Friday, May 4, 2012

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

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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!



Saturday, April 28, 2012

CUAC exhibit opening night!

 It was hard work trying to get the chalkboard into the cabin.
 At this point, I really didn't think they could do it.
 They ended up taking off one of the legs and then reattaching it.
 My side before I started.
 A long afternoon of drawing on the board.
 With Huginn Arason the artist who arranged this project.
 The graffiti artist's side unfinished.
 And then finished.
A view where you can see both sides at once.

An artist from Iceland, Huginn Arason, was invited to exhibit at the Central Utah Art Center
His idea was to combine graffiti artists with quiltmakers.  An elaborate chalkboard was constructed. The graffiti artist was to draw a word that begins with re on one side and also have a quilter draw block designs on the other side.  It will be an ongoing display, drawings erased and then redraw by other artists.  I volunteered to do the first quilt design for opening night.  What an experience!  I had never really drawn much on a chalkboard before.  I choose not to use a ruler, rather draw the quilt patterns freehand.  I really haven't had a drawing type class since probably Jr. High.  The project was well received at the opening reception last night!  I was pleased to be a part of the project.







Thursday, April 26, 2012

I am a featured quilter!

Me, Sandy and Lisa B. having dinner at last year's festival!

I am going to be teaching at the Panguitch Quilt Walk in June.  It is always a lot of fun!  They have all kinds of things that the whole family can enjoy.  I especially like the Chocolate Fest!  I just found out I am featured on the Quilt Walk blog this week!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

A wonderful visit from some great friends!

 Fun with Friends!
Eddy
Peaty

Lisa and Sandy came to stay at my house before the Pie Plate Patterns spring retreat!  We had a good time!  We walked up Canyon Road to do a Geocache with the "boys".  A good time was had by all!  My photos didn't turn out very well, so these are Lisa's.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Quilting in the Aspens

 Just outside the dining room.
 Sewing area.
View from the sewing area.


Wendy Liddle invited me to do a trunk show and a demo for a quilt retreat at Aspen Grove.  I had never been there before and so this was a nice adventure.  Everyone was so friendly!  The venue was absolutely gorgeous!  I had a wonderful time!  Thanks Wendy and friends!