Got me some learnin'

I tried to post this the day before I "got the learnin'," but Blogger was down (can you imagine??). Anyway, I went to Reno on Thursday last to the Quilt/Sew Expo held at the Grand Sierra. It's a great venue if you don't actually want to be in a casino; if you enter through the back doors, you never have to go upstairs!

I went to take a class I'd taken before from Pam Clark. She's an excellent teacher and offers a great class on background designs. I seem to get in a rut with my designs and just needed something to make the juices flow again.  I took several classes from Pam and many other instructors at Innovations only a few weeks after purchasing my longarm. I went a little crazy that year and took so many classes, I'm not sure I retained anything!

While I didn't learn a lot of new things, I did come away with some ideas and the class sample...not bad, eh??

Stay tuned for new and exciting backgrounds on my quilts...

A New Customer's Quilt

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Barbara who had found me via APQS. She has a friend going through a difficult time and asked if I could quilt this small quilt for her. Of course, I said yes.

She had this pieced and ready to go very quickly for her friend; it's not elegant, but it's heartfelt and her friend will love it.

A close up...

Thanks for looking....

Dr. Seuss is back...

My customer, Lyn, has a new grandbaby and you know what that means??? Yep, new baby equals new baby quilt.  She did this cute little quilt:

And then she made this adorable wall hanging to match.

And look at the fabrics she used on the back of these. Perfect!

That's a lucky baby!!

Can you say "Ahhhhhhhhhh"?

Here's pictures of Cash and Dash when we brought them home. Cash is almost 8 weeks old and Dash is almost 6 months:

Here's more...Cash is growing:

And here's the most recent. Its so amazing to watch him grow in photos! They really enjoyed their first trip to the ocean.

This one is my favorite...I love the tails.

A Disappearing Nine-Patch

Can you spot the pattern. Marei really made this a wild one!!

My plan had been to use a panto on this one, but I really, really get bored quilting them. Instead, I did a leaf meander with a leaf border to tie it all together.

I love how the back turned out. She used her leftover blocks and then just some plain green for a totally toned-down (i.e., un-Marei) look. 

I have a couple more of Marei's quilts waiting to be quilted, but the next one of hers that I'll be doing is really cute. She designed an "I Spy" quilt for her granddaughter that is just outstanding. I can hardly wait to get my paws on it!!  Stay tuned.........