MQX 2010

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MY Sister Rocks!

Here is a picture of my red and white Irish chain quilt. This puppy is huge, I have no idea why I made it so big.  My wonderful sister quilted it for me, just in time to enter it on our guild's quilt show. I'm sorry for the poor quality pictures but I had to snap them off quickly before dropping it off for the show.

Judy finished the quilt at 9:30 Friday night and the latest the quilt could be dropped off was Saturday at three p.m. I got up on Saturday cut the binding,  and finished it with 10 minutes to spare. Did I say this was a huge quilt? It measures 120" by 122".
If your in Western Massachusetts please pop into our quilt show, Pieces of Time 
it runs from Friday til Sunday. I'll be there Sunday because this week is also MQX and I'll be attending that as well, check it out if you're in Providence, Rhode  Island.

March Friday Night Sew-In

Last night was Friday Night Sew-In hosted by Heidi and Bobbi. As usual I went to my sister's house and sewed. Posted below is what I worked on. It's the backing to a quilt that I have entered in my guild's quilt show, which will be held in April.  I've always wanted a red and whit quilt so I made an Irish Chain and my sister will be quilting it. Seem that this quilt just didn't want to get finish, I bought the backing in February thinking it was a queen size quilt, but when I got home I measured it only to find that it is a king-sized quilt! Is there a lesson here? Hmmm... Maybe I should measure before I buy  backing fabric. Ya think? Any ways I had to order batting, white of course, Joann's was having a sale with a coupon so I ordered online got my discount, it arrive sooner than expected, I opened the box and...Surprise! I had ordered Warm and Natural instead of Warm and White!  So I ordered Warm  and White batting from Hancock's of Paducah, for a better price I might add, went shopping at my mother's, and found enough white material to finish the back. Now it's sitting at Judy's house waiting to be quilted.  Love ya Sis is it done yet? (lol)

As usual we had a great time. I haven't sewn since the last Friday night Sew-In and it felt good to get back into it again. The weather here  has been beautiful I believe it has hit 70's today and I spied a crocus poking it head out to say Hello!

Enjoy Your Weekend! 

A spring greeting.

A No Sew Day

Okay haven't sewn since Friday spent two glorious days with my husband who decided to purchase a laptop. Oh joy! It was my last day of vacation and spent the majority of it in stores. Enough whining, I just found a wonderful giveaway Lila Tueller is giving away a quilt. Yes, a beautiful quilt, hop on over to her blog and check it out.