Retreat Time Nearly Here

We had guild meeting yesterday, a stash sale, and a trunk show put on by Mary Ewing of Quilts of Valour in our area. It was such a successful day! I sold lots of my existing stash . The trunk show was very inspiring! Now that the meeting is over, I can concentrate on getting ready for retreat...we leave next Tuesday morning, and I can't wait, 3 nights, 4 days of sew much fun!!!! I hope to work on some UFOs, one of which is to machine piece my Inklingo NYB blocks together, woot, woot.

I'm finally getting things back to normal after we had the hardwood floors resanded and varnished. The mess was amazing, I think I got about 90 % of the dust out!!!

I don't think we need mirrors in the house anymore, we had them done in gloss finish and they're beautiful!!!!

One more thing I wanted to tell you about.....I found the most amazing thing for quilters wanting to organize!!! LOL, now isn't that you????? If  you go over  to Taryn's blog, Pixels to Patchwork,   here  you will find these wonderful Free Printable: Quilt Project Sheets.

Now we can keep all our projects in order of what state they're in, individually and all on one sheet.

I just love them. Make sure you tell her I sent you and of course, leaving a comment to Thank her. How generous she was to make these for us all to use!!!

Till we meet again!!!

Ruth

 

My Favorite Quilt 2012

My Favorite Quilt of 2012 is the title of this weeks Quilting Gallery Contest. Yes its a new way that Michele has set up the contests. Now anyone can promote their quilt so I'm asking that you check this weekend's quilts out. Mine is called Soft Place to Fall and it is done entirely by hand using Inklingo..http://www.inklingo.com/.

downloadable shapes to print on fabric.

If you like mine, I would appreciate you voting on it.

                                You can go  to vote here

Only a Log Cabin could bring me back to my Blog

I Have been meaning to write this blog post for a long time! It seems my posts are going to be few and farther between!  There's a reason for this..... I took over the program chair for our local quilt guild , and boy is it a BIG job!!!So I decided some thing had to suffer and I guess it was going to be the blog! So I wanted to come here and let my followers know what was going on. Well I kept procrastinating......until this weekend when I got the e mail from Fons and Porter asking me to review their new free e book...well after seeing some other blogs this week, I realized they sent it to a lot of bloggers! I had to be the RIGHT one though...as the challenge that I chose for the guild this year was.....Log Cabin Revisited!!! So I was so eager to see this free book, and I can tell you, it is absolutely amazing!!!!As well as some fantastic info and samples of  different types of Log cabin Blocks and it's free!! So without further ado, go here to get your free copy! Enjoy , enjoy, enjoy!!!!

Shipshewana Indiana Trip

 I'm back! It seems like I've been on the go most of the summer! All fun though!!!! Here are some pics from a recent bus trip I took with friends to Shipshewana Indiana!

Mine's free , is yours Elaine?

On the Bus

Marylynn got a hangover from these! LOL
Didn't she Ina?

Colleen's biting her nails, but those border guards can't scare Shannon! Now get off that bus, you bunch of Terrorist Quilters!

Let's relax and have a bottle of wine! ( Hey, they're on my bed!)

The floral quilt gardens were amazing!

Amazing Barn Quilts!

dahlia Gardens, WOW!!!!

Lots of new friends made!

In a quilt design shop.

This quilt was just amazing!

Lots of places like this!

Lollys ...an amazing quilt shop!

We went back to the bus in style after we visited Lollys for the fourth time!

Lots of Amish at the Market.

The three Musketeers Back together again!

Now do you really think we had a good time? From left to right, Marylynn, Elaine, Ruth(me), Ina, Shannon, and Colleen. 

A boatful of Remnants. Thanks for the great time Girls. Let's do it again real soon!

I’m now trying to use Windows Live Writer on my Blog!

Well here goes nothing!!! LOl

I’m trying out Windows Live

Writer. I found a tutorial, here.

on, @home Take 2! So I’m

trying it out, so far so good.

Check it out fellow bloggers!

below you’ll see an amazing

quilt just finished by a friend

of mine. She’s an amazing

appliquer. Some day I just may

try it too.

 

 

Back from Newfoundland and Another Inklingo Finish

I spent most of last week In Conception Bay Newfoundland visiting family! What a wonderful place it is! If you've never seen Canada's great island province, you're missing an amazing place.
Before I went I finished my newest Inklingo quilt. My Pickled Clamshell. I must admit ...I love this quilt!!!

Destashing and The Union Jack!

What a great time summer is. In Canada we try to fill as much in as possible in the summer. This year the weather has been like Australia though!!! I have spent a little time in the studio when not travelling the countryside! In fact I finally finished up my Drunkard's Trail, using the amazing Inklingo! The only machine sewing is the border!!!
Now to my stash reduction. Below you will find a Kit including pattern for  Victory Garden Quilt. The pastel colours are the ones in the kit, not the ones on the pattern front. I bought this kit last year, and it's not available any more. It's a Moda kit. Fabric is Northcote Range from Cabbage and Roses of Moda. It includes the fabric for everything except the backing. Fiished size is 56 x 62 inches. What a timely quilt kit for right now and the Olympics being in England. And boy those beautiful Union Jack blocks. I've included pictures of the fabrics in the kit too.
I only accept Paypal and charge actual shipping from Canada. Price is $80.00 US, that's 20% off the original price.If you're interested just e mail me or respond below. 
There is also a photo of a black and white print, $6.00 per yard and I think there's 3 yards. Have to check as it's pouring right now and I'm not going to studio in this rain. Please stop by often as I hope to do lots more destashing in the next few days.
Thanks
Ruth