little bouquet quilt along quilted

little bouquet quilt along quilted
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I've been looking back at the quilts and projects that I've done in the past year. This has to be one of my favorites. It was a quilt along and you can find the button on the side of this blog. It is still up and well worth the time to follow the instruction and make one of these beauties. I added the flower pot to mine made out of a hand dyed vintage linen that had a hand crocheted edging on it. I quilted it heavily used cottons for the pieced background and all silks for the bouquet of flowers! The leaves are also hand dyed fabrics that I purchased at Houston Quilt Festival one year! Enjoy!

scrappy pincushion sneak peak

scrappy pincushion sneak peak
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Ah....here is the twist! I've added a pincushion in the shape of a fish with beaded detailing and a fin that serves as a needle case! So is this for the scrappy pincushion swap or for the mug rug swap?

scrappy mug swap

scrappy mug swap
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

One of my recent swaps is making a "mug rug"! But this one has taken a twist! Stay tune to see what did when I was too tired to pay attention to a few minor details! I wanted my partner to get away from it all when it's time to take a break! So....This is a little carribiean retreat complete with a porthole on the cruise ship to the Matisse style bright colored buildings under the palm trees!

birds, birds everywhere

birds, birds everywhere
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

Just three weeks to go until the big show in Middway Utah! Here are just a few of my birds that are stitched and waiting to be framed. My husband has been painting frames for days! I won't have much time to blog until the show is over but after that I plan on posting some fun tutorials and lots of new things! And a BIG giveaway in September so stay tuned!

possible DQS9

possible DQS9
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

I am working for the next three weeks on projects that I will be selling at the annual Swiss Days Festival in Midway, Utah. The art event had an attendance of over 100,000 people last year over two days. It will be labor day week end. My daughter and I are sharing a booth. We were so excited to be juried into the show. We have been attending for years and have wished that we could be a part of it. My daughter is a professional photographer and will be selling her "Little Lightbox Designs". She does incredible "word" art and her photographs are amazing!

This bird is one of the pieces that I will be selling at the show. I am also considering do this design in a mini quilt for my DQS9 partner. I have finished another quilt with a bird theme as well that I originally made for the swap but now I am waffling about what my partner might like the best. If I decide to use this one for the show it will be framed in a white frame and sold as an art piece.

I will post more images of the types of things I will be selling in the coming days leading up to the show. If you are in Utah for the Labor Day week end, don't miss this show! Everything is original and must be the work of the artists with 180 booths and lots of entertainment and great Swiss food and bakery goodies!

Hope to see you there!

DQS9 quilted

DQS9 quilted
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

I am in the final stages of the quilt I am making for the DQS9 swap. I am still playing with alot of birds and these are perched on limbs with raw edge applique leaves and lots of free motion stitching on the birds and the leaves! The background is HST's in white and soft muted aqua prints. I wanted the background to be pieced, but very subdued so that the bierds could pop along with the brances and leaves....The border is a favorite butterfly print in chocolate brown and white that seemed to be perfect with the rest of the quilt.... I hope it is something that my partner will like...

Charm mini swap sent

This is the mini that I made for the Charm mini swap. My partner sent me a charm pack to work with and 1/2 yard of fabric and this is the result. Charm packs are perfect for stacking and I couldn't resist doing some of my birds on a wire! The finished size was about 18X26. It is backed with a fun Moda vintage red print. It turned out so fun that I think I will make a few for the art show I am doing on labor Day! If anyone is going to be in Utah for Labor Day, let me know you won't want to miss this art show! They usually get 70,000 to 80,000 people attending every year for this two day event!