Contemporary Traditions

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I got a chance to use a new panto last week on this bug quilt. The Panto is by Michelle Wyman and is from Willow Leaf Studios. It is called Lotsa Ladybugs. Isn’t it cute?!! It was just perfect for this quilt!

Be still my heart… I love having a quilt on the quilting table that has feathers on it.

I’m always looking for good fine motor activities for my daughter, T. Last week I came across a post about ragamuffin garland at Nesting Place. So I decided we would make a garland for our mantle. It is great practice for T as she just has to tie and tie and tie and tie… and when we finally get done we will have a lovely garland to festoon our family room mantle.

As you can see, T thinks that it looks best in full motion!

Thank you to all who have worked to secure our nation’s freedom and safety!

I’ll be teaching a class next week on drawing freehand feathers for your quilts. We’ll be learning how to fill in areas with a continuous line of feathers, curls and ribbons. We will be drawing on paper and then practicing on a longarm machine. The skills that the students learn can also be applied to free motion quilting on a domestic machine.

If you are in the San Antonio area, please join us!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1PM-5PM

Quilter’s Point

15614 Huebner Road, Suite 115

San Antonio, Texas 78248

210-408-0900

The cost for the class is $40.00

Goose Chase is done!! How exciting to know that I can put it in the mail to my BIL/SIL!

Hm-m-m-m. Does this mean I can start a new project?!!!

This quilt is a rainbow of colors and patterns. My customer’s mother had pieced the top in the 70’s and it is now ready to be wrapped around it’s new owner, a newborn baby.

The backing and binding are made from a soft blue flannel with tiny stars and I quilted it with a clamshell pattern.

Peter Pan had a blast flying around the neighborhood collecting candy last night. She just kept saying, “I love Halloween, I love Halloween!”