Playing in Turkey

I wish I could read Turkish.  Saw these great magazines at the little corner market when we were picking up some produce.  They had some of the cutest projects inside.  Probably a good thing they weren't in English  because the last thing I need are a few more projects to do!

Monday was my hubbies birthday so he took one more day of vacation and we went to the mall where Ikea is and walked around.  We saw these cabinets  They are perfectly vintage looking and he thinks he's going to get one for his car collectibles.  It's too bad they don't have it in the new turquoise color they're using on so much right now.  Richard said he'd go back and get one for the game room.  Lord knows, he needs something in this big empty apartment.  lol  I told him it will give him a place for all the souvenirs he's getting and I told him to paint it before he puts it together.  :o)

 

We passed by the rug department and Richard spotted the button rug we saw in the catalog back in May last time I was here but they didn't have them yet.  He said, "There's your button rug.  You better get it." :o)  I told him I didn't think I wanted one since they have a white background and it would be too hard to keep clean.  You can see I put up a fight and gave in.  LOL  It makes me happy to look at it and it is comfy on my feet when I'm cutting.  Guess I'll keep the vacuum handy.

 

 

I put that room and rug to good use the last few days.  Before we took our trip to Ireland for Richard's "mandatory R&R", I made these red and light blue blocks.  These were from the class at quilt camp I went to in July.  I had to pack that away though because I didn't bring the ruler with me to make the other two navy ones.  It'll have to wait til I get home.  It's looking good though and I'm loving them.

 

I did those, a breast cover for my daughter Ashley and this little iron caddy/pressing mat.  Thank you for the pattern, Carolyn!

This will be great for retreats and sew-ins.  :)



Yesterday, I took this kit out and got it cut out.  It was a perfect, easy project for sewing while doing laundry.

 

 

I think it's a perfect little boy quilt.  It measures 38x48 so it'll be nice and easy to quilt when I get home.  :o)

 

Quilt Guild Quilt Camp

Camp Watchapatcher!!!  That's what it's called and we were packed and ready to go on Monday night.  My sister drove down, we slept in my little double bed and then took off early on Tuesday Morning.

 

 

The first class was Lollipops by Joanna Figueroa.  I got started sewing lots of strips together.  Then you sew across one short end and turn the piece out to create the Dresden plate point of the block.  I used an old jelly roll I've had for several years from Me & My Sister called Spring Fling.  I had to fill in some lights with it, and polka dots of course!  :o)

 

Camp was at a university in Costa Mesa, Vanguard University.  Nice campus and nice classrooms for lots of sewing.  You can stay in the dorms if you are from out of town but we chose to save our fabric money and drive back and forth.  CA traffic is not for the weak but we toughed it out.  lol

 

These were some of the lollipops from the class.  You can see the difference between the ones that did dark/light combos and some that were more just colorful fabrics.  Either way, they were all so pretty.

 

My sister Isabel is a BIG Mary Engelbriet fan and used her jelly roll plus multiple other fabrics she had.  Her blocks came out so cute!

 

Here are nine of my blocks.  I got 5 done in class and four more done last night.  I took the pic with my phone so I could post about it easier.  I'm having trouble connecting my camera for some reason.  Anyway, I have to cut out more strips and make more pairs.  I have very little to choose from to finish the other three blocks I need for a lap size quilt.....another UFO!!!!

 

 

This is Kathy Brown.  She was our teach for the Fat Man's Squeeze.  We had to have her book and ruler to make the blocks but there are lots and lots of other blocks you can make with her method.  I hate that we have two projects unfinished because I want to work on them both and finish them!  Oh, this job sure is getting in my way!

 

Here is one of the block choices...

 

 

And another...

 

And the Fat Man's Squeeze quarter of a block.  There were a few more but I didn't get pictures of them all.

 

 

And Kathy told us when we went to the Ladies Room to check out the latch on the door.  Hiny Hiders!  Can you make out the body behind the door.  lol

 

And here is my block from the class.  I got four of these done.  Two navy with cream, two navy with beige and I need two red and two light blue.  It will resemble the block on the cover of the book.  I can't wait to sew more together.  I think I'll save this one for a Christmas gift for my roommates, Dave and Ashley.  Shhhh  He is a big Detroit sports fan and since she/we are big Angel's fans, I think it will suit them.  :o)

Camp Class Preparation

Guild Camp is next month.  I blogged about it here.  And though it's a little early to prepare for the classes the Southern California Quilt Run started yesterday.  Me and a couple girlfriends are going to some shops from Orange County to San Diego.  We're going to stay the night for the first time ever.  How fun, right?  I've been saving my loot so we'll see what treasures I come home with.  Hopefully not too many because Mr. Hubbard's Cupboards are F-U-L-L!!  :o)

 

So....for the class by Joanna Figueroa class (Figtree Quilts), I am going to use a jelly roll I've had for years.  I only had three jelly rolls to pick from.  lol  I guess I buy yardage and not jelly rolls!  So the first picture is what I came up with just putting various strips side by side.  There were too many mediums and not enough lights or contrast.  In the second picture, I pulled some additional fabrics from my stash, adding some ginghams and a few light prints.  I can't believe I hardly had any lights with pastel colors in them!

 

The pictures below are the changed combinations.  The piles still need a little rearranging but it's getting better.  I think this weekend I'll be looking for a border fabric and just a few lights with dots, checks, etc. to add to the mix and I will be set for class one.  I never even got started with class #2.  Whoooboy!!

Southern California Quilt Run! Woohoo....

**This is a link-heavy post!

 

Are you going to go???  The 2013 Southern California Quilters Run!  The Northern Cal Run was last weekend.  Crazy that we used to have the CA quilt run combining both northern and southern Cal.  That's one big commitment and a whole lotta gas! 

 

I shouldn't be going but I'm gonna!  If I buy something, and you know I'm going to buy something!!...I don't know where the heck I'm going to put it! 

It's not until next week so I have some time to get my ducks in a row so to speak.  My sister and I are taking two classes at Camp Watchapatcher.  Yup, that's what it's called.  :o)  It's the quilt camp that the Orange County Quilters Guild puts on every other year.  My sis and I are taking a Joanna Figueroa class called Lollipops and one by Kathy Brown called Fat Mans Squeeze.

I have a jelly roll I think I can use for the Lollipop class but the coordinating fabric might be challenging.  We need big yardage pieces for the background and borders.  Isabel, my sis, practically had a stroke going through all her fabrics for that class but she did it.  I still have to do the "homework".  And I have a bin of fq's I was going to use for a quilt for my daughter Ashley's wedding a year and a half ago.  We were doing a DIY for a lot of the wedding so I didn't add the stress of attempting a quilt.  If I like the way it comes out, it can be an anniversary quilt.  :o)

So, maybe I'll bump into one of you when I'm out and about.  I'll be the lady trying to hide my fabric in the trunk so I don't get in trouble.  Even though Richard is in Turkey, he's got spies!!  ;o)