Raffle Quilt

I had a great opportunity recently to quilt for a community group called the Beaver Valley Agricultural Association, they organize and hold the Beaver Valley Fall Fair each Sept.

  Last year, BVAA purchased a quilt from Georgian Quilters' Guild for  raffle. It  happens I quilted that raffle quilt, that quilt now resides in the Philippines, but I digress.   This year a BVAA member gathered together blocks from previous challenges,  put them together with sashing and borders, and asked me to quilt the piece for BVAA.  It came together nicely, wouldn't you say.

                                                              

TGIF folks,

gudrun

Yesterday....Talking about the Long Arm

I am glad yesterday is yesterday.  I felt like a cat on a hot tin roof. Perhaps it was because we had a heat wave ...up to 5 from - 10)  here but probably because
I gave a little talk about what I do as a long arm quilter.
I was relaxed about it until a few days ago.... thought it would be "an okay gig" It was running around in my brain that I have quilted for almost half the membership but then I started to over think the whole thing and like I said I was sooooo nervous.  Apparently I did all right, had a hand-out to cover the basic requirements needed from the piecer and had some small samples to touch and examine circulating the room, answered a few questions. I hope I didn't say 'um' and 'like' a lot and I hope I wasn't slouching.  Mom  says I slouch.

 Anyway that was yesterday.  Today the sun is shining, even so, the day hasn't been stellar.  I had to take a tow truck ride down from the ski resort...no brakes on my car.  Totally creepy.  I was dropping DS off at the hill, and returning to the hospital rehab centre to get DH, when the lack of brake power in the car had me heading for the nearest parking lot at the resort hotel.
Okay that was before lunch, I am home drinking tea and having toast, all will be well, car is getting fixed and life continues  ...whew.  Today, I am will phone mother, tell her about my not 'another boring winter day'.

drive safely friends,
gudrun

Quilt Guild Auction

Last February,  I had the pleasure of doing a happy dance when I acquired a stack of fabric for a stack of pennies.

This past Guild meeting I bought another stack of fabric, for a stack of dollars, but a bargain all the same.  This lovely Hawaiian batik was among my bargains  (yummy yes?!) a couple of audio tapes (silly me I 've heard them).  I also took The Canadian Quilters, summer 2010 from the Guild library.  I really like this magazine,  and  I think this last issue is great. 

         I don't have summer sewing plans in place....I always have projects it is a matter of choosing and getting on with it.

Happy Summer.
gudrun

Georgian Quilters

The Guild I belong to now has a website.
Okay you guessed correctly, I am the author.
But just for now. This is a great group of ladies and I know they will assist.
gudrun