East Tawas Weekend

Tim and I went up to East Tawas this weekend for the Blues Festival.
We got there Friday evening, around 9......
Got our drink on kinda early Saturday @ Barnacle Bills....we had some outdoor seats that let us enjoy good music and great people watching.
However...we spent most of our time on the porch of The Harbor Star....

 And on the couch in front of the Bristol race....

 A little more time on the porch....

 And a little more time on the couch......

I also spent a little bit of time sewing.  These are some blocks that I randomly pieced from the black and white shirt scraps....they started out the size of the block in the lower left corner.  I decided to cut them in two and randomly sash them with solids.

I'm liking how they look so far....hopefully I will get back to them soon!

Scenes From Turn Two

A Real Wonder Woman.....

My friend Claudette is Proof Positive that while we might have to grow up and grow older, we do not have to stop having silly, wet-your-pants fun.

Look up fun in the dictionary....you will see this girl.

Need to add life to your party?  Call this girl.

(Just be warned...she will bring her camera and capture You and Your inner-child!)

A Little Insight

Into how my brain works.....

Losing my mind....

THIS is what I did today.
(Among other things)
This silly star finished at 1 7/8".
My Darling husband suggested that an entire quilt made up of these might be fun.
My question?  For Whom would that be fun?

Oh, Janome!

I was on a roll this morning, working on the string pieced border for the latest version of Stripes, when the Janome chugged, struggled, and stopped working.
So here she sits, waiting to go to the shop for what  I hope will be a very quick repair.

Thank goodness I have a spare...although without my automatic thread cutter and quarter inch foot, I will not be zipping along quite as quickly as I had been.

Free Piecing

Just a very quick share.  I played around with free-pieced stars last week...Friday.  Had the house to myself and was enjoying the peace and quiet.
From stars I went to foundation-pieced borders, and from there I tried a zig zag borders.
Also did some crumb piecing to create the centers of the stars.
Woke up Saturday so stiff and sore I could barely do my hair....SORE neck and shoulder.
Guess I'm out of practice.  I can lift weights, but  apparently sewing is too strenuous for me.

2.5" finished

 That's all for now....

Time Alone....

The men have gone to the Nascar race this weekend, so I am, for the most part, alone.
I LOVE time alone.  It doesn't happen often (read enough) so I really, really enjoy these kinds of days.
Since I have a few minutes to myself, I will do  little sharing.

Here is a full view of the Black and White Shirts / Mitered Squares quilt.
I love everything about it EXCEPT I hate the batting.  I used a thicker polyester....and I can't stand it.  It is WAY too warm.  That is what my family likes about it....and they requested thick, fluffy and warm.
That's the last one of those.  From now on its back to cotton or 80/20 batting.  If they want another thick,  warm quilt they are going to have to make it themselves.

Here's 2 pics of Baby Mason Tengler on his Shirts/ Mitered Squares quilt.  Love this one.  80/20 batting, linen backing.  It's scrumptious.  And so is Mason.

 And here's a pic of Tim and I at the Cincinnati Quilt Show....which also happened to be taking place at the same time as a Tattoo Convention.  Lotsa eye candy for us that weekend!
Ive included a few pics of some of my faves......

There were SO many very cool modern quilts there to see.  It was very inspiring.

So that's it for now.  I have to get back into my sewing area and make the most of the time I have......