Eye Candy

Have a couple more pictures from the quilt show for you to enjoy. I love going to quilt shows. This afternoon we had a work shop for our county extension clubs. We made a bead ornament and a fall decoration. One of these days I hope to stay home and sew-probably when we have snow ; )
 The first was made from fabric from Alaska and the second is our state bird-the pheasant.

Good morning, another beautiful fall morning and I am doing laundry. Had a busy week. Went to the SD State quilt show. Beautiful quilts and lots of vendors- also  demos. Having lunch with friends was great also. Yesterday was a Needle-art show which was also wondrful. I admire the ladies who do such beautiful things with such tiny stitches. Some things  took 300 hours.  I suppose if I kept track of my hours when hand-quilting I would have lots too. Will show you a couple pictures I took but I think I need a new camera. The first is the back of a quilt. The front was a sampler.

Iron Cozy from Nan

http://www.sewwequilt.com/2011/09/guest-36-nan-with-her-one-hour-iron.html
Go here to see the neat Iron Cozy Tutorial. I am ready to make one. Thanks Nan.

Birdie block #9

Good morning, finally getting my picture taken to post. Its been a busy couple of weeks. Last week we had a polka fest in town for 4 days with the 1st. day for senior citizens. A couple locals played and we had a turkey dinner for $3.00. I think they served almost 500 people.
 Did finish the birdie block- am anxious for the next one. I am also hand quilting but won't show  that for a while. 

  Am working on my siggy blocks for the swap that will be at Circle of friends and is hosted by CBQ. We are having beautiful fall weather and hope you are having the same.  Have a good day.

I'm Back

 But with nothing to show- I did make a couple more blocks for my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler but my camera needs new batteries. Also have been doing some handquilting. Today I worked on a jacket I started in the spring( hope the fabric is still in style next spring) We have been going places a lot because the weather the last couple weeks has been beautiful- going to cool off a little but can't complain. We have been cleaning up the garden and I am digging out some of my peonies- have lots of them.
 A couple of the grandkids remembered Grand-parents day and our son brought us some fresh wall-eye so life is good. Hope you all are having happy times and keeping busy.

I've been MIA

Guess I have been missing- not much time for sewing but I did get my quilt on the frame and started hand quilting it. I think it will be on the frame for some time. This week is the Corn Palace festival. Tanya Tucker has a show tonight and other entertainment all week. Main street is set up for young people with rides and games. There is free entertainment . The Corn Palace is a large building used for shows, basketball games and other things all year. The inside and outside is decorated with corn and other grains and is a tourist attraction. In Sept. there is a 3 day polka fest with people coming from all of the US to dance.
This morning our youngest grandchild stopped for breakfast on her way to college. Probably won't see her again until Christmas.
Hope you all are having nice fall weather and missing all the storms. My garden is starting to dry up but have had lots of produce from it.

Birdie block 8

Another block finished - 4 more to go. Also we had a demo at quilt guild of a simple block so I made one to see if I liked it. Haven't decided yet but it would be a good way to use scraps . The gal that did it used 30's fabrics and it was really pretty. Hope you are all having a great day.