Sweet Treats and Nashville

Melinda is hosting an ice cream challange and the photos are due to her tomorrow. My flavor was rocky road and we were able to add 2 colors to our ice cream palette. I only added the pink and I finished mine just in the nick of time. I completed the quilting before I left for Nashville on Saturday and stitched part of the binding sitting on the deck sipping a cold one, enjoying the lively conversation with Julie, Marla, Angie and her sister-in-law.

Here's the quilt:


And some closeups. This was my first time trying cross-hatching and boy-oh-boy, did it ever take a long time.


EDIT: I just realized that I forgot to attach the cherries. Oh well:(

Nashville, IN
What a wonderful time I had in Nashville. We visited a winery and some local shops, enjoyed a great dinner and played cards.

Not very many purchases, but here they are:

I came home this morning so that I could finish the ice cream quilt. I think I will give it to Elizabeth for her room and should probably put a hanging sleeve on it.

What's On My Design Wall?

JudyL is having some design wall fun where you post what’s on your wall each Monday. This is my photo for this week, a day late, I’m afraid.



My design wall isn’t really very big, so I usually don’t have more than one project on there at a time. They have been know to stay there for an extended period of time, however. It is 2 foam core boards with sticky backing covered with flannel, so small items can stick by themselves or larger ones can be pinned on. This one will be on and off before the end of the week as it’s a challenge project. One more block to make and then I can stitch it all together and get it quilted and bound. I wasn’t planning to post a photo of it until it was finished, but oh well, now you have an idea what I’m doing with all the ice cream blocks.

Here's the 2 blocks I made last night:

Another Ice cream

I stitched this one yesterday and although it turned out pretty cute, I didn't realize until I was doing the final pressing that I appliqued it on the wrong side of the fabric. YIKES!


Here are the wrong and right sides next to each other. I think it's going to "stay as it lays," as there isn't that much difference and once it's quilted you it shouldn't be too noticeable.



The straw is a piece of ribbon folded in half with Steam-a-Seam inside. It's 3-D so I will tack it down at the end after quilting.

Cute, Cute, Cute!

Now isn’t this cute? I can’t tell you too much about it, but I have a vision and I’m very excited about it.



Another form of cute, or handsome might be a better word for this one. This is my grandson Matt, who is growing up so quickly. I don’t very often post photos of him, but just had to show you this one. Of course, he’s taller than his Nana now and such a big help to his mom with the little ones.



I'm not sure if this is cute yet or not. It's only 19 of the 60 blocks that will make up this memory quilt for a group that has been having a Horseshoe Tournament for 20 years. You get the idea