2011 Bloggers Quilt Festival

This is the third time I have entered Amy's Creative Side Bloggers Quilt Festival.

I have decided to share with you one of my many Scarlet and Gray quilts.  I was recently honored to be asked to participate in a Scarlet and Gray Quilt Trunk Show.

Joyce Ely of JEllen's House of Fabric and an Ohio State alumni, asked me to share my quilts with her customers.

Of all the quilts displayed in the trunk show, my favorite quilt is Scarlet and Gray Allover.

Scarlet and Gray Allover 48" x 48" is a Marti Michell pattern I saw displayed in The Glass Thimble in Columbus.  It is made using Marti's Log Cabin Ruler and her Perfect Piecing acrylic templates.  I machine pieced it in 2009 and had it machine quilted by Jennifer McCann of Galena, Ohio in 2010.  I had the pleasure of meeting and taking a class from Marti at Lake Farm Parks the winter of 2010, it was awesome!! 

I learned alot about using Marti's rulers while making this quilt.  Since I have a large stash of Scarlet and Gray, I see myself making another one of these quilts now that I have even more experience using Marti's templates. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my quilt.  If you find my blog interesting, please let Amy know so that I can be a featured quilter!!

Scarlet and Gray Trunk Show

I spent this past Sunday afternoon with Joyce Ely from Jellen's House of Fabric in Lyndhurst, Ohio.  When I met Joyce last year we discovered that we were both Buckeyes!  Which means that we graduated from The Ohio State University and we Bleed Scarlet and Gray!!!

She had asked me if I would be willing to share with her customer's some of my Scarlet and Gray quilts.  I said sure, it would force me to get them quilted and bound by the beginning of October.  I was able to deliver 6 quilts, 3 wallhangings and 2 tote bags.  With the help of my quilter Jennifer McCann and my friend Leita Shahan who helped me complete the bindings.

Joyce and her assistants did a great job setting up the displays and hanging the quilts.

She has some great scarlet and gray fabric if you want to make your own quilt.

If you stop to visit Joyce you need to check out the Script Ohio quilt that Mary Coffey made!

The quilts will be on display until October 15th.

Scarlet and Gray Allover Quilt

I just entered a quilt at Quilting Gallery's Weekly Themed Quilt contest. Voting starts Friday August 5th and runs through Sunday August 7th. Please vote for the quilt below.

I just finished the binding and hanging sleeve on this quilt.  Now it's ready for the Scarlet and Gray Trunk show at JEllen's House of Fabric in October.

July 2011 has been a really Hot one! Thank goodness for air conditioning!

I have been busy finishing my Scarlet and Gray quilts for the trunk show in October at JEllen's House of Fabric in Mayfield, Ohio.  By finishing I mean adding hanging sleeves and hand sewing on the bindings. 

I finished this one last week.  Now I'm working on this one.

I will take a better picture when it is completed.

I have 4 more that need done by the end of the month.

Then 2 more are coming from the quilter to be done by the 1st of October.

I better get busy!!

My Moda Saltbox Harvest Quilt by Deb Strain

A week ago I visited JEllen's House of Fabric because I won a door prize at her grand opening!!  Of course I had to check out the fabric and decided to purchase some more Fall fabric to use with my leftover Moda Gobble Gobble.  I purchased the below Moda Saltbox Harvest fabric in addition to a couple scarlet and gray fabrics for my stash!!

Moda Swirls

Moda Stars

Harvest Market is a pattern by Robin Betterley.  I used EQ7 to audition the fabrics.

Robin designed a fabric line for South Sea Imports called Quilting Companions that I love.

Finished quilt top.

Nermal likes the quilt too!!!

My visit to JEllen's House of Fabrics in Lyndhurst Ohio

A few weeks ago I heard about a new quilt shop opening that would be carrying mostly Moda fabric.  So Tuesday I traveled to JEllen's House of Fabric.  She has only been open a couple weeks, but I think I will be visiting her whenever I get the chance!  The main reason I went was because she had her fabric on sale for $8 a yard and she had the Moda Let It Snow Batik fabric line that I needed.  I will return because she has a beautiful shop, great product and best of all she is a BUCKEYE!!!  As I do every shopping trip I picked up some more Scarlet and Gray fabric.  She had the Moda Marbles that I use in my quilts.  Another customer asked what I was going to do with the fabric and I told them about my quilts and my Blog.  Turns out Joyce is an alumni and there were a couple of other ladies from Ohio State visiting.  Check out Joyce's blog at JEllen's House of Fabric Blog where she talks about meeting me!

I picked up this pattern at Cottonpickers Quilt Shop and the Let It Snow Batik Snowflake Panel and Snowflake fabric for the borders. The pictures don't do this fabric justice. It's a really beautiful Dark Blue and with Gray accents.
 

  

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Then when I visited Joyce I purchased the rest of what I needed for the quilt top.

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