Quilting "Album of quilters"

Still a ways to go, but the in the ditch quilting between the blocks and the plain block quilting is done. I used Karyn Emmerson's Quilting Inspirations and my Bernina 200e to 'embroider' the quilting designs. Still learning how to do this, it has been a while since I hooked up the embroidery unit, forgot a lot.

Album of Quilters a Top!

Got the signature and a strip of fabric from the last swapper, pieced the block and got the last bit assembled! It is now a top. I'm looking for something to quilt in the alternating plain squares, top of my list at PIQF this week.

This was started last year, one of the UFOs on the 2012 goals - getting there! Now to get busy on this weeks Grandmother's Choice block, a nice easy one, Aunt Eliza.

Album of Quilters progress

Got the blocks mostly assembled, waiting for one more signature (and then will make another block) to replace the duplicate block (I had a couple of extras from the swap) and then finish assembling the last few blocks. This was also a UFO started last year, making progress!

Retreat at Lake Tahoe

Last weekend I got to get away from everything except friends and sewing, with a little wining and dining and lots of fun. A group of quilters that started as an off-shoot of the Dear Jane ™ group, but has expanded, has been retreating yearly, working on quilts, chatting, and generally having a good time. This year I brought along handwork, the Farmers Wife Sampler binding, the Loving Hearts binding and the Celtic knot border for Women of Faith. Both bindings are done! (Thank you Rita for helping with the Hugs for Marilyn Quilt), and two Celtic knot borders have been basted!

“Loving Hearts” is a group quilt made for Marilyn, the organizer of our retreat. Many women contributed heart based blocks and I set them into a quilt, and quilted it. It was a secret until we could show it to Marilyn, but now she knows about it and I can talk about it. That was the big reason I was so silent on quilty progress earlier this year!

I also got signatures for my album block quilt. And I thought of a working title, “An Album of Quilters”. The old blocks are now up on my design wall, 24 of them, got 9 more signatures this weekend, for 33 blocks, need between 42 and 49 blocks, so need a few more. Currently have 44 done, we will see if I need more.

Author's album progress

The SBS and other Elm Creek Yahoo group is having a swap of the Author album blocks. I have been making these along with other things, the bits being leader /enders (see Quiltville for an explanation, Bonnie Hunter's idea), and occasionally doing a bit more. These 6 are done, another 4 are almost done, then I need to make 14 more (they are cut and ready to go!). I still need to sign them.