Home Machine Quilting Show

Our quilt went to the Home Machine Quilters Show in Utah last week! Here's a picture of it hanging there!

Just in case your wondering....

The Wedding Dress Quilt is currently in Utah! It is in the Home Machine Quilting Show. If your there be sure to check it out! Pictures soon!

Kathleen.

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In case you are wondering, we won prizes in Red Deer (Central Alberta Quilt Guild Show)-- it is all so very exciting.

We are both very excited. And by we I mean... Mom was happy and I was jumping up and down and going a bit crazy... or maybe more than crazy. I nearly knocked over Mrs. Ramsey and Liz when I saw them, as I was crazy excited and had just found out we won...

I suppose I should tell you what we won... we won Best In Show (Large Quilt) and Viewers Choice.

Look at us winning prizes all over the place!

So that was Red Deer.... a very exciting weekend all around.

And in more exciting news... we're going to be in the Country Register!! They were at Quilting From The Heart today taking pictures and interviewing Mom... all very exciting!!! Yes, so much exciting news.

In more news... the Wedding Dress Quilt is going to the State of Maine quilt show in July and to Portland in September. So if you're there, make sure to check it out!

Later days.

Kathleen.

Red Deer

Our quilt is going to the Red Deer quilt show this weekend-- come check it out at the Westerner Park in Red Deer, AB, this Friday or Saturday! Stop by the Quilting From the Heart booth and meet it's super awesome makers (haha. I'm sure there will be a rush of people waiting to meet us!)

Pictures soon!

Kathleeen

And.... it's done!

Granny got the binding that she needed, and the binding was put on- hand stitched and everything. Yet another part of this project I was quite happy to not be a part of.

And so, the quilt is now hanging up at Quilting From the Heart.

It is all very exciting. So what happens next? We are going to put the quilt in some shows, show it off to as many people as possible, and then send it back to Making Memories in the fall.

Don't worry, I'll keep you posted.

Kathleen.

Mom Quilts

The next step after we got the top pieced: Mom put the quilt on her long arm, and away she went.

First step: putting the quilt on the long arm! Gee, wish I could have been there for that... or not.

And so the quilting begins!

Needless to say, mom had a pretty busy couple days. But in the end it was all worth it!

Just about done....

And done! The quilt looks so good! Mom did an awesome job quilting it, as she has some super mad skills. I was impressed. You should be to. Some closer looks...

The quilt right now is at Granny's getting binding put on it, and then some bling and razzle dazzle that we still have from the wedding dresses will be added to it. So stay tuned for more!

Later days.

Kathleen.

Quilting Day at Mom's

After the retreat we got together in Mom and Dad's new and wonderful quilting room. Or "Studio" as mom insists on calling it. The first step was getting everything up on the design wall.

Ok, well, that was the first stop after Mom and I finished our last block. Granny was not impressed that we hadn't finished our homework. But soon as I was done I got to work putting things up on the design wall.

Even Papa was impressed at our mad skills, looking over our blocks.

 Granny got the job of sewing the blocks together while Mom and I started working on the borders.

After joking that Dad and Rocky should bring us down some snacks later... they did.

Which was delightful. Though I don't think that they needed to bring down every single piece of Christmas baking Mom had left. So, after a snack break... or two... we finally got to lay out our quilt. The only place big enough was the living room floor.

Up next... Mom starts quilting our quilt! Stay tuned!

Kathleen.