Quilts galore.....

My cousin Paula makes the most beautiful quilts.  While visiting her recently
she showed me some of her quilt tops and recently finished quilts.  This one looks like stained glass and I just love the colors.  Here is a close up of one of the blocks.
Lots of handwork went into this, but the results are just amazing!

Here are some more of her quilts.

This one is made with old ladies handkerchiefs.  Remember using those?  Some of the hankies have memories for Paula as they belonged to family members.

I love scrap quilts, and I can tell you Paula has lots of fabric and lots of great scraps!
Her sewing room is a quilters dream.  LOL

This one is a Christmas Row Quilt.  It has snowmen, reindeer, penquins, winter gloves, Santas and of course trees.  Very fun quilt!  I have never made a Christmas quilt,
but have now been inspired to do so.

Look at these wonderful bold colors in this chevron quilt.  Love the colors together in this one.

This Wedding Ring quilt is one she made for her daughter Misty.  The vintage fabrics and colors make it very special.  I know Misty will treasure this.

Here is another view.  I hear these are very difficult to make, as there are so many curves.  So whoever has one should realize just how much work goes into something like this.  It's a beautiful quilt to say the least.

Paula and I sewed while I visited.  I am working on an

Eleanor Burns quilt called Bears in the Woods.

Photos coming later when I get back up there to visit.

What is your favorite kind and brand of sewing/quilting machine?

I am planning on getting a new one and would love your opinions.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Morning Dew Tea

Happy Tea on Tuesday!

While on our anniversary trip,

we stayed at El Rocio B&B

which means

The Morning Dew.

Lovely place down in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Warm weather, and just a short drive south.

I enjoyed some green tea while there,

and took it on my morning walk,

along with a fresh picked orange.

We saw birds of many kinds,

and they love the citrus as much as we do.

Here is a kiskadee enjoying his breakfast,

and to the right

you can see a clay colored robin.

I also saw a chachalaca and paraque,

which are now added to my birding life list.

I walked a labyrinth on the property.

It is said that walking a labyrinth is a right brained task,

that involves intuition, creativity and imagery.

Our cottage, Casa Jardin,

had nice touches like this hand made quilt.

Loved this unique woodpecker door knocker.

Then we saw the little hobbit type meditation room.

Below shows a bit of the green, lush gardens outside our door.

Love the colors of the stucco walls too.

The rusted metal 'spirit lady'

that says

'Live in the Light'

was one of my favorite pieces

of garden art they had on the grounds.

Visit Kimmie for more tea posts.

You never know what you will find there.

Kimmie has lots of unique things in her Etsy shop too.

http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Quilts...

A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.

Baby quilts...

nothing more fun to make.

I made this little quilt

for my great nephew Robbie,

 from plaid fabric a friend gave me,

and then I added some more plaids

from little boys shirts.

I haven't made many traditional quilts this year.

I've been concentrating on art quilts.

My Mermaid is now at the  

 Celebration of Quilts 2012

show at the Conner museum

at the university.

To see/read more of my art quilt

The Mermaid click

http://inkspillersattic.blogspot.com/2012/01/mermaid-art-quilt.html

The next few days I will be showing you

some photos of some of the other quilts.

Most are traditional quilts and all are lovely.

Here are a few to get you started.

This is Birds of Paradise

66" by 79"

June says,

"I had so much blue fabric in my stash

from a previous fish quilt I designed,

 that I will be quilting for the rest of my life!"

She is an art teacher and designs her own blocks.

Cats, cats, cats

49" by 49"

Nancy designed each block herself.

Each cat is looking out a window.

She said this was a fun quilt to make.

Really cute Nancy! 

Here's a close up of one of the blocks.

Be looking for more photos.

Savor the day!

Yvonne

Grandmother's Garden Quilt

I made a 3D Grandmother's Garden Quilt. I wanted to show you a few of the blocks so you could see what I mean by 3D. The design is by Eleanor Burns and it is great fun to make. Each block is a different flower appliqued in a pieced basket. I used all scraps for this quilt.

This is the Tiger Lily.

This is the Pansy.

This is the morning glory, one of my favorites.

I think this one is the bleeding hearts. I'm not sure because I don't have the book anymore.

And I can't remember what this one is. Sorry. Can anyone tell?
There are many other flower blocks. Some of the flowers have embroidery that really adds to them. If you want to do an interesting and fun quilt you should try this one by Eleanor Burns. Her instructions are great and if you go step by step it is quite easy...a little time consuming, but easy. My quilt is put together on point with sashing in between, but you can do it different ways. It just got quilted by a friend of mine on her long arm machine and it looks great, so all I have to do now is put the binding on.

So try this one and have fun!