Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Tuesday morning
Today is a beautiful day here in St. George, Utah. I am setting out by the pond in our back yard. Dave has cleaned his pool and the hot tub/spa. Drained and filled the hot tub and I have cleaned all the leaves from around the pond, in the pond and around all the cement surfaces. It has been a few days since I put anything on my blog. So I will catch up.
We had a pretty good quilt show this past week here in St. George. It was put on my Utah Quilt Guild. There were things that could have been better, but over all it was a pretty good show. Everyone that worked on it worked very hard. The judges were great and dotted every i and crossed every t. I have heard talk that the people that won were in the judging room. So far as I am aware, there were never anyone that had entered a quilt in their name ever in the room when their quilt was judged. There were those that had quilts entered that were working to check the quilts in. That was the fiber arts group I am a part of. No one else came to help. If being in the room with the quilts made a big difference, the quilt Janey and I entered would have won something....lol! Those that won deserved the ribbons. Whom every is spreading this roomer needs to be careful of what they are saying.
Congratulations to Teryl Loy for her double ribbon. Her quilt was beautiful. Judie and Larry W's quilt won a first place. I was the lucky one that quilted it. Karen Andres and Cathie Purdy, both members of the fiber arts group I belong to, won ribbons! There were a couple more that I quilted that won ribbons as well... Margaret Miller's and Linda Sidlow. There were winners, I can't remember their names. ............Everyone that won ribbons deserved to win......!!!! Congratulations to you all!
I had a pleasent thing happen (thanks to Dayzee for pushing me....again). Chrystal day owner of 'It's Sew Moab' purchased 6 each of my 'The Perfect Bag' pattern and 'Cactus Wall hanging". We will see how they go.
I did demo at the school house at the quilt show on my 'Glad to Mark it Board'. I had positive feedback. Teryl said she would have the patterns in the booth. I did not see them. I need to set up some kind of site to sell them myself I guess. I am just not very good at marketing. The board give you a flat surface to mark your quilts once they are on the long arm. Tools for the long arm can be extremely expensive.... this tool is not. You can purchase the pattern for under $10 and it is not hard to make. It requires fabric, a board, a big magnet and velcro........I need to find an outlet to sell the finished product too.
I have an idea for a quilt pattern, that I think could very well be a book. I have it drawn on paper, but need to get it put in my EQ7 program. I am not the sharpest tool when it comes to computers. It is going to take some major work on my part.
I have a couple of small customer things to do and should be working on them. But it is so lovely outside... I don't want to go in.................
Time to get busy though.......it's almost noon.
We had a pretty good quilt show this past week here in St. George. It was put on my Utah Quilt Guild. There were things that could have been better, but over all it was a pretty good show. Everyone that worked on it worked very hard. The judges were great and dotted every i and crossed every t. I have heard talk that the people that won were in the judging room. So far as I am aware, there were never anyone that had entered a quilt in their name ever in the room when their quilt was judged. There were those that had quilts entered that were working to check the quilts in. That was the fiber arts group I am a part of. No one else came to help. If being in the room with the quilts made a big difference, the quilt Janey and I entered would have won something....lol! Those that won deserved the ribbons. Whom every is spreading this roomer needs to be careful of what they are saying.
Congratulations to Teryl Loy for her double ribbon. Her quilt was beautiful. Judie and Larry W's quilt won a first place. I was the lucky one that quilted it. Karen Andres and Cathie Purdy, both members of the fiber arts group I belong to, won ribbons! There were a couple more that I quilted that won ribbons as well... Margaret Miller's and Linda Sidlow. There were winners, I can't remember their names. ............Everyone that won ribbons deserved to win......!!!! Congratulations to you all!
I had a pleasent thing happen (thanks to Dayzee for pushing me....again). Chrystal day owner of 'It's Sew Moab' purchased 6 each of my 'The Perfect Bag' pattern and 'Cactus Wall hanging". We will see how they go.
I did demo at the school house at the quilt show on my 'Glad to Mark it Board'. I had positive feedback. Teryl said she would have the patterns in the booth. I did not see them. I need to set up some kind of site to sell them myself I guess. I am just not very good at marketing. The board give you a flat surface to mark your quilts once they are on the long arm. Tools for the long arm can be extremely expensive.... this tool is not. You can purchase the pattern for under $10 and it is not hard to make. It requires fabric, a board, a big magnet and velcro........I need to find an outlet to sell the finished product too.
I have an idea for a quilt pattern, that I think could very well be a book. I have it drawn on paper, but need to get it put in my EQ7 program. I am not the sharpest tool when it comes to computers. It is going to take some major work on my part.
