Design Wall Monday

Lots of good progress made on my McCalls FINAL challenge. I look forward to sharing it with you next week and hope you'll all help me get out the vote!

I can show you a picture of my INMQ Challenge piece now since all entries were due by Oct. 8. Everyone had the exact same quilt to make, it was then up to each person on how to quilt it. No embellishments beyond thread choice were allowed. I have used several different metallic thread colors.  When I first saw the design, I thought of the story of Christ's birth with the star over the stable in Bethlehem and the three wise men being led by the star to find the baby Jesus. So, I added the manger scene in the lower right using black thread in a heart shape almost (great clip art that I found and I love hearts, so this just seemed appropriate for my quilt) and used silver metalic thread as a halo affect over the baby's head. All other metallic threads used throughout the quilt are blue or purple both have a light and a dark version. I even added a shooting star. I tried to position the variegated batik fabric used in the binding to have the brightest color in the upper right corner. I used wool and cotton batts - layered to hopefully give loft but also stablize it. If you come to the Spokane - Washington State Quilter's show next weekend, you can see it and vote too!

I also put in my 'Waiting for my True Love' quilt in honor of the featured quilter - Pamela Mostek. I learned her blended borders technique a couple of years ago and used it to finish up the quilt.

Also in the show is the WWVQG's Raffle Quilt --it will be in the GROUP category. I hope you'll stop by and check it out. You can still get raffle tickets at Stash or Sew & Vac in Walla Walla.

I'm so excited about attending MQX in Portland this week too! I was able to get into a Linda Taylor hands-on class. I posted photos last week of my quilts that will be in the show. Let me know if you'll be there!

Ireland!! Deadline extended to Nov. 1 for full-payment discount. Join me on a fabulous adventure in Ireland, June 5-15, 2012.

Thanks for stopping by....get ready for voting on the McCalls FINAL challenge next week! See you then! Linkups are indexed with more Design Walls @ Patchwork Times.

{Sew} Modern / BOM's Away / Design Wall MONDAY / WIP Wednesday!

These were both finished last week and shipped off for MQX-West in Portland, OR, October 12-16. Excited to have them accepted into the show mostly on their design, since only one was partially quilted when photos had to be submitted. I hope you'll be able to attend the show and find them!

Challenge #1 - 1892 Rondure (front and back -->)

The story of designing 1892 Rondure is here. I used wool batting and a fat back that ended up showing off the quilting in a way I hadn't thought about initially. Lots of pebbles and water like quilting in the diamonds, hoping for a stained glass affect. Motif quilting in the centers and border. Circle in a circle in the purple border. With four curved rulers, I was able to create the curved cross-hatching based on the various dimensions of the blocks in the 'beams'. A Pilot FriXion marking pen, that disappears when you apply heat to it (an iron), helped to insure I was curving the right directions based on my plan. I'd like to thank the rep at Ronda Beyer's Quilter's Rule booth and JoAnn Blade helping at Boersma's for ideas shared with me while at the Tacoma show, including the recommendation to use WonderFil Specialty Thread. I was able to use it in the motif quilting and the beams.

Challenge #2 - Pulsed Illumination

The story of designing Pulsed Illumination is here. Using a low loft polyester scrap of batting, I wanted to maintain the original concepts of each element, so chose to SID the aperture blades and create 'motion' or churned up dust between the blades with feathers and such. In the center I did pebbles for the outer three rings and left the inner two alone hoping they would pop on their own a bit. I stitched around the motif in the border.









For you BOM'ers ....I posted this last week, but since the BOMers link was down...here it is again. My Garden is done!

Check out last week's WIP for my EQ7 BOM progress as well.
As much as I'd like to get another BOM started, I think I'll just focus on the EQ7 BOM for the rest of this year, and get started with at least a new one in 2012, maybe two. I have got to get some customer quilts taken care of and catch-up for time lost while working on McCalls. I do still have the Basket BOM to quilt. Thanks Lyn for hosting the linkup.

My design wall is under secret wraps for a couple more weeks! Mark your calendars to start voting daily Oct. 18 through Nov. 8. Thanks for your support!

So, I now have In Progress: 9

• McCall's Quilt Design Star 2011 - FINAL Challenge
• EQ7 2011 BOM- on track
• Fearless Design Ch. 9 - 4 blocks w/diff. borders/placemats, ultimately for our local senior center craft sale.

Awaiting Attention:

• Lonestar wall hanging - missed the deadline that I was trying to hit....so we'll see when I get back to this idea
• Oddie's Wild Nature
• One-fabric re-pieced table cloth - target October --am wondering if this is ready to quilt. Need to get it out and look at it.

