Kathy's Quilt!

During a retreat in 2010, a friend asked who wanted to join in on a row robin exchange.  Five of us joined in with Kathy and the exchange began.  The beauty of this type of exchange is the stories we share.

The theme of the rows was "Winter."

Kathy started with Delectable Mountains with a Polar Bear.

Chris appliquéd these delightful Snow Men.

My row was stars with Pond Hockey images in the centre.

Rosemarie made a Northern Lights scene with a Dogsled and Polar Bears.

Lorraine created Snowflakes.  By the way, she quilted this row herself on my longarm!

Carol's row has Polar Bear inserts.

Sadly our friend Kathy passed shortly after the exchange ended.  She did get to see all the rows and was overjoyed with the results.  Time has passed along with some of the hurt of loosing a friend.  Lorraine and I got together to put the quilt together and quilt it.  Barbara took on the binding and is taking the quilt to the hospice that cared for Kathy.  We hope they can use it to raise funds.  If you live in Kamloops go by their craft sale starting December 6 in the North Hills mall.  Maybe you will see "Kathy's Quilt."

Linking up with Finish It Up Friday.

A "Sparrow" Finish

Using a Bali Pop named "Sparrow" and a little background fabric, I whipped up this quilt!

I do love working with batiks!  However, lately I have been working with the new Cotton + Steel that was released at Fall Market.  Each day that I am quilting I post a sneak peek to my instagram page "lindasquiltmania."  Here are a couple of this weeks peeks.

I won't be able to show the quilts until the fabric is released in January.  I can hardly wait!

Linking up with finish it up friday!

Kamloops Modern Group Show And Tell

Last Saturday was our Modern Group meeting at Katja's.  The challenge was "red".

We had two different three dimensional Poppies.

A couple of works in progress with red in them.

Next up was the mini quilt swap.  Eight people joined in on the fun.  We all filled in a questionnaire that was then given to a friend to use to make a mini quilt for us.

They were all so perfect for the recipient!  I received the first mini with the delightful little circles needle turn appliquéd!  Thank you Sonja, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And last but not least, the regular show and tell.

A great group of women.  If you want to join us next Month on the Second Saturday at 1pm, the challenge is purple and Katja will be giving a EPP demo and introduction to her millefiori quilt along starting in January.  There is no cost to attend, so I hope to see lots of you there.

And The Winner Is…...

Sharon!  Mr. Random Number Generator picked Sharon's lovely comment.  "What a great hexie quilt!  Looks like a fun book.  I'd love to play with these Hexies!"  Well play she shall.

Sharon has won The New Hexagon.  Katja will be shipping it directly to her in Fort Wayne, IN.  If you didn't win and would like a copy of the book, contact Katja through her website here.

I've been a little busy lately.  I brought a bit of fabric home from Market to make samples.

A little sneak peek at what I've been up to.  Cotton and Steel everywhere!

Hexagon Finish and a Giveaway!!!!

First up is my Hexagon finish!

These are the hexagons that I worked on this summer during my road trip to Winnipeg.  It was so much fun to fussy cut the Cotton and Steel fabric.

The quilt is from the NEW book, "The New Hexagon  52 Blocks to English Paper Piece."  The author is none other than our own quilt shop owner, Katja Marek.

To say she is a little excited, is an understatement.

A week ago she was presenting her book at School House, during Quilt Market.  One of the quilts she showed was mine.  EEKKKK.  What can I say, I'm a little excited that my quilt is in the gallery portion of the book, as well as one that I quilted for Sharon.

Katja is hosting a book signing on November 1 at her store.  To share in the excitement she has agreed to give away a book on my blog, as well as Margaret's andCarla's.  Carla will be a couple of days getting her blog giveaway going.  Check them both out to triple your chance of winning.

To win a copy of Katja's book from me, leave a comment below.  If you are a no reply blogger leave me some way to find you.  I will pick a winner Friday Nov 7th.

Linking to Finish It Up Friday.

Sunday Ride

Sharon recently finished piecing her "Sunday Ride" quilt, and then gave it to me to quilt.  What fun!

As always, Sharon's appliqué was very well done.

She let me quilt it however I liked.  I used Glide thread in blue and white.  It does pick up the colour of the fabric under it, so the match is great.  I did have a little trouble quilting in the fused pieces with gumming of the needle.  With a little patience, it is finished.

If you would like to see the quilt, pop by Katja's in a few days to check it out.

I am off to Quilt Market in Houston.  I will post pictures as soon as I get back.  If you want to see pics as they happen, check out my instragram account lindasquiltmania.

Kamloops Modern Group Show and Tell

This past Saturday was the monthly meeting of the Kamloops Modern Group.  Our challenge this month was Orange Fizz.

A great variety of orange ranging from halloween to Cotton + Steel.  Love them all!

Katja brought in sone of her many orange things.  Miniature to Queen size, quite the collection of orange.

Two more regular show and tell items, both of which just happened to have a little orange in them.

The next meeting is November 8 at 1pm at Katja's.  New members are always welcome!