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PIQF 2015

I was looking forward to visiting PIQF this year. It ended up being a mixed bag. TFQ couldn’t come down, but Julie and I went together. I didn’t have a lot of time to look at everything, but I also didn’t spend a lot of money. So both good and less good.

I was excited about the changes that the Mancusos said they were making. Last year they said they would make changes to freshen up the show. I didn’t see many changes and that was disappointing. They added a Modern category and there were a few quilts I would classify as modern, including some from BAMQG.

Of course I saw quilts, which always makes me want to run home and sew. One I saw was in the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles special exhibit. This historic quilt from SJMQT is double anonymous (1915 with no named maker and an anonymous donor). It is a very modern design in the sense of the modern quilt movement aesthetic. I am sad that I don’t know who made this because I want to know what she was thinking when she (he?) designed the quilt. This is a good reminder to LABEL YOUR QUILTS!

TQS put up some posts about winners at PIQF. I didn’t look much at the award winners, because the area was always mobbed, so…

TQS PIQF Winners pt. 1

TQS PIQF Winners pt. 2

TQS PIQF Winners pt. 3

You may need a subscription, but I don’t think so. The videos look like they are just on the blog. There may be ads.

Song of the Sea by Kathy McNeil of Tulalip, Wash

After manning the BAMQG Opportunity Quilt booth, I did stop and snap a pic of Song of the Sea. I love this quilt. I love the colors and the movement. Kathy McNeil of Tulalip, Washington did a wonderful job. The design looks inspired and if you have ever seen an octopus, it does look like they are dancing when they move. I was on my way out after the show closed so I had to be quick.

Manning the booth was fun. People stopped by and said hello and I got to invite people to the meetings while trying to sell them tickets. I left the booth with about $140 of sales. Some were from earlier in the day, but that was a good day’s total.

Julie and I did a quick circuit on Thursday of all of the quilts except for some to the left of the entrance. I only had 4 hours that day to see the quilts, because of my schedule for the rest of the weekend, but we had a good time and were pleased to see the quilts we saw.

Cherrywood had a Wicked Quilt Challenge and the quilts were at the show. I really enjoyed looking at them. There is something very appealing about quilts that are made with all of the same colors. I also like the gear and clock details.

Gears and clocks appeal to me, I think, because I saw the Crazy Time (The Clocks Quilt) quilt by Alethea Ballard of Walnut Creek, California right when we walked in. This quilt could be a hot mess, but it really works and I love the clocks. I also like the cascade of flowers. I am sad that I didn’t have time to study this quilt, but am glad I snapped a photo, so at least I can study the photo.

I really didn’t take many photos. There were a lot of the same looking quilts that I have seen in previous years.

The few I did photograph really appealed to me or inspired me in some way.

Caroline Wilkinson of the UK did a fantastic job on Not Much Sunshine, Plenty of Shadows. I stuck my nose right up to the quilt and must have looked at it for 5 minutes. I love the grid (do I have a geometric thing going?) and what the artist did with the stitching over the grid.

Caroline Wilkinson, UK, Not Much Sunshine, Plenty of Shadows

Caroline Wilkinson, UK, Not Much Sunshine, Plenty of Shadows detail

I didn’t have much time to look at the vendors, but I did pick up FOTY 2014 from Colleen who was vending there. Normally, I stop and chat, but her booth was mobbed and she was rushing around cutting fabric, so I said I would catch up with her later.

I also stopped at Deb Tucker’s booth, which happened to be right across from Colleen! I wanted to see the Square2 ruler, which was recommended in the Fons & Porter show I watched that got me on the Carpenter’s Wheel bandwagon. Her booth was also mobbed and there was no chance of me getting to talk to her. Deb was demoing away like a crazy woman. Makes me wish I had gone to the preview. Oh well.

