I'm told it is a salad dish.

Tonight I needed an oval, egg shape for a motif I was stitching on a challenge quilt for my online guild. I dug around in the china cabinet and came up with this weird glass cresent thing and it worked perfectly!
My mother informed me it is a salad dish designed to hug the curve of a dinner plate. Gotta love using something old for something new.

Generally I wouldn't do a motif as intricate as this on a scrappy quilt. However, I took the opportunity to play a bit. I had received a trial spool of variegated (multi-colored) thread called Lava from Superior Threads. It worked great with the hot colors in my prism quilt.

I used some muslin on the back and blue in the bobbin. You can clearly see all my stitches on the back. I designed the motif and everything was done freehand. Each block's motif was rotated 90 degrees so that they all interlock.

It was fun! Now I just need to put the binding on. I think I'll use a yellow batik since I don't have enough of the border fabric.

Friend with a ribbon

The American Quilter Nashville Quilt Show has posted its award winners. One of my friends, Rilla, won a red ribbon! Two other friends had their quilt accepted into the competition. I'm so honored to know these incredibly talented women!

Here's a photo of Rilla's needlework winner.

Also, one of the local guilds here in Louisville had their guild challenge win a red ribbon! What an honor!

International Machine Quilters Assoc. Awards

There is some phenomenal eye candy over at the International Machine Quilter's Association website. I am a proud member of this group and the artistry of the quilts entered this year is humbling.

Prism top done!

I finished the Prism quilt top today! It was done in all batiks and completely from my scrap drawer. It feels so great to have reduced my scraps while creating this beauty. I've got some variegated King Tut thread on order and I'm planning on using an edge to edge pantograph on it.








Here's some fun furry friends lounging about in the house today. Have a wonderful day!

Prisms

On my favorite internet quilty message board we are having a summer challenge. The challenge is to use strips of scraps to make a quilt before the end of August. Here's my work so far. GooseyGirl has been helping!

Delectable Mountains

Fresh off the frame!
This quilt pattern is from Eleanor Burns' book by the same name. I also used her ruler that comes with the book.

My purpose was to practice my freehand skills. I had fun with some feathers in the cream colored corners. Vines and leaves were used in the other areas.

Normally I wouldn't use cream colored thread on dark green fabric but I haven't ordered all the colors of thread I need for the machine. For this quilt, though, it works! I'm looking forward to all the yummy threads headed my way.