Medallion Round 3 2017-2018

Dec 2017
Here is what I started with:

This is the year of applique so coming up with an idea of this one was simple.  Applique squares.  I wanted to use this black batik with the lines and circles but didn't want to cut it up as the pattern would have been lost so that also confirmed my plan to applique squares.  I selected 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 squares (unfinished) from my scraps already cut into these sizes.  I like it but it is probably a bit too busy for most.

Finished Sept 2018

Medallion Round 2 2017-2018

This year I'm planning to do something applique to each of the rounds I have signed up for.

This is the starting point:

I first thought of a dolphin appliqued in each corner but when searching for dolphins I found smaller ones and thought this would work better.  Plus then I could use the cornerstones to bring in the light house fabric.  Concept for waves at first was more curly but that would have been tough so settled on small peaks.  Applique technique was Stich-N-Peel and machine sewn down with invisible thread.

This is the finished item, Sept 2018

Colleen Granger's Nov retreat

Nov 10-14

Friday, arrived about noon and set up quilting area in lodge.  Also sewing in the lodge are Leddi, Barbara, Karen, Juliette and Thelma.  Had lunch the started applique dolphins for the medallion.  Glad I decide to only have 3 per side as it got old.  Also decided on small wave like applique.  Cornerstones to bring in the fabric from round 1.  About 9pm the Viking sewing machine started acting up using the invisible thread.  Got so frustrated went home and finished then went to bed.

Saturday, up early and back to retreat.  Worked a bit on the Quilt Club state blocks but everything seemed to go wrong and glad to give it up for breakfast.  Packed up Viking machine for repair and brought out Featherweight.  Went into town for my first Nancy Brown hand applique class.  We started The Bog.  I got maybe 3 inches of one piece done.  Looks like a blob stitched to blob at this point.  Back to the retreat.  Worked on state blocks again but still nothing seems to be the right size.  Packed it up and moved on to the Awesome Ocean blocks in purple.  Decided to sleep at home again.

Sunday, finished up on the Awesome Ocean purple blocks. Worked a bit on The Bog.  I'm getting the hang of hand applique.  Not sure I'm liking it yet but at least the dread is gone. 

Found a bag of one partially completed baby quilt under one of my guest beds.  Since I need a quilt for a woman at work I decided to complete that quilt.  There was enough fabric to complete a second quilt.

Monday, finished border on the second baby quilt.  Went home about noon and take a couple of meeting for work.  Once back pulled out the Judy Nightmare pattern mom had been working on in hopes to finish the diamond shapes and make sure the color placement was okay.  Thanks to the other ladies we were able to determine the minimal number of diamond shapes that needed to be pulled apart and resewn to get a pleasing quilt.  Spend the rest of the evening doing that.  Once done went home for the night.

Tuesday, back at the retreat about 8.  Visited with quilters in the dining room and the packed up my stuff and left about 10 and went to work.  Very enjoyable retreat!

Bishop's Ranch retreat Fall 2017

October 2017

Arrived 5pm on Sunday.  Set up quilting space shared with Karen D and a new friend Leslie (from Laganitas).  The total group was 32. 

Started working on Awesome Ocean doing the characters in yellow.

Monday, continued and finished the yellow blocks of Awesome Ocean.  Karen and I did a 3.5 hike in the morning and in the afternoon went for a swim with Kathy for 30 minutes.

Tuesday, completed the Quilt Club blocks for the month and the last one I needed to do to catch up.  These are in the paisley fabric and accent colors.

Put the binding on the Color Wave quilt.

Also learned how to make a button bowl.  I got most of it done but did not have ribbon and buttons to completed.  Also  Did a short 1 mile hike in the morning with Karen and went for a swim with Kathy in the afternoon. Started quilting on a quilt in the stash, the fabric was a stripe of Vegi Tales and the book was Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts by Kay Nickols.  I remember getting the book and fabric on sale in one of the visit to Phoenix many years ago. Karen, Leslie and I had several good laughs looking up on the internet who the Vegi Tale characters were, Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber (who starred as Elliot the Pirate in a movie).

