Thursday, December 30, 2010

Layer Cake--Block 5

Here is the next in the series for the mystery Layer Cake Quilt a Long that I am doing.  The challenge was to get a mix of fabrics and not use stripes, as the designer said they wouldn't work too well. I have several stripe fabrics in my LC and I need to get using them or I will be left with a few blocks that are all stripes!! (That could be fun.) I did sneak a stripe in the center and it was a left over piece that was just the right size, yeah.
 I am thinking that for the accent fabric I will use the green that is in some of the fabrics. Each block will have a small,1 inch or so, border and the green will go there. I will try it out and see if it is too,"in your face". There will also be at least 2-3 other borders to use the red /blue/khaki. When the final clues are given as to the setting etc, I may revise. After all, one must be flexible in quilting. How often I have an idea for quilting the final top and re think it as I am quilting away on it!


More pictures and updates from my longarm quilting coming. Right now my room has be taken over by my son and DIL who are visiting from Hong Kong. We are still having holiday fun!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to all..

May all your borders be square,  and all your points match. May you find the perfect fabric in your stash..and there is enough of it! Here's hoping that quilting brings you  much fun and joy as you tackle your next project. May the Quilt Police only visit you to hand out a commendation!
Merry Christmas !
Cecilia

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Road Trip ..to Christal Carter's !!


View from Living Room !

Mid December my friendship group, CottonPatchers, took a trip to visit Quilt designer, author and artist Christal Carter who lives near San Diego,Ca. What a fun day!!  We had a lovely lunch plus a tour of her studio and beautifully decorated house and to top it off...Quilts! We were treated to a small show of some of her quilts,plus previews of upcoming.

Wool applique





Wool hand prints from family.
Then we got to see the incredible Play House that she and her husband built for their grand kids. It's all decorated with quilts too.
Playhouse


Running water in the playhouse!
Everywhere we looked there was something unique and clever to see. Christal uses many of her quilts throughout her house along with antiques and finds from thrift stores and yard sales!


Lots of inspiration. We all enjoyed the day and we all wanted to have our birthdays in her playhouse too!
Please visit her website, http://www.christalcarter.com/ and take a look. If any of you are going to Road to California Quilt Show this January, she is teaching classes and will also be a vendor. Stop by her booth and say hi !