What has happened here

I went to a craft sale in the lobby of the Jepson art gallery yesterday.  There was a very tall tree all decorated and candy canes and other kinds of rock candy, it looked really pretty.

Oooohhh....

But there was a sheet of plastic under the tree, how puzzling.  It seems that the outer layer of sugar on some of the candy haf liquified and dripped off.

Aawww

I wonder why this happened? 

Sandy's Modern Quilt

So many people have taken a class from Sandy cook that she needs no introduction. Lately she has offered a quilt class on modern improvisational quilting And also one on free motion quilting with the modern design focus. This is the sample that she brought into show people what the classes would be about.

The front has sections of different techniques

The back Shows off some of the leftover blocks.

The large areas of gray really show off the free motion quilting.

It makes me want to just dive in and try some of these blocks. Any of them would make a fabulous quilt just on their own. If you want to take the class we just recently set some new times for after Christmas.  http://www.periwinkle.biz/classes.html

If you want to register for one of the classes, you can just Dropinto the shop to register, or even just make a phone call at 933–3072.

Also, if you like this style of quilting, just a reminder that there is the modern quilt guild that meets twice a month, you might like to go to their meetings.

Topsy turvy with Bluebird Park

This is the front of the sneak peek from yesterday:

It uses a new line of fabrics designed by Kate and Birdie for moda, called Bluebird Park.  It starts with a charm pack of five-inch squares.   It's a fun easy pattern that sews up pretty quickly,  nice size for using to curl up with on the sofa, and the minke/cuddle fabric on the back marks it very cozy.

If you've never been to the Flock and Gather craft sale before, it's coming up this weekend.  It has a lovely mix of craft items that are lovingly made by the very person you buy it from,

This is their blog where they have a series of posts about the various participants http://flockandgather.blogspot.ca/

You'll have fun!  

Sticks and Stones block 7

Can we really be on block seven already? These blocks seem to be going by very quickly. This one is called shaded churn dash. It's similar to last weeks block,  the shaded pinwheel, in that it uses variations of the colour brown.

I've mentioned before but I'll say it again: I think that the colors this year really lend themselves to variations of shading.  It might be good to think about when you're considering different setting options down the road. Which reminds me. I am sewing on the final borders to a previous year's sampler, the 1930's color way.  

For setting these squares, I sewed about 20 log cabin blocks to alternate with the sampler blocks,

I hope to use two narrow inner borders followed by a wider outer border of the green

I'm delighted and how it's looking so far. I think it will be really happy sunshine summer looking quilt. 

Sneak peek

This is just the back of a quilt that I am finishing up that will soon be in the shop as a kit sample.  The sneak peek shows the backing which is the really soft cuddle Fabric. I've used it as backings before but just with straight-line quilting. I was really happy with how it responds to free motion quilting as well.

On another note it's December now. I kicked off my Christmas shopping last week at Handmade House on Broadway Avenue where I found this wonderful pair of hand knitted mittens.

all Things Thread is a great name, too,  (hi Linda!)

I hope that you are entering December on a happy note with lots of things to look forward to this month. Hand made gifts, homemade goodies for the family, lots of visits with loved ones and friends.