New Crazy quilt Block

Our Monday sew group was so impressed with  my block made in the CQI round robin, we decided to challenge each other to do our own round robbin.  The group includes myself, Judy, Charlotte, Dolores, and Barb.  Starting in January, Charlotte will give her block to Barb,  Barb to Judy, Judy to Me, mine to Dolores, and Dolores to Charlotte.

This is my block.  I will post the other blocks as they appear. 

The block is a mixture of fabrics including Japanese fabrics, silks, satins, linen and lots of angles.

Monday - Sewing group

In July, I signed up to participate in a "round robin" for Crazy Quilters International.  I had never made a crazy block before, so I was totally out of my comfort zone.  Nevertheless, I did my part and finished the round robin.

After completing the process, I had learned a great deal about "crazy quilting".  It also urged me to do another block.

Above is my finished block.  The right hand lace was hand painted, the upper butterfly was crocheted by Merle in Austrialia, one put my grandson's initials (LC) who designed the block.
I love it.  I hope you do too.  I think I will put it in a picture frame. 

Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012

Just registered for the 2012 Crazy Journal Project.

This is the perfect project to move my creative talents to the next level.

We start posting in January and I am already planning my 12 month project.

For the last several months, I have been collecting the tools I need to jump right into this project. 

If anyone wants to register  here is the sight:  http://www.cqjp.org/.  The rules and registration details are clearly stated.

Share your thoughts!!!

Calhoun County Barn Quilt Tour

We participated as a vendor at the annual Calhoun County Barn Quilt tour  on Oct 21 & 22.  As an ecommerce business, we do not often get to meet our tried and true customers, so when we do, it is a particularly splendid event.  So thank you friends for stopping by our booth.  For our new friends - welcome and we look forward to serving you this next year.

For those of you not familiar with Calhoun County Illinoils - prepare yourself for 70 miles of the most scenic countryside America has to offer.  Besides the scenery - the county boasts of no stoplights and plenty of home cooked food. 

We will see you next year...third week end in Oct.

The Power of Rotary

If you do not know the Power of Rotary, hopefully, this short note will enlighten you.


Shortly following the earthquake in Japan, I was approached by 2 quilt groups to make quilts for victims of the Japanese earthquake.

I passed the word to a member of the International fellowship of Rotarian Quilters, Diana Barden, who mentioned it at International. The word spread through International and to the ears of a rotarian (whose wife is the editor of Quilters Newsletter, a popular quilting magazine). His wife spread the word through all of the quilting magazines editors.

Today I received a call advising they have collected 4069 Rotarian quilts and do I know how to get the quilts to Japan. Does anyone have any ideas?

The newsletter editor wants the Rotarians in Japan to handout the quilts in Japan

Calhoun County Quilt Block Tour

The next two weeks will be spent preparing for the Calhoun County Barn Quilt Tour.
I will have a booth at the fair - so stop buy and say hello.

(Calhoun County is a pennisula between Missouri and Illinois.  It is bordered by the Mississippi on one side and the Missouri on the other.)  Calhoun boasts of having no stoplights and only one fast food restaurant - very refreshing.

Come spend the day in Calhoun County, driving through the countryside, eating home cooked food and barn after barn sporting their quilt blocks.

What to do with all of those left over batting pieces

A member of the Hearts n Hands quilt guild in O'Fallon, IL offered this suggestion for using all of those left over batting pieces.  She makes mattress covers.

How will I work this.  Cut batting into 6 x 6 segments and place between 2 pieces (same size) muslin, then stitch around the block and across the block.  Prepare next block and slip 1st block inside this piece and top stitch.  Continue.. 

Seems like a good day by day project.

What do you do with your left over batting.