Soiree

My friend Michelle and I are making this quilt together. Unfortunately Michelle has been sick but I wanted to get this done so she could see what it will look like. The original pattern had a bunch of yucky 3-D stuff and then some ruffles along the middle and sides. I actually prefer it this way and I even scalloped the border which is something I don't like to do very often. Enjoy!

Birds and Bees

Here is my latest quilt which surprisingly went together very quickly. I did the piecing in one day and the applique in another. Then I spent a few hours today putting it together. It's an interesting line of fabric from Jason Yenter from In The Beginning fabrics. I like the overall look of it as well. It's very modern. I hope you like it too.

Aviary Strip Quilt

Hi everyone: Well I'm slowly getting back into my projects at home. Jethro and I are divorcing soon so I hope to be rid of him permantently (see previous blog). I have finished another quilt called Aviary Strip Quilt. This is from Moda's Three Sisters line called Aviary that I just LOVE. The quilt is big too (a full size) and I quilted it at the shop using a pattern that has birds and berries (but I won't ever use again on a large quilt). It took forever to finish, but it was worth it!

I'm a bad blogger

I know it has been some time since I blogged and I'm sorry. I've actually have not had anything finished in some time in terms of quilting and have recently injured my achilles tendon. It doesn't help to use the presser foot on my sewing machine either. So I have this huge boot which the girls at the shop have named "Jethro" and I clunk around with it in hopes to repair my tendonitis. In the meantime we went to Tahoe this week while the girls were off school and went tubing, played in the snow, took a sleigh ride, and had a great time. I also saw one of my "men" and had to take a photo.

Garden Path

One of our favorite hobbies here at the Bailey house is gardening and while the sky is gloomy and we are anticipating a week-long rain event, we can't help to think ahead to spring. Mark and I have some yard planning in the works including a new arbor over in a corner where he has his hammock and which we can train our wisteria to grow upon. In the meantime, I finished a quilt for the store called Garden Path which features a panel and coordinating fabrics. I hope you like it. It will be a perfect addition to my ever changing quilt wall when spring arrives.

Bunny Hill BOM is done

Many of you quilters know that Anne Sutton of famed Bunny Hill Designs (one of our favorite local designers) had a free pattern for a Block of the Month last year. Well I diligently printed them out and kept up and now I have a finished quilt. I admit that I actually forgot about it in December until I saw Debbie printing out her copy and then I busily got to work finishing it. Well I have it now and I put all the embellishments on and voila! Enjoy.

Happy New Year!

I hope all my family and friends had a wonderful holiday and great new year. We got all our decorations put away and then I left for the weekend to spend time in Monterey on my annual quilting retreat. I had a great time. Laughed alot, didn't sleep much and quilted a ton! Here is a picture of my finished mystery quilt and some of the scenery from our hotel. I love the Beach Resort in Monterey. It is so quiet and right on the water. I definitely got my wave therapy.

Below is April and I out taking photos of the sunset.