I have a couple of small customer things to do and should be working on them. But it is so lovely outside... I don't want to go in.................
Time to get busy though.......it's almost noon.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Sunday
Dave and I had the most wonderful dinner and time with dear friends last evening... Thanks so much Cathie and Jim.
Today I spent the afternoon at Let's Quilt taking a class from Pam Clarke. She is such a fun teacher and great person! I had never colored with crayons on fabric before. We made a table runner size piece. We traced or drew flowers on three panels (I opted to trace), once done we quilted around the lines we had drawn, going over it 3 times. My back tracking was not that great, but the piece is OK. We quilted in the borders and sashing and then did tight back files behind the motif we drew. We removed the drawing lines and then colored and ironed the designs. I came home and finished coloring mine. I did it at the ironing board, heating the design and then putting the crayon on. Doing it that way seemed to make the color much more intense. It has to be washed a few times. I hope mine stays pretty dark, but it probably won't. Pam's had a water color effect................ it was a fun class.
5 of my 'Glad to Mark It Board' pattern sold and Teryl asked me to bring in more today. I am going to be demonstrating the tool............ or explaining it. Since I need the long arm to be able to actually demo it I am going to take photos tomorrow and mount them on a display board. That should help me explain. I need to do the photos anyway.
I did a acrylic painting of the red bridge in Mingus park in Coos Bay oregon. I am very happy with it. I plan on doing it with fabric on a large canvas.
Well it is 10 and I am tired. I think I will go get a bath and then go to bed.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
latest customer quilt finished
Finished Lail Lovell's quilt. I am happy with the outcome.... Hope she will be.
I am also trying to burn photos of our Oregon trip on to a CD... I is not working. I will try again later.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
perfect day!
Today is wonderful outside here in St. George, Utah.. It is much cooler outside than inside the house. I am setting out by the pond. No one is using any power tools, there are no motor bikes making noise.. no dogs and not even the crazy howling neighbor. I need to figure out something that makes him stop his noise or go inside to continue his behavior.
I should fix breakfast... but don't feel like it.
Yesterday our Dixie Quilt Guild meeting was very nice. The attendance was good for the first one of the Season. Heather Purcell (Mother Superior) of Superior Threads gave a nice talk and trunk show. We had the usual business. I think all the positions are filled. That is a big relief.
The Long Arm Meeting was not so good. There seems to be only two of us that attend regularly (excluding Teryl). The one gal that was there besides myself and Jean Johnson (Jean is wonderful and so very supportive of everyone) does not want us to stop and she does attend when ever she is here. But I don't care to continue. I don't want to plan programs and then have very few, or no one show up. It is very discouraging. I don't think it is important to many to have the group. It seems like it is just a place that people go when they don't have any thing better to do. It is not a priority for very many.... well probably besides Teryl... two of us.
I am working on a quilt for a guild member and friend. I have it about 1/3 finished. Hope to finish it by tomorrow. She needs to get it bound for the up coming quilt show.
I found out yesterday two of the quilts I have quilted for people are being entered as two person quilts. I don't know if there are anymore that are being entered for judging or just for showing. I did not submit anything. I am busily working on the landscapes. I have a friend and customer brings a couple of smaller pieces for me to work on tomorrow.
Now.....................time to get this day started....
I should fix breakfast... but don't feel like it.
Yesterday our Dixie Quilt Guild meeting was very nice. The attendance was good for the first one of the Season. Heather Purcell (Mother Superior) of Superior Threads gave a nice talk and trunk show. We had the usual business. I think all the positions are filled. That is a big relief.
The Long Arm Meeting was not so good. There seems to be only two of us that attend regularly (excluding Teryl). The one gal that was there besides myself and Jean Johnson (Jean is wonderful and so very supportive of everyone) does not want us to stop and she does attend when ever she is here. But I don't care to continue. I don't want to plan programs and then have very few, or no one show up. It is very discouraging. I don't think it is important to many to have the group. It seems like it is just a place that people go when they don't have any thing better to do. It is not a priority for very many.... well probably besides Teryl... two of us.
I am working on a quilt for a guild member and friend. I have it about 1/3 finished. Hope to finish it by tomorrow. She needs to get it bound for the up coming quilt show.
I found out yesterday two of the quilts I have quilted for people are being entered as two person quilts. I don't know if there are anymore that are being entered for judging or just for showing. I did not submit anything. I am busily working on the landscapes. I have a friend and customer brings a couple of smaller pieces for me to work on tomorrow.
Now.....................time to get this day started....
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