Patience Quilters Show

as promised!  Enjoy!

 

From this point on, the quilts were all minis.  Imagine making some of these in about 15 inch quilts.

Welcome Home Winners

Pretty quilts you are.  Pretty enough to be winners, every one. 

Congratulations to you all.

It feels good to win a ribbon or two, even though it was a small, local show.  This show is sponsored by the Cottonport Museum as a fundraiser.  As such, it allows quilts from around the state.  This year the show was a bit smaller than usual, possibly because the dates had to be changed and another guild was also having its show. 

That guild is the Patience Quilters' Guild. I showed photos from the here, and I'll have more photos to post tomorrow.  Come back for a visit, won't you?

Linking up with:

Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts 

Off the Wall Fridays at Creations Quilts Art Whatever

Simply Pieced for Thank Goodness Its Finished Friday

Pin It Weekly#120

"How about some fabric?"
"Sure," she said, "where to?"
"Spoonflower!" he answered.  And off they went.

 

Here's how Spoonflower works:

1. You upload your own image (or make sure it's royalty-free).  2. You choose your product--fabrics, wallpaper, or gift wrap.  3. The Spoonflower team create your product in the amount you order and send it to you.  

The low-down on the downside: it's expensive.  Get ready to pay $18 a yard for fabric and $15 for a roll of gift wrap.  

Can we say PERSONALIZED?  It's pretty amazing and it's lots of fun to see the faces of gift recipients when you tell them that you even designed the fabric!

This is my Spoonflower fabric, which I call "Hello Beautiful."

And these are some of the small makeup bags that I made for the girls in the family.  

Fun projects to design, make and give...thanks, Spoonflower.

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: DOORKNOBS

I know, sounds kind of desperate, doesn't it?  Here's my thinking: if anything can be inspiration, then on occasion I have to choose something really odd.  Doorknobs feel odd.  We'll see how that goes in a second.

Surely some of these more off-the-wall (yes, pun intended) door knockers and doorknobs can inspire a quilt or two.  I was thinking of the regular, ordinary, not-so-special doorknobs that ordinary people (like myself) have in our homes.  If, however, you really like the odd and endearing, check out Laura Beth Love's "door knobs knockers and latches" board.  Really, I want to just show you all 85 of her pins, but I have other work to do.

I'm supposed to be showing you some quilts inspired by doorknobs. Surprise, I have something.  I'm disappointed, however, because the best I can do are these little quilts that hang on a door knob. There are lots of these, but well...

They aren't even quilted but they could be!  Maybe that's the inspiration.  You could make a few for the doors in your house but quilt them.  

I'm not sure just what to consider this post: I don't feel like it's a win, but I do like the little door hangers and can see that they would be just as cute made and quilted in cotton.  

What would you consider this post?  A win (for finding some darling little sewn items)?  Or a loss (for not finding any quilts)?