Some Arizona Showin’ & Sharin’!

The Arizona Quiltville Contingency as been mighty busy in finishing the UFO projects!

Our lunch time show & shares were full of color, pattern and texture as we ooh’d and ahh’d our way through our wonderful crock-pot-pot-luck lunch in Chandler with the Nimble Thimbles Quilters & Friends.

This excites me to no end – you work so hard!  Because I have made these quilts myself (I don’t ever contract out the sewing part of any quilt..that would be giving away the BEST part of making a quilt!) I know just what you put into it.  I see the twists and turns and directions your own desires take you as you use my designs as a spring board for your own vision.  I LOVE IT!

And I just know you are going to love these quilts I am sharing with you today.  Some from Chandler.  Some from Prescott.  All from the heart!


First up at the top of this post is Andee and Kathy with Andee’s rainbow Talkin’ Turkey from my book String Fling.  I LOVE this whole crayon box approach.  So much fun to work on, and every block turns out so different.  And when placed together, it’s better than a box of froot loops!

Andee’s gorgeous Allietare!

And Kathy’s!

And another in blues and greens!

This one was shared in Prescott.

There has been a whole lot of quilt making going on since I visited two years ago!  I love all of the color changes, such beautiful quilts.

Andee’s Garden Party from the Addicted to Scraps Book!

That lime green path really does make it look like a summer garden!

And another – made tall enough for a bed!

This one had boy scout fabric as a border, it's for a son!

How about a lovely Zuckerwatte from String Fling!

A twist on Grand Illusion!

There was even some En Provence Progress to be shared!

A String Spider Web was shown in Prescott!

Pattern from the Free Patterns tab.

This brought loads of “Ooooooh!” factor from the crowd, and those who had signed up for our Spider Web Workshop were itching to get stitching!

Lazy Sunday from MORE Adventures With Leaders & Enders featuring focus fabric as border!

Easy Street from MORE Adventures with Leaders & Enders.

Just Lovely!

Of course I am always thrilled to see the vintage beauties come out to show.  Get a load of this lovely hexagon, sewn English Paper Piecing style:

That solid red just pops!

Close up of 19th century fabrics.

Silk Tumbling blocks!

Close up.

This one had no batting, was not quilted, simply enveloped and turned right side out.  Was it used as a couch or chair throw?  Who knows.  It was just lovely.

Simple 4 patch & 9 patch top.

Great fabrics, circa 1920s.

The quilts were so terrific, it has made me hungry for a sewing machine ever since!  I’ve been so go go go while here, that I haven’t even pulled out my hexagons.

I’ve also been dealing with a lot of nervous energy, and that makes it hard for me to settle in with handwork at the end of the day.

This is soon to be mine.

Remember a couple of weekends ago when we went back to Virginia to take a second look at the cabin that set the standard for everything else that we were looking at? 

We made an offer. They countered. We re-countered, and we've been waiting. All of this has been going on while I've been on the road in Arizona. Stress levels have been high! Fingers have been crossed, and I can finally say that our offer has been accepted, and Quilt Villa will be moving to Virginia! 

We have a closing date mid March. I am so excited!

Because we haven’t sold OUR cabin yet, it will allow us to move a bit more slowly, and we can get all personal belongings out of our cabin and leave it nicely staged for those who will come through not worried if there is a bunch of quilt stuff out, or what have you.  It will be a process.  But it just feels right.  NO MORE HOA!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

I believe this, whatever you want to call it. Clouds have silver linings, the sun rises tomorrow, we've all heard it before but I really believe it's true.

Every difficulty brings an opportunity for growth. It's how you greet those opportunities that make all the difference in the world.

Swing Your Partner quilt from my book Scraps & Shirttails.

This quilt also lives at my dad's and I'm happy to visit it whenever I can!  I’m flying home to North Carolina today, but I know I this quilt will be waiting for me when I return.

Happy Thursday, everyone!

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