Completed Tops awaiting Quilting

• 2006 Basket BOM
• Tulip wall hanging --this is a redo of the quilting - target November
• Colorwash Heart Duvet Cover -- this is to salvage an old duvet - target December

Completed (TOTAL: 11)

• 1892 Rondure - McCall's Quilt Design Star Challenge #1 - accepted into MQX West, Portland, Oct. 12-16.
• Pulsed Illumination - McCall's Quilt Design Star Challenge #2 - accepted into MQX West, Portland, Oct. 12-16
• My Garden, adapted from Jinny Beyer's 2010 BOM - Jinny's Garden (my mom's version that I quilted won 2nd place, People's Choice, large quilt @ WWVQF 2011
• INMQ Challenge 2011, @ WA State Quilter's - Spokane show, Oct. 14-16
• Starlight-Flutterbright - designed for Highland Quilts, Athena, OR and now on display there
• View from the old cellar - SOLD
• Supernova - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• Psychedelic America - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• WWU baby - star theme - given to Becky St. Clair's daughter
• WWU baby - spring theme - given to Donny Veverka's daughter
• My First Journey - commission for Teacher Tammy's twin granddaughters

The latest Country Register -Washington edition is out. My article "Today's Quilting Bees go Cyber and Globetrot" can be found on p.14.

Ireland!! Deadline extended to Nov. 1 for full-payment discount. Join me on a fabulous adventure in Ireland, June 5-15, 2012.

Want to see more?
{Sew} Modern Monday linkup at Canoe Ridge Creations
Design Wall Monday linkup at Patchwork Times
BOMs Away Monday linkup at WhataHootQuilts
and on Wednesday there will be a WIP linkup at Freshly Pieced!

WIP

Lots completed the past 2 weeks since the last WIP linkup (glad to have the 2nd week ;-))!!!! Don't feel I have much to show for it, but this week will also be productive, so check back next week t

NEW  (2) :

• Progress is beginning on my McCall's FINAL challenge! YEAH!!!! Sorry no pictures until Oct. 19 WIP...I'll probably post an entry on my blog by Oct. 18 of the process. Voting will begin late on the 17th. Thanks so much for keeping up with this and getting the vote out. Your vote and comments on the entry will be very important in this final round!
• Our Fearless Design group has decided to use the assignment in Ch. 9 as a charity project. Make 4 blocks exactly the same, then border them all differently. We'll then make them into placemats and donate them to our local Senior Center for their craft sale. Here are some of my Accuquilt die cut hearts.

COMPLETED (2):

Very excited to get these finished amongst other non-quilting demands for my time over the past couple of weeks. Just glad I'm physically feeling better so that I have some energy.

• INMQ Challenge --no photos until WIP - Oct. 12; was shown at the INMQ meeting last Saturday and will be at the Washington State Quilter's Show in Spokane, WA Oct. 14-16.
• My Garden, adapted from Jinny's Garden - Jinny Beyer's 2010 BOM. My mother's version (with my quilting) got a 2nd place People's Choice ribbon at the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival two weekends ago. Wondering if I should submit mine to HMQS next year? I need to read the guidelines and see if this 'made for my bed' quilt fits an appropriate category.

So, I now have In Progress: 11

• 1892 Rondure - McCall's Quilt Design Star Challenge #1 - accepted into MQX West, Portland, Oct. 19-23. -- almost quilted!

Check out the curved cross-hatching on the beams!  I have absolutely loved using the Pilot Frixion gel pen. The ink disappears when heat is applied. It will reappear at 14 degrees F. It has been incredibly helpful in the quilting design process on this project. I have used 4 different curves due to the sizing of each block to get this affect.

• EQ7 2011 BOM- on track (9 blocks - photo at right)

Awaiting Attention:

• Lonestar wall hanging - missed the deadline that I was trying to hit....so we'll see when I get back to this idea
• Oddie's Wild Nature
• One-fabric re-pieced table cloth - target October --am wondering if this is ready to quilt. Need to get it out and look at it.

Completed Tops awaiting Quilting

• Pulsed Illumination - McCall's Quilt Design Star Challenge #2 - accepted into MQX West, Portland, Oct. 19-23
• 2006 Basket BOM
• Tulip wall hanging --this is a redo of the quilting - target November
• Colorwash Heart Duvet Cover -- this is to salvage an old duvet - target December

Completed (TOTAL: 9)

• My Garden, adapted from Jinny Beyer's 2010 BOM - Jinny's Garden
• INMQ Challenge 2011
• Starlight-Flutterbright - designed for Highland Quilts, Athena, OR
• View from the old cellar - SOLD
• Supernova - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• Psychedelic America - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• WWU baby - star theme - given to Becky St. Clair's daughter
• WWU baby - spring theme - given to Donny Veverka's daughter
• My First Journey - commission for Teacher Tammy's twin granddaughters

Ireland!! Deadline extended to Nov. 1 for full-payment discount. Join me on a fabulous adventure in Ireland, June 5-15, 2012.

