What I Found At The Auction

These are some of my finds at the auction yesterday.   The children books date back to 1813.  Some I will keep some will go on the market.   The wonderful Victorian Ladies catalog published in Chicago  in the 1800s  was a great find.   Had one other lady bidding against me,  she finally gave up when she knew I wouldn't quite bidding.    Couldn't pass up the little salt holders,  they look great with the china.

Charity Quilt for Breast Cancer

Beloit Memorial Hospital is having a silent auction in June and I was asked if I would quilt a top for them.   Sure!!  My daughter in law works at the hospital and volunteered  us for the quilting project.   Sheila has been quilting and piecing now for 2 months and really taken off.  Another sleepless quilter on the rise.   
How do you like the Jamie Wallin McFlurry????

Quilted Postcard

This was my first attempt at making a quilted postcard.  Not bad!!!  Need a little more practice.  Made this for a friend that had sugery on her hand,  I thought this might cheer her up.

Marianna's Wedding Quilt

A quick and easy applique wedding quilt for Marianna.  Selected two Rose of Sharon applique  blocks from EQ6  to make up her quilt.  Need to add two more leaves to the center block then sew the blocks together, add the border,   Walla finished!.   Marianna's favorite color is purple as you can see.  Thinking about scolloping the border  and  come up with a quilting  design.    Leaning towards some cross hatching, flowers and background fill. 

Add A Border

This is another hand project that I'm working on,  it is call Add a Border.   Add a Border is a quilt challenge that Patsy started at the Rockton Quilt Club.  We will add a border to a center block of our own choice for the next 6 months.   Each month Patsy will have use draw for a color and give us a border challenge that we must use in our quilt.  Interesting!!!  What a fun project.  I decided to go with  a garden theme for my quilt border challenge.  OOPS!  I forgot the butterfly.  Back to the drawing board.   I decide to draw my quilt design on each piece as I go along,  this way the quilt will be marked and ready to quilt.

The pattern I chose is a Sharon Schamber cresent flower which I have had for a couple of years.  There was a DVD that came with the pattern that teaches how to applique.  I really like her technic.   Here is a photo of my center block,  also one of my kids  "Sammy".  

Quilt of the Week

This is what I'm working on this week.  It is a mystery quilt that I pieced 3 years ago and now it will go to a family in Mexico.

Look What I Found

This is what I woke up to saturday morning.  He was injuried and couldn't fly.  To make a long story  short, we rescued him and he went to  http://www.hoohaven.org/  where they informed me that he is making progress.  I was so up set in fear that the crows would kill him.  They just wouldn't leave him alone that morning, kept pecking at  him.  He is safe now!