This week got a little bit hijacked with our Gift-Away Trifecta and the drawing sign-up snafus...but here we are, all of the quilts and projects over the porch rail with the August Quiltvillians 2.0!
We worked around the weather, finding an afternoon full of sunshine so we could get these photos taken.
We had so many newbies, and that was exciting! I always love seeing things and feeling the excitement of first-timers as they discover the fun we have here.
Six from Iowa, three from Illinois, One from Wisconsin and the rest a mixed bag of tricks!
Beautiful quilts and lovely ladies!
Silk Path is SO CLOSE to being done!
I love the scrappy chain link quilt - does anyone have pattern info? Please leave it in the comments below.
It's a mountain theme!
Scrappy Mountain Majesties from the Free Patterns tab and Peaks & Valleys.
Blue Ridge Beauty from Adventures With Leaders & Enders is also found in Scrap-Savvy!
The second quilt has been fun to watch coming together - it has a lot of partial seams and those stripes are fantastic. Do you have the pattern info? Leave it in the comments below.
Did you enter the drawing on C&T's site to win your copy of Scrap Savvy?
The kind folks at C&T publishing and I are working together to give away five signed copies of Scrap-Savvy to those who enter on their website HERE.
After submitting the form on the entry page, check your email to confirm your subscription and entrance to the giveaway.
(You can always unsubscribe at anytime.)
Gift-Away info: Winners will be selected at random and emailed, and they will have 72 hours to respond with their mailing address. If we do not receive a response, we will draw another winner at random. Good luck!
Potting Shed quilt on the left (I watched this grow from the beginning!)
And Dawn's Early Light from String Frenzy. Wonderful!
I have always loved that border on Dawn's Early Light - I'd love to do a string quilt with nothing but those border units. Ideas are swirling. Sew many quilts, Sew little time!
Iris on the left, Kittens on the right!
Funny story - they told me to do a selfie and get everyone in the background and I did....but it wasn't until this morning that I looked closely at that photo and saw....to my own horrors...that there was SPINACH IN MY TEETH!
Good grief.
That means that I gave that whole EPP demo with spinach in my teeth. (Salad for lunch was yummy.) And no one said anything?
Note to self - always check for stuff in your teeth before you do ANYTHING in public. Geeeeez.
Thanks (I think) for not saying anything, everyone!
A little more hexie progress.
It doesn't look like much yet. But a girl must have SOMETHING to stitch in the evening while unwinding with some murder and mayhem tv.
Things I've learned on this first motif: My oranges/corals need to be darker. That one stripe fabric (recycled shirt) fades into the neutrals. Must have more contrast.
Same thing with the greys. They can't be too light or there is no differentiation between the grey and the neutral.
Likewise greens. Can't be so light they blend into the neutrals.
Ivy says "No lighter than the green of my eyes, mama!"
This continues! Did you enter?
Book 6 in the Hadley Carroll Quilt City series is now available for kindle and in paperback!
I'll be gifting away 3 signed paperback copies of Quilt City: Payment Declined.
I'll also be drawing for 2 winners who will each receive a Sunnyside PDF pattern from me and a beautiful Notable Neutrals roll from our friends at Cotton to Quilts.
To keep this as hassle free as possible, I will draw for the 3 book winners, the 2 pattern and fabric winners from the SAME sign up on the Gift-Away Post so you only have to enter once.
Intro pricing: The Sunnyside PDF pattern is currently 25% off, no coupon needed - and good through 8/31/26. Hurry!
All The best scraps!
A simple little block that puts every saved bit to good use. Stitch a rainbow of scrappiness! Full color photos, graphics, and multiple unit construction options.
Quilt Size: 90’’ X 90’’ and easily customizable.
I'm trying my best to get over to the retreat early today as there are walkers in the group and I'd love to get out and get a dirt road hike in this morning.
And then....back to the string stars.
What's up for your Thursday?
Quiltville Quote of the Day -
Why is it always like a scavenger hunt?
And is there a prize if I find everything?