Anyway, I looked at the ruler and just couldn’t see how I could use it for more than the Carpenter’s Wheel block. Also, I like the way I am using two Flying Geese units rather than the Diamond Square unit. The FGs add more interest to the background, IMO. So I passed, but being the ruler junkie that I am I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I remembered the YM’s scout patches and how I want to put the patches that don’t go on his uniform on a block and make it into a quilt. Lots of work! I realized that I could use that ruler to make Diamond Square units in a lot of different sizes that would work with his patches. I had a friend buy the ruler for me and I will pay her back. I better start thinking about that scout quilt. 😉

Of course, Russian Rubix was on display, so Julie snapped a photo of me standing in front of the quilt. I was pleased to see it hung for the first time, especially when I saw how flat it hung. Hooray!

Creative Prompt #333: Crown

Crown Point Press

Definition: “A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honor, and glory, as well as immortality, righteousness, and resurrection. In art, the crown may be shown being offered to those on Earth by angels. Apart from the traditional form, crowns also may be in the form of a wreath and be made of flowers, oak leaves or thorns and be worn by others, representing what the coronation part aims to symbolize with the specific crown. In religious art, a crown of stars is used similarly to a halo. Crowns worn by rulers often contain jewels.” (Wikipedia)

Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey

Crown Battery

The Slime Crown is used to summon King Slime, a Boss-type enemy in Terraira.

dental crown

Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of wireless infrastructure.

dental crown

Triple Crown

Violet Crown Cinema is a locally owned and operated cinema with four screens devoted to art, independent, documentary and international films.

Crown Princess is one of the largest Princess cruise ships

Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz

Crown Plaza Hotel

Crown Equipment Corporation is a global manufacturer of material handling lift trucks and technology

Arts

Crown (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, and an enemy of Spider-Man
The Crown (TV series), an upcoming television drama series created by Peter Morgan for Netflix

Currency

Crown (Australian coin), the Australian version of the British Crown
Crown (British coin), a heavy silver coin, parallel in size and weight to the United States silver dollar
Crown (currency), a monetary unit used in the countries of Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the territories of Faroe Islands and Greenland
Crown (English coin), originally known as the “crown of the double rose”, an English gold coin introduced as part of King Henry VIII’s monetary reform of 1526 with the value of five shillings; later a silver coin of the same value
Estonian kroon, the official currency of Estonia for two periods in history: 1928–1940 and 1992–2011
Hungarian korona, the replacement currency of the Austro-Hungarian Krone/korona amongst the boundaries of the newly created post-World War I Hungary
Koruna (disambiguation)
Krona (disambiguation)
Krone (disambiguation)

Dentistry

Crown (dentistry), a dental treatment
Crown (tooth), a portion of a tooth

Motor vehicles

Crown (automobile), an automobile built in Detroit, MI, in 1905
Ford Crown Victoria
Ford LTD Crown Victoria
Toyota Crown, an automobile built for the Japanese and other select Asian markets

Music and audio

Crowns (band), an English folk punk band
“The Crown”, a single by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience
The Crown (band), a Swedish death/thrash band
“Crown” (song), a song by Jay-Z

Places

Crown, Inverness (from the Scottish Gaelic: Crùn), an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness, the capital city of the Scottish Highlands
Crown Wetlands, Cayman Islands
The Crown (mountain), a mountain in the Karakoram of China

Science

Crown (anatomy), the top of the head
Crown (botany), the branching leaf-bearing portion of a tree
Crown graph in graph theory
Crown group in phylogenetics
Crown ether in chemistry

Symbols of monarchy or rank

Crown (headgear), often an emblem of the monarchy, a monarch’s government, or items endorsed by it
An alternate means to refer to a monarch
The Crown, the legal embodiment of Executive Government in Commonwealth countries
Crown, a military decoration in the ancient Roman Republic, including:
- Grass crown, awarded for saving a city in battle
- Civic crown, awarded for saving a citizen in battle
- Camp crown, awarded for being the first to penetrate the enemy’s camp
- Mural crown, awarded for being the first to scale the walls of an enemy city
- Naval crown, awarded for being the first to board an enemy ship

Other uses

Crown (heraldry), ceremonial headgear, often used in a symbolic way only
HMS Crown, the name of various Royal Navy ships
Crown Prosecutor, the title commonly given, in Commonwealth jurisdictions, to the state prosecutor
Crown, the top or hinge of a bell (instrument)
Crown, the topmost part of a hat
Crown Publishing Group
Crowns brand cigarettes, produced by Commonwealth Brands
Crown Lager, an Australian beer
The grooved knob or dial on the outside of a watch case, used for setting the hands of the watch.

