Here is a sneak peek of something to come SOON on the new blog (and maybe on another blog as well ::ahem::)
Monday, February 27, 2012
change your bookmarks/blog links....
I am hoping that everybody has changed their links from this blog to the new blog at http://cascadequilts.com
Here is a sneak peek of something to come SOON on the new blog (and maybe on another blog as well ::ahem::)
Here is a sneak peek of something to come SOON on the new blog (and maybe on another blog as well ::ahem::)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
posting on the new website
My first new post on the new website - hopefully everybody can transition over :)
http://www.cascadequilts.com/2012/02/moms-wrapped-in-red-quilt.html
http://www.cascadequilts.com/2012/02/moms-wrapped-in-red-quilt.html
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
new name again
Well, I am still stuck at what to rename my blog. It's funny that I came across this this morning. I read several, and it didn't help. Hubby said that if I can't have Red's Threads, that I should just move into a different direction. So, I think I've come up with another name - I'll fill ya in later!
Meanwhile, here is an updated pic of my hexie flower progress! There are 79 flowers together so far! That's 553 hexagons! Maybe 1/4 of the way there I'm thinking :)
Meanwhile, here is an updated pic of my hexie flower progress! There are 79 flowers together so far! That's 553 hexagons! Maybe 1/4 of the way there I'm thinking :)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wants a new 'name'.........
I am trying to come up with a new name. I want to buy a domain, and I have never really 'dug' the quilt frenzy name. It kinda bugs me, LOL.
My nickname that hubby calls me is ''Red''. (I have light auburn hair). I wanted ''Red's Threads'', but darned if that's not already taken (a clothing company in Oregon/Indonesia). So, I have to think of something ELSE. I was loving my idea too, humph.
I do other sewing besides quilting, so I really didn't want ''quilts'' in the name either.
Any grand ideas anybody?
My nickname that hubby calls me is ''Red''. (I have light auburn hair). I wanted ''Red's Threads'', but darned if that's not already taken (a clothing company in Oregon/Indonesia). So, I have to think of something ELSE. I was loving my idea too, humph.
I do other sewing besides quilting, so I really didn't want ''quilts'' in the name either.
Any grand ideas anybody?
quilty memories....
Yesterday was a quilty day with my mom......
A semi-local quilt museum was doing an exhibit at a local retirement center, so mom and I decided to go. It was amazing to see all the antique quilts and hear their stories! We saw quilts of all types, even one that was fairly new from a local male quilter! (There was not one man at the exhibit though, LOL).
After the exhibit, I went to her house to baste my kaleidoscope quilt:
then, noticed her Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that she started as a teenager and finished about 10 years ago. I had forgotten that I had given her scraps from several quilts I had made. The flower print in the chain from this one:
and the main flower print in this one (which resides on my bed below the comforter ALL the time):
and also another print from a mauve/blue log cabin quilt I made early 1991. For some reason, I don't have a pic of that quilt. My younger son uses it on his bed under his ''money quilt'' though :)
It was really fun to see those scraps used in my mom's wonderful hexagon quilt though! I'll have to get a pic of her quilts next time I think of it when I go there. She has an amazing DWR that she hand-pieced and hand quilted too. She keeps it folded up and stored in the spare room. I wish she'd showcase it somewhere as it's amazing!
Anyhow, I came home practically meeting the UPS man at the front door. He had a box with this little stack of beauties for me!
I am going to quilt the kaleidoscope quilt today, then my focus will be on this stack of lovliness! EEEEEE!
A semi-local quilt museum was doing an exhibit at a local retirement center, so mom and I decided to go. It was amazing to see all the antique quilts and hear their stories! We saw quilts of all types, even one that was fairly new from a local male quilter! (There was not one man at the exhibit though, LOL).
After the exhibit, I went to her house to baste my kaleidoscope quilt:
then, noticed her Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that she started as a teenager and finished about 10 years ago. I had forgotten that I had given her scraps from several quilts I had made. The flower print in the chain from this one:
and the main flower print in this one (which resides on my bed below the comforter ALL the time):
and also another print from a mauve/blue log cabin quilt I made early 1991. For some reason, I don't have a pic of that quilt. My younger son uses it on his bed under his ''money quilt'' though :)
It was really fun to see those scraps used in my mom's wonderful hexagon quilt though! I'll have to get a pic of her quilts next time I think of it when I go there. She has an amazing DWR that she hand-pieced and hand quilted too. She keeps it folded up and stored in the spare room. I wish she'd showcase it somewhere as it's amazing!
Anyhow, I came home practically meeting the UPS man at the front door. He had a box with this little stack of beauties for me!
I am going to quilt the kaleidoscope quilt today, then my focus will be on this stack of lovliness! EEEEEE!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
postage stamp quilt finish.....
Finally finished my postage stamp quilt. I quilted diagonally with a variegated thread. My Pfaff has dual feed, which I LOOOOVE. No need for a special walking foot for quilting :) I love how the diagonal quilting makes it look like on-point piecing :)
You gotta LOVE Moda fabrics too (I used 'Pampered Pooch here, alternating with Kona white). I used 3 ''color catchers'' when I washed this quilt since there was red and black in several prints - and there was next to no color released! And NO bleeding! YAAA for Moda fabrics!
As much as I love this quilt, it is now in my Etsy shop. I'll be sad to see it go when it sells!
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