12.2.12

Pieceful Mountain Quilters Guild had our Holiday Meeting Thursday. We exchanged yards or yards worth of fabric and I enjoyed seeing all the different favorite pieces. There were a LOT of neutral with metallic gold prints. You KNOW metallics are NOT my first choice. Luckily, I got my absolutely favorite piece of the evening. Isn't it lovely?

I even found some coordinates in my stash. This photo I took with my iPad and I even figured out Instagram and FaceBooked it.

12.1.12

A gift for exchange.

I bought 1/3 yard pieces of batiks that I though coordinated perfectly. I tied them up with a pretty ribbon and put them in a handmade felt bag. Then I added a pin that I had made in the shape of a pretty lady. I took the photo without my glasses and gave away the gift before I saw that my focus was off a little. Oh, well. You get the idea. I sewed a button on the bag and secret snaps so it would close.

5.27.12

Pretty fabric! A friend at Pieceful Mountain Quilt Guild taught us how to make liners for bread and roll baskets at the beginning of the month. I was having back issues so another friend squared off my fabric for me. A couple of days later, I had it sewn up and in the mail! It was fun to make and I selected several other fat quarters to use to make these liners for Christmas gifts.

3.21.12

This is my name badge for my second quilt guild. I have taken over as secretary and found out lots of different things about the inner workings of a guild. The little bear pin is one I think I got from Auntie, who used to work for YMCA as a secretary for 50 years. Our name badges are supposed to have mountains, a bear, and a tree. I did not know about the tree part. I will have to edit one in and move the bear a little to the left.