Another Custom Quilt In Progress

I've said before that I love doing custom work. It forces me to step outside of my own tastes and to make something based on someone else's vision of what they are looking for. This particular project is a surprise gift for someone so I can't post all the pictures just yet.

The queen-sized quilt is still in process but I made a lot of progress today. I've never really tracked my hours when working on a project before, and I haven't with this one either but I do know that it took me at least four hours to sew 156 halves into 78 blocks.

The blocks are laid out on the living room floor now. I will continue tomorrow and hopefully get most of the quilt top together. I'll have a few blocks left over that I don't want to waste so I'll have to think of something to do with those. Stay tuned for more pictures of this big project!

RMHC Donation

The 3rd Annual Afternoon Out to Benefit RMHC is almost here and I will be donating two minky blankets again this year for the silent auction.

These are the two that will be donated:

I am proud to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington and this event is a great opportunity to spend an afternoon with a bunch of lovely ladies doing just that. Even more importantly, 100% of the money raised at this event goes to RMHC of Western Washington and Alaska! Let me know if you'd like more information about the event. 

QuiltCon

This year I headed to Austin, TX to attend QuiltCon.

QuiltCon is a huge quilt show featuring hundreds of modern quilts, dozens of lectures and workshops by leading modern quilters, shopping and more! Presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon is the largest modern quilting show of its kind.

While I wasn't able to get into either of the classes I wanted, the quilt show was amazing. So much talent--I was in awe. So many beautiful, fun and interesting quilts mixing color, technique and texture. The best part was that it wasn't just fabric selection or the pattern, but also the quilting itself was a work of art.

Here are three of my favorites:

For more information on QuiltCon click here. Looks like it will be in California for 2016 and Georgia for 2017. I'm looking forward to this show growing over the next two years.

More Inventory Added

Sometimes I sew up a storm and sometimes I go months without sewing a single stitch. I don't know what it is that makes inspiration strike or burn out, but here are three more items that I have added to the shop.

You can view them in my shop by clicking here: Froggy Face Designs