Demo is behind me!!

 The demonstration is finally behind me.  I was a little shaky but all in all it went pretty well.  After all, most of the attendees sew with me every Thursday.  I consider them friends.

The only picture was one of me with the quilt that I will show a little way down the page.

I was demonstrating the QCR (Quick Curve Ruler) by Sew Kind of Wonderful.  And the quilt sample was Metro Rings.  This was the first demo I have ever done so I made a design board for each picture in the instructions.

I have made this quilt twice.  One for my friend, posted here.  And one for the motorhome here.

I cut all the parts for the entire quilt.  But I really wasn't planning on making another one at this time and I didn't want another UFO on my list so, after the demonstration I asked if anyone would be interested in taking the KIT and finishing the quilt.  Multiple hands went up so then I asked if anyone was NOT interested in it.  There were none.  So, I took the sign in sheet and used a random number generator to choose.

It was a true kit.  Some of the parts still needed the curve cut made so I loaned the ruler along with the instructions.  The winner was tickled.  I think, but not sure, that she is somewhat of a beginner.  I told her if she had any questions, I would be glad to help.

So here are the other quilts I finished for this demo.

Chic Picnic is also a Sew Kind of Wonderful pattern using the QCR.  The prints in this quilt were all picked up from the free table at guild meeting a year ago.  There was even enough for the binding.  Makes me feel good to make do.

It appears that I may have cut it a little close on the length of the backing fabric.  That was a little scary.

The next one was made with the Mini QCR.  I put this one together with nothing but scraps.  That also makes me feel good.

It's quite a small quilt so it will be donated.  It was a fun one.

I passed the books around during the demonstration and the woman that is in charge of our Quilts of Valor found a flag pattern made with the Mini QCR and has asked if I would make one that she could use for the center of a QOV.  So, I have added it to my to-do list.

And I'm back to rolling the dice and have already finished a flimsy, moved it to the to be quilted tub and drawn another to go in tub #6.  YYYAAAAAYYYY!!!!

Until next time.....

Wishing you more stitchin time than I will have.

Rose

Finally Caught UP!!

 It's 3 1/2 months into the year and I haven't even rolled the dice. Well, I have rolled them just to see what it would have been, but I haven't opened any of the tubs.

That doesn't mean that I haven't had finishes, I have.  Here are a few of them.

I completed the Bee Bag that I started at retreat in February.  I think I'm going to like this bag better than the By Annie bag that I made earlier.

I had some chalkboard fabric and chalk markers that I used to label the contents of each pocket.

Then I quilted Mary's QOV using an eagle pantograph.

When she picked it up she brought three quilts to be quilted and told me that she'll have two more when she gets the backings ready.

And then, several of our Thursday Stitchers were making the By Annie bag.  Susan, who is a very talented quilter, got mad at hers.  So much so that her husband said it would be okay to trash it.  I told her to bring it with her and I would help her.  Little did I know, I was bringing it home to finish for her.  It was a fairly easy finish.  All I had to do is put the binding on the pages.  She had sewn a very generous quarter inch seam on one of the pages and the binding wouldn't wrap around the edge.  To fix it, I trimmed the seam allowance and completed the binding and then applied the bindings on the other pages.

I also prepared for a demonstration that I will be doing next week.  I'm demonstrating the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful.  I completed two quilts for that, and I will post once that demo is completed.

So, it's not that I haven't accomplished anything, it's just that I haven't rolled the dice.  And we all know how I like to roll the dice.

Until next time.....

Wishing you more stitchin time than I will have.

Rose