State Wide Assembly Day 2016

It was a busy week-end.  Our state-wide, Tennessee Valley Quilters Assoc. (TVQA) had their annual Assembly Day on Sat., Aug. 13th.  Courthouse Quilters Guild hosted in Charlotte, TN.  There were over 400 quilters in attendance and ten vendors, so lots of fabric, patterns, quilting tools, etc.  Our Guest Speakers were Kaye England and Kelly Young.

I remember Kaye England coming to our Guild in July 2000, and taught a class from her book, "Voices of the Past", which is a history of Women's Lives in Patchwork.  The quilt pattern Kaye chose to teach was "Mrs. Taft's Choice".  At that time, I also purchased Kaye's book, "Voices of the Past", Volume II.
You can check out Kaye's Blog at:  Kaye England.com

Kaye's talk on Saturday, Aug. 13th was so interesting.  She brought her collection of quilts that related to these two books and talked about the history surrounding these quilts and the women's lives and their stories. 

After lunch, Kelly Young told us about the quilts she had made as she showed each one.  Kelly had many stories to tell about each of her quilts.  Her quilts have a modern flair with bright colors.  Kelly  has a blog, so you can check out her designs and patterns on-line.
 My Quilt Infatuation.blogspot.com

Design Wall Monday

I have created (7) Rainbow Blocks and had planned to add white to complete the quilt.  However, with all the bright colors and odd shape, it still needs more.  So, I've designed a couple of half blocks for the sides.  That still will not be enough to make a normal size quilt.  My quick project seems to be growing in complexity.  Here's what I have so far......  Each finished block will measure 16" square.

Rainbow Blocks

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Quilty Circles 365

My Quilty Circles 365 project consists of (2) quilt tops.  My first top began with Jan. 1st and ended with June 28th.  You can see this quilt top under my Blog Post dated July 11th, 2016.

 My 2nd quilt top began with June 29th through yesterday, Aug. 5th.  When I let this project go for a couple of weeks, it sure was difficult to remember what happened on which day.  This afternoon, I managed to get the last 12 blocks created and a few words of my accomplishments for those days.  So happy to post the picture for you to see.....

365 Quilty Circles

At present, my Design Wall has two projects--the top 3 blocks go along with a Rainbow Quilt Project.

Be sure to stop by Quiltyfolk.blogspot.com
to see what others have created.

Design Wall Monday

Hey...It's August 1st.  Wish I could say that I've been moving along at a rapid rate, getting all sorts of projects done.  I have found many fabulous patterns that I wish to try.  The two blocks I have made this week, I found on Nann's Blog at:   Nann's With Strings Attached
I discovered it took more time searching for all the different fabrics per color than the time it took to cut and sew.  I made my blocks--16 inches square.  I discovered several fabrics I had forgotten that I had.

Just remembered that I am now behind on my 365 Quilty Circles.  The last date I made a block for was
July 24th.  I guess I will be working on those tomorrow after my Sewing Group.

Design Wall Monday blocks

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Sewing Room Organization Continues

I deleted my Post about misplacing my Kindle.  This afternoon, I discovered where I had left it.  It was in my Carry-On Bag from my trip to California.  I didn't think that I had taken it, but obviously I had.  It was on my "List of Items" to be packed and sure enough, there it was, just waiting for me to discover it.  Now I can concentrate on cleaning and organization my Sewing Room.

365 Quilty Circles Project Up To Date

On June 29th, I began my 2nd "365 Quilty Circles" quilt top.  As I did with the first quilt top, there will be 12 blocks across, but instead of 15 rows of blocks, there will be 16 rows of blocks down.  This will allow for 6 blocks on the final row for additional info. about the two quilt tops.  Several people have suggested putting the two quilt tops together and quilting them as one.  However, I believe that would be most difficult to get them to line up.  Also, several blocks have thick appliques, which could and most likely would create problems while machine quilting.

Another amazing thing--I am presently up-to-date on this project.

365 Quilty Circles up-to-date through 7-16-2016

     

Design Wall Monday

365 Quilty Circles.......
My first quilt top for this year's project is complete with a HST and circle with 4 or 5 words as my Journal Entry and the date.  Each HST finishes at (4 inches).  There are 12 squares across and 15 down making the top 48" x 60".  It begins at January 1st, 2016 and ends at June 28th, 2016.

Design Wall Monday  07-11-2016

My second quilt top for this year's project will begin at June 29th, and hopefully end on Dec. 31st, 2016.
I have had a difficult time keeping the project up-to-date.  It took most of last week to get caught up on my
June blocks and now it's the 11th and I haven't begun July's blocks.  Yikes!!

I have adored this project.  I have enjoyed choosing the fabrics for each square, trying to have the fabrics relate to what happened that day.  Some days, I hand embroider the circles and some days, I machine embroider the circles, trying different colors of thread that match the fabric.  It makes a great conversation
starter.  My fellow guild members were intrigued when I showed it at guild last Saturday.

Check out Patchwork Times.com  to see what others have been working on this week.