Thanks for stopping by....more WIP's linked @ Freshly Pieced.

Design Wall / BOM's Away / {Sew} Modern Monday

DONE!!  "My Garden" - adapted from Jinny Beyer's 2010 BOM - "Jinny's Garden"

More photos on my KISSed Quilts Facebook Page. This fits nicely on our king size bed. It feels very fresh and modern with the use of the light green in the sashings that makes it almost have a neon affect and the plumish borders and hint of plum in the setting triangles to give almost a glow surrounding it all.

DONE!! September Soother - EQ BOM

Design Wall ...

Hearts and Flowers or placemats for Senior Center ..testing out my new Go! Baby and the Accuquilt Hearts Die.

The McCalls Challenges are still taking up much of my time, hope to get back to my business very soon!

If you like seeing some of the new 'modern' styled quilts and sewn items, check out {Sew} Modern Monday over at Canoe Ridge Designs, more traditional Design Walls at PatchworkTimes and BOM's Away Monday at WhataHootQuilts.

Design Wall / BOM's Away Monday

Exciting weekend....from Trends (an industry event in Portland) to the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival, my parents here, my husband leaving for a week long visit to Houston for his work...just so much going on!

As I explained in earlier posts ...SuperNova-Blackhole was at Trends. I was able to take my mom to this event and help her get materials necessary for craft sales to help their local private school and items that they make for their 'Bags of Love' charity. Need a warm-tater bag to cook your potatoes in the microwave?--check in with my mom and support a good cause!

I personally re-stocked on wool, warm & white and Legacy 80/20 batting. I'm ready for the winter quilting season! Also picked up some fabrics from Jackie Robinson/Maywood Studio's 'Roses' line, more lumiere sateen, Jinny Beyer black eyelash, and some beautiful wine country prints. I have some ideas in the works already!

@ WWVQF I put in my Hail MBA! T-shirt quilt, Will You Accept This Rose?, and Starlight-Flutterbright. I thought I'd get my Jinny's Garden done but that didn't happen in time for the festival's cut-off.
I didn't previously post a picture of Starlight-Flutterbright with the crystals...so here it is. Hard to see them, but in person, there are just enough to give it some sparkle.

My mom's however was in the show and got a 2nd Place People's Choice ribbon in the large quilt category! WHOO HOOO!!

Here she is with the quilt. To the right is a sneak peak at one of my new patterns - 'Hugs and Kisses' she made this version while testing the pattern and has called it the thread colored used in the quilting 'Indian Summer'. When she brought it up to get her 'freebie' quilting on it for testing the pattern, we had time for me to quilt it and her to bind it before the deadline for the show, so why not enter it. It was supposed to be for sale, but somehow it didn't get posted with the quilt during the show...it will now be for sale in Arizona, all proceeds benefit their local school.

Here is some detail of the quilting.

Other customer's who put their quilts in that I had the pleasure to quilt, included:

Jessica Murf's Bug Music --although I didn't get credit for it. See CQ71 in my FB Customer Quilt's v2 photo album.
Kristin McVane's voiles - CQ64

Lois Hellie's Grandma's Love Garden--lots of custom work on this one, I even got to help her design it. CQ103 -->

Crysta Evanenko's version of my Zoe pattern. CQ107




















Julia Perry's Purple Argyle quilt.  CQ24                                   Elaine Shaw's Wisteria Garden CQ51

Always fun to see them finished!

Last week I finished the INMQ Challenge and sent it up to Anita Pederson to bring to the meeting last Saturday. I'm trusting that worked out! Since the opportunity to turn them in is still OPEN...I'll not post a photo of the finished piece until the deadline.

So..what's on my design wall? My McCall's FINAL Challenge...so can't reveal that, but I'm also back to quilting 1892 Rondure --my McCall's Quilt Design Star 2011 Challenge #1. It was accepted, on its partial quilting, into MQX in Portland next month. so I HAVE to get it finished ;-) Here's the concept...now to work out the details so it hangs together. I'm hoping the tricks I learned at Tacoma's show will help!

 backside!

Elaine's Wisteria Garden and my McCalls Challenge #2 was also accepted into MQX....exciting!!

Don't forget --deadline extended for discount if paid in full for the Ireland Trip! through Nov. 1.

More Design Walls @ Judy's and BOM's Away @ WhataHoot

WIP

After a week long Alaska Cruise on NCL with my husband's family (first extended time together in years) and my parents (their 49th wedding anniversary celebrated on Friday), it is time to get back to work. Serious work--I made it through to the FINAL round of the McCall's Quilt Design Star 2011 contest!!! Thank you to all of you who were voting! I'm now trying to get inspired with the FINAL challenge--"the quilt must be inspired by the lyrics to any well-recognized song". Song ideas welcome!

