Quilts Around the World

Here are the newest blocks I have made for the Christmas swap I am in.

I made this block ...
to go with these blocks.
I made this block...
to go with these blocks.
I made this block...
to go with these blocks.
With Passion,

Carrie P.

We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

Win a GO!

Just wanted to let you all know that if you are still trying to win a GO from AccuQuilt go over to Jane's Fabrics and Quilts. She is having a giveaway for one and 3 dies. She will announce the winner on October 1. Good luck!

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Quilt Show Part 2

Ready to see some beautiful quilts? This first photo was from a challenge all the long arm quilters did. Same block but each one was quilted differently. What an imagination they all have.

These two quilts were done by another lady (Winnie) who also does my quilts. She has two of mine at this time. As you can see she also won some ribbons.
Enjoy the rest of the show!










With Passion,

Carrie P.

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

Mark Twain

Carolina Long Arm Quilt Show Part 1

First I wanted to share with you a blog hop that will be starting very soon. Gudrun has 10 designers lined up for a "Fall-O-Ween" themed hop. Each day will bring a new project. It should be fun to see what each day brings.

Remember this Christmas quilt I showed you a few weeks ago? The Carolina Long Arm Quilters had their show and the lady (Gloria) who did my quilt won a third place ribbon.
Check out this fabulous ribbon that Gloria received. Gloria tried to give it to me but she won it for her quilting. I took the little one above it instead. Gloria also won some other ribbons. I am proud of her.
Before I went to the show I got an email from Mary over at Quilt Hollow and asked if I was going to be at the show. I told her yes and she said she had a gift for me that she has been holding onto until she saw me. I met her a couple years ago at another quilt show.
Mary had been to a be antique show and found this box full of all these buttons. She had also bought some spools and put one in the box for me.
She knows how I look for buttons when I go antiquing myself.
Here some really neat metal buttons.
Look at the shape of these plastic buttons. So cute.
And there was a lone glass button in the mix. Thank you Mary so much for thinking of me and bringing me such a fun gift.

Mary also introduced me to another North Carolinian blogger. Her name is Tonya. Nice to meet you Tonya and maybe will see each other at a quilt show again.

Come back tomorrow and I will show you some of the fabulous quilts that were in the show.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. Edward de Bono

GO Cutter

I finally had to time to try out my new GO! Cutter from AccuQuilt. Before I tried it myself I watched many of the videos on their site and took into account what other bloggers had said about using the cutter. I can say that the videos were very helpful to me. If you own a cutter you should check them out. One of the things that AccuQuilt recommends is outlining the pattern on the cutter which I did. The circles were pretty hard to see so outlining them did help.
Next I grabbed some fabric. I had read that you should put the fabric in along the length wise grain which I did. I am not sure it matters with making circles.

This is what the mat looked like after the first cut. AccuQuilt recommends rotating the mat to get more wear out of it.
Here are my perfect circles.
Next I layered four charm squares on the biggest circle. The outline really helped in this circumstance so that I could get the charms placed just right.
Here they are. Perfect circles.
I have an extra small, small, and large yo yo makers by Clover. The two circles cut from the GO! fit the two little ones perfectly. Clover makes an extra large maker so it would probably work perfectly for the large circle.

Instead I just trimmed the extra fabric off the large circle. I do like these yo yo makers a lot just because I have problems with turning the fabric over as I am making the running stitch. With the Clover yo yo makers, no worries.
Cute little yo yos. I can say that I am very pleased with the AccuQuilt GO cutter. I think that when it comes to cutting odd shapes this is the way to GO. I have the hexagon mat and the 2 1/2" strip cutter which I look forward to also trying out. Thanks AccuQuilt!

With Passion,

Carrie P.