Big Quilts Week

This has been the week for big quilts at Ruthie's Quilting.

The first one was 114 x 104 and made by Carolyn. It's a Storm at Sea quilt for her daughter Andrea who is getting married next month.

We chose edge-to-edge feathers and I think it's beautiful! What a lovely wedding gift for a daughter.

Bountiful Feathers panto with a light tan thread.



The next one was 104 x 97 and made by Pam.

Beautiful fabrics were used to make this stunning quilt.

Pam chose Tea Rose panto and Sandlewood Omni thread.

Carla's Snowball Roses

Carla made this beauty! She came to pick it up just minutes after I took this photo.

I chose to use Tea Rose panto, Omni light tan thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. This is the only closeup photo that I took. I haven't used that panto in a very long time, but thought that it went well with the fabrics.

Liz' Modern Roses Quilt

Lois has a granddaughter who is very interested in quilting and produced this very cute, very modern quilt.

I chose the  Tea Roses pattern because of the appliqued roses that she placed randomly across the quilt.

PermaCore lavendar thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. What an appropriate backing!

It's so nice to see a young woman so interested in quilting! I'm sure her grandmother is very proud.

Burger Queen and My Latest Quilting

Here are my step 3 blocks for the Stashbusters Burger Queen Mystery.........nothing new, huh? They look just like Step 2 except they are 6 inch instead of nine and twelve inch.



On to the quilting:

Carole's Romantic Strips is what I'm calling this one. I used the Tea Rose Panto, Mother Goose PermaCore thread and Hobbls 80/20 batting. The shots of the back do not do it justice, as it is a very pretty quilt, front and back.







Marty's Tessellation Roosters looks pretty striking when you see the whole thing. This one is Jacobean panto, Camel PermaCore thread and Soft and Crafty poly batting.




Now I'm going back to work on my new One Block Wonder quilt.

Another Work Surprise

You may remember last week when I posted about what a great company I work for. Well, this week's Free Lunch Friday was Arni's Pizza. If you have never had Arni's Pizza, you are missing a real treat. It has a thin crust and is just delicious. Perople that move away from her always want to go to Arni's when they come back for a visit. The conference room table was full, from one end to the other with large pizzas--any kind you could possibly want. I just had 2 pieces - one BBQ and one BBQ Chicken. The real treat came after lunch...........

Leo delivered one of these little lunch box/6-pack coolers with our new logo to each and every one of us. Inside were 4 cans of soda (mine was Diet Coke, my favorite) and the package you see in the center.


What's in that package, you ask?


Well, these 2 bacon wrapped, black angus filets!!

So, when I got home Dan fired up the grill, picked some green beans from the garden, made a salad.


It sure was yummy!! Thank you Leo for a wonderful dinner.


I got a quilt loaded and got a good start on it, using the Tea Rose panto, while dinner was cooking.