Not much sewing going on

I've really been slacking on getting any work done on anything.  I haven't felt well, spent all weekend just laying on the couch and basically the same after work.  I did work on the CW fabric quilt for a couple of hours and finished up the first batch of corner sections for 24 blocks.  I also got the strips sewn and half of them cut for the next 24 blocks.  It's coming down to the finish line, which is how I think of it.  The last part is the side centers so as each one is done I can complete a block.

Got my show packet today

I've been checking the mailbox every day, waiting impatiently, and it came today!  Brewing some coffee so I can sit down, relax and look over everything.  There's even a press release that was sent to my local newspaper.  I'm so excited!!

My quilt was accepted for the Knoxville show!!!

I just saw the semi-finalist list and my name is there!!!  I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!!! 

Pamela White
http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/knoxville/2010/quilt_contest/quilt_semifinalists.php

Progress on latest quilt

I haven't worked on this because I had to get the IRR round done but now that's done and mailed off, I can get back to it.

This evening I cut the 1 3/4" x 3" ivory pieces for the next part of the blocks.  These pieces are sewn to the ivory/color sections, two with the color on the bottom and two with the color on the top.  I sewed half of this batch and pressed them. 

These are only the parts for 24 blocks, two of each fabric.  I have the strips of CW fabric cut for the next batch of 24 and they still need to be sewn to a strip of ivory and cut into sections.

This is turning into a whole lot of work!!  I still have 8 HSTs to do for each of 48 blocks.

Quilt errands day

Today I got my last IRR quilt mailed to the next person in the round and I received the next one that I had to go the post office to sign for.  I also took my feathered star quilt to the county fair.  The fair is in June so I won't know the results of judging until then. 

I need to add a 7" wide row onto this quilt.  I don't have any idea yet what I'm going to do but one possibility is that the blue fabric with the trees looks to be from the Twiggy collection.  This is the fabric that I used in the feathered star quilt and I have a lot from the whole collection, fat quarters, jelly roll strips, and some yardage.

All of the original centers are imported into EQ6 and I've been adding the rounds onto them as they get completed so that when it comes to me I can play with designs on it.

IRR Round 3 is done

Man... I worked on this for 4 hours tonight to get this completed and so glad it's done!!!  I am happy with how it turned out and I did decide to do just the two opposite corners.  Need to get my name on the label that travels along with the quilt, get it packaged up, and sent on to Canada.  I've also been sending a hankerchief with each quilt and I try to choose one, out of the 100 or so that I have, that goes with the quilt.

One corner completed

Well, I didn't get the TWO corners done that I wanted to do today but one is totally completed.  I like this and re-thinking about doing all of the corners in different flowers and adding blue ones.  That might add a lot of other elements that are going to jumble the whole thing up.  I may just do the upper left corner in the same tulips, at least that will balance it out.  I'll see how it looks when I lay them on and try the opposite corners in blue flowers.  Sometimes a little goes a long ways.