Clarence Quilt Guild Show-Part 2

More creative inspiration.....

That's it for today, part 3 coming....

Hugs, Michelle

Clarence Quilt Guild Show

Clarence Quilt Guild Show was a treasure to visit as always.  I'll probably divide the post up to a few because they will just be picture intense.  I love looking at quilts, never tire of it, hope you enjoy.  Show is in a small space so most of the pictures are at an angle but I think you will still be able to enjoy them.   Some quilts I will show a 2nd photo with a close up of the block or quilting.  As always there are just so many creative and talented women to admire.

Stop back again, for Part II, more photos to come of beautiful Quilts.  Hugs, Michelle

Bloggers Quilt Festival - Spring 2011

Welcome and thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I am linked up with the "Bloggers Quilt Festival-Spring 2011", click on the link to visit all the fabulous quilts featured.

http://amyscreativeside.com/2011/05/13/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2011/

Another "adopted girl" I'm featuring.  I can't bear to think of an unfinished quilt top or blocks that have no home with anyone to love them...a few years ago I bought on e-bay several vintage tops and blocks.  I feed them sandwiches {a quilting back a filler of batting and a pretty top}, then I take care of their boo boo's {stitching them together}, and then I give them lots of hugs {wrapping up and keeping warm}.

This pattern is the "tree of life", and it is one of my favorite, I don't have time in my life right now to do this type of piecing, but I enjoy quilting them on my long-arm and bringing them to "life".  This top was all hand pieced, and I have to tell you maybe the reason it was never finished was because let me tell you it did not lay flat whatsoever, the sewing was with some pretty large stiches and there was so much fabric gapping I had a very difficult time quilting it, I had to overlap the border in a couple of different places and sew it down. 

I just love this soft bubble gum pink paired with the turquoise blue, two solid color quilts can be very striking. 

The tree of life pieced blocks are alternated with the a plain pink, so I choose a turquoise thread to quilt a tree on those blocks.

I thought the borders called for a traditional feather design, I have not put a binding on the quilt yet. 

I imagine it will look different once washed. I used three different Kaffe Fassett fabrics for the backing that I pieced.

All in all, even though she was a tough girl to raise, I love her, appreciate her for who she is, the  flaws and beauty. 

Have fun enjoying the "virtual" show!  Stop back again and visit anytime.

Kaffe Patchwork using Accuquilt-Pink Saturday

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Work in Progress...this is one of my many.  I used my Accuquilt Studio to cut 10 layers at a time of 3 1/2" squares...I'm making basic 16 patchwork blocks with 2 colors in each block for a total of 6 blocks across and 8 blocks down for a total of 48 blocks and 92 different contrasting Kaffe color prints!!! 

Took these with the phone camera, so the pics aren't great, but here are two down, need to press, and 46 more to sew and press.  I love seeing the color combinations come together.

These two KF books have the basic patchwork quilt in two colorways in each book, my inspiration.

Something about patchwork with lots and lots of prints that I just love, I think that's what I love best about antique quilts, all the leftover prints somehow just work together to make a beautiful quilt.

The blocks that standout and work best are the ones with contrast, this one has the warm tones the one above the pastels.

This one is a variation of 9 patch with a 1 block in between, just as lovely, you can see possibilities are endless, these green tones are lovely in the book my phone doesn't do it justice.

This is my very favorite and what really inspired me, I love the painted vases and flowers above, so romantic.

This pile is all my squares cut and matched with another print and put in baggies, I just pull out one bag at a time and sew the 16 squares and move on to the next.  Once they are all sewn I'll arrange them for rows. 
 
