October 26, 2010

Have you heard!

So the gals over at Quilting Bee Blocks are at it. They have come up with a great concept of getting all of us sewers/bloggers together for a weekend summit. It isn't until October 2011, but it sounds like a ton of fun!


If you want to find out more about it click on their button above and it will take you straight to their page. If you have a few minutes help them out by filling out their survey.

Hope to see you there!

Take care mucho,
-Natalie

October 25, 2010

DC Modern Update




DC Modern had a great month of get togethers in October. Nicole graciously offered up her house for our regular meeting. I would say 20ish of us were there ready to share, chat and swap. It was so nice to see everyone since I wasn't able to make it to the September meeting.

Here is Nicole sharing one of her quilts. Below are just a few of the pics I took of other members who shared their amazing work!


The week after Katie B. was able to set up a great fabric event for us all. Pam of Del Ray Fabrics opened up her home to a whole slew of us ready to purchase fabric. Pam has a fabulous online store and allowed us to buy from here since we were a local group. I know I swiped my credit card a few times because her selection was amazing! Not to mention it was so nice to see the fabric in person instead of only on a computer screen. Katie's friend even made a quilt cake that was as delicious as it was gorgeous! I totally forgot my camera so I wasn't able to get good shots of the cake or the awesome fabric but this is just part of what I got that night ( I am a little embarrassed by how much I got, haha).


If you are interested in joining in on the DC Modern fun please sign up at our website ...
http://dcmodern.ning.com/

Plans for November has been set. I have started to call it our "Month of Giving" because we have two sewing events were we will be donate all the quilts made.

Take care mucho,
-Natalie

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I have been getting in the holiday spirit around here feeling like a busy little elf getting all my gifts ready in time. I am starting WAY early this year. I can hear some of you saying, "this is so not early", but I swear this is early for me. I am normally pulling all nighters for a few days before Christmas in order to finish things on time. I have a few Christmas things to share with you but only have pictures of one at the moment.


This tree skirt is for my sister. She saw the one I made a few years ago and wanted one for herself. Being an artist herself, she designed it. I helped her pick out the fabric and Voila! Of course we chose a fabric line no longer available after last Christmas, so I had to search high and low for it. In the end it was worth it because I am loving the way it has turned out ( btw it's Moda's Merry and Bright).

I have actually gotten a little further along than just piecing the top, but haven't had a chance to take good pictures of it yet. I will be sure to have a photo session soon to show it to you. This is definitely a favorite of mine. The only problem is now I want one and my other sister has put in a request as well :) Don't think those will be getting done in time for this Christmas.

Have you had a chance to get started on your "Christmas To Make" list? There are still a few things I need to make but, I learned from last year to dwindle the list down so that I am not sleep deprived by the time Christmas actually arrives.

take care mucho,
-Natalie