late grandmothers burial you will be given a random number and an opportunity to call this quilt yours!  Fanny would just love these colors and I am really enjoying making a quilt that so closely resembles the memorial quilt her friends and family have signed.   Which reminds me, anyone want to go to Ikea and pick me up some fabric I need ? :) ?

Red White and Blue Quilt Opportunity!

I am holding a raffle for a quilt I have in the works. The proceeds will be to help pay for my Grandmothers Funeral/burial in New York in the fall and to help family get to NY that live out of state  Entry's are 3$ each and the winner will be randomly chosen June 2nd at 10pm central time.  I will mail the quilt for free to the winner.  And don't forget, you can enter as many times as you want! For every 3$ you will get one entry.   Lastly I will update with more photos of the quilt as it is finished.


Here is a sneak peak of what the quilt will look like.  I've decided to use the same red/white/blue color scheme as I've done for the Memorial quilt.

To enter click the donate button at the end of this blog post or on the right side panel to the blog itself.  The widget will track who enters and for what amount for me.  Then check back for the winner June 3rd!


You can also buy a raffle ticket at my Kentuck table on May 21st. So mark your calendars!!! Kentuck a la cARTe fair in the Kentuck Courtyard of Wonders, May 21 from 12pm to 4pm. Please stop by!  Sorry can't do this at the fair!  BUT I will have some other exciting opportunities available. And ways to help with tornado relief, so stay tuned!


Lastly we are also working on a tornado raffle quilt so stay tuned for another opportunity!

update

Sorry for the lack of posting as of late.  We have been pretty busy here (see previous post) and very little quilting has been going on.   I did finally pull out my 'All Squared-Up' quilt that I started ever so long ago and redraw up the quilting pattern for it.  It is almost done which is great.  Here is my quilting pattern as a little sneak peak for you.  Don't worry it gives little away as to what the final product looks like :)

Tuscaloosa

I and my family are fine. Our house is fine. We were without power and such for 2 days but escaped relatively unscathed. My fridge/freezer bit the dust but I am very thankful and lucky that is all that immediately impacted us. Lots of our friends did not fair so well.

Contact me if you want information on donations or volunteering your help.

In the meantime I just want to say how proud I am of how the community has banded together to help their neighbors, friends and strangers in this heartbreaking time.

Upcoming!

Mark your calendars!!! I will have a table May 21st at the Kentuck a la cARTe fair in the Kentuck Courtyard of Wonders, May 21 from 12pm to 4pm. Please stop by!


http://www.kentuck.org/

Apples

the initial design

So my dear friend Sean has been blogging about various Apples and her objective reviews of them.  I have truly enjoyed reading about her musings and adventures.  I wanted to commemorate this venture (and her birthed day) with a quilt of course.

I found some charming fabric that said the names of all different apples and the perfect stripe fabric.  Thus insuring the completion of my vision.

Things I like about Sean.  She always can make me laugh.  She shares an offbeat sense of humor and never seems to get embarrassed by my antics.  Her Hair.  The way I can go a tremendous amount of time without seeing her only to fall right into our old ways within minutes of a reunion.  Oh, and how she is one of the best friends a girl can have.  Patrick likes that she picked him out for me :)

Anyway, enough with the mush.  Here are more pictures of her quilt.

These are pictures of me playing with the fabric and layout of the different elements.

I also had some leftover fabric and was trying to decide if I should hoard it or make something else for Sean with it....



Easy choice, I made something else for Sean.


It started out as a pillow case but then since pillow cases are such personal things (i'm very particular about mine and I think Sean is as well)  I changed it into a little carrying bag. Figured she can use it to store the quilt or as a pillow case or as an overnight bag on her adventures about Boston.

This is Patrick modeling the bag.

And last but not least.  A picture of the quilt finished, I only lightly quilted the top rather then an allover meandering or something along those lines as I actually wanted it to have a wrinkled well loved look.  Not sure if i chose right in the end... but...there we have it.

...and the pictures Sean sent me of the quilt in her room.  I think it was the psychic connection between her and I that lead me to pick colors that perfectly matched her coverlet and artwork. 

 

Uncanny isn't it

 :-)

OhhhhMmmmmGeee

I've been so busy getting new items finished, photographed and written up for Etsy today.  I made, what I think are lovely placemats that i'm selling groups of two.  I used some really nice designer fabric and no two are looking alike.  Now for small-ish items you would think i just banged out these four placemats.

But you would be wrong. I worked on them all day (except for a lovely lunch I had with E, C and O).  Perhaps I was being too fussy.  But I had a vision!  Each one had to be different from the other and they all had to feature some of the same fabric.

Then I decided they all needed to have appliquéd hearts.  In separate corners.

Then I decided they all needed to have different decorative stitching.

Obviously I am insane.

Cause then I decided they had to be photographed.. JUST RIGHT.

Which meant props.

Which meant polishing my dining room table (and clearing if off).

Which meant my husband got to play with his optics stuff from the class he's teaching.. Because its nighttime and there is no natural light.

Because I am insane.  But the end result is pretty.  And I got to have a cup of tea in my fancy tea cups since I went to the trouble of taking it out of the china cabinet :)

So yep.  Go to my ETSY and buy them please so I don't further obsess.  Or at the very least swoon over them and gush over how talented I am (wink).

What a Weekend

So this weekend started out with going to my lovely Quilt Guild Meeting where I learned all kinds of interesting information regarding copyrighting quilts PLUS of course I got to see projects other quilt guild members are working on, which is one of my favorite parts of the monthly meetings.

Are any of my readers part of a quilt guild or other craft group?  I don't know about you but I always feel so energized to get to some sewing afterward.  Very motivating.  SO I did lots of sewing. Unfortunately I can't share pictures for what I worked on this weekend as its all for future presents :)  So stay tuned!

my morning glory's are starting to sprout!!

Sunday was very busy.  Our local Arboretum had its annual sale so hubby and I went just to look.  And ended up buying, of course (who did we think we were kidding?).  Which then meant we had to figure out where to plant our new treasures which is a slightly daunting task as we live on top of very compacted clay.  We often wish for dynamite when digging.

roasted and grilled goodness

Seriously.  Sledge Hammers are a part of our gardening tools.


So we two tired individuals decided that since we had roughly 2 hours free before friends would come over for some bbq (yummers) ... we would build a raised flower bed.

it's starting to come together!!!

And this I am proud of. We designed said 20$ flower bed

first level complete

while sitting in the truck in the parking lot of our local hardware megatropolis.

To the right and left you can see my darling building away.  Patrick feels orange shirts and fancy hats add to the construction process.


And the result is I think wonderful :)
We planted some miniature tomato plants. Two kinds of basil, oregano, bay leaf and lemon thyme.  Plus some Red Sylvia and a Black Eyed Susan (a flower I can't see without thinking of my father).

Oh and don't think I managed to get away with not fabric shopping.  Hancock was having a big fabric sale so I stopped by on the way back from the arboretum to get a couple of things.  Most was only 1$ a yard!!!