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The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

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More Carpenter’s Wheel Blocks

Carpenter's Wheel #2 — Carpenter’s Wheel #2

I had to make another Carpenter’s Wheel block. I just had to do it.

I worked on it on Sunday after making HSTs and Flying Geese on and off during the week.

I wanted to make it to add the HSTs that I forgot on the 1st block.

I may exchange the patch in the very upper right hand corner as I think it is too dark – or too contrasty or something.

I am not done sewing this one, so you’ll probably see it again. I am pleased with the scrappy low volume look.

A Few More Donation Blocks

Donation blocks - mid October — Donation blocks – mid October

My last batch will make a cohesive quilt. This group less so. I had one leftover from the previous batch. When I returned home from the meeting on Saturday, I decided to cut up some cream and green squares for a background and make more donation blocks.

I pulled out a small bin of 2.5″ squares that I cut up for donation quilts a thousand years ago and began using those to make more squares. There is a lot of blue.

The blocks are interesting. They aren’t as cohesive, as I said, but they make an interesting group of blocks. I don’t know that they will all be put together in the same group.

I have more to make.

FOTY 2015 – mid-October

FOTY 2015 Rectangles - mid-October — FOTY 2015 Rectangles – mid-October

Another thing I did on PlayDay was to cut up my Ta Dots fat quarters into 10.25″ squares. I did this in anticipation of making half square triangles. As I did that cutting, I took the opportunity to cut up a lot of FOTY 2015 quilt rectangles.

I am not planning on letting these patches lay around all year next year. I am working on cutting pieces I need for various projects from the yardage I have pressed and plan on working on this piece early in the year.

Note that I said “plan”. We’ll see how it goes.

This plan was set in motion by my need to cut a lot of different fabrics for the HSTs and Flying Geese I needed for the Carpenter’s Wheel. The Ta Dots HSTs were an added bonus. Getting fabric off of the ironing board has made me feel like I am making progress, even if I am just cutting.

The black and white stripe at the bottom is one of the stripes that will be used as the other half of the HSTs.

Design Wall Monday – mid October

I haven’t posted a Design Wall Monday for awhile, because there is no point in posting a boring design wall. I don’t think you should look at a boring design wall.

Flying Geese – these are the most recent Flying Geese from my exchange with TFQ.

2. Stepping Stone block. I just put it up there for inspiration and because I like these blocks.

3. Most recent FOTY patches

4. Newest donation blocks

5. 3rd Carpenter’s Wheel block

6. 1st Carpenter’s Wheel block, which looks more like a quatrefoil

7. 2d Carpenter’s Wheel block

8. Donation blocks in process

I think my design wall looks quite cheerful at the moment and that pleases me. What project is on your design wall? Leave a comment with a link to a picture of your design wall.

I am linking up with the Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara.

Meet Henry IV

Henry IV - wings closed — Henry IV – wings closed

Meet Henry IV.

Yes, I have made another softie owl and also called him Henry. It could be confusing, but think of those Tudor Kings. There were bunches of them. Wait until I make a Henry VIII. I’ll have to put something on him to reference the old king.

There is something about these owls that makes me think of them as Henry. There is also something about these owls that I really like.

Henry IV - wings open — Henry IV – wings open

I had worked on the mosaic pieced brown for awhile and finally had a large enough piece to make another softie. On my Playday (what I am now calling the day I sewed the Carpenter’s Wheel) I also worked on Henry IV. It was just a whim and it panned out.

I am not done putting blue on the inside of the wings. Not sure why I like that so much, but it seems right.

Henry IV's backside — Henry IV’s backside

This time I had real problems following the directions. I am not sure why, but my Henry is together and sits up very well. I stuffed him with schnibbles again except for the weight that keeps him up.

This will also go to a friend after I am finished having him decorate my sewing table.

Posts about the Henrys:
Henry I
Henry II

Hhhmmm – no Henry 3. I guess I’ll have to make one later. Oooops! I should have checked before I named Henry IV. Oh well.

