A few weekends ago I had guests from England visiting.  I think we learned allot from each other, it was interesting learning about their crafts.  We stopped at the Minds Eye Yarns in Cambridge, MA after picking them up from the airport on Saturday.  They are weavers and thought this would be a good place to start.  They gave me excellent advice on wool felting and showed me what to buy for it.  I bought the softest wool roving ever!  I couldn't wait to get home and start felting something cute.  This was my first attempt.  I'm not that hard to please and I was very happy with the little guy.   Thank you Julia and Louisa!

Gifts

Such a busy weekend sewing and working on gifts.  First one is a wedding gift. The only way I could get a good picture was to put it on my bed.  I quilted this on my friends longarm. Shes so good to me :)

Next is a fun quilt I made for my niece, shes having a boy and loves bright colors. This one I quilted on my own machine. I drew the monkey from one of the monkey's on the fabric. I think he's kinda cute.

My  wool project was NOT finished like I thought it was.  I looked at my pattern and realized i missed all the black accent on my pumpkin.  OK NOW hes ready for Halloween, and ready for his new home.

I'd say I had a GREAT weekend :)

W is for Wool

I've fallen in love with wool projects. The Snowmen are adorable and ready for snow.

 

World Quilt Festival

Went to the world quilt festival this weekend and enjoyed every minute. It was nice to see  friends we've met in quilt shops, in classes and on retreats. It was like old home day. Our favorite shops were vending and we shopped till we dropped.  We paced ourselves and spent the whole day there.  I must admit, quilts at the world quilt festival are not quite my taste. They come from all over the world and some are quite artsy.  I lean toward traditional.  We had so much fun shopping, it was a mall for quilters. Is it just me or do you spend allot of money only to  get home and say "is this all I got?"  I picked up some great fabric for another wedding quilt, baby quilts and some wool for my wool projects, and also some great gadgets. 

These were a couple of my favorites at the show.

 How many pieces do you think are in this little guy? Many many many!

 I am really warming up to batiks, who am I?

This was Gorgeous!

For some reason I absolutely LOVED this quilt, Its looking through the bottom of a train and seeing the terrain on the other side.  I thought it was unique.

This was another amazing quilt. Tiny, tiny pieces create a beautiful picture, such talent.  If you attend quilts shows, you know you can't appreciated this unless seen in person.