Easily Distracted!

I am now in the process of creating this adorable,

simple house quilt.

I love this block,

but this was not on my list (long, long list)

of things to do.

So, how did this happen?

Well,

Dawna and Fay were looking

at a new magazine at work yesterday.

I mentioned that I love the Schoolhouse block.

Fay said that we have the block for the

Accu-Quilt cutter and really need to use it.

Dawna grabbed 5 bolts of fabric and suggested

that it would look good in them.

I proceeded to get out the block cutter and start in...

 I thought the blocks could be both the

light background and the color background.

Nope!

Look at these for a moment.

The chimney over the door is out of place.

Of course, I had already adhered fusible web

to the back of the coral fabric,

run it through the cutter and

pressed the blocks together

before I figured this out,

duh!

Design change!

Now I am making 9 blocks,

all with white background

and using the leftovers to make sashing.

I think it will be cute.

My personal hang-up

with this type of appliqué

is the need to sew around it

after it is adhered to the background.

I do not care to satin stitch or

button-hole stitch around them,

so what shall I do?

Dawna said she would sew around them,

but Dawna is already buried under many other projects.

I think I will put the top together,

quilt it and then free motion couch

around the houses with a fun yarn or thread.

Yikes, another project?

What have I done?

Again?

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

What I did on my Birthday!

I have been on a mini quilt retreat

with some friends this weekend.

We went out for a field trip yesterday

(my birthday).

 We visited Fabric Town USA in Ventura, Ca.

 I is a fun store.

We spent a bit of time shopping.

 Here are a few pictures of the store.

 On the way out we noticed

the old fashioned way of blogging

and thought you should see it as well.

 Here is my little stack goodies

I purchased for myself.

Happy Birthday to me!

Fish and Chips for lunch.  Yumm!

It was quite an enjoyable day.

Thanks Dawna, Janis and Karen.

We have been busy quilting,

laughing and playing on the computer.

I am ready to head for the desert

and see my family.

First we have to clean up

(not my favorite part, but necessary).

Gotta go get busy,

blog at you,

Tiffany

I know, I'm Crazy! I've heard it before!

I started this quilt this afternoon.

I made this...

 from this...

The top one is my finished quilt top.

The second is the computer generated quilt top.

I wanted to get this one done today.

I finished just before midnight, whew!

I love it!!!

Now to treat myself with

a little chocolate and milk,

then off to bed.

Tomorrow I need to work on

machine quilting for customers,

then off to the beach

for a little quilt retreat.

Did you notice a theme here?

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

Harbor Light Top Completed

I've been busy a quiltin!!

Here is my quilt as designed in EQ7.

 Here is a picture of the actual quilt top.

I will get to machine quilting it a bit later.

 Here is the demo sheet I produced.

I need to write the pattern

and get it up on my website.

Yikes!

 In the mean time,

let me share a few other goodies.

I have been getting the theme quilt together for this years

Southern California Quilt Run!

The stores in Area 1 have swapped blocks,

and we at Bolts in the Bathtub

are busy getting our quilt together.

So far, so good!

 I also wanted to share a couple of quilts that Sheryl brought by Bolts to share.

This one has arrows pointing in all directions,

can you see them?

 This is just an adorable soft baby quilt.

 Now on to the next quilt.

Tigers here I come...

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

Harbor Light

This wonderful stack of fabric

made its way into my studio,

(otherwise known as: my corner)

the middle of last week.

This is a new line from:

Exclusively Quilters.

I managed to complete one block yesterday.

 Now I need to finish the other 5 blocks

and turn it into a quilt.

This is my project for today.

I do have a Needle-Turn Appliqué class

to teach this afternoon,

so I will work on this quilt

in all the spare moments.

By the way,

my Grandma did well in surgery yesterday,

thank you for your prayers.

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

My Grandma Toni is Amazing!!!

Isn't she a cutie!

She crocheted this cap/beanie in one day.

 Check out the curls around the bottom.

 I gave her some leftover cat fabric

and she whipped up this adorable little quilt.

 This one is sweet as well.

 I am in love with the colors she used

and how pleasing this quilt is to my eyes.

 Grandma just kept bring out projects

to share with me.

She had free hand painted the wicked coffee cup

 as well as this one with the cat.

I tell you,

she is amazing.

 Here is a jar of buttons on her patio table.

She filled it with fabric flowers

from some other fabric I gave her.

 This plant with button flowers is in the house

on the table at the end of the couch.

Another cute Grandma Toni creation.

 She made this coffee cup cover

to get your pens, pencils

and other goodies organized.

 She had a whole stack of mug covers.

I think she is getting ready

for a Christmas Boutique.

 Here she is again with another project.

 These are in the works for a purple and lavender quilt.

My grandma is having surgery today at UCIrvine.

She is having a tumor removed from her carotid artery.

If you could say a little prayer

for my grandma I would really appreciate it.

She is a wonderful lady and I love her bunches.

Thats all for now,

Tiffany

Glendale Quilt Show

I went to the Glendale Quilt Show

today with Peggy and Sue.

Here is a sampling of the quilts

that caught my eye.

It was a good day,

but I am tired and off to the Fish Fry for dinner,

so...

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

Announcement! Published Again

This is my quilt pattern in a magazine.

The fabric is from Exclusively Quilters.

The magazine is:

Fons & Porter Easy Quilts Summer 2011.

The pictures aren't great,

snapped them real quick this morning

before heading off to work.

I am excited to be published again,

this is fun for me.

The magazine hit store shelves yesterday

just in case you are interested.

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

One Spool Down

My latest project has been the

Spool Quilt from a new book I picked up at

Bolts in the Bathtub when I was at work last Wednesday.

I loved 3 of the quilts in this book

and appreciated the rest of them.

I decided to make the Spool Quilt.

I love the way it is done in the book.

I plan to teach this one,

and unless you are specifically teaching appliqué,

I find it hard to get students to sign up for a piecing quilt

if it has appliqué on it

(not to mention it takes a heck of a lot longer to make).

Therefore,

I chose to add borders to this one.

It will fit on the hanger in by living room.

I adapted the number of blocks

and made it to the size space I have available.

The book is by Edyta Sitar from

Laundry Basket Quilts.

I don't buy too many books, but this one is beautiful.

I have much more to share,

so maybe another blog tomorrow,

we'll see....

Blog at you later,

Tiffany