Old Tippe Quilt Camp

Last week I spent Thursday thru Sunday at Camp Tecumseh for Old Tippecanoe's Quilt Camp. It was a wonderful time and I got quite a bit accomplished.

I worked on a Crib Skirt, Bumper Pads and a quilt for Robin's new granddaughter. Here's the quilt:

And the Bumper Pads:

Then I assembled a strip quilt that I started at the retreat in June in St. Louis. I have the strips all layed out on a flannel backed table cloth at the retreat and I just rolled it up to take it home. So, at this retreat, I just unrolled it and started sewing the strips together.

This Patchwork Chevron from Moda Bake Shop was next. I got all the blocks made and then realized in the instructions that it said, "The patchwork will not line up!" WHAT????  Have you ever seen that in the instructions. I figured that I could sew a 1" finished strip between the background blocks to make them line up. This picture doesn't do it justice. The fabrics are Little Black Dress by Moda and it's very pretty!

Quilt Camp

Last Thursday I went to a guild quilt camp at camp Tecumseh. We stayed until Sunday late morning and then I had a baby show to attend, so it was a busy weekend.

My projects included working on Matt's brown and tan quilt, that I don't have an updated photo of, but will soon, then I hand sewed the binding on the twin size Starry Eyed Countdown to Christmas quilt. Julie came to camp on Saturday to pick this one up. I'm donating it to raise money for the Alzheimers Walk. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. If you would like to purchase any tickets, let me know.

I hand sewed the binding on this baby quilt for Margaret's new grandson.

Then I sewed the leftovers together for a NICU quilt.

I also put together this memory quilt. It's made with some hawaiian clothing that belonged to my friend Peg, who passed away earlier this year after a struggle with cancer. She loved Hawaii and made the trip often. This quilt will go to her parents and I hope it will make them smile.

Being at camp, and especially packing up to go home makes me anxious to get to Shipshewana in October. It will be here before we know it.

Festival of Quilts

The Old Tippecanoe Quilt Guild will hold thier biennial quilt show on Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 9 am - 4 pm at Christ United Methodist Church, 3610 S. 18th Street, Lafayette, IN. The show is an exhibit of members' work and will feature demonstrations, a trading post with gently used quilting items for sale, special exhibits, an opportunity quilt and a merchant mall with over 15 vendors.

Here is a slideshow of the 2010 quilt show.



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If you would like more information regarding the show, contact the publicity chairman. That would be me, so just let me know if you have any questions.

Quilt Camp

I really had a great time at camp, but came home exhausted. I took a quick nap and then went to granddaughter Jessica's birthday party, then came home and slept on the couch for a few hours. I can't ever remember being so tired!

I only took a few photos and only in my sewing room. There were 3 sewing rooms and I did wander around a few times looking at everyone's projects hanging up.

Here's Betty (aka, speed piecer). Anyone who know Betty, knows what I'm talking about. She doesn't look too happy here, but she was having a great time.



Here's Marty and her Yellow Brick Road for her mom.



Here's Janet with her newly finished beautiful quilt!



Here's Analise with her beautiful double wedding ring that she's worked on at quilt camp for 4 years.



Here's Carol with her Kansas Troubles lap quilt. I love it! The quilts behind her were made mostly by Cheryl, Rebecca and Marissa, but I didn't get a picture of them.

Popcorn x 3

You can never have enough popcorn, right?

Janet brought 2 baby quilts and I thought Popcorn by Jodi Beamish would be perfect for both of them. She brought a batting for one, but the 2nd one I used Hobbs 80/20. PermaCore thread for both.
The first one is like the pink ones that I made. She used guild nickel swap fabrics for the blues and whites and had the scotties die-cut at Threads of Time in Danville when we were there.





This one was a panel which she added black borders to.




And the back:


Then I loaded and quilted a charity quilt for Old Tippe Guild for the women's shelter. This quilt had some really strange fabrics and I used a poly batting, so the quilt didn't grab the batting at all, it just floated on top.



I used MagnaGlide prewound bobbins for all 3 of these and I like them. Just look at all the new colors they have....I'll be placing an order for more colors. They will send you a sample pack to try if you tell them what kind of machines you have.

I'm back!

Boy, did I have a good time, but it sure is good to be back home and I can hardly wait to jump into bed tonight. There's nothing like your own bed.

So, how did I do?, you might ask.
Pretty good, I think!

First up was the Storyteller quilt and I got it all put together and the borders added on. I had to go buy a FQ of light green fabric from the store upstairs because I didn't have enough of the greens from the FQ tower from this quilt.



Very pretty, I really like it. Thanks again Vicky for the Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate.

Next up was the log cabin blocks from 2000. I made these blocks about a year after my first quilt. It seemed to me that I had accumulated way too many blue fabrics and I decided to make these blocks. (I must confess that I probably have 5 times more blues today than I did then!) Most of these fabrics were from Joanns or walmart, because I had not discovered quilt shops at that time.



By this time, I was ready for something easy, so I made the Pooh book for Elizabeth. These always seem to take me longer than I intend as they are NEVER printed straight on the fabric. I had to remind myself that it's a book for a nine-month-old. She came to visit with her brothers and her dad on Saturday and it immediately went into her mouth. They had to make a visit because Julie forgot her foot pedal for her machine. We first met Dan at the BGCC on Friday evening and he brought her my Janome Jem Gold to use. Jim was planning a trip to Lafayette on Saturday, so he brought the cord and her littletable then.

Next up was the bag kit that I won at MQS in Kansas City in May. I'll not be teaching this bag anytime soon. It seemed to take me forever.......maybe because the front, back and 4 pockets had to be quilted. I love it though and will be carrying it as soon as I switch things over from my placemat purse.


The inside pockets:


Ah, now for something fun....
The giraffe quilt! I am so happy with how this turned out. I may add another row of squares to the outside, but maybe not. It's a nice size, Julie says crib size, but I might want to make it a little bigger. I'll have to sleep one it. Mine is for a boy, so I didn't add any flower petals, just more leaves.

This is a free pattern by Red Rooster Fabrics.



A close-up of the appliqued leaves:



Julie and I left early today so that we could take Jessica to lunch and then shopping for her 13th birthday. The 2 things I didn't even get started were Andrew's car holder and the Floral Sorbet quilt.

I didn't get a photo yet of the Purdue wallet because I forgot to take velcro, so I couldn't finish it at camp.

I did get some done on the vegetable garden quilt, but didn't get a picture of it either....maybe tomorrow.

What a busy night!

Last night was Old Tippe guild - the business meeting and show 'n tell. There wasn't a lot of show 'n tell, so the meeting wasn't very long. There was a Quilt Show Committee Meeting afterwards, so I still got home at about the same time. I did get all the papers off the paper pieced blocks from yesterday while I was at the meeting.

When I arrived home, I got them all sewn together for Lisa's row-by-row. It turned out really nice. The pattern is at Quilters Cache and is called Duck Tracks.



The second second thing I worked on is this block, Pinwheel #8, from Quilters Cache also, is a presidents block for our outgoing president at Common Threads. Our meeting is tonight so it's a good thing I got it finished. This pattern is one that I tested for Marcia a while back. I needed an 8" finished block, so I put the pieces together and trimmed each of the quarter blocks to 4.5" and then sewed them together. A great way to decrease the size of this block.


EDIT: This shows how I cut the block segments. Of course, the ones that I did last night were not already sewn together as this block is, but they were in 4 segments. I laid the 4.5" ruler on top and aligned the 2.25 mark directly in the center of the intersecting triangles. I made sure that my corners were square with the seams and trimmed.