They are renovating our local Walmart and whole sections have moved from one side of the store to the other. It's like I've landed in the Twilight zone.
Have a great day, everyone -
Oh boy, do I hate when stores change their layouts. Publix (supermarket) did that a year ago and I still can't find anything. BJ's and Walmart did the same thing a few months ago. I really hate shopping now. I can't get around as easily as I did years ago and chasing things down through the whole store is so tiring that I give up, especially when Walmart's few mobility scooters are all being used by other people. It's gotten so bad that I only shop Walmart for food. Anything beyond that, I order from Amazon.
ReplyDeletePersonal thoughts - stores change things around causing shoppers to look harder and hopefully they will spend more money on new things they never noticed before - thus spend more!! Ever since my first experience with rearranging everything - I always go aisle by aisle and still pick up only what is on my list ad maybe something I forgot to add to the list - so they don't gain anything from me!!!
DeleteThe photo shoot was Sunday and the EPP was Monday so no spinach in teeth for demo! Thanks again for a great time! Jackie from Iowa
ReplyDeleteLOL about Walmart. My hubby is in merchandising at Lowe’s and his whole job is moving things around. 😆
ReplyDeleteI believe the scrappy chain link is from GE Designs.
ReplyDeleteStrips and Salsa quilt pattern from gequiltdesigns
DeleteOur local Costco moves things around constantly. Our community is mostly seniors and I think they do it to keep us on our toes and get some steps in and keep our minds active! LOL. Fran in WA
ReplyDeleteOur Costco does that too, grrr! I’m sure it’s so you’ll go up and down every aisle looking for what you want, and just happen to pick up a bunch of other stuff along the way! I try not to take a cart, that way I can get around people quicker and get out of there. Candy
DeleteYea, Fran! What a positive outlook. It does keep us on our toes. Sara
DeleteThe "chain" quilt is Strips and Salsa by GE Designs.
ReplyDeleteI have all my fabric pulled for Silk Path. Seeing that one gives me a push to get it started. I think it ranks in to 5 of favorites and I haven't even done one yet!
ReplyDeleteGood Job ladies. Love a great Over the rails post. Best part of any Quilt gathering-Show and Share! Happy Thursday!!
ReplyDeleteI can relate to Walmart remodeling. They did ours at Christmas. Frazzling!
ReplyDeleteStill seeing "PDF file - open" kinda stuff on your home page. A few more such offers on "read more" pages. I did click, thinking it was a pattern but it took me down a road of "click here" and "download your fil"e kinda thing. Good luck with the fixes! Yes I did sign up with CT for your book! I have all of them so far, just not this new one.
ReplyDeleteIf I can't find what I am looking for, I find some one and ask - "Where are you hiding (product I'm searching for) today?" Some laugh, some it goes right over the moon! LOL
ReplyDeleteThank you Bonnie. Glad to know you have learning moments on your projects too! I can look at most quilts I have made and wish something was different. But will learn for next time. I look at other quilter's projects and I will NEVER tell them what I would do differently, they are on their own journey. With every quilt I look at I learn something I want to take forward to better my own quilting...which is good thing, and the rest is simply being mean. It isn't my quilt or my vision.
ReplyDeleteBridget
I have found that the value of the background pieces next to a medium piece (that is supposed to be the dark value) will keep the medium from not getting lost into the background. Only a quilter would understand that sentence! Let's try: If the background piece is really light, then a medium will appear darker in value. OK, I give up!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a green bee butt before. You always come up with some fabric zingers!
ReplyDeleteWow... beautiful quilts, as always! My week started on Monday morning when I broke the coffee pot. At least we have a Keurig as well. (forehead slap)
ReplyDeleteIt's also the first full week of school and we are all exhausted.
I totally forgot about the give aways and release of Sunnyside. I just love that one and it is super summery!!
Our local Walmart just did a remodel as well. After knowing where everything has been for the last 10 years they totally flipflopped the store!! HAHA! Oh well... we'll get it together eventually! Have a wonderful weekend!! :-)