Fractured Pi

I'm entering my "Fractured Pi" quilt into the

  "Blogger's Quilt Festival" over at Amy's Creative Side.  

I've posted about this quilt recently so I apologize to those who have seen it before.

I really had a great time creating this quilt,

even though I had to pick out the quilting 3 times.   

I kept trying to quilt something that just didn't want to go with the piecing.

Sometimes, my idea and the quilt's idea are two very different things.

If I'm smart, I listen to the quilt.

Here is a close up of the center.

If you like my quilt, please head on over to Amy's Creative Side and vote for Fractured Pi.

Thank you!!!

Oh and if you don't like my quilt, there are lots of other beauties you can vote for. ;)

HMQS

I had a great time at the Home Machine Quilt Show last week.  

The quilts and lectures were inspiring 

and the booths were a lot of fun to check out!

Here is the Best in Show quilt:

 A couple other big prize winners:

No prize but I loved this one.

I mean what geek doesn't love a Doctor Who Tardis Quilt!

 There were a lot of great quilts made by my friends:

Lisa Brothman

 

Anne Munoz 

 Marie Eldredge  

 

Emily Herrick

 and 3rd place winner in the "Utah's Own" category, Karlee Porter.

Congratulations Karlee!

And my quilt:

Fractured Pi

 I love looking at group projects like this one from the Mt. Harrison Quilt Guild of the Wilson Theater in Rupert, ID.  The picture was divided into 40 blocks for 40 people and then put together into one fabulous quilt.

"Along the Trail"

by The Colorado Springs Fiber Artists

was a group challenge to represent how they viewed the trails near their Colorado homes. 

The Kaffe Club Exhibit

A group of row quilts, made with Kaffe fabrics, led by my friend Kaye Evans.

 Here is Kaye's quilt. . .

 . . .and my friend, Bev DeMaria's quilt.

There was an especially touching special exhibit by Judy Elsley.

Judy was diagnosed with breast cancer in January of 2012.

"One of the things that sustained me through the year 

was making quilts about the breast cancer experience."

She showed 3 sets of work she made during her experience:

1. What the Body Knew

2. Journal Quilts

3. The Breast Cancer Experience

My favorites were the journal quilts.

 Does it make me a creepy person that I loved reading her journal and feeling her experience?

The booths were a lot of fun to visit and there were plenty of items I could have purchased but controlled myself and didn't!  I left with only 2 fat quarters!

I volunteered in the Utah Quilt Guild booth 

and demonstrated how to do image transfers with Transfer Artist Paper.

I really enjoyed talking with people about the reasons they should join a guild.  Without the support and guidance of the women in my guild I would not have been able to become the quilter and artist I am now.  They have pushed me to become more than I ever could have become without them.

Thank you ladies!

One of the booths I enjoyed visiting was Textile Time Travels with my friend Sandra Starley.

Sandra is a certified quilt appraiser and she has a beautiful collection of antique quilts.  I also attended her lecture to see some of those lovely quilts.

 This was my favorite out of all her quilts I saw.

It was an exhausting and fun day.

I'm glad I live so close to the event!

Winner!

Congratulations of Amy, winner of my Sew Mama Sew Giveaway!

 Amy said...

I love the berries... they smell sooo good and are so much better than what you find in the stores.

Amy, I have emailed you for your snail mail address and I hope to hear from you soon.

Congratulations!

Tapping

Last night I taught at the monthly meeting of the Kalico Kutups.  They are a wonderful group of women who have invited me to their meetings a few times now.  Last night I shared Lesley Riley's TAP-Transfer Artist Paper with them.  We were having such a great time that I forgot to pull out my camera until the end when most of the ladies had left.

Our hostess, Carol, has the most lovely sewing studio big enough to host the meeting.

There were lots of wonderful pieces colored and transferred.

The best thing I heard last night was that they were no longer scared to use their TAP!

It really is an easy product that if a lot of fun to use.

I'll be doing another demo about TAP and photo transfers this afternoon at HMQS, so if you are in Salt Lake come by the Utah Quilt Guild booth #412 and see me!

I'll try to remember to pull out my camera this time too.

P.S.  You'd think I was a dealer of TAP but honestly I am NOT, I just love the product!

Give Away Day

It is Give-Away-Day over at Sew Mama Sew once again and who doesn't LOVE a giveaway!  I love winning them as much as I love giving them so I'll be blog hopping through the lists as well.  This year I am giving away this lovely book, Modern Sewing Projects:

There are 16 wonderful projects you can make for your home or for fun.  One of the projects is a pattern I wrote for re-useable produce bags:

So to sweeten the pot a bit, I will throw in two small produce bags I made.

They are perfect to take to the farmers market, grocery store 

or use them as a project bag!

And if you would like to buy a larger produce bag, 

feel free to visit my etsy shop.

If you would like a chance at winning the book and bags, leave a comment with your email address and   your favorite thing to buy at the farmer's market.  I love the salt & pepper corn.  SO GOOD!

I will ship international so everyone is welcome to enter my giveaway.

The giveaway will remain open until May 10th.

I will notify the winner before the 12th.

Good luck and don't forget to go check out all the other giveaways listed at Sew Mama Sew.