Evening Star

I don't think I've updated the Evening Star quilt top on this blog yet....

I used my fabric collection of Jo Morton and it's all done by hand.

Now I need to do my least favorite part, the basting, yikes....

Here's my " belated Halloween" mini quilt.

I actually finished this quilt before Halloween. :-)

I used Kelly's with Hook and Needle's booklet which I purchased about a years ago.

Renee Plains @ The Fat Quarters Quilt Shop

I had a wonderful opportunity to attend a class with a well known creative quilt designer name Renee Plains at my local quilt shop : The Fat Quarters.

The picture above shows

what Renee gave everyone who attended the class.

It's a pattern with instructions. I also purchased her newest book called " Stitches from the schoolhouse" published by Kansas City Star.

Well... about the class, I totally forgot to take my MUST HAVE applique pins!!!!!

Aaaaaaggggghhhh....

but Thanks God,

Michelle the owner of The FQ shop carried

applique pins!

That's the good thing about taking classes at a quilt shop, right. *LOL*

Anyway,

Renee's class was wonderful.

She is a very charming person and top-nutch quilting teacher.

I also had a great time with my quilting buddy, Lisa who is always there for me.

We had a very cheerful time together in this class.

I also had a wonderful time there with Julie. I always wanted to take her class @ The FQ,

Good thing she happen to be @ today's class.

She brought some of her "Famous Cupcakes" for the class!!!!

Aren't they darn cute?????

Ladies, I can tell you, Julie's cupcakes are SO pretty

but also VERY TASTY!!!!!

Julie, I bet you beat "Sprinkles" AKA the cupcake phenomenon!!! :-)

Speaking about classmates,

I met Beth who I knew through blogland.

I had a great time with you, Beth!!!

O.K... back to Renee's class.....

She and Michelle gave some "give-aways" gifts in the class

and I won this little mystery box.

Ah.... Don't you just love the presentation!?

I opened the box...

(drum music begin in your head. Drrrrrrrr......)

there's a beautiful necklace made by Renee

WoooooooWhooooooo!!!!!!

Can you imagine,

I'm happy dancing right about NOW.

Renee's also autographed her newest book for me.

As you can see in this picture, I've been one of her fans for a good while. :-)

I came home with motivation as high as Mt. Fuji.

That the highest mountain in my homeland of Japan.

I finished my first "Our Old Neighborhood" house block.

Gathering Baskets UPDATE

Here's my Gathering Basket blocks.

I stitched all the baskets together and need to sew the borders.

Hopefully I could finish putting it all together by the end of this month.

Meanwhile I went to my LQS The Fat Quarters quilt shop today and purchased all the books pictured above.

Maggie Bonanomi's newest book is the one I've been looking forward to get.

I also signed up for Renee Plain's class at The FQ.

We'll make this quilt which is called

"My old neighborhood"

Isn't it lovely?

This class will begin on the 8th of Oct (Sat) 10AM-2PM.

If you have the time and want to spend a good time with us

there are a few spot still open.

Ask Michelle she'll give you more Info on this class. :-)

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Gathering Basketの制作過程です。

取りあえず、ブロックは繋ぎ終わりました。

あとはボーダーのみ。

今月中にトップを仕上げる目標です。

で、そんなんこんなんで

本日は、いつもの私の「たむろ」スポット（笑）

The Fat Quarters quilt shopに行ってきました。

そこでのお買い物が↑

Maggieさんの新刊狙いで行ったのですが、

Blackbird Designsのクロスステッチの本も購入。

あと、本日は↑の

Renee Plainさんのクラスの予約をする事も

用事の一つだったので。

仲良しのリサと一緒にクラスを取ることしています。

楽しみだな〜〜

って、ここんとこちょこっとキルト熱入ってます

しかし、どこまで継続出来るのかが問題なんだわよ〜ふはははは〜

9.11.2001

We will always remember....

and

We will never forget.

Semper Fi,

Beth
Thanks you for the beautiful commit. Yes all those Marines were appliqué on the border. I made this quilt for my Marine while he was on one of his Afghanistan deployments.

What's in my purse

Well, Do you remember when I was working on this wool project??

I made this purse a long time ago but I haven't had a chance to post pics.

So here it is....

Open the purse, and

out comes my precious Mr. iPad.

Yes, This is my iPad bag.

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ずーっと以前にここにも制作過程を載せたウールの小物。

（その記事は↑のリンクで）

これまた、ずーーーっと前に既に出来上がっちゃってたのに

完成品を載せておりませんでした。

ってことで、

これ実は

iPad用に作ってたって訳です

ま、そんなんこんなんで

そこの人、

あんまりじーーーっとwall paperの写真見ぃひんように by京おんな

になりたい博多女w

Finish'n 1,2,3

I've been working on several different projects and here's some of quilts that I finally finished. Sighsh....

"Twinkle, Twinkle" patterned by Jo Morton

" Jo Morton's pattern called "Courthouse Steps".

I hand quilted this quilt with big stitches. My friend Lisa said that would be fun. I used DMC pearl cotton thread #8.

" Hexagon Flowers Doll Quilt" patterned by Kathleen Tracy.

This little cutie will travel over the Pacific Ocean and reach one of my dear friend in Japan very soon. :-)

New addition for my library

This is the brand new Betsy Cutchian's book that I picked up at my LQS The Fat Quarters.

If you love antique quilts, this book is must to have. :-)

I'm working on so many project right now. Here's one of my on-going quilt from The Primitive Gatherings kit.

As you can see, I have lots of quilts for my "to do" list.* LOL*

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最近購入したキルト本です。

Betsyさんの新刊、これね、Reproとかアンティークキルトが好きな方にはイチオシです。

私はかなり好きでした。Betsyさん、前作といいかなり私のツボです。

なんやかんやと、あれやこれややってる私ですが、とりあえずキルトでは、ええ、強調させてもらいますよ、これだけだもん自慢できるの、え？

このPrimitive Gatheringsのkitを今年初めのキルトショーにて購入したしまして、やっと重い腰をあげてしかかってる次第です。

は〜〜....やる事いっぱいで....また逃げ腰気味になりかかる、、、

と、なんやかんや言ってこじつけて、また恋の逃避行じゃなくってwww　単なる逃避行したくなる〜ふはははは〜