Octagon Nine Patch Update

Octagon 9 Patch - October 2015 — Octagon 9 Patch – October 2015

I was anxious to get the Octagon 9 Patch back up on the wall. There it sat for a few weeks and now I have taken it off the wall again. I couldn’t get all the blocks up on the wall anyway and I wanted to use the design wall for the Carpenter’s Wheel.

The exercise wasn’t completely useless, because I got to look at the pieces for awhile. I really have a lot of warm colors in this piece. I like that it makes the quilt feel warm, but I wonder if I need more cools. Also, as Julie said at one point, the solids do look a bit like holes. I think I can mitigate that by having Colleen quilt in each one.

Also, in realizing I couldn’t put all the blocks up, I figure out that I needed to count the blocks and decide on the layout. Sounds stupid, I know, but I always think the piece will just come together. It would if I had an infinite design wall, but I don’t so I have to count.

I had a brilliant idea after deciding to count, but not wanting to count only to have to count again in a week because I forgot the number. I pinned the blocks together in groups of 10. Yay! or DUH! depending on how daft I feel at the moment.

Snowball blocks: 110

9Patch blocks: 111

Without really trying, I have a very similar amount for both types of blocks. Perhaps I counted before?

Now comes the math. I have to figure out how to lay out the blocks – basically starting with a nine patch or an octagon is mostly what I need to figure out.

The other thing I was wondering is if I need to put another row between each row.

Creative Prompt #332: Taxicab

taxi medallion

Definition: “A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from other modes of public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are determined by the service provider, not by the passenger, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode.

There are four distinct forms of taxicab, which can be identified by slightly differing terms in different countries:

Hackney carriages, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, licensed for hailing throughout communities
Private hire vehicles, also known as minicabs or private hire taxis, licensed for pre-booking only
Taxibuses, also known as jitneys, operating on pre-set routes typified by multiple stops and multiple independent passengers
Limousines, specialized vehicle licensed for operation by pre-booking

Although types of vehicles and methods of regulation, hiring, dispatching, and negotiating payment differ significantly from country to country, many common characteristics exist.” (Wikipedia)

Yellow Cab

Etymology: “Harry Nathaniel Allen of The New York Taxicab Company, who imported the first 600 gas-powered New York City taxicabs from France in 1907, coined the word “taxicab” as a contraction of “taximeter cabriolet“. “Taximeter” is an adaptation of the French word taximètre, coined from Medieval Latin taxa, which means tax or charge, together with meter from the Greek metron (??????) meaning measure.^[1] A “cabriolet” is a type of horse-drawn carriage, from the French word “cabrioler” (“leap, caper”), from Italian “capriolare” (“to jump”), from Latin “capreolus” (“roebuck”, “wild goat”).

The taxicabs of Paris were equipped with the first meters beginning on March 9, 1898. They were originally called taxamètres, then renamed taximètres on October 17, 1904.^[2]“(Wikipedia)

cab fare

A natural analogue to angles and trigonometry is developed in taxicab geometry.

“Taxi Cab” song by TWENTY ONE PILOTS

Checker cab

United Taxicab Workers – CWA

Taxicab Industry. In the United States, there are approximately 6,300 companies operating 171,000 taxicabs.

Taxicab Confessions

Taxi ( TV Show 1978–1983)

The Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Board of Directors established an Advisory Taxicab Committee in September 1994.

Taxi Driver (1976 movie with Robert DeNiro and Jody Foster)

cab driver

taxicab with the doors open. A phrase used to describe a person who’s ears stick straight out from their head (at about a 90-degree angle) (Urban Dictionary)

In mathematics, the generalized taxicab number Taxicab(k, j, n) is the smallest number which can be expressed as the sum of j kth positive powers in n different ways. For k = 3 and j = 2, they coincide with taxicab numbers. (Wikipedia)

The A-Team: Season 2, Episode 7 The Taxicab Wars (1 Nov. 1983)

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Christmas Pillowcase Tally #3

This third tally runs hard on the heels of my last Christmas Pillowcase update. I won’t keep you guessing, if you didn’t read that post. I finished the task I set out for myself. I am finished with the Christmas pillowcases.

