Quilt Show this weekend!

The Forsyth Piecers and Quilters guild presents

"The Art of Comfort Quilt Show"

March 16-18

Friday, 10am-7pm ~ Saturday, 10am-6:00pm ~ Sunday, 1:00-4:00pm

The Village Inn Golf & Conference Center 

6205 Ramada Dr.

Clemmons, NC 27012

Admission:$5

I'll be working the door Saturday starting at 2p.  Come out and see me at the front desk.  And check out my two quilts

All I want is red wah, wah, wah

1,2,3 Squared

  Keep Dreaming...Colleen

Sneak peak of my Pillow Talk Swap pillow.
When my partner receives it I will blog about how I get inspriation for designing during a swap.

Two Finishes!!!

I went over to Mom and Dad's house to take the pictures.

I finished TWO quilt over the weekend.  These two have been a long time in finishing.  I started it last summer when the challenge was anounced by collecting red and white fabrics . 

  

 The first was "All I want is red, wah,wah,wah" my red and white quilt for the Forsyth Piecers and Quilters guild challenge.   

I love how you can see the individual quilting I did on the blocks from the back.  This quilt has its own web page where you can find out more about its construction.

The next quilt was started backin the summer.  I call it "123 Squared" as I cut strips of 1", 2", and 3" from 8 fat eighths of Jay McCarroll's Habitat fabric and Westminster's Dogwood gray.  

That's my cute Daddy holding the quilts for me. 

 I love how the sun shows the straight line quilting.

  A challenge to Modern Quilt Guilds from The Modern Quilt Guild and Free Spirit fabrics.  I blogged about it here.  You can see quilts created in the challenge here.

Im so proud of my self that I finished TWO quilts in one month!

Come out and see these quilts and more (over 120!) at the Forsyth Piecers & Quilters quilt show this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Keep dreaming...Colleen

Jazzy-girl was being a camera hog.  She was rolling in the dirt on her back all cute and fuzzy.  I told her she was in the shade so she got up, walked a foot away into the sun and proceeded to pose again.

Back to life

Haven't we all felt like this at one time or another?



Kalli in an upside down funk.



I have felt this way for most of May.  Business of a Book Fair, birthday, friends death, Mothers day, swaps, and an ear infection that would not go away.  I never heard of bubbles in the ears.  I think I can finally hear again.  So much to say and I have just not felt like blogging  in the evenings.  But then for a while I just wanted to nap after work. 

The Princessa (aka Jasmine, aka Jazzy-girl) and I hung out on the dock a few times.

And watched the ladybugs crawl.

The columbine in mom's columbine garden were gorgeous

And the other spring flowers have also been glorious.

Hopefully more posts to come soon.

Keep dreaming...Colleen

After almost ten years I finally have a bloom
 on the water lily in my tiny water garden.

Last of the Goodies

I am finally posting the last of the goodies I found at the Quilting and Needle Arts Extravaganza in Statesville two weeks ago. 

This is the Overall Quilter.  She had some wonderful patterns and these cute kits.  I bought one for a needle case and scissor holder.  Also see the little folded fabric with the label on it.  She called these quilt candy!  What a great business card.

After the show I walked a block down and stopped at the Westmoreland Antique mall where I found all the glassware bargains.  I asked about a place to eat saying it didn't matter where I just wanted a good burger and fries.  So look where she sent me...on the way to my car...perfect!

Just a tiny hole in the wall cafe with an awesome menu!

I got the grilled foot long and homemade chips! Yum!

I missed sharing this wonderful civil war era reproduction prints from Renee's Quilt Shop.

They also had an amazing supply of preprinted panels of all sorts.

The repro prints will make amazing centers for the Civil War Quilt block of the week.

Lincoln and his log cabin.

Declaration of Independence I think would be great for the back.

Don't you love this eagle?

Keep dreaming...Colleen



One of my favorite spring pictures...not that I want spring yet.
Snow, snow, snow!



Goodies and a Giveaway (mine)!

So I need to finish my show and share about the Quilting Extravaganza from yesterday's post.

The Cottage Quilt Shop from Taylorsville, NC had some fabric and machines set up for demos. 

They were also selling thread and these genius little bobbins with a magnet in them.  I got two as freebies! They sew so smooth and the thread is wonderful!

I also found these two sweet fat quarters, the one you can't see is a darling bunny repro print.

BTW the glass items I am displaying the fabric in I bought down the street from the Statesville Civic Center at the Westmoreland Antiques and Collectibles in the bargain basement for $.25-$1.00. They will be used to make pincushions for me and some other lucky people.

I love these kitschy fish!  And their all mine!

Five minutes after I walked into the vendor area they picked door prizes and I won a wonderful pattern of my choice from this lovely lady...Annie of Annie's Keepsakes.

I picked this pattern for cupcake pincushions and also bought some sheets of wool felt for future flower and felting projects. 

These lovely ladies from Bill's Sewing Machine CO were just a laugh a minute! 

I found a couple of red and black fabrics for a block swap block and a green print for a bag pattern I have been wanting to make.

Enough Saturday goodies, I will share more later in the week.  Now I have to share these goodies I won in some blog giveaways!

This rotary cutter from the Fat Quarter shop I won on a blog whose name I lost-ugh!  It's wonderful! Thanks!

Then last Friday I received an email from Jessica at Quiltyhabit saying I won her first ever giveaway of a Moda Origins charm pack!

Plus...scraps from her scrap bag!  And you know I love other people's scraps...Look Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms!

Thanks Jessica!

And now for my giveaway!  I have been 90's stash busting again, this time in the pinks and reds.  I found some yardage you may want to use for some Valentine's Day projects.

These pieces range from 1/3 to almost 7/8 yards.  Two pin dots, a heart, and an all over print.

This wonderful red Egyptian print has gold accents.  I may find some ribbon or a few other goodies to add to the mix.

To enter:

1.  Leave a comment below telling me your favorite new fabric line (I'm loving me some Soul Blossoms).

2.  Facebook it and leave a comment below.

3.  Blog about it and leave a comment below.

That's three chances to win.

Contest ends Monday, February 7 at 5pm when I have the random number generator pick a number.  Good luck!

Keep dreaming...Colleen

A great view of Pilot Mountain across a corn field and country side, from Andy Grifin show fame(Mt Pilot).

A Swap Finish!

So I am participating in the Quilting Gallery's Mug Rug Swap. 

 I did the Candle mat Swap in November.  Hopefully I have a better partner this time as something happened to the person who was assigned me.  However Michelle is AWESOME organizer and had Angels lined up to pick up the slack!  I received this beautiful candle mat a few weeks ago from my Angel , Jenn from ND.

So here are the two mug rugs I made for my secret partner.

It was a little hard narrowing down what I wanted to do as she has no blog, no flickr account, no preferences, and not even a pet listed!  She said she was up for anything so I hope she likes them

I used my leftovers from the BE Mine Blog Tour projects and mad this cute Valentine's mug rug.  I even used pin pearl cotton and added a heart.

The I went through my fav scraps and paper pieced this mug.  I quilted it with orange and green pearl cottons.

And here is the back and binding .

I said I would share some of the goodies I found at the Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza in Statesville, NC.  First up is the Cottage Quilt Shop from Taylorsville, NC. 

and I will have to continue later as I cant find my pictures of the goodies :o( , plus I am tired from being sick the last two days.  At least the temp is gone and the yuckiness too.  See you later

keep dreaming...Colleen

I love these old tobacco barns, this one had a lovely view.