Friday the Thirteenth

It was the first day of the Quilt Show and I thought I would share the feature quilter exhibit today.  This is Betty Fikes-Pillsbury, a reknown crazy quilter, local gal, and we are honored to, also, have her as one of our guild's members.

I am blown away by her work to say the least.  The piece she is demo'ing on she just started and has so much accomplished - I am amazed.

The large  windows in this room really played havoc in getting photos.    Large pieces, lots of small pieces, many articles of clothing, and home decor - she does it all.  She's even quite the herbalist, too.

AND it was her Birthday!! 

This year they added a special exhibit honoring local quilt guilds.  I was pleased to see 6 guilds set up displays - 5 of which are member guilds of the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame.

  
Another room with large windows and lots of odd lighting in the room.  Love this dresdan!

Fabulous needleturn applique' on this one.

Lots of hearts made by all the members of this guild made for a special quilt.

Beautiful quilt that had just come from this guild's show and had earned best of show.

My guild's display.  Unfortunately the little photo screen display device we had some how lost a piece to attach the power.  Hopefully there is a fix so we can run them tomorrow.

With close to 200 quilts, wallhangings, appearal, and home decor pieces - I hope I get a chance to get some decent photos of the actual show.

And being Feline Friday on the 13th - had to snap a picture of a black cat!  Moe keeping my scrappy project safe while I am gone.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

Scrappy Wednesday

Boy, it's been a long time since I had a scrappy play day or scrappy Wednesday post.  The commission quilt is a finished flimsy and pressed/blocked out for sandwiching.  Since the next three days I will be busy at the local quilt show, today is a play day.

I want to play with Bonnie Hunter's Rail Block Challenge which I am using a mix of logs and rails.  My previous scrap bag was down to a few left overs in a zip bag, so I pulled a new grocery sack of scraps to add to the mix.  Use it up is the theory of this quilt.

Even with the business, I did keep up with a little hexie each day and managed to finish off the next temperature rosette.  As you can see, we've had the typical changing of seasons of up and down temps.

60 -69 - 59 - 68 - 75 - 68 - 76

Take some time to play,

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon 

Busy Week

I am on the final lap of finishing up this commission - borders.  It will be a flimsy soon and then I have the backing/batt ready to get this sandwiched.  I hope to grab some time over the next few days to get this quilted as it is a busy week. 

I had some requests for local shops - sorry, you were no reply bloggers as you respond via Google +.  So here is a list:

The Joyful Quilter - Glenville, NY
Stitch & Time - Saratoga, NY
KC Framing and Fabric - Saratoga, NY
Common Thread - Saratoga Springs, NY
Log Cabin Fabrics - Selkirk, NY
The Yardstick - Cobleskill, NY
The Quilt Bug - Schenectady, NY

I have a Catskill Mountains Quilters Hall of Fame meeting down in Liberty, NY (2.5 hr drive for me) and we are to get heavy rains with the thanks of storm Nate - hopefully I won't be swimming.

Thursday I go to help with set up of the :

"Pieces from the Heart XII" Quilt Show
Cobleskill United Methodist Church
 *corner of Chapel & North Grand Streets, Cobleskill, NY
Show is Friday Oct 13 (2-6pm) and Saturday Oct 14 (9-3)
**special exhibit:  Betty Pillsbury - book signing and her crazy quilts
Honor Exhibit:  Local Quilt Guilds
Vendors (I'm vending), Silent Auction, and lunch available (Sat).


When this is all over - I am dumping a bag of scraps and play!!

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

Of Temps & Friends

I have my nose to the grind stone to finish a commission before I am tightly booked with travel events.  BUT I do manage to check the noon temperature for each day so I can keep the rosettes on track.  We had a bit of variety for this week.

86 - 70 - 68 - 62 - 52 - 64 - 63

And I simply did not take a single picture the whole time that I had special visitors.  This journey was all about Barbara and Mike and she is entitled to the big picture of things.  I did pop out the morning they were to leave and get a picture of their big rig as it sat next to the old barn.  I'm, also, happy that our temperatures got warmer when they rolled thru. 

I am very honored that they had included me and our little town as part of their adventure(s).  If you don't follow Barb, you should.  She writes with such brightness and delight - and her photography is super.  I am enjoying traveling with them via her blog.

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon