Fun with Rulers

Today I want to share with you a quilt I recently finished for Barb.  She made this quilt as a gift for her Mom, who is also a friend of mine.  I wanted it to be special so I decided to try out a new ruler.

I started with this block.

I quilted in the background.

I used a regular ruler to find the centre of the block and then used an arc ruler to make a shape that reminds me of the christmas ornament my Grandmother used to hang.

I had a lot of fun trying something new!

Farmer's Wife Blocks 79 & 80

This week my blocks are on the road again.  Deanna went on a bit of a holiday and took Silver Lane and Single Wedding Star along for the trip.

I love this picture of Derry posing with a couple of his friends.

The blocks look like they belong in this display.  The blocks are visiting the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  I'm thinking they had a great time.

JoAnn sent me pics from last weeks blocks.  It's great to see the blocks done with an assortment of fabrics.  The rest of you seem a little shy.  Send me pictures please!

Paulette's Quilt Block

Today I want to share with you this fun quilt block I recently quilted for Paulette.  Paulette is a very talented scrap quilter who comes up with some wonderful ideas for quilts.  I have been privileged to quilt a number of them for her.  For this quilt she wanted the dark fabrics to pop.

So we agreed that I would quilt pebbles in the light and a small ribbon across the seams for the dark.  Paulette is not afraid of yellow, so that is the colour thread that I used.  She will be teaching this class in Vernon this month, I'm sure everyone that attends will have a wonderful time.

This weeks hexagon has a rose in the centre.  Winter is starting to make an appearance here, so it is fun to think back to the summer flowers.  Warm thought to you all!

Farmer's Wife Blocks in MY NEW KITCHEN

Yes, I gave away where they are.  I am just so excited to have my new kitchen just about finished.  We have a little trim left to paint and the transitions from hardwood to tile to finish, but the kitchen is functional.

I have been waiting a long time to have my kitchen renovated.  These are the after pictures.  Now for the before.

The 70s green linoleum and the plywood cupboards served me well for many years but I am so happy to see them gone.

And just in case anyone really wanted to see the blocks, here is the closeup.

I hope you are all having as great a day as I am!

Sylvia's Quilt

Sylvia's quilt from the book "Sunday Morning Quilts" is not only beautiful, but also a wonderful walk down memory lane.  A quilter's memory lane of past projects!  A lot of the fabrics I recognize from past projects that she has made.  A great way to revisit the stash.  Speaking of the book, pop over to Carla's blog on my side bar, for a chancre to win the book!

Back to the quilt.  I've been itching to try a new quilting design called feather swirl that I saw over at the Green Fairy blog.  The YouTube link is here.  I watched the video several time, practiced on paper and then tried it out on one of my quilts first.

This little baby quilt is made from Chez Moi.  I'm not going to show the close up of the quilting as I wasn't very happy with it.  So, it was back to the paper for a little more practice.

This is the resulting design on Sylvia's quilt.  Once I developed my own rhythm the quilting went well, and I was happy with the result.

I love this quilt and have plans to make one very soon.  Thanks Sylvia for letting me play with your quilt!

This weeks hexagon is one of my favourites.  I just love the spinning pieces.  Have a great weekend!

A Postie Halloween

Halloween should be a fun day, no matter what age you are.  A few of my fellow Posties certainly got in the spirit of the day.  Donna was a wonderful Postie Zombie.

Karen was impersonating a supervisor, clip board and all.

And the Grim Reaper made and appearance!

Of course if you are going to make it a fun day, there has to be lots of food.

It's amazing how quickly a hundred people can devour a table full of food.  Thanks to everyone who baked the ghoulish delights!

This is one of my customer's houses.  Complete with moans and groans as I walk past.  LOL. I'm sure the children will love trick or treating at this house tonight.

Have a wonderful Halloween everyone!

Farmer's Wife Blocks 75 & 76

Rosebud and Sawtooth have recently returned from an excellent adventure!  Chris volunteered to take them with her on her latest globe trotting trip.

This probably doesn't help you figure out where they went.

This might help.  And yes, this is the real thing.

From France they trotted off to Belgium.

And of course, a pit stop in England.

Wow, how I wish Chris had taken me instead of my blocks.  Thanks Chris for the great pictures.