Nothin' Much

After a couple of weeks of how-to's (you can re-visit the scrappy wash cloths here and the fabric biscornu here if you missed them), I don't have much to say for myself this week. . . . well, maybe one or two things . . .

The Genesee Valley Quilt Fest was held this past week in Rochester. 

Wow! Lots of vendors and quilts on display, making the hour-and-change trek to Rochester from Syracuse well worth the trip!

From the second floor of the RIT Field House, you have a bird's eye view of the show.

These next two photos, one full view, the other a detail of the quilting, are of a fabulous quilt made by Nick Williams. The base fabric is a panel called 'Dream Big.' The quilting alone is spectacular, but the applique and the subject matter of that applique overlay (my favorite hummingbirds!) really makes this piece jaw-dropping.

My cross stitch hummingbird quilt was also on display at the show. Remember my progress reports on this project earlier this year?

. . . And, of course, there were vendors at the show. I purchased one of those extra-fine mist spray bottles in this booth and received this bee stencil as a bonus! Bees seemed to be everywhere at the show - in the fabric prints on sale in the vendor booths, especially. By the way, I made a few other purchase at the show too! *A-hem!*

Once back home, the purple half-square triangle table runner is now pin-basted. Only a couple evenings ago I started the hand quilting on it.

Can't wait to have it finished.

(Yeah, I'm a little weird, I hate thread basting, so I pin baste and use a hoop to hand quilt--I remove the pins as I quilt. It works for me.)

See, that was quick! Perhaps I'll get myself into more trouble this week. . . I have a few ideas . . . *wink!*

Happy Stitching!
Joan