Completed Watercolor from Alex Kincaid Class

 

Here's my finished bouquet.

Blue flax, Poppies, Buterfly Magnolias star. 

Fillers include puff balls, eucalyptus leaves and other assorted leaves and stems.

I thouroughly enjoyed the class.  Even though it was not my original drawing, the colors and the fillers are all mine.

Watercolor is fun. 

Corpus Christi trip

 Linda and I had a great time on our Corpus Christi trip.   The groupkloved the trunk show,  with lots of followup comments on how much fun it was.

Linda was amazing support.  We enjoyed visiting with our friends, sticking our toes into the saltwater of the bay, shopping at a going-out-of-business fabric store, and stopping at DQs for dipped cones.

Hope to go back sometime.   Both of us were told by our hostesses that we would be more than welcome.

Jane

Jane was made using Jane Sassaman's fabric.

Jane’s mother wanted her to become a writer like her idol, Jane Austen.

Unfortunately, Jane is dyslexic.  

She now has a thriving career in retail sales, as she has a good eye for line and color. 

Windows 17

Windows 17

My daughter, SIL, and grandson went to the AAQG  show with me last fall.   I was able to see which quilts appealed to DGS, so that I could choose one to make for his high school graduation last year.

While we were looking, several caught the eye of my DD and SIL, who were in the process of re-doing their  living room and dining area.  So I decided to offer to make them a wall hanging.

It started out as a replacement for an IKEA print in the dining room, but grew bigger and has a place of honor in their living room.

The colors morphed, the size morphed, the location morphed. But it finished out as a really nice piece. 

I'll be entering it into the Chisholm Trail Quilt Guild show in September.

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Baby Bundle Sew-In

On Monday night, the Guild finished up over 90 quilts for babies.  These are given to area agencies serving children in need.

It's been fun working with Gracie this year but I'll be glad when it's over and I get my guest room back.  It's been crowded with the supplies and fabrics for this project for the last year.

For more, see 
http://babybundlesaaqg.blogspot.com/

Pick-up Sticks

Today I finished putting together a top for the Baby Bundle project that the Austin guild sponsors. I had seen the pattern in a magazine and just had to try it.
Then I got bored.
So I made a total of 20 blocks, put them together, and have donated them to be made into a baby quilt for one of the local health department programs.
Our guild does almost 400 quilts a year and I'm one of the coordinators.  Come July, I'll get my guest room back and can spend more time on making quilts and less time on organizing.

Baby Bundles Sew-In

Our guild, the Austin Area Quilt Guild, sponsors the creation and donation of baby quilts to three area charities Last week, about a dozen of us gathered to finish up some that had been donated as tops.

The Quilt Store, on Anderson Lane,
generously allows us to use their classroom for these "mini-sew-in"s.    Gracie, the Baby Bundles coordinator,  brought 26 quilts that were almost ready - they had been sandwiched, turned right side out, and edge stitched.  The members either quilted them or tied them, sewed on labels, and then added them to the stack to be delivered.

The next week, I took 20 quilts to Mom's Place, a breastfeeding clinic which is a part of  the Health Departments Women, Infants and Children's program.  The staff were excited to see me come in, happy to be able to give these quilts to newborns - tummy time in a bright quilt is a good thing.
Quilts are made by members using fabric from their own collection or from kits provided by the guild.  A small budget allows the coordinators to buy rolls of batting so that those who prefer to turn in tops can be assured that their quilt will be finished and donated.

Every quilt is different.  the one on the right uses Cars fabric.  Others are pink and sweet.  Others are a riot of multicolored fabrics.

It's a good feeling to contribute.  I urge you to consider joining in this project.