Got Thread?

A good friend of my mother's used to work in the garment district of New York and also worked as a seamstress on the side. She is now in her late 80s and suffers from glaucoma and arthritis, which means that she can no longer enjoy sewing, either my hand or machine. No one in her family sews, so since she knows that I am a rabid quilter, she has passed her thread collection on to me. And it's filled with good quality thread, mainly Gutermann...

I'm a lucky girl..(as well as grateful).

A Cool Quilt for a Hot Summer

Some of you may recognize this as the going-off-to-college quilt for my son that I've been working on for several weeks. I managed to complete 18 blocks by his 18th birthday yesterday. Ten more to go...

I would normally make this a 4x6 quilt, but since the dorm beds are extra long twin-size, I'll add a 7th row. And then probably a small border in black.
P.S. Go visit Judy's blog to see what's on other quilters' design walls today...

Where Do the Years Go?

As of 1:12 PM Eastern Time today, I am the mother of an adult human being...Happy 18th, Nick!

Gestation time -- 9 months

Years to adulthood -- 18

Days remaining in nest -- 40

Out of Sight, Out of Mind?

I really haven't forgotten my Jane Stickle quilt...I've just put it aside for a while until I finish up some other projects that have deadlines.

Let's see...I have to put a label and sleeve on my main entry for my guild's September exhibit, I have to finish the challenge project for the exhibit, I have to finish another small quilt for the exhibit, and I have to finish my son's going-off-to-college quilt by August 20th! And I still have a friend's quilt to quilt on my HQ16.

Once I have an empty nest, I will need to keep busy, so I'm sure Jane will be there to comfort me...and then you'll once again see posts about my progress.

Bottomless Pile

Earlier this week, a couple of friends and I turned this...

...into this....

My guild is involved in a lot of charity sewing and over the years, we've accumulated a lot of donated fabric. The top photo shows just one of the many totes filled with various sizes of fabric pieces. The collection was starting to get out of control, so with two Accuquilt Go Cutters at our disposal, we made up kits for at least 15 quilts. We used the tumbler, square, and strip dies.

Hopefully, some of our fellow guild members will volunteer to put these tops together. (hint, hint)

More Lovely Art Quilts

As I promised a while back, here are a few more photos from when quilt artist Carol Taylor visited my guild...

The day after the lecture, Carol taught a workshop on making the curved lines. You can see more info about her workshops on her website here.

She also brought a gorgeous quilt made of 99 pieces of silk...She calls it Ninety Nine Pieces of Silk on the Wall (A Century’s Worth as We Enter 2000)


Here's a closeup...

As I said in my first post about Carol's visit, she was very gracious in letting us photograph and even touch her quilts. It was an awesome evening. I'll post more photos every once in a while...

It's Here

While I was away, my replacement iron found its way to my home...I tried it briefly yesterday, and so far...it works...

As I mentioned in this post about a month ago, I will give Black and Decker a good grade for customer service (except for the initial request that I pay a $7.50 shipping fee). Hopefully, I won't have to blog about the iron dying on me six months from now...