Summer-Mini Swap

Hooray! My swap buddy, Tara sent me a wonderful mini-quilt along with some fabulous goodies. Our challenge was to make something that reminded us of summer. Note Tara's writing, "Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability." By Sam Keen. That's what I'm talking about. I love the saying.

Along with the quilt, Tara sent a note to me, a package of "nickel squares," and 3 great fabric cards with envelops. This is so neat. Thank you Tara! Make sure you click on the link to Tara's blog to see what she's up to now.

Favorite Fabric Monday

An oldie but goodie - "Bee Chamers" - Jennifer Sampou for P&B Textiles. I've had this fabric for at least 8 years and have used it in several projects. There's just something about it that makes me smile.

And The Winner Is.......

Mary! Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of the "cow" block from my tutorial post. Just "E" me your mailing address and I'll get your package in the mail.

Favorite Fabric Monday

"Century of Progress" - Prints from the Allentown Art Museum, Birch, 1933 by P&B Textiles ........ This is just one of those fabrics that caught my eye. I have no particular project in mind at this time.

Second "T"

I finally finished the second "T-shirt" quilt top for a friend of mine. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, so now I'm thinking of doing one for myself.....I have a collection of Ts from my years of teaching school.

New Thingy!

Don't bother adjusting your monitors.....LOL.....these pics were made from a wonderful thing that I've just recently discovered.

As with everyday life, I've been really busy these past couple of weeks but finally the other day I got around to looking through one of my newer quilting magazines....can't remember which one........anyway, as I read it through, at the very back of it was an add, with pictures, about how-to jazz up your quilts by using a type of software that turns a picture of any kind, into a "Montage". Well, I just had to have it......yes I did........that's really all I need......a new project.........LOL..............I ordered it right away and faster than you could say " WACKY"...it arrived day before yesterday..........I've been playing every since.

The new thingy is "Photo Montage" by ArcSoft. It allows you to paste a photo onto its clipboard and then, said photo, with a click of a button, is turned into a beautiful montage using all kinds of tiny pictures. Now my head is spinning with possibilities for blocks and quilts.

I'm going to need more time........LOL

T-Shirt Quilt / September Give Away

Don't forget my "Followers" September give-away. Just leave a comment at the LINK to be considered. The deadline is September 25th!!!!!

The T-shirt quilt is my first attempt at working with Jersey material. A friend of mine is going to have it quilted by one of my "wacky" sisters, Kath. T-shirt fabric is very stretchy and needs stabilizing. As for the other blocks, I used a Stack-N-Slash method.

Favorite Fabric Monday

3-D Print by Hoffman International Fabrics - Screen Print - I loved this fabric so much that I bought 5 yards of it way back when......like 1995ish. I still have plenty......I'm thinking "sky" for my next project.

Favorite Fabric Monday

Nancy Crow for John Kaldor - Fabricmaker -PTY. LTD. This fabric was one of my earlier buys, when I was into unusual designs. I still use it on occasion.

Shadow Tutorial

The vidoes are finally done. Please feel free to turn off my music on the Sidebar so that it's easy to hear the tutorial. As promised, here are 3 videos of the process I use to make a "shadowed block." A surprise for everyone, including my loyal "Followers" is that I'm giving this block away as my September Give Away. So if you're interested, just leave a comment and your name will be placed in "the hat". The drawings will take place September 25th. I have left plenty of space around the block for whatever application you desire. If something wasn't clear, please comment about that, as well, & I will be happy to chat with you to make things clearer.