Posey County Quilt Show....

Right before we headed off to Seattle for vacation I went to a small quilt show and antique tractor show in Posey County, IN. A nice mix for our family....I like quilts, Mike likes tractors :-) I can't show them all, but here are a few of them. Nice old fashioned looking quilts. Beautiful!

A weaver showing how to spin wool.

A very nice small quilt show!

Small projects....2nd Monday sewing group

I haven't been doing a lot of quilting, so I haven't had anything to post. On the 2nd Monday of each month, a small group meets at Red Bank Library for a morning of working on hand projects and .......talking!I was doing blanket stitch around the feathers of this little turkey. It is going to be a wall hanging to put in the silent auction at our quilt show in September.
Another woman was working blanket stitch on this Halloween quilt...very cute!

Marti was doing this weaving and she is then going to add a crocheted baby carriage. Should look wonderful when done.

I was so busy working for a change that I didn't take any other photos!

At home I finished the turkey and added borders. However I think the brown border "overpowers" the whole thing and plan to cut an inch off all the way around before quilting it.

Another little project to donate to the auction. A little velvet pillow with crazy stitch work. I'm practicing up to start on those 4 Crazy Quilt Christmas stockings that my sister is expecting this year! Must start those soon. Real soon. Maybe this week.

That is about all I have managed to get done lately in quilting.

Dollhouse quilt studio.....

I was taking photos at one of our local libraries which will be in my other blog on Tuesday, but inside there was a display of little miniature scenes all done by one lady (whose name I forgot to write down).

This appears to be a little quilting studio or quilt store.....so cute!I just love this! Click to make the photos larger and see the details.
The little quilts on the wall are mostly not in scale, but the overall effect is very cute.

I love this little quilt frame!

A sewing machine by the stairs.

Upstairs, another sewing machine, ironing board, quilt magazines, a comfy chair....Hey!....I want to move in here to do my quilting! Too bad that I won't fit!

Quilts in Bloom 2009

Quilts in Bloom is an outdoor quilt show in Haubstadt, Indiana that is held every other year. This year's show was wonderful.....althought very hot! The setting is very pretty and I included a few lily shots :-) Here are just 2-3 quilts to get your interest. If you want to see more here is the link to an album where you can view them individually or as a slideshow. Such pretty quilts! Click here.

Working on....Loon

I decided more than a year ago to quilt a loon......and have put it off ever since!

I finally decided to try it. The original pattern is paper-pieced, but I wanted to try to do it as needle-turn applique to get a more rounded look. (the green in the photo is just what it is pinned against on my planning board.) The needle-turn worked pretty well....except on that narrow beak at the end.
I think I will try some more using the paper-pieced pattern. I always seem to mess us when I try paper-piecing and don't cut my pieces big enough. I had fun picking out the different black fabrics for this and have a lot more blacks to make some a little different. I'm not quite done and am debating whether to leave the black borders only on the top and bottom or put it on all 4 sides as I intended. I decided the black rather over-whelmed the piece when I look at it on all sides. No idea how to quilt it since I can't do free motion quilting.

Quilt Barns link.....

I posted my lastest finding of Quilt Barns.....in southern Ohio.....in my other blog, because I know that some of the people who read it love old barns. But if you read this blog and not the nature blog, here is a link. Southern Ohio Quilt Barns.....

Tea and Quilt Show....St. Lucas UCC Church

I went to a wonderful "Tea and Quilt Show" at St. Lucas church.

If you would like to see more photos of these wonderful quilts click here: Quilt Show Photos

Great quilts, great tea and food....all in a beautiful setting!