Molly's batik ferns

Molly brought me a quilt, she called it simple...... just 10 inch squares sewn together then a big border.  She was really excited that it was to go on her bed and couldn't wait to get it back!!  Luck was on her side, I could sneak it in!! 

These are the ferns from underneath, while it was still on my frame.

 The weather is supposed to be SPRING but clearly we still have a bit of snow on the ground here.....















I love how the ferns curl along this border!!  Molly came and picked it up as soon as she found out it was finished and she LOVED it!!  ENJOY

MQX 1- YHQ was well represented!!

Last week I escaped the chaos of home for the Machine Quilters Exposition in Manchester New Hampshire.  This is my FAVORITE show of the year!!  Janet-Lee and Mary have the greatest system to make EVERYTHING perfect at this show!!

Yellow House Quilts had 6 (yes 6) quilts in the show.  I was so excited to find out they all were juried in!!  We didn't receive the coveted email for the winners list but still couldn't wait to get to the show!!

Wed. morning after my first class we popped in and helped hang some of the quilts for the show.  Yes, I got to hang my own!!  That was a FUN peak into the background parts of the show!!

(this is Elaine Reich's entry which I quilted last spring)

After the Awards ceremony we enjoyed PREVIEW night and snuggled up to all our quilts...

This is my original creation "By the light of the moon" inspired by the backing fabric and quilted on a piece of Dupioni silk

This entry which was pieced by Catherine Messenger and quilted by me was in the same room.

This quilt " Not your ordinary 9-Patch" was pieced by my mother Doreen Hares and quilted by me.

This is my original creation "modern ripples" which I pieced and quilted.

This cardinal quilt is the entry of Catherine Messenger and was quilted by me.

And, Lastly- "Jacob's Ladder" pieced by Elaine Reich and quilted by me.

At this show each teacher is given a ribbon to award to their favorite quilt.  My mothers quilt was chosen by Laurie Tigner as her favorite in the show.  Laurie said it just made her happy and she felt like it "just glows with quilty goodness"  I am not certain I could be given a better compliment!!   This is the reaction my mother had when she saw that her quilt was wearing a ribbon.......

Simply PRICELESS if you ask me!!  

It was a WONDERFUL week, check back tomorrow for another post about the classes I took while I was at MQX!!

Happy Quilting
Mandy

Swooning

I was a bit slow to get on the SWOON bandwagon....... but when the right fabric line came my way I knew exactly what to do with it.... SWOON.  Perhaps I should back up just a tiny bit.  I am good friends with a fabric designer who lives in my area.  Her name is Felicity Miller and she designs fabrics for Free Spirit.  Her line Charelston Farmhouse came out last fall and I knew INSTANTLY what I wanted to make with it!  I do not get the luxury of piecing things very often so making this quilt took me MONTHS.  I finished it at out annual quilt guild retreat in the end of February and was so excited to get it quilted I made room for it this weekend!!  I could have done a million things to quilt this quilt, just look on pinterest under swoon and you will see hundreds of ideas but somehow this quilt said it just needed a light custom touch. 

I quilted it with simple swirls in the large grey areas and a combination of straight line spirals and pretty flowing swirls in the areas of the blocks.  

 

 

I am VERY excited with how it came out and even more excited when the extra time I spent to cut the binding on the bias looked as awesome as I hoped it would.  Enjoy this bit of eye candy!!