Quilt Camp Was Fun

I went to the Cactus Patchers Fall Quilt Camp in Prescott at the Emanuel Pines Camp. What fun I had. Mary Hartmann was my traveling companion and roommate. We left Thursday and came home Sunday afternoon.
First we visited all the quilt stores in Precott Valley and purchased a fat quarter of purple fabric for the fabric raffle. I didn't win but last year I won the thread raffle.
We got our sewing gear set and proceeded to sew. There were 24 of us Cactus Patchers at this year's camp. What fun we had. We didn't have to cook all weekend. The food was so good. See some pictures of camp below.

Make a Smilebox photobook

One Block Wonder Top Is Finished

I finally finished the One Block Wonder quilt top. It took some time but I am pleased with the result. There were quite a few little borders to add which was tedious. Trying to get the sides all the same size was my biggest problem and there is a little bit of puffiness in the center but I think it will quilt out OK. Now to get it quilted. What name should I give this quilt???

A Relaxed Maggie

Maggie is so sweet. Doesn't she look so relaxed and comfortable? She sure has added a lot of delight to our family. She has a cute personality. We really love her. Her only down fall is, she loves to bark. Julie is constantly quieting her down so she won't bother the neighbers although she is not barking as much since one next door neighbor moved with his dog. Shes a sweety though and really loves us too.

One Block Wonder

I have been working the last few weeks on a one block wonder quilt. About two years ago this September, Mary and I went to Fall camp in Prescott. At this event Mary suggested we get fabric for a one block wonder quilt. I agreed and we both got quite a few yards of one fabric to make this quilt. We got together to cut out the blocks and Mary finished hers and I'm just now working on mine. The quilt is made of one fabric and one block but the way it is cut out produces and entirely different look than the original fabric. I needed a large design area to arrange the blocks. This meant finding a large enough wall in my house to put two flannel backed table cloths. The only space I had was in my bedroom so now my bedroom is in disarray with rearranged furniture.
I sewed the strips of blocks wrong. I didn't read the instructions too well so I had to take out the last few inches of the top and bottom to add the black points. I think everything turned out well.




Now I'm going to add an outside border and include some smaller blocks in it. I think an all black border is too much and pinkest coral is just not the right thing. I'll show the finished quilt when I get it done.