The never ending wedding

*Ive been trying to post this all week since before my sisters wedding.  But the few moments I had time to my internet has been spotty.  I lost half of the post with the  pictures because it wouldnt save.  So pretend it is last Friday.  LOL!  Wedding post to come soon.

My sisters wedding is tomorrow.  Im excited and relieved.  Excited for her future happiness and relieved because there seems to be a lot of stress associated with wedding planning.  Take my maid of honor dress which I went to pick up, again, today.  First time the dress didnt fit.  Despite the sample dress STILL fitting me perfectly, the one ordered of the same size did not.  They said the sample was all stretched out.  Mmm, lot of stretch. So they ordered a different size.  Now the top of the dress was way too big.  So they said they would take it in.  A large chain store specializing in dresses and alterations for those dresses should know what they are doing right?  Wrong.  Went to pick up my dress today.  Tried it on and the 'fitting' was ridiculous!  The sides of the bust were bulging with extra fabric and boning.  I look down and see large WHITE stitches just inside the tops edge of my very PLUM dress!  I mean really!  So tonight, between the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner I will attempt to pick it up again.  Luckily its close to the restaurant.

So here is some eye candy from a couple of weeks ago. 

 I found these awesome containers at a yard sale and bought them along with a ceramic white with green lid tea canister, four pieces of silver plate and two advertising thimbles all for $2!  You know my motto-Why spend $50 when you can spend 50 cents!  The middle one without the lid will be a thread catcher somewhere.

Extra!  Fun news!  Do you subscribe to Julie at Intrepid Thread's newsletter?  If not check it out. Her online store is one of my favorite places to get fabric from.   This month I have a pattern for a Simply Charming Tree skirt.  

The newsletter usually comes out on or around the 15th of the month and usually has some nice patterns in it.

***Saturday is the Color Run in Charlotte!  Can't wait!!

keep dreaming...Colleen

Awesome wedding weekend!!!

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"Kelly and Jamie at the rehearsal dinner at Bleu-good times, good times!"

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Quilt Bloggers Festival-time to vote!

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My entry is number: 496

 

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Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2012

Its time again for Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2012! 

 I actually have a selection of quilts to chose from this year.  It was a hard choice but I decided on my Scrappy Stellar Star wedding quilt.

I made this quilt for a friend's wedding.  A friend was teaching a class for her original pattern.  I loved the quilt and wanted to make it and spend two days with others in a class.  I LOVED making this quilt!  I want to make it again in Aneela Hoey's Sherbet pips.  You can make it with a jelly roll and some yardage for the background which I have!  The class was in August and I was all ready to go!

I had the strips and background fabric cut before the class.  I shopped my stash for a scrappy look.  Actually I had more then enough strips cut!

I even started making some string blocks with the odd left over scraps.  I still have plenty of scraps to make more...a new quilt?  

It was so much fun sewing with the ladies. 

 The class was two Saturdays in a row. 

 Two 4 hour days of nothing but chatting and sewing.

 It went together so smoothly. Everyone gave each other input.  I loved it!

Here are some of the other tops made with this pattern.  They are all so different!

Dad's Jazzy-girl helped me to baste the quilt.

I machine quilted in on my Babylock Sofia.  I've realized this is NOT the machine to quilt such a large quilt.  It has no room in the throat area.  But I persevered!

I sewed my gloves to the quilt a few times.  I know I'm not the only one to this.  These are 99 cent gardening gloves that work great!

It fits a full mattress nicely and has enough drape for a queen!

I had plenty of leftover strips to make a matching scrappy binding.  I love to make my bindings even before I finish the quilt top and wind them on these old bobbins.

I bought a bunch recently in Hillsville at the Flea Market.

I sewed the binding by hand while watching Bonnie Hunter on Quiltcam.

I used extra fabric to piece the back.

I did a little graffiti writing.  The couples names, their wedding date, handmade by me, and a few love is... quotes.

Im gifting it to this lovely couple next week.  Caroline and Davis.  Caroline is an artist I worked with.  She has always been so supportive of me when I returned to quilting 2.5 years ago.  She has been a wonderful friend I miss since she move away to live with her hubby.

I didnt just want to put it on a pile of packages.  I wanted to give it to them in person.  But they live 2 hours away.  Luckily they will be in town next week for an art show all three of us have pieces in.

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats

Finished quilt measures : 84″x 84″

Special techniques used : strip piecing, FMQ, graffiti writing.

Pattern:  Scrappy Stellar Star by Kelly Wood

Quilted by : Colleen Yarnell

Best Category : Bed Quilt, Scrap Quilt, 

keep dreaming...Colleen

Done!