Monday, January 23, 2012

Play Days

Over the weekend, I spent some time working on smaller projects, trying a tutorial that I found on Pinterest, and learning a new technique.


For our guild's February Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt crayon challenge, I pulled out my mango and lemon fabrics and started piecing a mini crazy quilt.  I am excited about playing around with decorative stitches and different threads.


It's been forever since I have attended a baby shower, but when I saw these burp cloths on Pinterest I knew I wanted to make some for an upcoming baby shower.  I have only made this one so far from Aneela Hoey's Little Apples, but I plan to make several more.


 The biggest play day of all was spending an entire Saturday with my guild friends learning needle turn appliqué from Mary Sorenson!  This has been on my list of techniques to learn for a very long time. Mary's work is incredible, and she is a fabulous teacher!  I bought her DVD since I know once I get home I tend to forget what I learned in class ;-)


I was too busy learning to take many pictures, but I did snap this one of Leslie's handwork.  Michele has pictures on her blog.  Go see how pretty her flowers are!

Happy stitching!

7 comments:

  1. Love the colors your using in the alzheimer quilt. Glad you had fun with your guild learning needle turn.

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  2. I love the mango and lemon colors...I can't wait to see the quilt!

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  3. I can't wait to see your AAQI quilt. Great fabrics!

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  4. Looks like a lot of fun. I wonder if your cowboy quilt is listed yet. I'm going to go check.

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  5. Rene', is this the cowboy quilt? There is no photo, so I'm not sure. Thanks!

    http://www.alzquilts.org/9260.html

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  6. We have another wave of babies coming - my daughters are 30 & 31, so most of their friends who were having babies in their late 20's are doing it again - three are due in March. I'll definitely whip up some of those burp cloths for shower gifts. Thank you for sharing the Pinterest link. I love the lemon and mango fabrics too :)

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  7. Thank you so much for sharing information about the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative! I lost my Dad to Alzheimer’s in December of 2010 and have been committed to raising money for research through AAQI since he was diagnosed in 2006. I am a quilter and I love that the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative is a grass roots organization that is totally staffed by volunteers so that every available dollar can be used to fund research. I love your little quilts and am thrilled that your guild has taken up our cause!

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