Beth, Karol, and I
enjoyed the
Berrien Towne & Country
Quilt Guild's
Quilt Show
What a wonderful display of quilts!
Such a talented group of quilters!
The show booklet was nicely done
(excited to find the Erica's coupon, will come in handy this month)
(photo at the top) We sat in on two demos --- the first one was about how to paper piece quilt blocks, great for precision piecing! the other demo was on crayon tinting. We had a simple flower drawn on muslin (freezer paper backing) with pigma pen. The idea is to lightly color with crayons. when you like the result - heat up your iron and press to heat set. Peel off the paper and embroider/embellish the blocks.
Wandered thru the vendors & picked up
two needlebooks with leaf prints. They are done with acrylic paints!
Picked out two wool kits/packs to make cupcake pincushions.
I didn't buy the instructions; however,
Karol looked at the pices
& showed me basically how to put it together.
Wish me luck.
Found a cute 'kittie' panel.
picture here
What a wonderful day with friends : )
Picked it up from the library this afternoon ...
Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt
by Beth Hoffman
I've heard so much about this book
And thx Beth for picking up
the latest issue of
PieceWork Magazine!
Enjoyed the article & pictures
of the Heart Ornament 2010 contest!
WOW! Such talent!
Boarded the South Shore this a.m.
and headed into Chicago w/Alex, youngest son.
We wanted to view the Matisse exhibit before it closed on June 20th. It was an interesting exhibit and showed how Henri Matisse was inspired by other artists & developed his own way of expressing his ideas.
I think Alex was more impressed by the jade displays, ancient coins, blades, and Sound & Vision exhibit.
The Sound & Vision exhibit was in gallery 188, Modern Wing - It was unique! On one wall there was a tv set on and when cars zoomed accross the screen, they sounded a musical tone! Each lane of traffic had a unique tone. Traffic as art - awesome.
The Lions at AIC are still decked out with the Blackhawks Helmets.
I have tried two more times to get a simple pink heart completed
That reverse work just gets me confused
I'll be moving along & all of a sudden .... oops!
Trying again this afternoon
You'd think by now, I'd be able to get
a larger bit of tatting completed ...
I'm going to try marking the pattern as I go along
and triple counting the rings before closing them
There must be a trick to opening a closed ring - I just get a mess
Meanwhile, I emptied my shuttles & made some smaller motifs
for cards (and for friends who requested some! --- I haven't forgotten)
Perhaps I just need MORE shuttles!!! LOL
two needlebooks with leaf prints. They are done with acrylic paints!
