This week so far…

Winnie’s green and white bed spread quilt – digital design Trellis – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Sprearming

Connie’s Santa quilt – freehand – client supplied batt – Omni threads in cream and dark red.

Annie’s Goat Rescue quilt – freehand – Hobbs 80/20 and Omni thread in light tan

Donna’s patriotic quilt – Digital design Star Spangled Banner – Hobbs 80/20 – Omni thread in cream

Quilt retreat!

Just back from quilt retreat – Got lots of work done!

I made one more top, but will have to get a photo of it later

But it was not all sewing – Kettunan Center has lovely trails to walk and yoga was done as well. Lots of good food, good friends and laughter.

Baby quilting

One of two for Marcia – digital design Trellis – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in white

 

 

Quilting and a road trip.

I took a couple of days off this past week for a road trip to visit my daughter. Yay!

But I did get some quilting done –

Janice’s baby quilt – digital design Cloudy Day – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread

And Dorothy’s scrappy quilt – digital design Malachite – MM cotton batt and Omni thread in med. gray.

It’s been a busy quilting week

I am working extra hard because I will be out of the studio for a few days this month and have a full slate of quilts scheduled.

Two for Gayla

Digital design Trellis – Dream Wool batt – Omni thread in purple

Digital design – Dazzle – Dream Wool batt – Omni thread in teal

/

One for Pat – digital design Phoenix – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in light teal

 

One for Ardella – digital design Stitcherie – Hobbs 80/20 batt and Omni thread in Blue Steel.

Latest weaving projects

Shawl/wrap in raspberry shades. Houndstooth pattern. Superwash wool from Leading Men Fiberarts.

And a man’s scarf. 8 dent heddle. Wool blend yarn. Clasped weft technique learned from Kelly Casnovia

Friday quilts

Tulips from Grace – digital design Hip Square – hobbs batt – omni thread in white

And a layer cake quilt from Bette – digital design Chino – hobbs batt and Omni thread in drk gray.

Back to full-time quilting

The AQS show was great and I had lots of fun (and far more people-time than I am used to) But now it’s back to work. My studio missed me 😉

Two for Janice – digital design Cleopatra Feathers – Dream cotton batt and Permacore in Opal

Digital design Pearce – Dream cotton batt and Omni in light turquoise

And one of three for Grace – digital design Kindling – Hobbs 80/20 batt – Omni thread in med. Gray.

Tariffs and the craft industry

I know a lot of people who are proud that they do not pay attention to politics. I know even more people who think that the person sitting in the White House hundreds or maybe thousands of miles away doesn’t affect them. So I felt it was important to share this article from the Craft Industry Alliance –

https://craftindustryalliance.org/craft-industry-fears-major-fallout-from-new-tariff-activity/

I also received a letter from Joann Fabrics last week which unfortunately I did not save. Here is an article in Bloomberg about it –

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/retailer-joann-calls-on-crafters-to-oppose-trump-s-tariffs

If you do not care for Bloomberg you can google Joann Fabrics and Tariffs and there are plenty of other news sources with similar articles.

 

Christmas Mice

Carla’s Christmas Mice quilt – freehand quilting – Omni threads – Hobbs 80/20 batt. Carla was nice enough to get back to me on the pattern for this top. It can be found here – https://www.cherilefflerdesigns.com/product-page/deck-the-halls