Here is the grand total of what I have finished:

SIL#1: 4 kids, 2 spouses/SOs
- 3rd oldest nephew + SO (Dear Santa theme – DONE for both)
- Oldest niece + Fiance (flannel – DONE for fiance, lights with white background theme – DONE)
- Nephew (Christmas in So Cal theme – DONE)
- Youngest niece (black Gingerbread and Toy Shop theme – DONE)
SIL#2: 3 kids, 1 spouse, 2 great niece-phews
- Oldest nephew + spouse + 2 kids (old fashioned Christmas with green cuffs for nephew and niece-in-law: DONE, 2 kids (Olaf for boy, Anna/Elsa for girl): DONE)
- 2d oldest nephew (present theme – DONE)
- middle of the pack nephew (blue lights theme – DONE)
BIL #1: 1 kid
- 3rd youngest nephew (DONE)
Young Man (Christmas in So Cal theme – DONE)
SIL#3: 2 kids
- Middle niece (DONE) –Gingerbread house theme
- middle of the pack nephew – 4th youngest ( Nutcracker theme – DONE)
BIL #2: 2 kids
- 2d youngest nephew (DONE)
- Youngest nephew (DONE)

TOTAL NEEDED: 3

Again, I AM DONE except for the mailing.

October To Do List

Yes, this is the week of lists.

To Do List:

Quilt Christmas table runner
Wash fabric AKA The Great Unwashed-I washed more loads in September. I washed all the fabric I bought during the Great College Travel Adventure and have used a number of piece. Now I have a huge pile of the Great Unironed
~~Make stiff bucket or box for TP in main bath~~
Anna Maria Horner Multi-tasker tote (gift-due Holiday 2013- sigh. Missed 2014 deadline as well)
Cut out 3 notepad covers for gifts
Finish cutting out Day in the Park backpack variation
Finish cutting out 3rd Petrillo bag
Sew Bon Appetit apron
~~Fix button on DH’s California shirt~~ – he decided it was fine
Art supplies Sew Together Bag
Art supplies pincushion
Purple Sew Together Bag
Purple pincushion
**More Christmas Pillowcases
**Thanksgiving tablerunner #1
**Thanksgiving tablerunner #2
**Thanksgiving tablerunner #3
**Thanksgiving table mat
**ATCs for CQFA October meeting

To see the 26 Projects Lists, which list quilt WIPS, visit the October 26 Projects update. August’s To Do List has a couple of changes, which is heartening.

**New this time

Done in 2015:

Make stiff bucket or box for TP in second bath
Christmas pillowcases
ATCs for CQFA April Meeting
3 Christmas pillowcases (from May list)
ATCs for CQFA January Meeting
Make binding for Pink T Quilt
Make two bags for gifts (January list)

Carpenter’s Wheel

The other day I watched a Fons & Porter episode that had been saved on my Tivo. Deb Tucker was the guest and she was making the Carpenter’s Wheel block (quilt project is called Country Fair). She has updated the pattern to make quicker work of the piecing. I stopped the recording and gathered up pen and paper, drawing out the design as the show went on. I do that sometimes as much for the opportunity to draw as to remember a pattern I might want to make. I think the stars and lots of pieces made this block catch my attention.

The top drawing has a lot of mistakes, so I made the bottom drawing as the final, even though it is much smaller.

I really like Deb Tucker. She is smart, sensible, confident, excited about quiltmaking and doesn’t simper. I have her Flying Geese ruler and like the way it works. I haven’t watched any, but she has a lot of videos on her website. I may have to go watch a few. TQS has a recent episode with her that I’ll have to watch as well.

On the show, they use a ruler called the Square2 ruler, which Deb Tucker designed. They use it to make the Diamond Square units. I didn’t really want to buy the ruler before I could make the block*. I really just wanted to see what the block was about, thus the drawings.

Deb Tucker's Carpenter's Wheel on Fons & Porter — Deb Tucker’s Carpenter’s Wheel on Fons & Porter

I also took a photo of the block off of the TV. I didn’t think it would come out as well as it did. It is a good reference and they don’t have a good photo on the F&P website.

