Happy Birthday to me....

Sunday was my birthday.  I'm not really into birthdays, but I did find the time to buy myself a little fabric.  I am very inspired by this quilt on http://www.thatgirlthatquilt.com/....  I think it was one of those group projects for a charity...so there is a lot of variety in the fabrics.  This necessitated a trip to the quilt shop for these beauties...

I went with some oranges that were almost red...and some that were almost a cheddar yellow.  The purples were just a mish mash...but I tried to find some magenta to make it sparkle...

Now....what to do with them?

Kaffe Winner....

The winner of the Kaffe fat quarters was Jan Hatchett of http://www.janhatchett.com/....

My son, Ryan, was the random number generator.... ;-)

Congrats!  I'll contact you to get your address...

Happy Quilting everyone...and thanks for reading!

Footbiking....

Have you ever seen a Footbike?  It is a cross between a scooter and a bike....very cool!  We all own one and love to take them out in the spring and fall....

They are great exercise....it takes a lot to push an adult around on one of these things!  And there is never any time to sit...darn it!  People always stare at us and point because I guess we look sort of funny...or way too cool...hard to determine.  LOL.  These pics were taken last May (currently all the flowers in the yard have been cut back for the winter--you wouldn't want a winter picture of a house in LV).  Footbiking is good for people who would like to run, but can't....possibly due to knee injuries, or just old age.  The Footbikes have brakes for the front and rear on the handles--and all the parts can be fixed/adjusted at your local bike shop.  ;-)  This will part of our Sunday...

I'll post the giveaway winner later tonight.  Get some quilting done!!!

Rebecca's name quilt....and 100th Post!

I have another finish from my stack of UFOs....Rebecca's name quilt. I lasted posted about this in August 2010 and just got around to finishing it last night.  It only took about 4 hours...including the binding.  Seriously, what was my problem?  Check it out!  It is for her office (cell) at her school....The letters were pieced with recycled men's shirts....single-fold biased binding and crosshatching!

I got something in the mail this week that I'm so excited about....a Kona Cottons color chart ;-D  Now I'll know what colors I have, and what I need to order (online, most likely).  It would have been less expensive at Pink Chalk, but they were out of stock when I ordered...

The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild had it's first meeting Thursday night at Quiltique.  What a fun bunch of ladies!!  We will meet again in a month for a mug rug swap and mini-sew-in....Many claimed that they felt funny cutting and making "wonky" blocks (and everyone is afraid of wasting fabric) so I graciously offered to bring a layer cake and teach a little class on "wonky" blocks.  Remember this quilt....I'm going to quilt this prior to the next MQG meeting at the end of February!

The ladies will all cut and sew a few blocks, for practice, and then I'll get them back to make a quilt.  ;-D  And I have to grin again ;-D  How nice of them!!!  As time goes on, hopefully others will have ideas to share and we can all help make blocks for each other's quilts while learning new techniques at the same time.  Genius!

Tomorrow is my birthday so I treated myself to some fat quarters....I'll wash and iron them today for Sunday's post.  But in anticipation of my 100th post (which is today!!!), I was prepared for a little giveaway... 

A small little collection of Kaffe Fassett fat quarters--perfect to start a spring project!  Just leave me a comment and you are entered...Please don't post about this to other blog sites--I'd really like a reader who has read my blog more than today to win, if you know what I mean.  And how discouraging is it when there are 400 comments--a loyal reader might feel that there is no way to win!  :-D Anyhow, thanks to the dozen or so who actually do come back regularly.    I'll draw a winner Sunday evening (Jan 30th)...around 7pm in Las Vegas.  Happy Quilting!

Finished Zentangle Quilt....

So this is it....all done!

I love it....it turned out OK....for my classroom.  Now I'm working on a charity quilt...more pics tomorrow or Friday!!  We have our Modern Quilt Guild first meeting tomorrow at Quiltique....I can't wait!!!

Zentangle Quilt preview....

Zentangle--a meditative type of doodling, ususally done in black and white, using repetitive shapes inside of a constrained space....at least that is what I think it is!!  Check out the official Zentangle website for a better definition...Zentangles are usually done with pen and paper....but I figured that anything that could be done on paper could be done with fabric.  So here it is...my Zentangle wall quilt.  It still needs binding, and a hanging sleeve, and some other details, but this is what I have so far....

I'm writing a tutorial on it, though it isn't that difficult to figure out.  I also have a couple of other ideas for Zentangle quilts....I'll let you know when I have it done and there is a final picture.  ;-)  Off to do some binding and watch "Salt"....Happy Quilting!

A quilt finish and art quilt....

I did finish binding the "Not My Grandma's Quilt" and it will be mailed off to my sister tomorrow.  Yeah!

In addition, I wanted to show you the little wall art quilt that I bought from Etsy...moonspiritstudios!  Raw edge applique and some hand stitching/beading.  It is hanging in my cell (classroom) as we speak!

Anyhow, that is all for today.  Maybe I'll come up with something new tomorrow!!  Oh yeah, the mug rugs went over really well....the ladies were very appreciative ;-D  Inexpensive gift set....good idea for teacher gifts for the end of the year, or the holidays....