Back in Idaho! Did buy fabric!

Mary finally found the fabric shop in Wittlich.  We had gone back to Wittlich to have lunch at the Greek restaurant, but it was not open, again.  So we found the Das NahHaus.  They had a limited amount of quilting fabrics, but what they had was very nice.  They had lots of knits, drapery fabrics, some quilting cottons, zippers by-the-yard, hardware, colorful elastic, and a large variety of trims.  They, also, sold sewing machines and had a classroom.  My daughter was looking for fabric for a couple dormer curtains, for the house she lives in, in Klausen. 

    That afternoon, she unpacked her sewing stuff and we got it going on in her dining room all afternoon.  She got one panel, for the very top dormer, all finished.  We did not calculate exactly the width of the seams, so it is a little smaller than she was aiming for, but it works fine and is adorable.

 She plans on calculating better for the seam allowances on the next curtain, which is pointy at the top to fit the next dormer down, in the photo below:

You can see her kitty panel in the high window.  When we visited the fabric shop, I kept my self under control.   I bought less than 4 yards of fabric.   One yard is a border fabric for the borders of baby quilts. I also bought three zippers, with cool looking zipper handles, some colorful elastic, and some catronaut fabric, bright blue floral fabric, and some of the cat fabric (like my daughter's) but with brighter colors.

I included their business card in this photo.

The staff there were very nice, we spoke little German and they spoke no English, but we figured it out!

On the night train from Berlin to Koblenz

l have bought zero fabric on the trip. I am sad to report I have no quilting news.  I will be back soon and will need to do some yard work (I hope T is eating all those tomatoes!) and then continue with the Random Chickens quilt.  2206 hrs here and the moon is awesome. Good night.

What's On The Design Wall in August?

Random Chickens! are on the design wall.  It is another quilt inspired by Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston.  Yes, I have more scraps than I know what to do with, but I am doing a pretty good job of using some of them up.

This is more of an eye-spy quilt than the eye-spy quilts!
I'm lovin' it!

Sisters Quilt Show 2018 -Part 3 (Van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge)

The fire house was crowded for good reason.  This presentation is fantastic.  It is amazing what quilters can do with a little bit of fabric and some thread.

It was fairly crowded at the Van Gogh exhibit.  But I managed to get some photos of the ones I liked the best, but they were all fabulous.  Below are the photos I took:

this close-up shows how much quilting
goes into making the paint like texture of these quilts



 

It was hot out. We eventually finished walking around looking at all the fine quilts and headed back to our motel, where we had to climb Mount Shiloh again.  We rested, then went on an excursion in search of gluten free Mexican dining.  Third one is a charm!

Sisters Quilt Show 2018 -Part 2 (Sisters!)

We did stop in Sisters, on Friday, on the way back to Bend from the Black Butte Ranch.  We visited The Stitchin' Post and the frozen yogurt place.  I found some amazing zebra fabric. When I was getting my fabric cut, the lady cutting on the other side of the counter wanted to know how much was left over, because she had been eye-balling the zebra fabric for a week.  The gal cutting my fabric spoke up and said, "Zero!!! She is finishing the bolt!!."  So, I raised my arms with a resounding "Yes!"  And I got the end-of-bolt discount!

I got zebras!

I got crabs!

The plan was to visit the quilt shop in Sisters, on Friday, so we could avoid it during the crush on Saturday.  That plan actually worked well.  We avoided the crush!  On Saturday, we did our sneak-through-round-about to get into town.  We parked and spotted a deer across the street.  She walked over the chain link fence into the yard of the house, where her little fawn was grazing on the grass.

 

Clambake, by Heather Black, Spokane, WA

The Red Center, by Laura Prato, Phoenix, AZ

Moonshine Stars, by Shawna Hayes, Springfield, OR

Atomic Starburst, by Renee Miles, Yakima, WA

Close-up of the piecing.  The quilting was done with rulers.

What A Feeling, by Julie Crawford, La Jolly, CA

Close-up of What A Feeling.  It has 240 different fabrics in it!

We walked all over town looking at the quilts.

Rescued Treasure, by Celeste Percy, Eugene, OR

Paint the Town, by Jamie Willis, of Mattoon, IL

Suck It Up, by Kristin LaFlamme, of Portland, OR

close-up. I love the color combinations and the diverse
use of the traditional blocks with military fabrics, ric-rac, and embroidery

 There were a number of quilts on display, that had words, sayings, or letters of the alphabet in them.  I particularly like those types of quilts.

I am sorry, I did not get the name of the creator of this one.
I like the texture made by the quilting and the message.

 

 

Lone Star, by Dianne Bienick, of Evanston, IL
Hand quilted!

 There were so many lovely quilts, so I am only posting a few of my favorites, of which you can tell I love the bright scrappy ones the best.  We trundled down to the fire station and beheld The Van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge.   They are so awesome, they will be in my next post, all on their own.

Sisters Quilt Show 2018 -Part 1 (Black Butte Ranch)

Me and T went to the Sisters Annual Outdoor Quilt Show last weekend.  We made it around to all three of the Bend Quilt Shops; twice to Sew Many Quilts.  On Friday after visiting the Bend quilt shops, we drove out to Black Butte Ranch, about eight miles on the other side of Sisters, Oregon.  For $12.00 (that I borrowed from Annita), I got into the show and enjoyed a nice luncheon on the deck of the lodge there.  T and I met some ladies from Oregon and California and we had such pleasant conversation.  The Black Butte Ranch is over 1000 acres and between the lodge and the lake was a green lawn with the quilts all set up on it.  From the lodge you see the quilts, the lake, and the beautiful mountain peaks.

We sat in the shade and just relaxed and enjoyed the view.



I really like this handkerchief quilt.

 I really like scrappy quilts, so this one appealed to me, also.

 All the quilts here were made by the same quilt group and not judged.  They just showed off and had a quilt raffle for charity.  It was such a wonderful relaxing event.  Best value for twelve bucks I have spent in a long time.

Community Blocks

I bought ten of the community block challenge fabric from Janell, a couple months back, with $10.00 I borrowed from Annita.  Well, I gave Annita one, and kept the rest for me.  I have used all but one and an inth to make 12 blocks.  I have decided to make four more blocks to make the quilt top a little more filled out.  I have decided to just make the whole thing myself.  I was inspired by Gwen Marston's baskets. 

I will need to rearrange some of them as
I add four other blocks to the right hand side of the quilt top.