Happy Fourth of July! What is on the Design Wall in July?

It is the 4th of July! Yeah! I did some yard work, have to go visit my Mom and run some errands this afternoon, maybe run through the sprinkler. Although, I did run through the sprinkler at the Lyons Club Park in Council, ID, on Saturday afternoon.  What fun!  We went to the Council Quilt Show, had a picnic, and I ran through the sprinkler, while T swang (yes!, swang!) on the swing, and Daisy looked on with great amusement.  I will post pictures of my favorite quilts at the Council Quilt Show, later this week.  Meanwhile, below is a photo of the quilt I am working on for "Scrap Happy". 
     I started the quilt, below, in late 2008.  I wanted it to look scrappy but I was short on RWB scraps, so I was using repeat fabrics and trying to put together different combinations of the same fabrics in the blocks, and it was very limiting.  I put it away and went on to enhance my quilting skills on many other quilts since then. When I went into quilt shops, if I did not need something for the current quilt, I would look for fun red, white, and blue fabrics to add to my stash.  I have discovered, this last week, that I truly have enough RWB to get on with finishing this quilt top.  I have discovered, that my old skills (2008-2009) were a bit more sloppy than I am today, but I am going to use those old sections and just fill in the gaps with the new fabrics.  The newer fabrics actually date through the entire time-frame after 2009 until day-before-yesterday.  Yes, had to buy some red and white fabric, in Cambridge, on the way back from Council! 


I have used some of these fabrics in
other quilts I have made since 2008.

Kuna Quilt Show Was Awesome!

The Kuna Quilt Show, on August 1 and 2, was fabulous!  Lots of incredible quilts.  Well done all you quilters that contributed to the Kuna Quilt Show!  It was my pleasure to do the stage set-up reflecting the theme that was chosen for the 2016 show, so we know what to look forward to.  Thank-you to T, who helped me with the stage set-up.  I also helped a little with the Challenge Block area, and I did quilt monitoring on both Saturday and Sunday.  If it weren't for the lure of tasty pulled pork on Sunday (hospitality suite), I might not come in as early on Sundays. 

I took this at a low angle to capture the scrappy bunting, scraps on
stage, the signage, and a tad of scrap quilts behind.

I want to include some photos of my favorite quilts at the show.  The problem is, there were so many fabulous quilts it is hard to narrow it down for my blog.  I will put a few on today and then add some in the next few days, or make a whole new link for those fabulous quilt photos.

Beautiful Houses-Unknown

Impressive shells -Janet Garland

NYC -Lorinda Howe

Perfectly delightful  -Phyllis Oneal

Dresden plate  -Shirley Franken

Blog readers and followers get what they want

Alright, alright!  I have received a few comments on some of the posts on my blog.  Thank you very much.  I do believe I will pick up the pace again soon.  Meanwhile, yes, there is a good backside on the Scrap Happy Quilt featured on my previous post.  I suppose I could have taken a photo of it and claimed it was an entirely different quilt!  I had a good time doing scrappy experiments this last spring, when I should have been serious about getting my liberated houses quilt finished.  But you know I get something started and have a good time, then something else catches my fancy and I am off in another direction before finishing the last project.  I did get my liberated houses quilt finished two weeks ago, just in time to enter it in the Kuna Quilt Show.  This scrap happy quilt has a scrappy fun back on it!  It does indicate that I have been using up some of my stash.  The next person who gives me fabric is going to get it!  I have so much fabric, it is getting quite out of control!  Unfortunately, making small scrappy quilts does not make much of a dent in the scraps or stash department.  Here is the backside of the scrap happy quilt I finally got quilted and bound last week:

Those are suns and moons outlining the flag & USA.

I have to go do the dishes or vacuum my desk now. TTFN

Quilt Announcing Next Year's Quilt Show Theme!

Yes! I have been extraordinarily busy! I finished my liberated houses quilt, and submitted it for entry in the upcoming Kuna Quilt Show (Aug 1 & 2), in Kuna, ID.  Then I worked real hard and finished quilting the one announcing the theme for 2016.  It will be in the show also.  Here it is! 

I really dug through my scraps to make this puppy!

Most of the scraps are from past quilting projects, however, some are those left in my scrap bin by others during quilting retreats. The butterfly blocks in the corners belonged to T, while the aqua and coffee prints belonged to M.  There is some pink, that I have no idea where it came from!  The 49er bit was a scrap my Mom saved from the quilt she and I made for my daughter when she graduated from high school in 2000.  This small quilt is not just scrappy but a memory quilt, too!

Spock Block

I have been working diligently on my Scrap Happy quilt for announcing the 2016 theme for the Kuna Quilt Show. [August 1-2, 2015, at Kuna High School]  Leonard Nimoy passed away only a couple weeks ago. I have some fab Star Trek fabric and a few bits and tads of it here and there.  I found one with a piece that had only Spock on it. I fussy cut it and did one exploding pineapple around it.  I tried several different backgrounds for the final bit of the block.  I think the balance in this b&w fabric is perfect, and the fact that it looks like moons, suns, and planets clinched the deal.  I hope you like it! The block is in my Scrap Happy quilt.

What is on the design wall in March?!!!

I have been very busy. The theme for the 2016 Kuna Quilt Show was voted on at the last Idaho PieceMakerS meeting.  The theme is "Scrap Happy".  I can say no more.