Quilt Progress

I just got back from The UPS Store. My entries for the 2013 AQS show are on their way to Paducah! I believe awards are going to be announced Tuesday, April 23. It would be nice to win a little prize but I consider it an honor just to have 2 quilts accepted in this years' AQS show.

Currently on my design wall is Dave and Christy's wedding quilt. (I think they've been married for five or six years already!) 

It has over 5300 pieces and is taking some time to sew together. The pattern is from Judy Martin's "Log Cabin Quilt Book", an excellent resource for Log Cabin Quilts.

Here are samples of the two main blocks. The four blocks on the top are complete. The six on the bottom were unfinished when this picture was taken.

Below you can see the pattern coming together. I have three rows completed with the fourth in progress. There is a pieced border to add yet as well.

This project has not been without challenges. I have to trim one set of the blocks for some reason and I sewed the sashing pieces together on a different machine than the blocks so the seam allowances were off just a bit. I have to go back and tweak 84 sashing pieces to fit the blocks. I'm not a perfect quilter after all. Even without having to correct mistakes, I've got a few quilt friends who let me know how imperfect I am!

Bold Vision

There is a nice article in our local paper about me this morning. Here is the link.

Daily Interlake


I thought I'd include in this post a photo of one of my hand-dyed fabrics. This is from a couple years ago. Seeing this really makes me want to dye some more fabric...Maybe during Spring Break!

Hand-dyed fabric

Paducah, Kentucky!

Way back in January, I prepared a couple of entry forms for the American Quilter's Society annual quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky. I have never entered this show before so I thought I'd give it chance. According to the entry rules, notifications were going to be sent out the first week of March.

Yesterday in the mail, I received two large manila envelopes (which were actually white, not manila)  from the American Quilter's Society. I was quite pleased with the size of the envelopes as rejection letters usually come in your standard business size. These being large white manila envelopes got me to thinking that I wasn't going to be despised and rejected (subtle Handel reference) by a jury of my peers.

But you never know until you read the fine print!

 As you can see by the fine print, (Thank the good Lord above)  I have two quilts accepted to the American Quilter's Society annual quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky.

So first things first, I had to make myself a celebratory Martini. You'll noticed that one of the accepted quilts serves as a nice background!

Unfortunately, as of this writing , I have no plans to go to Paducah to enjoy the show myself so I will just have to interrogate the quilts upon their return.

Now for the accepted entries:

Composition in Black and White 

And

Twist and Turns

I hope some of you will have the chance to see the quilt show in Paducah.