An extension has been given for the discount on the Trip to Ireland during the Int'l Quilt Festival of Ireland in June 2012. Sign up by November 1 and pay in full to get a 3% discount!! 

And now for this week's WIP report...

Progress

I finished quilting Jinny's Garden! Just need to add the binding, but I needed to move on to something else that needs to be in the mail tomorrow.... Stop by on Monday and I should have a photo.
New
Washington State Quilter's show is coming up in October. The Inland Northwest Machine Quilter's group issued a challenge with a kit so that all tops have the same design, but the quilting is judged. INMQ's meeting to choose a brochure cover is this Saturday, so I quickly made the top up and will be quilting it today.

Awaiting Attention:

• McCall's Challenge #1 --1892 Rondure (quilting in progress)
• EQ7 2011 BOM- on track
• Lonestar wall hanging - missed the deadline that I was trying to hit....so we'll see when I get back to this idea
• Oddie's Wild Nature
• One-fabric re-pieced table cloth - target October --am wondering if this is ready to quilt. Need to get it out and look at it.

Completed Tops awaiting Quilting

• McCall's Challenge #2 (Pulsed Illumination) - target September
• 2006 Basket BOM - target August--not going to happen.
• Tulip wall hanging --this is a redo of the quilting - target November
• Colorwash Heart Duvet Cover -- this is to salvage an old duvet - target December

Statistics

Completed:  7

• Starlight-Flutterbright - designed for Highland Quilts, Athena, OR
• View from the old cellar - SOLD
• Supernova - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• Psychedelic America - on display @ Patit Creek Cellars, Walla Walla, WA
• WWU baby - star theme - given to Becky St. Clair's daughter
• WWU baby - spring theme - given to Donny Veverka's daughter
• My First Journey - commission for Teacher Tammy's twin granddaughters

In Progress: 11

Design Wall & BOM's Away Monday

After a week long Alaska Cruise on NCL with my husband's family (first extended time together in years) and my parents (their 49th wedding anniversary celebrated on Friday), it is time to get back to work. Serious work--I made it through to the FINAL round of the McCall's Quilt Design Star 2011 contest!!! Thank you to all of you who were voting! I'm now trying to get inspired with the challenge--"the quilt must be inspired by the lyrics to any well-recognized song".

Next weekend is our local quilt festival. I needed an extra day of quilting due to some unforseen medical issues with a family member which kept me in Seattle unexpectedly, so this 2010 Jinny Beyer BOM - Jinny's Garden will not be in the show since I couldn't get it done before leaving on the vacation and quilts were due while we were gone. Hope to get it done today!

In the show will be my mom's Jinny's Garden and several other customer quilts that I've quilted.
My personal quilts will be:

• Starlight-Flutterbright with the newly applied crystals (was also shown without crystals @ Trends Spring 2011 winning Judges' Choice and at the 2011 Crazy Horse Quilter's Show in Pendleton, OR; shown with crystals in the APWQ Member's Special 'Star' Exhibit 2011) More details about the quilt can be see in these posts.
• Hail MBA! A t-shirt quilt made from a collection from my parent's old shirts from where they used to work (and I grew up!) set with a beach scene in the sashings. The school literally included beach front property.
• "Will You Accept This Rose" --the quilt that was made when I won Viewer's Choice in the Jackie Robinson 2010 Roses Block Design Contest. It was on a year long Maywood Studio trunk show, so this is the first local show I've been able to put it in since it was returned to me. I don't have much blogged about it since it was done in 2010 (prior to my blogging), but here are a few other related posts. AND lots on Facebook.

Next on the list...

• My INMQ challenge for the Spokane show --needs to be delivered to someone who will take it to the meeting next Saturday...so this is what is on my design wall. What do you think this will become? Lots to do!!

• customer quilts that were hand delivered by my mom from Arizona and will need to go back to AZ by next Monday.
• McCalls Challenge rounds #1 and #2 were juried into the MQX show coming up in Portland in October need to be quilted and finished.

Next weekend is Trends at EESchenk in Portland. I sent my 'Supernova-Black Hole' quilt to their show. They have people's choice, judges' choice and 'best use of color' categories. I didn't even realize this last category until it was in the mail. Not sure if I'll get there to see what was entered or not. Just fun to have places to show off quilts that I am proud of and enjoyed creating. My journey in the quilt-a-long that produced this quilt is written up here.

Don't forget about coming along to Ireland June 2012!

I'd better get on with my list! Check out more design walls on Judy's Patchwork Times and BOM's Away links at WhataHootQuilts.

Supernova-Blackhole -- backside