Dice and Splice class

The Horseshoe Mountain Quilters Opportunity Quilt.

Close up.

Peggy's strippy quilt.

The only photo I took of a student at work.

Dice and Splice Flag Quilt.

I taught my Dice and Splice Flag Quilt at the Horseshoe Mountain Quilters yesterday.  It was fun!  We had a potluck lunch as well. Peggy brought the Opportunity quilt which she had quilted on her long arm quilting machine.  The guild makes a quilt each year to raise funds for a scholarship to Snow College.

Peggy also brought her strippy quilt.  It is the same pattern that Sherre used for her red and black quilt.  It is a 3 dudes pattern.  Even though they both used black, the two quilts are quite different!

New drawings on the chalkboard.

Hawaiian quilts this week.

She wrote a description of the quilt style.

The graffiti side hasn't been redrawn since last week.

View of both sides.

I love the feel of the tropical flowers.

This week the quilt artist drew various Hawaiian quilt designs.  I love that they are all different sizes and that she drew quilting lines.  My drawings are still ghosting in the background.   It will be interesting to see if they show up next week after these quilts are erased.

Sew Day!

 Fabrics for the baby quilt.

Strips all cut!

 Marcia's Owl quilt top.

 French knot eyes.

My wrapped clothesline cord.

 Delicious salad with whole grain carrot muffin. 

 Rhubarb Cake

Another fun Tuesday Sew Day!  We were at Sherre's house this week. We are starting a group project, a baby quilt for our neighbor who is expecting a little boy in July.  We gathered from our stashes some possibly fabrics and then decided that the bright colors would work well with a white on white background.  After Marcia finished her French knot owl eyes, she cut strips for the baby quilt.  Sherre was trying to finish the border on her strip quilt.  I was able to wrap clothesline cord for 3 small bowls.

Sherre made a wonderful green salad.  Homemade pickled beets, tomatoes, avocado and carrots.  She also served a carrot muffin as a side.  And a rhubarb cake with rhubarb and mixed berry sauce!

The Next Round of the Chalkboard Project.

 Brenda 's quilt drawings.

 She drew a variety of blocks that use half square triangles.

 Full view of her drawings.

 The graffiti artist's side.

 A view showing boths sides.

 Reform

 If you look closely, my drawings are still visible.  They didn't erase very well. But I think that will add interest to the project.  Layers of chalk drawings.

Huginn happened to be there when I stopped by this afternoon.  He is leaving Utah tomorrow.

I stopped by the CUAC this afternoon.  My friend, Brenda, had drawn her quilt patterns the day before and I was very curious to see how it turned out.  She used the ruler to line up her pattern drawings.  My quilts were all drawn freehand.  I really like how she used such a variety of blocks for her piece.  I will try to make sure that I get down there to see all the drawings as the project evolves.

If it is Tuesday, it must be Sew Day!

 Sherre worked on tacking down the binding on the pastel quilt.

 She also added borders to the strip quilt.

Marcia started to sew her owl blocks together.

 Jicama salad

 Mango, apple and strawberries.

Healthy lunch!

Another fun sew day!  We were at my house this week.  The puppies still stink a bit, but it is getting better.  So I opened the windows for air and also had pet freshed the carpet before the gang arrived.  I made a jicama salad. It was served with a sliced fresh tomatoes.  I cut up some fresh fruit and served it with some of my homemade yogurt.  I had worked on wrapping more clothesline cord for another basket.  I forgot to take a photo.  A good day!

A New Adventure!

 41"x47"

 There are 2 of the blue and yellow bowls.

Scrappy bowl.

I finally put together an Etsy shop!  I had been considering it for a while.  I have a few more quilts and other items that will be listed next week.  Please take a look and let me know what you think of the layout and descriptions.  I would appreciate any feedback you might have for me.

Thanks.

Sylvia

Sew Day!

Sherre had this quilt out for auditioning borders.  She had learned of the pattern while at Quartszite this winter.  It is a freebie at  3 dudes quilting.

 Sherre sewed the binding on her Ashley's Journey quilt.  It is from a Pie Plate Patterns book.  I think it is in the first Piece of Pie.

 Marcia trimmed her owl and tree blocks.  It is a kit from Connecting Threads.  She did a great job on the buttonhole stitch by machine!

 I sewed down the binding on a broken dishes wall hanging.  I also got the label and sleeve sewn.

Marcia also had her apple quilt top out.  I think she had planned to piece the backing.

Marcia was also working on her blocks for the block of the month club.



Sherre worked on her Twister quilt top after she had finished the binding.

Marcia made a veggie soup in her fancy pants blender.  Along with her favorite lemon slushy and a

3-2-1 cake for each of us.

Back when I was still living in Sacramento, some friends liked to get together for a Sew Day every week.  When I moved back to Utah, I really missed Sew Days.  A couple of my new friends and I started to do Sew Days. They kind of tapered off and eventually we weren't doing them at all.  About a month ago, while we were at Curves and we talked about missing Sew Days and how we should do it again.  So we did!  We are rotating houses, so this was to be my week.  Unfortunately my Peaty and Eddy had gone on a hike with their Dad on Saturday and got skunked!  So my house is still a bit on the smelly side.  So Marcia was kind enough to volunteer her house for this week.  A good time was had by all!