Happy Pink Saturday, enjoy the day....I'm off to a quild quilt show, so I will have a couple of post coming up this week with all the beauty and creativity I'm about to go see tomorrow morning. 
Hugs, Michelle

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day....31 biblical Virtues to pray for your children by Bob Hostetler

1.  Salvation.  "Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory" (Is. 45:8, 2 Tim 2:10).
2.  Growth in grace.  "I pray that my children may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet 3:18).
3.  Love.  "Grant, Lord that my childrenmay learn to live a life of love, throught the Spirit who dwells in them" ( Gal. 5:25, Eph 5:3).
4.  Honesty and integrity. "May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection" (Ps. 25:21).
5.  Self-control.  "Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be alert and self-controlled in all they do (1 Thess 5:6).
6.  Love for God's Word.  "May my children grow to find Your Word more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey from the comb" (Ps 19:10).
7.  Justice.  "God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they do" (Ps. 11:7, Mic :8).
8.  Mercy.  "May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful" (Lk 6:36).
9.  Respect (for self, others, authority).  "Faher grant that my children may show proper respect to everyone, as your Word commands" (1 Pet 2:17).
10.  Biblical self-esteem.  "Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:10).
11.  Faithfulness.  "Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts" (Prov 3:3).
12.  Courage.  "May my children always be strong and courageous in their character and in their actions" (Dt. 31:6).
13.  Purity.  "Create in them a pure heart, O God, and let that purity of heart be shown in their actions" (Ps 51:10).
14.  Kindness.  "Lord, may my children always tr to be kind to each other and to everyone else" (1 thess. 5:15).
15.  Generosity  "Grant that my children may be generous and willing to share, and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age" (1 Tim. 6:18-19).
16.  Peace-loving. "Father, let my children make every effort to do what leads to peace" (Rom. 14:19).
17.  Joy.  "May my children be filled with the joy given by the Holy Sspirit" (1 thess 1;6).
18.  Perseverence.  "Lord, teach my children perseverence in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverence the race marked out for them" (Heb 12:1).
19.  Humility.  "God, please cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all" (Titus 3:2)
20.  Compassion.  "Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion" (Col 3:12).
21.  Responsibility.  "Grant that my children may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load" (Gal 6:5).
22.  Contentment.  "Father, teach my children the secret of being content in any and every situation, through Him who gives them strength" (Phil 4:12-13).
23.  Faith.  "I pray that fiath will find root and grow in my children's hearts, that by faith they may gain what has been promised to them" (Lk 17:5-6, Heb 11:1-40).
24.  A servant's heart.  "God, please help my childrendevelop servant's hearts, that they may serve wholeheartedly, as if they were serving the Lord, not men" (Eph. 6:7).
25.  Hope.  "May the God of hope grant that my childrenmay overflow with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy Spirit: (r. 15:13).
26.  Willingness and ability to work.  "Teach my children, Lord to value work and to work at it with all their heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (Col 3:23).
27.  Passion for God.  "Lord, please instill in my children a soul that "followeth hard after Thee' (Ps. 63:8, KJV), one that clings passionately to You.".
28.  Self-discipine.  "Father, I pray that my childen amy acquire a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair" (Prov. 1:3).
29.  Prayerfulness. "Grant, Lord, that my children's lives may be marked by prayerfulness, that they may earn to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of pryaers and requests" (Eph. 6:18).
30.  Gratitude.  "Help my children to live lives that are alwyas overflowing with thankfulness and always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, int he name of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Eph 5:20, Col 2:7).
31.  A heart for missions.  "Lord please help my children to develop a desire to see your glory declared among tha nations, your marvelous deed among all peoples" (Ps. 963:).

Praise God !, Blessings, Michelle

Pink Saturday-Some of the things I love...

Pink Saturday-stop on over to Beverly our lovely hostess and check out all of the links. http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com//

Spring purse in a very soft light pink tone with a ruffel textured rose...carribean escape hand santizer {notice the cute holder attaches right to purse).

Country Weekend Socks to knit by Madeline Weston, 25 patterns....very nice book, information page on each section of type of knitting, fantastic fashion photos, directions laid out nice format.

French Macarons...my first attempt...Raspberry...good, but next batch will be even better, a little time consuming...just have other activities to do in between each step.  Nice book, photo tutorial, lots of recipes.

Have a great weekend.  Hugs, Michelle