OK quilter - Margaret

This quilt was made by my Neice, Margaret from OK.

It was made for one of her family members.

I was very impressed with her choice of colors.

My friends quilt too

This quilt was made by the Family that does my long arm quilting.

It was exhibited at a local quilt show and won first place.

The family recently exhibited some of their work at another show and came home with 5 firsts in 5 differeent categories.

Each one has her own favorite method or technique and all are certainly very talented!

They are very talented women and I am proud to be their friend, colleague and customer.

Wizards and Dragons - Carla's quilt

Alas, I have no picture of this quilt finished.

A co-worker, Carla, hand embroidered the blocks with wizards and dragons for her son.

She asked me to put it together and have it quilted. These are pictures of the construction.

The back is a fire breathing Chinese dragon print. Her son and

his girlfriend loved it

Beginner Link - great information

I received permission from Gloria Massard to post a link to her site for quilting for beginners. She has great information there, for supplies, making a quilt and picking/matching colors.

I recommend it, not just for beginners, but for those of us who have been quilting for awhile and still have our quandries.

Her information is to the point, clear and her instructions were great. Check it out!
http://www.sewaquilt.com/index.html

Labor Day Weekend with the 'Quilting Family'

Labor Day weekend activities included a wonderful visit with family from Oklahoma, among them two neices who also quilt.
The quilting nieces and I got together in the sewing room at different times over the weekend and 'played'. One of them wanted to learn to make the 'lone star', so we went through the stash cabinet and picked out fabric, cut, pieced and made one point of the star. Of course, I sent the rest of the fabric home with her so she can work on the 'practice piece', before starting her final project.
The other neice wanted to play with the embroidery machine. She made a small picture for a family friend, then embroidered her grandsons names on fabric to use in a project that she is planning after she goes home.
We made a trip to the home of the family who does long arm quilting for me, to see their work. They had several quilts that will be in a local quilt show for us to look at. It is always a treat to go there! There are 5 quilters in that family, and they do lovely work with patchwork and machine embroidery besides their business of long arm quilting.
DD3 came Monday evening and worked on her 'patriotic block' for the guild meeting.