July Update

Greetings friends! Realized I haven't added anything to this blog for several months so thought I would catch you all up on what I've been up to. This quilt is one of my own designs called Cotton Candy Pinwheel. This one is a baby crib blanket and was all paper pieced. The pieces were very small so it took some time but it really catches your eye with the unusual geometric line design. This is not a quilt that can be assembled quickly, but the small pieces really make it a "labor of love" quilt. I've already sold this one so I'm going to make another one to keep when I have the time.

This next quilt is a wallhanging double wedding ring quilt that I made for a lady from my church out of her mother's old wedding dress. It is done in crazy quilting style in the circle centers. This was my first wedding ring quilt and was quite challenging, but I love it. My son, who recently got engaged, asked me to make one for him and his fiance out of Iowa Hawkeye and Cyclone fabrics because he is a Cyclone fan and his fiance is a Hawkeye fan. Fortunately, the two schools color blend well together. So I'm doing it with pieced Hawkeye (yellow & black) rings interlocking with pieced Cyclone (marroon & gold) rings on white background. Just started working on it yesterday. It's going to be a queen size so it's going to take quite a while to get done.

I'm getting excited because it's almost time for me to pack up my stuff and head for Highland, Illinois where I'll be having a quilting retreat with my 2 sisters and my daughter who lives in the St. Louis area. Should be a lot of fun and hopefully I'll get a lot done on the Cyclone/Hawkeye quilt too. We've got the run of a quilting shop in Highland for a 3 day weekend. Stay tuned for updates on the retreat and my next designed quilt that I am finishing up now.