Show & Tell

This is the show and tell from my fiber arts group~

Lorraine's patchwork dog.

Cathy (one the right) showing her log cabin work in process.

Cathy's "duct tape" trimmmed jacket.

Cathy showing the dress trimmed in duct tape.

Dolores showing a dress she is working on.

Dolores (the one hiding behind the hanger) showing 2 dresses she made. She donates the dresses she makes to charity so some very lucky little girls will have them to wear. 

Glennda's "Trip Around the World" quilt top.

Joanne's adorable finger puppet that she knit.

Joanne modeling her lace knit scarf.

Joanne's knit elephant puppet.

Here's the elephant's mouth and tongue. Looks like it's laughing!

Joanne's knit dog puppet.

Inside the dog's mouth.

Judy L.'s finished quilt.

Judy L.'s Yorkie quilt in process. It needs to be quilted.

Close-up of those sweet little Yorkies.

Judy L.'s 3-D quilt in process.

Here's another Yorkie close-up.

Judy L.'s finished quilt. Nice job Judy! You've sure been busy with all your show and tell today.

Applique Group

Triangle thread catchers were an extra project that the group made today.

Bobbie and her grandson PJ. Don't you just love his hair? He was born with a full head of hair too.

This was Cenia's month to receive Fat Quarters of fabrics and she's here opening her fabric goodies. Cenia asked for Southwest fabrics.

Bobbie's granddaughter and daughter. Gabriella with her mom, Alisha.

International Quilt Festival in Ireland

This June 2012 is the first ever (annual) International Quilt Festival in Ireland. Check out their website for information on tickets to the festival, accommodation packages, entry info if you want to enter your quilts (see all the different categories for entries), and classes that you can take. Be sure and read about each quilt entry, whether you want to enter or even go there, because it sounds like a wonderful magical journey into each quilt exhibit that you enter.

If anyone attends this show, I would love to see your photographs. You can email me your online album link (like Webshots, Flickr, Snapfish, etc.) or email me some photos.

Even if you don't attend the show you can enter quilts, or Christmas ornaments, etc. See each catagory for details. Plus there are cash prizes too for the best in each catagory. http://www.iqfoi.com/index.html

Take a Hula Hoop & Some Tee Shirts...



and what do you get? A really cool round rug! Check out this great tutorial on how to make this rug, from the folks at Disney's Family Fun Magazine~ http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/hula-hoop-rug-995304/

What a great way to use up old tee shirts, or outgrown shirts from your kids or grandkids.

Or how about making a basket using an Embroidery Hoop? http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/embroidery-hoop-basket-995321/