Hot Air Balloons and a little Northeastern Ohio Wine

An event that my friends and I have been attending for almost 20 years is the Hot Air Balloon Rally at Debonne Winery in Madison, Ohio. Debonne Vineyards

Chuck, Sandy and Amy

It's a great time to catch up with friends, make new ones, drink wine and see Hot Air Balloons lift off and then return for a Night Glow!!!  Yes, I do have a Hot Air Balloon quilt!!!

Attended a presentation by Patricia Knoechel Friday night

Pat is Eleanor Burns' sister and she has been promoting Quilt in a Day products for 25 years!!

She talked for a couple hours about two of Eleanor's books and showed the quilts that she made using both of these books.

Quilt Blocks on American Barns

Orion's Star Quilt

The quilts she showed us were fantastic!!  We got to she her Lavendar Hill Farm quilt from page 8 of the Quilt Blocks on American Barns and the American Barns 6" block wallhanging based on Eleanor's quilt which is on the cover of the book.  She walked us through how easy it is to make a Flying Kite block and the Bank Barn block.

Lavendar Hill Farm quilt

Then she showed us how easy it is to make Flying Geese using the Quilt in a Day rulers.  Flying geese units are used in a number of the quilt blocks and the Orion's Star Quilt blocks.

Pat very graciously signed our books on page 8 near her Lavendar Hill Farm quilt.

Wow author Terri Thayer left a comment on my Blog!!

I have really enjoyed her three mystery quilting novels - Old Maid's Puzzle, Wild Goose Chase and Ocean Waves.

The question I have, is when will the next book come out in the series??

My first EQ 7 Quilt!! Stars and Stripes Allover

I spent about 4 hours this morning creating my first quilt with EQ 7.  I have had another quilt design software for about 4 years and decided that I should try EQ 7.  I only had to contact tech support one time!!

Stars and Stripes Allover

My quilt is inspired by a quilt called Stars Galore by Sally Murray which is published in the Quilts on American Barns book by Eleanor Burns.

I have purchased fabric, now the question will be when to add it to the every growing list of projects!!!