Sunday, October 4, 2015

Another Baby Quilt

     Another baby quilt is finished and ready to be given to it's mama and daddy VERY soon!




This quilt was a lot of fun to make and since it was small enough for me to handle, I was able to quilt it myself after I finished assembling it.  It really makes me feel good when I can do a quilt from start to finish!




I'll be gifting this to my nephew and his significant other Megan on October 18th.  I'm hoping I can get a picture of her with it :)

This quilt measures 40 X 48 and was made using "Out to Sea" by Sarahjane for Michael Miller Fabrics.....and made entirely from my stash!

Peggy


Friday, October 2, 2015

Trunk Show

     Way way back in the day I fell in love with Pat Sloan's first fabric line.  I probably bought every single line after that and then joined her block of the month clubs AND bought her books and patterns.......was I obsessed?  Absolutely!

       I used to ask my local shop if she could get Pat to come for a trunk show and she always promised she'd try.....and then I guess everything lined up nicely and voile, Pat's doing a trunk show and 2 days of classes at Quilting Possibilities!

       Tonight was that trunk show.....



Pat was showing off her 2015 Mystery Quilt.........My picture doesn't do it justice.  Suffice it to say, I'm sorry I didn't follow along this year.  I will for sure next year though :)

I loved hearing how Pat got into the business and enjoyed her slide show.  She still has her 1st quilt and subsequent quilts that she made for her different books.

I sat right next to this quilt and have also admired it on Pat's blog so I bought the pattern and then when I got home I IMMEDIATELY ordered the fabrics to make it.  As Pat said, it was all about the polka dots...they made the entire quilt!

I also bought a fat quarter bundle of her new line, 4 yards of her red sunflower-like fabric and for this weekend only, if you bought 4 yards you got 2 yards free so YES, I bought 2 yards of the green dot, and a black on white pin dot .  I will most likely use the black on white pin dot for the background for whatever I end up making.


Debbie and Jim at Quilting Possibilities had little gift bags and dessert for all the girls that attended....


Pat Sloan is an absolute doll and a joy to talk to.  I wish I could have attended a class but since I couldn't, I'm just happy to have been able to attend the trunk show.  
If you ever have the opportunity to attend one of Pat's trunk shows, you really have to!  

Peggy