Sailboats

This is how it turned out.

It's really small quilt, just 17" x 23". 

It's been half way done and last year and was set aside for a while... But, when you know the quilt show is coming, it makes you do some actions! It took me about the same time quilting as I did piecing and fusing.

Lenore Crawford design.

Will be displayed at our local annual quilt show tomorrow.

Please, come to vote and have fun at our show!

Happy quilting!

Natalie Quiltessa

Unbelievable: Crayons challenge results...

Last year it was decided to organize Crayons challenge in our guild.
We draw two colors and had to make a quilt due June 9th, 2016.
I picked "Wild strawberries" and "Peach".
I knew I was going to use my "Twisted log cabin triangular in a square" with both of these colors.
But when the center was already made, I found in my stash a piece of real strawberries! So, I decided to expand it a little bit to a bigger square.
When that square was done, I couldn't resist to add piece of pretty batik in peach and strawberry mixed colors! I posted the process in my previous posts.

Finished it with Prairie points.

Today we had 23 quilts done!!! What a team of enthusiastic ladies we have!!!

Everybody in the guild could vote for the quilt they like the best, even those who did not participate. Three winners would have the prizes.

And results were unbelievable! Just unbelievable!

Numbers were equally shared for three quilts - EQUALLY! So we had three first places!

Yes, my "Strawberry patch" was one of those!

And the prize was: "Oh, wow!" book about miniature quits, a new pattern and a bundle of reproduction fabrics.

Thank you ladies for participating and voting for my quilt!

I also personally like this quilt, made by Rebecca Tucker, very well done and unique design!

All these Crayons challenge quilts now will be exhibited at our annual local show "Quiltes in the Boro" August 19-20, 2016 in Murfreesboro, TN.

Please, visit our page and come see us!!!

Happy sewing!

Natalie Quiltessa

Quilts in Boro 2015

 Our local quilt show "Quilts in Boro 2015" is over. I entered only 2 quilts this year and both of them won the ribbon! And one of them also has Merit award from Tennessee Valley Quilting Association.

Posted with Blogsy

Just press the butt!

Getting ready for the quilt show, making more stuff for our Bees General store!

Little tape measure embellished with hexi flower and Bee! Just press the butt/button and it rewinds!

 Come visit our show next week and get it!

First come, first serve!

Miniature sewing machine

Just finished quilting, attached sleeve and label.

Cynthia England design - Stitch in time pattern.
The size of this miniature is 20" x 16". It consists of more than 500 pieces stitched all from the back. It's not applique! This method called picture piecing by Cynthia England.

You can see it in real at our local quilt show next week "Quilts in Boro 2015!"

Please come and vote for your favorite quilts! No judgement, only viewers choice!

Thanks for sharing with your friends too!

Auction: bionic/gear bag modified

Getting ready for the quilt show, making stuff for our General store, trying to raise some money for our guild! Just completed these bags. Looks same as bionic/gear bags, same size, but I made some changes to it: pockets are made separately! If you look closer you can see 7" x 4" ruler under the pockets which makes it more convenient!. It's made the same way as my Quilters sewing bag, just twice smaller.

Since I made all these bags for sale in our General store for "Quilts in the Boro 2015" show, it doesn't matter to me who is going to buy it. We are trying to raise some money for the guild to cover our expenses for two days quilt show. So I decided to auction one of these bags! 

The size of the bag is 8" x 4 1/2" x 4". 

Anybody who is interested can participate! You can share this link with anybody who would be interested! You can place your bid on my Facebook page Natalie Patton in the comments to this post this SUNDAY, AUGUST 2d since 9 am Eastern time to 9 pm Pacific time (lol) - all day long! (I will repost it on Sunday morning, so it will be on the top of my page).The winner will also have a little prize from me - 7" x 4" ruler as shown on the picture, it will go together with this bag! And of course bunch of THANKS from our guild members! I will also cover shipping expenses within USA! Please, help us make it happen! Thank you all for your support!