Continued to machine quilt (straight lines with black thread outlining some of the black boxes) on Wednesday.  Karen and I did a 4.5 mile hike.  Went swimming with Kathy in the afternoon.  Almost completed the machine quilting. Left about 5pm and picked up Joanne then went to MQSC meeting.  Signed up for medallions for the 2017 - 2018 year.  Also going to help on the opportunity quilt marketing.  Got back to Bishops Ranch at 10 pm.  Did a bit more machine quilting then Karen and I retired at 11 pm. 

Thursday morning Karen showed Pam and I how to make fabric postcards.  I made a post card for Ann L after completing the machine quilting the Vegi Tale quilt.  I squared up the quilt and then cut the binding.  About 11, began packing up and was helped where I could until 12:30 when we had lunch.  Home by 2pm.  Unpacked car.  

2017 Hen House Retreat

Sept 15 - 17 at Walker Creek Ranch

Arrived after lunch on Friday.  Set up work spaces for mom and I.  Joanne is a work area buddy!

Mom worked on Sweet Tooth and I quilted the quilt top mom started and I recently completed that is a weave made from batiks.  I did simple straight lines 1/4 from the seams.  Finished Friday night.

Saturday morning I started quilting the quilt top mom completed called Painted Ladies but is of houses on an angle.  I want to use the quilting rulers I got last week to get a bit of experience before the class on Oct 7.  I was not happy with the effort, but I know I need to practice a lot more.  I did the free hand motion on the second house.  I was then tired and put it away.

Saturday afternoon, Mom moved on to the blue medallion with 4-patch stack-n-whack.  I worked on Awesome Ocean with my red scraps.  I got the octopus, puffer fish and two other fish done and selected the fabrics for the whale and turtle before calling it a night.

Sunday and got the whale, turtle and manatee done but did not start the seahorse as I was tired.  Mom worked on her sherbet ribbon quilt then left after lunch.  I left at about 3:15.

Mom won one basket and Joanne graciously gave mom one of the baskets she won.  Mom also won the blocks made by the group (32 blocks).

Share the quilt mom and I made with the chicken blocks given to us at last years retreat.

HH Fabric Stash Sale 2017

August 18-20 2017,

After the clean-up of the fabric room there are four large plastic bins of fabric and stuff for the HH Fabric Stash sale.  In addition there is two tubs of quilt tops  as well as quilt tops from the boutique and 7 small quilt tops that I made more then 15 years ago (Quiltmaker fabric and book). All total there was 8 plastic tubs of stuff for the sale (not well organized).  Set up on Friday afternoon.  Mom and I had two tables, but could not get everything out.

Sold a few things on Friday afternoon.  Saturday was well attended but Sunday was not.  Sold the 7 small Quiltmaker quilt tops, 9 other quilt tops and a some fabric.  I spent two days refolding the fabric that did not sell and it fit into two bins.  There are two bins of fabric tops and one bin of misc stuff.  I guess that means about 3 bins of stuff sold.  YEAH!!

Tub of Quilt Tops

August 2017,

As part of my fabric room clean-up and preparing for the Hen House fabric stash sale (Aug 19-20) there is a plastic chest full of quilt tops that we will be selling.

60 x 60  $40                                                76 x 96  $75                                       60 x 78   $50 SOLD

 60 x 72  $50                                                60 x 74  $90                                       52 x 68   $60

 

64 x 74  $100                                              80 x 80  $100                                 55 x 55   $40

 

 60 x 92  $75                                                 84 x 100  $150                                 64 x 82   $40

 

80 x 90  $150                                             76 x 76  $90                                       75 x86   $150

 

56x 74  $60                                         70 x 104  $150                                      66 x 66   $40 - SOLD

56 x 80  $60                                                 80 x 80  $90                                       68 x 87  $50 - SOLD

 

68 x 88  $100 flannel                                        44 x 50  $20                                       62 x 74   $60

 

64 x 76  $60                                                 72 x 82  $100                                     65 x 82   $100

80 x 98  $150                                                67 x 86  $80                                       52 x 66   $40

 72 x 72  $130                                                 52 x 64  $40                                       73x85   $60 SOLD

 82x82  $100                                                 96 x 118  $250                                 104 x 112   $200

80 x 80  $100                                                   46 x 60  $40                                      62x92   $60 SOLD

 62 x66  $40                                                  50 x 70  $40 SOLD                                        46 x 68   $30

 

 60 x 88  $75