Wizard of Oz

Finally got the Wizard of Oz quilt finished!

I divided the pics up so you can see 

how it's just like watching the movie.

Click on the photo to enlarge.

I quilted rainbows and tornadoes in the sashing

and outlined the pictures

Check out the rainbow and tornadoes at the color/sepia split on the last row.

I'm pretty proud of that! lol

Overall a very beautiful quilt by a fairly new quilter!

For those of you that live here in the area of  

Central Oklahoma,

there is a 

Quilt and Car show this evening at 

Harmony Christian Church

7100 South Choctaw Road. Choctaw OK

That is just north of I-40 on Choctaw road.

Can't miss it because of the cars.

The quilts are inside with the air conditioning

Okay, I know I keep talking about this, but let me tell you, it is worth talking about,  so listen up, again, and start spreading the word and get ready to win BIG if you Want To Be a Quilter!

 This new campaign starts on MONDAY  over at one of my favorite blogs (Sew We Quilt at Stash Manicure) for new Want To Be Quilters who are just getting started out in the wonderful world of quilting.  The idea is to spread the joy of quilting (so that you can think about quilting as often as I do ;-D) And the best thing about it is you can win big!!!  Oh, and I should mention when you win, I win too  (and you all love me and want me to win too, right :) 

 

So what can you win . . .

They are having quilting supplies to giveaway 5 x a week for 12 weeks.  From sewing machines to irons, to die cutters, to mats, to rotary cutters, sewing baskets, scissors, batting, needles, rolled sewing machine bags, patterns, books, magazines...everything you could imagine to assist you in being a NEW Quilter.   (I will mention though, if you do win . . . you have to pay for the shipping of the prizes, as the organizer is doing so much she would go bankrupt in shipping costs.  But trust me, these prizes will be worth the shipping.  However, if you win something that you don't want to pay shipping for, you can just not claim the prize.

 

So what qualifies you to be a Wantobe Quilter . . . 

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So what do you have to do . . .

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SECOND - Make sure you are a follower at my blog  and a follower at  Sew we Quilt at Stash Manicure.  ( http://stashmanicure.blogspot.com).  To follow, just click on the join this site  button on the left hand side of the blog :) 

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This all starts August 1st so make sure to send me those emails by then :)  It is going to be so much fun!!!!

 

Wantobe a Quilter Campaign

"Hello friends and followers, I would love to welcome you

to a Wantobe Quilters Campaign over here. ( http://stashmanicure.blogspot.com)

 They are having quilting supplies to giveaway 5 x a week for 12 weeks. 

Supplies that will have you quilting

before you know it...From sewing machines to irons, to die cutters,

to mats, to rotary cutters, sewing baskets, scissors, batting, needles,

rolled sewing machine bags, patterns, books, magazines...everything

you could imagine to assist you in being a NEW Quilter. 

Even if you are already part of this community you can win

quilting stuff too...Tuesday and Thursday are days for us..

All you have to do is give me your name and phone number 

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anything I can win something too. 

All you have to do is be my follower and a follower

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That is all! There are over 49 Sponsors involved.

I am pretty excited to be part of this, sew should you.

I love being a QUILTER! 

( p.s you will not be eligible to win anything if you do not register

with a blogger where you see this message)

Happy Quilting!!

More quilting

Been quilting this week and finished this little quilt, plus another one similar to it that I didn't photograph.

Click on the pic and you can see the leaf meander I did with the leaf border.

Here's a big one I'm working on for Robini.

It's the most beautiful Wizard of Oz quilt I've seen.

I'm putting tornadoes and rainbows in the sashing and meandering around the pics

It's also huge!

  I'm about 1/2 way done.

The way she has it arranged, it is almost like watching the move!

It starts at the top with the sepia tone and goes through the story just as the movie does.

She put all the leftovers on the back and it's as pretty as the front!

Happy quilting!

It's looking More Like a Quilt

I must say that it's looking more like a quilt!

I started collecting fabrics for this quilt about 3 years ago, cut it out in April 2010 and My brother's 60th birthday is Aug 30th.

I'm getting down to the wire and still have 3 borders one of which is pieced.

But, man that Daiwbo fabric really made a beautiful 

Oklahoma Dugout, if  I do say so myself!!

Have to put it away for a bit to do some quilting and pay some bills but, I think I'm on a roll here.

Happy quilting!

My brother's quilt

Last Saturday night when I went to SEAM 

(Sewing Eating And a Movie) night

at Quilters Corner I managed to get all the rest of the blocks made and put up on the design wall to decide how to place them in the quilt.

Did I take a picture of it?

Of course not!

Did I think about it?

Yes!

Did I have my camera?

Yes!

Am I a dumb a**?

Most definitely!!

I carefully took the blocks off the design wall,

pinning them together in rows so I can put them together in a twosy foursy type configuration, rather than the usual row by row way.

The above is the extent of my design wall at home.

Great for my foursy but not much else.

This next pic is how I organize a lot of my piecing.

If you don't recognize it, it is a pants hanger hanging on a towel rack!

For this particular application I put the top foursy on the top rung, the next foursy on the next rung and so on.

It'a also great for organizing strips and doesn't cost an arm and a leg at discount stores.

I only have one because I'm really, really cheap, but you can have many if you need them.

Happy quilting!

It rained today!!

Can't believe it actually rained this afternoon for about 30 minutes.

It was Glorious!!

It might rain again!

We haven't had rain since mid May and have had 20 some odd days of 100+ temps in a row.

It has been miserable.

Right now it is 85!

Just had to say.

Happy quilting!

Completed Tequila Sunset

Here is the completed

Tequila Sunset!

It is a beautiful quilt and I had a great

fear of quilting it because of the immense beauty!

I hope I did it justice.

When Trish saw it, she was pleased so I did okay.

(Whew,  big sigh!)

This is a horizontal pic of the back, so turn your head sideways.

(I didn't flip it sideways because it always seem to make it small and skinny.)

Boy it was a hot one here today!!

We had to run a couple of errands this afternoon that just couldn't be put off and when we returned our thermometer said 111 degree F.

That's just too ding dang hot.

The official temp at the airport (in the shade over grass) was 108.  

I live in the sun next to a parking lot.

And the pool was closed!!!

Someone pulled off a loose tile and brick and they had to close the pool to repair it.

Happy quilting!

More Tequila sunset

I made good progress today and hope I can

finish this quilt tomorrow.

Here you can see the back:

And here you can see the upper part where I started doing some spirals to look like galaxy wind.

(My own interpretation)

Happy quilting!  

Happy Birthday USA!!

Here's what I'm working on today.

Finally got over my angst about it.

It is such a gorgeous quilt that I didn't want to do anything to take away from the beauty!

As it moves up to the top it turns to dark purples. 

Trish calls it Tequila sunset, thus the sun rays in the lower left hand corner.

I'm using a variety of threads: yellows, pinks, purples, rust, varigated and solid.

I started by stitching with my edge foot with the needle a couple of clicks into the sashing.

Even with the edge foot, staying right in the ditch is hard, so that solves the problem for me.

That stabilized the quilt so I was free to start with the free motion, skipping over the sashing.

I want it to look like looking through a window.

Hope Trish likes it.

Well it's the 4th of July.

As a child our family always went to Spavinaw creek in Eastern Oklahoma on the 4th for our annual sunburn, mosquito bites and sparklers.

We have wonderful memories.

What memories do you have of 4th of July's long past?

Have a safe Holiday

Happy quilting