I am not a really big fan of the fabrics used, The look of the piecing offered enough interest for me to soldier on and fabrics are easy to change.

If you look at the block and break it down, it is not that difficult. There are squares, HSTs and Flying Geese. Change that Diamond square unit into two Flying Geese and there is absolutely no scariness.

It occurred to me that I could make one block and have it be part of the low volume challenge at BAMQG. I could make the one block into a cushion cover or something. I decided to try out one block. Not sure what, but something grabbed me and I wanted to make this block. Not a quilt. One block.

By my estimation it had 82 pieces and, once sewed, turned into about a 16″ block when finished. I decided to use the low volume mini-charm packs I bought at Quiltwork Patches in Corvallis, Oregon. I got a pang of fear and that fearful voice in my head started whispering “what if you need them for something else??” I ignored the voice, opened the packet and began to lay out the block.

There is JOY is using something right away or nearly right away. I am not sure there is joy in saving things for later. I’ll have to think about that and report back later.

My "Carpenter's Wheel" — My “Carpenter’s Wheel”

On Saturday, I made it. I reveled in the the piecing. I ended up making a version of what I saw and drew. I forgot some HSTs.

As I said, there are a lot of pieces in this block and, thus, there was a lot of cutting I had to do. I used some of the 2.5″ squares I have been cutting for the Goodnight, Irene pattern I plan on making, but haven’t started. There is always more fabric to cut, right? I used the opportunity of using the Flying Geese units instead of Diamond Square units to mix up the fabrics even further.

So, it is a version. I like it, but I forgot those HSTs. I am not bothered by my mistake as I like what came out. I like the cheerfulness and the scrappiness. I just want to see the block as Deb Tucker made it, but in my fabrics with the low volume background. That means I am making another. Just one more block. Perhaps another cushion cover?

A couple of worries: do I have the low volume concept down? Is it ok to have a low volume background and a bright and cheerful foreground?

and

The mini-charms aren’t washed. I didn’t smell anything when I pressed the parts as I made the block, which was good. I don’t have a rash, which was also good.

*It looks like Deb Tucker will have a booth at PIQF, so I’ll have a chance to check out the ruler sometime at the show.

Last Batch of Christmas Pillowcases

I finished the last Christmas pillowcases. Hooray!!! I just sat down and did a bit of sewing one day. I had about an hour so I only finished a couple, then I finished the stragglers a few days later. Voila! I am done.

The two Dear Santa Pillowcases are some of my favorites. On the left will go to Raymond, the SO of my 3rd oldest nephew and the right will go to the actual nephew. I hope they don’t look too girly.

I really like the sense of humor that Cotton & Steel has with some of their designs. I also like the 50s look of the design. I am waiting for some Christmas designs that include the Shiny Brite ornaments I like so much.

The blue lights pillowcase is similar to the white lights pillowcase I made the other day. This will go to one of the middle nephews (so many nephews!!!). I think the lights might be a little smaller, but I am pretty sure the fabric is from the same line as the white lights pillowcase.

I have more fabric and am tempted to make more pillowcases, but am going to hold off. I had some fun just doing some tests the other day and want to keep that feeling alive.

Now, guess what I am worrying about? Packing up and mailing all of these things out to the Niece-phews! Sheesh! I have over a month and can do it a little at a time.

FOTY 2015 – More

FOTY 2015 - October 2015 — FOTY 2015 – October 2015

I finally got down to cutting some fabric, especially working on the pillowcases last weekend. You can see all sorts of different projects in this group. This is a good thing as it means I am actually using fabric. Yes, there are some fabrics that will go into the stash. I am working on using fabrics. I really am.

Finished: Field Day Zipper

I did the last bits of the binding on Field Day Zipper on Friday Night. It is finished. I should hold it for the BAMQG meeting, but I want to get it off to the recipient. It is a nice quilt and I hope she will like it.

I showed it at CQFA and people really liked the Sangria background. I was and wasn’t surprised. I am pretty happy with how it turned out.