Fall Block Swap and Block of the Month

My Final setting now is ready for quilting.



I am a member of the APQS online forum and this past summer we did a block swap of Fall Blocks. I recieved 12 blocks from all over the United States and even two from Australia! Last month at our guild meeting I was lucky enough to win some Blocks from the Block of the Month. I recieved 24 8 inch blocks and realized these would go great with my Fall Blocks. So here are some of the settings that I have come up with so far for the blocks. I am having just too much fun with these. Enjoy!!

I just added the top picture of a third option for these blocks. i think this is the one that I will be working with. Decisions, Decisions!!

Circle Lord Sampler

Here is a picture of the Circle Lord Sampler quilt that I worked on this weekend.
The Circle Lord is a circle maker attachment that is so much fun and has so many possibilites that I don't think I will ever get tired of playing with it. Here is the website if you want to learn more about it. http://www.loriclesquilting.com

Stay tuned for more from Circle Lord, I plan on trying some on black fabric so you can really see how fabulous they are!!

Quilters of SC Fall Retreat 2009

This past weekend I just spent a wonderful weekend at the beautiful White Oak Conference Center in Winnsboro, SC. Each fall our state retreat for the Quilters of SC is held here and this year we had 278 quilters attending. We have seven different districts from all over the state attending. There are numerous classes being given by wonderful SC teachers. This year my sister Ann Stone from Bridport, Vermont and I took a class from Joyce Walton titled Watercolor Florals. You may wonder why my sister from Vermont attends the SC State retreat. Well, in order to attend you have to belong to a SC guild. Each year Ann joins The Cobblestone Quilt Guild here in Charleston and also joins the SC State Guild. She comes once a year to SC to go to the Fall Retreat with me. In the spring I go to Vermont and attend some quilting event with her. So we are able to be together to enjoy or quilting hobby twice a year.

This years class was making a wall hanging using water soluable crayons. We colored the flower designs with the crayons and then painted them with water to bring the colors alive and blend them together for the watercolor effect. Here is a picture of our almost finished quilts.

Finally off the Frame

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My Four Patch swirl quilt finally finished, well except the binding, don't look at the date, camera messed up, :( This quilt took 6 weeks on the frame, of course I wasnt always able to quilt each day but pretty steady work a little at at time, I would estimate about 40 to 50 hours from start to finish, It was very time consuming, but I feel the end result was worth the time invested. I learned three new techniques on this quilt. Two new rulers the Terry Twists in the blocks and sashings and the Judilators for the curved crosshatching in the setting triangles and over the arches in the borders. The arches were made with an oval board using a stylus from the front of the machine on my Topper.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

Well another holiday come and gone and I have always thought of Labor Day as the end of Summer and beginning of Fall. We had a great weekend with the kids and grandkids. All tired out from too much play and not enough sleep, but oh well it sure was nice to have the little ones around for the weekend.

Is it really August already?

A few more in progress pictures, almost done!!

Where has the summer gone, I can't believe the schools are already going back into session this week and next week and the summer has ended. Well, not according to the weather man for sure we are still in the high 90's here in SC, but that is normal for here. It has been just a month since I last posted, so I decided seeing as though I am not yet finished any quilts I would post my in progress quilt until it is done. I am stretching myself into doing more custom work and it is very time consuming. Here some in progress pictures of what I am quilting on this 4 patch swirl that you have seen in my earlier posts.

BEACH RETREAT 2009

Another Cobblestone Beach Retreat has come and gone and as usual we all had a wonderful time. So many busy quilters doing what we all love and accomplishing so much. My objective was to make my internet blocks for a swap and to bind the quilt on my previous post and work on a UFO from last years SC State Guild retreat. All was accomplished and I am so thrilled. Here is some pictures from this weekend.

Here are the blocks for my APQS internet Autumn exchange.