Blogger's Quilt Festival - Miniature

I am so loving seeing all the entries in the Blogger's Quilt Festival!  Here is my miniature quilt for the Festival.

Here is the process I used to make this quilt.  It was a challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors.  It was really fun to make using their Fire Island line.

Here are some of the gorgeous black prints from this line.

I used an ink jet printer to print my leaf shapes (don't use laser printers on fusible because it will melt!)

Then I arranged them on a grid I'd drawn on my background fabric.

Here is the finished design.

Hmm....which thread to use?

Testing quilting ideas on tracing paper.

Using mirrors to reflect the quilting possibilities.

The quilt before binding.

The quilt after binding. I call it All Fired Up!   I really like this little quilt.  It's about 14 inches across. 

Here's a detail shot of the quilting.

I hope you get to quilt today and be sure to check out all the quilts in the Blogger's Quilt Festival!
Suzy

Minnesota Quilter's Show 2016

I went to sneak preview yesterday at the Minnesota Quilter's Show in St. Cloud.  It was an absolute blast and we had a great time!  There were a ton of gorgeous quilts that I will be posting pictures of for the next week or two over on my Machine Applique Adventures Facebook group.

I was excited to see how my two new show quilts did and I was quite pleased with the results.  Kaboom! took second place behind Margaret Solomon Gunn.

All Fired Up (made with some of my lovely Island Batiks as part of the Island Batik Ambassadors) took second place behind Sharon Schlotzhauer.

Here's my mom with her two quilts in the show!  Come check out some others in my Facebook group.

AND today was the last day of school.

AND I got the proofs for my book today!

It's been a crazy, but good week.
Suzy

Surprises!

As those of you who follow my blog know, I entered quilts in the Home Machine Quilting Show last week.  I was ecstatic when my new show quilt, Kaboom!, took third place in the Conventional Machine category.  A few days ago I received the comment sheet and will be making a few adjustments on the quilt.

Then, two days later I received the judging sheet for my miniature I made as an Island Batik Ambassador, All Fired Up (it's called that because it uses their Fire Island Batiks line).  It had Honorable Mention circled at the top.  However, when I looked at the winners list that wasn't listed.  So I anxiously awaited my box to come back in the mail to see whether or not it had indeed gotten an Honorable Mention.

Today when it arrived I quickly opened the box and sure enough, there was an Honorable Mention!  I was surprised and excited.  And there was a CD with quilt show photos on it in the box too!  I can't wait see what's on it.

Later in the day I was showing the quilt to my fifth grade students as part of a vocabulary lesson on the word elated.  As I was holding up the quilt my principal and the superintendent walk pass my classroom and paused.  I invited them in and my principal asks, "Is that the quilt coming back from Kentucky?"

"No, it was in Salt Lake City last weekend," was my response.

The superintendent said, "Paducah?"  Clearly there is a quilter in his family!

Happy Quilting!
Suzy