The Quilt Show

I am having a horrible time having internet connection at this campground and have not been able to upload my photos.  I managed to get one photo uploaded and then it disconnected again.  I think I might have to wait until I get home although knowing me I will keep trying off and on while we are here.

The quilts were fantastic!! Such good work on both the hand quilting and the machine quilting – I’m amazed at the talent of the quilters.  I think I must have been on my feet for 7 hours   we did the show this morning then sat and rested while we ate lunch then we moved on to the vendors.  I told myself I was not going to buy any books, patterns or fabric no matter what the price (the fabric I am saving for Hancock’s of Paducah if I see background fabric  of the kind  I want to go with scraps).  I have plenty of books – plenty of patterns and plenty of scraps at home.  I really want to use up some of my stash before getting more fabric.  The only kind of fabric that I want to get this year is for backgrounds and backing.

I had a list of notions that I wanted to look at.  I wanted to feel thread to see what the different kinds felt like – some are too thin for hand quilting and with ordering on line most of the time I really wanted to be able to feel.  The main thing on my list that I wanted to find was a decorative useful thimble from TJ Lane – I knew they had a booth and I found them.  The lady was so helpful and fitted my finger to the right size and I got it.

Isn't this pretty!! I use an open nail thimble when I applique but the one I use is adjustable and the thread gets caught up on it easily. This will be used. It is a little longer than some thimbles. I have a Roxanne thimble which is very nice but it is heavy and short and falls off my finger easily. This one I believe will stay on much better and I love it!

I did not have books on my list but I did want to find two instructional DVD’s and I found them!!  They are both by Elly Sienkiewicz – one is “Teaches you Beginning Baltimore Applique” and the other is “Teaches you Advanced Baltimore Applique”.  I know I am past beginner for most applique but I was told that the Beginners dvd has instructions on Papercuts which is a special kind of applique that I will be using in several quilts and I wanted more detail on how to do it.  These DVD’s count as “classes” for me!  I’m not even going to try to link these as I normally do as I am afraid I will get kicked off line again!!  In fact I am going to post this right now and go back to trying to upload photos.  If I have luck I will do another post and schedule it for tomorrow if I am lucky.