Quilter's Haven Chirstmas Challenge

Quilter's Haven Quilt Shop  in Moose Jaw, Sk 

hosts a challenge each year.

This is my third time entering.

I have won on my other two entries so let's try it again!

BUT....When I opened this years fabrics!!!

Yikes...

one is definitely Christmas but the other is SOOO Halloween to me!!

I took a class at the Minot Quilt Show on using some rulers called Polygon rulers.

It was a class on how to sew Y seams.

These rulers can help you cut out Hexagons, pyramids, and diamonds

from

strips of fabric.

They do work pretty slick!

Thought it was a perfect reason to try it again...

I have a mini and regular so I used the mini one.

Just playing around with 60 degree diamonds.

You could add two fabric and keep it under 150" perimeter.

I doubt it's a winner but I feel like one....

It's done before the deadline!

I LOOOVE Susie's magic binding...

Gives it that flanged look with ease!

Happy Halloween/Christmas!

Christa 

An Early Christmas Gift

Oh...to be so flexible

as

 to be able to melt out of your skidoo suit like Justin can!!

 

Not possible for me but my body feels like that looks after a day of moving grain!!

 

Thank goodness for a grain vac!!

 

 

I just envision myself on ship in the Carribean looking through the porthole.....

 

which will be for REAL in only a couple of weeks!!

 

WARMTH......

 

Unlike today.... a very blustery cold day!!

 

 I see even the Engineer needed to stop

 

 for coffee to warm up at the crossing in Torquay!!

 

He barely fit between the two crossings of highway by town!!

 

You don't see that every day!!

Engineer returning from coffee

 

It was a heartwarming surprise when I got my mail today!!

 

Remember this 'challenge' fabric......

 

That I made my rendition of a Twister Christmas Tree???

 

 

 

Well, it returned home just in time for Christmas....

 



 

With a little something extra!!

 

I won 2nd prize in the Challenge with Quilter's Haven in Moose Jaw,Sask.

 

What a nice early Christmas gift!!

 

Thank you to Arlyce and Heather at Quilter's Haven!!

 

If you haven't checked it out yet...

 

head over to our Guild Blog to see what fun we had at our Christmas Party last week!!

 

Great gifts were exchanged by all!!

 

It's Guild tomorrow!

 

Christa

 



Quilter's Haven Christmas Challenge

Quilter's Haven in Moose Jaw, SK

 is

 having a Christmas Challenge this month

 

This is the fabric that was in the bag...now what to make??

 

It had to incorporate a 9 patch, 2 flying geese and 3 HST's

 

I had tried the Itsy Bitsy Twister Ruler at Retreat

 

 

 

I wondered what a Christmas tree might look like....

 



 

I did a ROUGH sketch hoping it might work....

Started sewing and cutting and sewing again....

 

And before you know it.... I was liking the result!!

 

 

 

Here is my finished project which is in the mail as we speak....

 

The presents in the corners are my required components...

 

I made mine before going to Vegas so I was quite suprised to see this one at the shophop!!

 

 

Let's just say that my tree is considerable more PRIMITIVE!!

 

Christa

 

 

 

 

 

2013 Block Party Quilt Show... Day 1

Day 1...

 

 was a great success at our quilt show once again!!

 

Today is Day 2 and will be running from 12- 4pm.

 

Unfortunately...

 

 our feature quilter, Irene Roy was not feeling well and couldn't be present.

 

 

This is just a few pictures of her accomplishments throughout the years.

 

 

Irene has such amazing talents in all genres of creativity...

 

 

We wish her a speedy recovery and thank her for her display of inspiration!!

 

For those of you who can not make it to the show.....

Kids room

 

Here are some snaps of the amazing displays we have going on!!!

 

 

Migrating Geese Class

 

We have 10 women in our guild and have 5 guest quilters in our show



 

This show contains all new quilts from the last 3 years of our work....

 

 

There are a total of 243 pieces hanging in this years show!!!

 

 

It is an incredible show of the creativity

and

inspiration from a small group of quilting women.

 

This is just a glimmer of what there is to see!!

 

We have 3 vendors this year...

 

The Quilter's Haven and Quilter' Palette of Moose Jaw,Sk

and

Shirley's Sewing Room of Moosomin, Sk.

Heather and Shirley

 

You know it's a good show when one vendor is purchasing from the other!!

 

 

 

I purchased some Canada Stonehenge fabric.....

 

Only fitting for Canada Day tomorrow!!

 

 

 

Thank you for all who came to the show

and

 our families for helping us to put this show on.

 

 

We hope it met your expectations and was an entertaining day for all!!

 

 

If you have time today ...

 

 be sure to stop in for some cake and tea

 

Christa

 



Oprah in the Spring...oh..I mean...Winter

It was a packed house...

14,400 women and 100 men!!

At least that's about all I saw for men.

Even the men's bathroom was taken over....

I like how the icon shows a man changing the baby!!

A man came in dazed because his bathroom was filled with women...

We said he could pee...we won't look..Promise!!

The urinals were open....

but in the end we let him go first in one of the stalls...

After all it was the MEN'S room!!!

It was a girl's night and unbelievable to be seeing her in Saskatoon

 when I tried for 25 years to go to Chicago.

Christa, Tracey, Maryann

Oprah talked about trusting your instincts.

Luck is nothing more than preparation meeting opportunity.

Follow that common thread that weaves through your life.

It won't steer you wrong!!

I came to the conclusion that I have been raised well by my parents and Oprah!!

While in Saskatoon,

we took the time to stop in at Periwinkle Quilt Store

This was Tracey's favorite quilt in Saltwater fabric.

There was lots of inspiration...

a baby corner...

I was even able to resist my weakness...

Laurel Birch anything!!

Saturday Sampler Blocks....

Then it was down to Moose Jaw where we stopped at the Stitcher's Nook.

Buttons galore!!

Vintage tattings of cats.....

and butterflies.

Over to the Quilter's Haven...

where there was a full wall of Quilt Shows to attend this summer!!

Heather's Quilting Palette.....

Oh...the imagination that Heather has....

Each piece was so lifelike....

Her rendition of wheat is incredible!!

The Quilter's Haven and Heather's Quilting Palette

will be two of the vendors at our Quilt Show on June 29 & 30th, 2013.

At The Quilt Patch.....

 we got a sneak peak of their second line of fabric that just arrived!!

Thanks to Oprah,Tracey and Maryann for a great experience!!

Christa