Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Busy Appliqueing and Pulling Weeds

Wow these weeds in the garden just never go away. I have been pulling since spring and they are multiplying faster than I can pull them. I like working outside though because I just love warm weather. Of course that is easy for me to say, we here in sunny Atlanta which is usually quite warm seems to be much colder than most of the USA is right now. Even places that are usually cool in California are baking. I remember in Monterey we ran the heat most of the summer. I thought it was cold.

Oh by the way Go Redsox!!! They lost today but they still rule.

I have been working on a few things this month and thought I would post a couple of the images. I have posted them in the Gallery I have about 5 other things to post but they can wait until later when I have a bit more time. I have appliqued so much this month that tomorrow I plan on working on a Christmas piece all by machine. Need to give my finger some rest for some more weed pulling. If I like how it turns out I may make two. One for the bank and one for me.

On the topic of applique, I found an applique needle last month that I really love, I found it at the Hancocks that is next to the Ashby sewing center on Canton Rd. Marc is an excellent Pfaff dealer and I take mine there for tune-ups. Anyway, this needle is called Mary Arden of England. Well they are the best. Nice tips, easy to thread, thought I still use a threader because I am used to using one. That age thing you know. Well I went back up there and I was excited, I was going to buy every package left. Well guess what, they were gone and the ones that were left i.e betweens were discounted. They aren’t going to carry them any more. Talk about your BOO HOO moments. I had praised these needles, gave out samples to my quilting buddies now I need to figure out how to get those back : ) .

Right now I am listening to Annie’s Podcast and it is great as usual. She said that some folks were leaving bad comments on her site. Why do people go out of their way to be mean. Really folks if you don’t like her, don’t visit here site. Pretty easy I say. If I ever move back to California, I would have to look her up before I even unpacked.

My daughter is coming back here from Colorado to go back to college this weekend and I hope to spend some time with her before she gets busy with classes. Maybe we can take a trip up to see my other daughter in North Carolina and of course the grandkids. I miss them all. I will try to get those pictures posted this month as well.

I have guild tomorrow night and the speaker is Barbara Rainwater, I just recently saw one of her quilts and it was awesome. I would love to take a class with her. Right now though I have the choice of gas or class. Of course gas wins though just barely. 

Well I am off to some popcorn and a movie. Have fun and I will post my Christmas project tomorrow before I leave for guild.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Quiet Quilt World

Well the Quilt world here in Northwest Georgia has been quiet today. No shows, no exciting classes, no updates on the quilting podcasts, just a blah day to be out. Well I took care of that and stayed in and appliqued. I finished 2 projects and as soon as I get a camera I will post some photos. My DH took the digital. I was going to go out and get a cheap throw away one to take photos but then I remembered I still have the old Sony Mavica. I just need to dig it out of a box. So look for some photos tomorrow.

I really like this applique top I finished, it has many pieces and it went together layer by layer so well. It is by a new designer and so I will post a link to her site when I post the photo.

I may work on piecing a top tomorrow (Weaver Fever by Jackie Robertson) or getting some tops quilted and ready to sell. I have a couple finished and will post those this week as well

I have found another quilt podcast. A friend of mine emailed the link to this gals site and I listened to all her podcasts yesterday. The gal that owns the site is someone that I knew when I lived in Germany. I have been watching her quilting career over the last 8 years because she has been published in a couple of books and has entered a couple of shows. She even has a quilt on the site that I watched her work on and it was exciting to see it on her site. Her podcasts are a joy to listen too and I know you will like them as well. Here is the link to her main site and her podcast site. Her quilts are so wonderful.

Dreamweavers Quilts
Driven to Quilt

Well my dogs are calling and of course they do rule the house here, so I must be off.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Missing Simply Quilts?

Are you already missing Simply Quilts? I know I am, dumb company, how dare they take it off the air. It was just getting better and better.
Are you going crazy with needing to see or hear someone on the air talk about quilting. Well there are some solutions I have found that help. 

I have posted some links to things that may help you chase the blues away on those days when you’re sewing by yourself and just need to hear a familiar voice or you want some background noise that inspires you.
Who knows, if we get enough of these we may never have a bad day. I can promise you these are addictive so yo have been warned.

Alex Anderson Podcasts:
Did you know she is offering podcasts. It is so wonderful to hear that familiar voice. Heck half the time I watched Simply Quilts I was sewing so it was the voice I was listenening to. She has been having wonderful interviews and I have learned a few things along the way. Her interview with Superior Threads owners was a great one.

Bonnie Lyn McCaffery:
This one is new and wonderful and I hope she continues to air these. Bonnie offers the first Video Podcast for quilters. I have watched the one that she currently has on her site and the quality is great. Most of the others I am hoping follow suit and offer video as well as audio.

Annie Smith Annie was the first podcast I found and I listen faithfully. I have even found myself getting upset when she doesn’t have a new podcast a week. How dare she have a life!  I have even donated a bit to her site in the hopes that she keeps it going. So if you do visit and like it as much as I do she has a link for donating through paypal.

QNN This is one I put on for background noise. It tries to cover a wide audience such as longarm quilters ( I am not one of these), embroidery lovers, quilters (yep that is me), EQ users, purse makers, doll makers and more.
If you like the pioneers in quilt shows such as Eleanor Burns, Shar Jorgensen and Nancy Zieman you will love it. One thing about QNN is they are targeting beginners and so many of the shows may not be for you, yet you will still be able to find some shows of interest.

QNN is great for all the quilters that live overseas, now they can see some of the shows we have been watching for years.

Well I hope these shows are just the beginning of a wonderful quilting friendship through our computers.

Locker Hooking, Not for me!

Well I went to the Cherokee Rose Quilt Guild today and we had a workshop on Locker Hooking. Nope not for me. That is all I need is another project that makes use of my hands. I don’t have enough time to complete all the applique projects and not to mention hand piecing or quilting. So I gave my project I started to someone that likes it. I did keep the needle/hook though because you just never know when those may be useful for something else.

I am working on about 4 different projects right now and will get some photos uploaded to Albums as soon as I write this.

It is now 98° here in Georgia today and I am praying for some much needed rain. Bye for now.