The Guild Quilt Show

The biannual Oxford Quilters Guild Show in Embro, Ontario happened over the past couple of days. As you know, I spent much of my sewing time over the past couple of weeks sewing sleeves onto my quilts for the show. On Wednesday morning, I dropped off my quilts and Christine's quilts so that they could be hung for the show. I entered 11 quilts and my barn quilt into the show and took pictures of each of them at the show.  

This is one of the quilts I made for the new Hospice which will be opening this summer.  It's a potato chip quilt. 

My modern sampler was my only bed sized quilt that I entered into the show.  It was a bit too long for the quilt rack so the bottom of it was pinned up. 

This big quilt was made by Megan using a pattern from "Quilts of Iceland".  My Shadowbox quilt is on the chair beside it. 

Here is my Overlapping Tiles quilt. It has all bias edges which is why the bottom is a bit wavy. 

I can't remember who made the house quilt but Christine made the pink and gold quilt.  My Crumby Stars quilt is on the chair. 

This is a better picture of Christine with her Pink Pineapple quilt. 

Christine called her hollow nine patch quilt "Jelly Beans."

Here is my scrappy nine patch.  You can see that both Christine and I like to make scrappy quilts!

Yet another scrappy quilt--this one is an I Spy Potato chip quilt. 

This is a Poppyprint pattern--I forgot to get a picture of the label and can't remember who made it.  You can probably tell why I liked it!

Several years ago, three friends and I ran our own round robin one summer.  This is Christine's quilt.  I made the triangle border.   (More scraps!)

Lynn made this fabulous teal/turquoise quilt during the pandemic. 

My Arizona Adventures quilt...

It was fun to see two barn quilts at the show--this one is mine and Christine made the second one, but I did not get a good picture of hers. 

My Whistlestop quilt was displayed with another quilters "cats in teacups."

This is Christine's recently finished Christmas quilt. 

"Put a Ring on It"-- machine pieced and hand quilted by me.

I really like making I Spy quilts... this one was  made with Half Rectangle Triangles.

I suggested that we offer a Scavenger Hunt for younger visitors to the quilt show. After the quilts were hung, I went back and made a list of things that could be found in the quilts.  I typed it up and the chair of the quilt show committee and I made prizes for participating in the hunt.  I made several rope bowls and Gwen made some pouches and crayon rolls. I was at the show on Friday and there were several children that completed the challenge.  It was fun to watch them looking at all the quilts to find everything.  (Feel free to borrow this idea for your guild's quilt show!)

Finn and I did some reading on the front porch this week.  I started a new book. 

Our gardens are bursting with spring blooms. 

When in Newfoundland in 2023, I purchased a rug hooking kit. This flower, a pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant and is the provincial flower of Newfoundland.  Here is a picture of the plant in full bloom--this is not the pattern that I am stitching.  I have started hooking the border as you can see below.  This will be my slow stitching project for the next while. 

Christine, Katharine, and Carol and I are doing another round robin starting this month.  Here is my centre block and the fabrics I am including for people to add borders. I will not see it again until the big reveal at the end of the summer. 

 I will link up with Kathy and Frederique as usual. 

Lupin Cross Stitch is Done

I added the last outlining stitches to my lupins cross stitch this week when Christine was over to sew one evening. I will take this to the framers soon, along with my Winter Woods project.  I purchased this kit when we were in Newfoundland in June 2023.  I also purchased a kit to make a pitcher plant hooked rug when I was there and hope to work on it next. 

I found my bin of cotton clothesline cording and made a couple of rope bowls this week.  I will probably make a few more this week to use up the cording that is in the bin. The pink fabric was leftover from a quilt backing and was in my pink scrap bin. The darker spots are little birds. 

At the church sewing group, I made another apron for the Christmas bazaar---there is a pocket--Can you see it?  I matched up the pattern so it is not obvious.  I also made a little stuffed rabbit but it still needs a pompom for the tail. Next up, I will be working on an Advent Calendar panel.  

My scarf is a few inches longer --I managed to have two knitting sessions this week.  It needs to be about 15 inches longer than it is right now. 

I tried a new recipe for Lemon Blueberry loaf this week.  It smells heavenly!  

Our azalea bush is in full bloom!  It is such a bright spot of colour in our front garden.

The deutzia bush is in bud.  Soon, it will be covered in small white flowers.  So pretty. 

We took Finn for a walk in the woods at a local conservation area this week.  There were a few wet spots but we managed to stay relatively mud free.  

This Friday and Saturday is the Oxford Guild Quilt Show.  I have 11 quilts plus my painted barn quilt block in the show. If you are in the area, we would love to see you there!  

I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning and with Frederique now.  

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all who celebrate this holiday!  We had brunch with my husband's family yesterday so the rest of the weekend will be quiet. My niece helped me to make a bunny charcuterie board for the brunch yesterday and I managed to get a picture before people started to nibble.  I will have to make more of these for other family gatherings. 

I only have one more quilt that needs a hanging sleeve for the quilt show. I hope to get to that this weekend. I am one of those people that likes to have things done ahead of time...I don't like the stress of trying to finish something at the last minute. A couple of quilts for the show are not in this pile, but you get the idea. The barn quilt I painted last summer is also going in the show. 

My Arizona Adventures quilt is done and ready for the quilt show.  It will hang in my front hall after the quilt show.  There is another quilt in the to be finished pile that will be hand quilted next. 

Our daughter sent me a picture of her March squares for her book blanket this week as well as a picture of the books she read.  There are not as many books being read at the moment as she is very busy at work these days. Each granny square represents one book read. 

I have this cross stitch picture on display right now for Spring.  I made this for my mother well over 25 years ago.  It was hard to get a picture without any reflections in the glass.  

I have several types of daffodils in bloom right now in my garden.  They are my favourite spring flowers. 

I don't remember planting bloodroot in my garden but they are welcome volunteers.  Such pretty little flowers!  They don't bloom for long but are such a bright spot in the garden.  

Finn was starting to look a bit shaggy and had a haircut this past week. The groomer gave him a new bandana which he proudly wore at the family brunch yesterday. 

This was before the haircut...

While Finn was at the doggy spa, my husband and I went for a hike with the hiking club.  It was cold and everyone was bundled up to stay warm.  The temperatures here continue to fluctuate--it is 20 today...

Here is a picture of my cousin's new grand-daughter with her quilt. Her big brother has been telling her what he sees in all the fabrics.  He has a flannel quilt that I made for him when he was born. 

My sewing plans for this week include finishing that last hanging sleeve and working on more of my spinning drunkard's path blocks. I have a few other volunteer commitments this week too.  Never a dull moment around here!  Have a great week!  I will link up with Kathy and Frederique.