Friday, October 30, 2020

NEW Second Story Quilting Website

 

Finally....

 

I have a website up and running!



Click here to check it out-


Have patience please as this is all new to me!


I am hoping this will help show the variety 


of prints


colors


and styles


of flannels and cottons available!


As well Quilters Dream Battings


ORIENT


WOOL


COTTON




POLY

Let me know what you think!\\

Always looking to improve!


Have a Happy Halloween!

Hope there is a quilty treat in your candy bag this weekend!

Christa
ps...passwords are going to be the death of me...just saying!







Monday, October 19, 2020

Gone Camping

How I wish....

We sure enjoyed our new Fifth wheel.

We have never camped before so that was a learning curve with every venture!

We camped 18 days between all our farming!

When I saw this quilt this summer,


I knew I was probably going to make it!

It whipped up pretty fast! 

The pattern
 is
 Travel Canada by Coachhouse Designs

I used fabrics from my stash 
but
I wanted some plaid for the last border!

I found this selection at Cindy-rella's quilt shop


I decided to go with this one as the border


I will bind it in a red plaid!

It is half quilted...


It's always a learning lesson when attacking the quilting part.

I love free motion but am trying to do more ruler work, too.


I have had my 'new to me' longarm machine for almost a year now.

This is the 23rd quilt on the frame.

I didn't realize I had not used it since July 3....

Too much camping I guess!


I aim to finish this later this week!

It always amazed me how a quilt comes to life with a little quilting!

Stay tuned...

Christa



 

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Brilliant Quilt by Taralee Quiltery

This spring I made this quilt called Aztec Skies
By
Taralee Quiltery


She is a pattern writer from Manitoba 

When she was looking for some pattern testers a few weeks ago, 
I thought I would give her a hand! 

This pattern is called Brilliant
And
Is fat quarter friendly 


I have a stack of Eclectic Elements by Tim Holtz

So I split them into pairs and got started




I wasn’t sure if it was going to go where I had hoped


But I kept plugging along...,



When finished putting all the blocks together, 
I loved it! 


I have had a busy summer as it was 3 months 
Since 
I had a quilt on my long arm! 


I used one of my new backings as the back ground fabric


Muted and mottled 

I saw a technique where you sew the binding 
On
With your long arm. 
I think I’ll give it another try! 


The Autumn Colors are perfect with this quilt! 


I backed it with a leaf print flannel 
And
Batting was luscious Quilter’s Dream orient 

This is going to be a pretty sweet quilt to use this winter! 

Have a look at Taralee Quiltery some time! 

Some very good Canadian patterns! 

Christa 

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Threads of Hope Show

If you have time before the end of October....

Make trek to the Weyburn Library 

where

 you will find the Allie Griffin Art Gallery!


The Fibre Art Network has a display there right now


called Threads of Hope


Every piece of quilted art is the same size 


and connect to each other with a ribbon of red color
from
one to the other!


Each piece has a theme.


This polar bear was stunning with his 3-D effect!

It is each artist's interpretation of their given theme.


It was such a fun day to walk through 
and
 try to figure out how each artist accomplished their piece.




Every technique under the sun was present.


Jaynie Himsl is a local artist among this collection.

I think she had a pivotal hand in this exhibit coming to Weyburn!

Addiction was her topic.


Blew us away on her use of fabric to make cigarette butts 


They all were so impressive!



This collage of an RCMP was done under fine netting.


Another one of my favorites!



If there was one thing we felt was missing....


It was where each artist was from.











My friend, Lori had the honour of knowing one of these artists!


The pink one on the left side was an artist Lori had met down in Mesa, Arizona!

She lives in British Columbia when she is not snow birding!


You may not be a fan of Art quilts but the workmanship of these pieces are stunning!


Take the time and go have a look!

You will be shocked!

Pictures do not do them justice.....

Christa
(and the art gallery girls)

Ps. Where to next? 
A birdie told me City Hall also has some works!

 

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