And this is the wonderful news….Best of Show at the Red Willow County Fair! So I believe these will be Nebraska State Fair bound! And to do it twice is even better! This isn’t the best pictures of my redwork sampler…it’s much better in person….but it makes me happy! I love redwork….and I love quilting even more!
I’ve been so busy at work that when I come home after being in the heat all day I just want to sit in my chair and crash…which I seem to do quite often. I’ve still been getting quite a bit done in my sewing room, but not as much as usual. I had the day off yesterday and a friend and I went to the Nebraska Quilt Show in North Platte ….It was kind of disappointing…only 8 vendor booths there and I only really liked two of them…so I didn’t spend too much money, which was a good thing. I did buy a cute pattern of the nativity and I’ve got one done already….it’s so darn cute…just need a black frame to put it in now….It will be around 5 x 12 inches in the frame. Hopefully I can find something at Hobby Lobby that’s not too expensive. I think these would make really cute gifts and they will use up my scrap wool pieces, which is good and bad since I tend to be a ‘wool’ hoarder!
And in other news….My Nolting Pro 24 longarm has arrived…I’ve had it now for about 3 weeks and I’ve found it’s a whole different ballgame compared to free motion quilting with a domestic machine….I can tell I will really have to practice, practice, practice! And of course she is red in color! Woo Hoo! Her name is ‘Big Red’, but her nickname is ‘Red’, she was named after my favorite team….Go Huskers! GBR!
And here is my Evelyn’s Album wool quilt….almost done! Just working on the borders now, so not too far away from being ready to quilt. I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to use red or the tan for the border fabric…I chose tan and then tea-dyed it a little bit to take the yellowish tint out of it…..I like how the wool vines/leaves and flowers stand out with the lighter color.
Here is one of the 61/2 inch unfinished hovering hawks blocks I will be needing to complete the border of my mom’s civil war quilt. I’m finishing this quilt that she started before she went in the nursing home……I promised her I’d complete it, only 56 more of these to make and I will be ready to sew them together to complete the border. I need a total of 68.
And here is the results of my first attempt at using ‘Red’…this is a quilt top my mom had made that I told her I would quilt for her. It turned out okay…not perfect by any means but it was good practice. Nothing fancy, but it was fun!
Well….off to do some more sewing
Happy Quilting! Kris
