What Have I Been Up To?

I have not been up to much as far as quilting goes but I have decided to do some deep spring cleaning of my home. I blame it on the beautiful weather we were having. The next few days we are going to have rain. I have the kitchen left.
I have started a new applique project. Like I don't have enough to do already! but this is just a wall hanging so it shouldn't take too long.
I am having company this weekend too. So with all that is going on I will be back to blogging next week. Talk to you then.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is what are we being busy about? Henry David Thoreau

Stringing Along!

Hit the pause button! to finish two more of Stina's little hearts and to get the binding on the quilt I just back from the quilter. Three more corners to go.
With Passion,

Carrie P.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before the harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. Ralph Ransom

Yo Yos

Don't you just love all these different yo yos? The ladies in my applique group are making table runners from a book called Simple Seasons by Kim Diehl. I am not making one because when we started my elbow was really bad. This month they will be working on the applique borders. I am sure that next month all the ladies will have those borders done.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

John Flynn

Yes, we did get more snow. Here is a picture of it snowing at 2:30 pm yesterday.
Here it is at 8:15 am this morning. My driveway is clear so I will be going to my other applique group this morning.
I am member of two guilds in our area and we combined them both this past Monday night and brought in John Flynn to speak to our guilds. Mr. Flynn started out in the construction business and then in the 80's when things when downhill he took up quilting to help relieve stress. His wife is a quilter and he would hand quilt her quilts. Jokingly he said she was too slow at making the tops so that is when he took up quilting.And the rest is history. We had some wives bring their husbands and I am sure they were entertained because Mr. Flynn is a pretty funny guy. He was happy to see the men out in the audience too.
Here is one of his quilts.
And here it is again. Interesting, isn't it? Look hard and you can see the double wedding ring design.
Mr. Flynn is known for his laser cuts pieces for quilt tops. Here is the storm at sea that is laser cut. This is what he taught in the workshops. I did not take the workshop because I have made a storm at sea wallhanging several years ago. This quilt is a miniature maybe 18"x 24", not sure the exact measurements.
Here is another of his quilts. Mr. Flynn says everyone should have a patriotic quilt. It was a very entertaining night and he made us laugh a lot.
With Passion,

Carrie P.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown him. David Brinkley

Applique Bee Show and Tell

Yes, I did make it to my applique bee last week since the snow melted quickly. I was planning to do this post a lot sooner but we have been having trouble with our DSL Internet connection staying up. My last post I thought I was going to lose but got it up after some trepidation.

Let's get started. Patti amazes me how quickly she can make a quilt. I just love the colors and the applique in this one.
Here is a block Alice is working on. Her applique is perfection. Those white thread will be removed.
Look at this very cheery quilt Rowena has made.

Adele is making dish clothes to sell in our quilt show boutique. She is practicing her skills. She has a book that is filled with different styles of dish clothes and she is making one of each pattern. I love the colors of yarn she is using.
Check out this pin cushion Suzie made. Sweet!
The next two photos are of Ellen's tops. The first was a mystery quilt done in the guild.
This was a BOM from our local quilt shop. Remember I did this one in black and white and gave it to my son and DIL at Christmas?
Here is Ellen modeling her sweatshirt jacket done in really pretty batiks.

Well, I am off now to make some White Bean and Spinach soup. We are expecting more snow today. Not to much I hope because I have my other applique group tomorrow.

Almost forgot, Linda at Flourishing Palms sent me a link to a shop that sells the fabric that was in the quilt my mom made for me plus many other fabrics with sayings on them. You can go here.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana