Pop Art

Well our summer is moving along. We've seen movies, gone to Petroglyph's, had lunch out and taken swimming lessons. We leave in a few weeks to the wilds of Washington and Canada on our yearly road trip. There's so much to see and never enough time. Anyways, I managed to finish another store sample in the midst of all our activities. This is called Pop Art with the line Back Porch from Marcus Brothers.

And here is Kayla after being chastised for trying to lay down on the quilt. She did blend in quite well though.

The Man Quilt

Here is another quilt finished for the store. It is made from Dawiabo Japanese fabrics and it is various squares with smaller squares appliqued on. The pattern said to just sew 1/4" inside each of the squares, but I decided I didn't like that. These fabrics fray too easily. Debbie did a great job quilting this although it is hard to see on the picture. There are ducks flying with clouds and then ducks in a pond with reeds down at the bottom.

Bloomin Summer!

I finished two more quilts last week and got one of them quilted on Friday. It is called Bloom BQ and it is a kit at the store. It's funny how my photos never show how pretty the quilts are. I guess I need better lighting, a better camera, etc. The other quilt Debbie wants to custom quilt so I'll be eager to see that one when it is finished. I'm now working on a more complicated one that includes piecing with lots of half-square triangles and applique.

Two More Quilts

Well after my exciting early May (ha ha), I thought I would get back to some of my hobbies. At the quilt store, things started piling up so I took home four samples to get back to the store. Here are two of them: Wildlife Journey and Pansy Contradance. These were the easy ones and I have two more difficult ones to do. Onwards......

Flowers!!!!

Hi everyone: Well I've had a very difficult week but it has ended well. My mother went in for elective surgery to remove a "thingy" on her lung and it turned out to be cancerous. My sister Nili and I flew up on Friday night and after 8 hours of surgery (it was supposed to be only 2 hours), my mom was transfered to ICU. The surgeons also removed the top lobe of her right lung and several lymph nodes. We were waiting for several days to get the results of the biopsies and it was thankfully negative so the cancer had not spread. We spend hours at the hospital getting her to eat, bathing her and helping my father along; and finally I got to come home. My wonderful friend Sue dropped off these lovely flowers and during the week my orchid bloomed as well. Spring is considered the "renewal of life" and it has indeed proved to be so.

My Spring Bag of Roses

I am very fortunate to know a wonderful designer and instructor that teaches at Prairie Queens. Her name is Keiko Clark and not only is she talented, she is a wonderful teacher and a very sweet woman. Anyways, she taught a class called Bag of Roses which all of us gals at the store just love. Debbie and I decided to take the class and here is my final bag. It was very, very labor intensive and took me hours and hours to do the roses, but it was well worth it.

My BunnyHill Blocks

Well, as many of you quilters know, Bunny Hill Designs is one of my favorite websites and blogs. Anne has posted some free monthly blocks on her blog that are perfect for me to use up my charm packs. Every month she posts a new one and I've finally caught up through April. Here they are:

Aren't they cute? Anne will have the whole year and when I'm done, I'll make this into a darling quilt. The blocks are 8" x 8". If you would like to get these, here is the website: http://bunnyhilldesigns.com/dynamic/?page=Free%20Patterns