Check out my Stars and Stripes Allover Quilt and Vote!!!

I have entered my Stars and Stripes Allover quilt in this weekends Quilting Gallery Vote now for Patriotic Quilts competition.  Please go to the link and view all the beautiful quilts and vote!!  You have to scroll down the page a little ways to see the quilts and then vote at the bottom.

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. It is a 4 x 4 quilt and has 2 different blocks. It also has a ribbon border. This was the first quilt I designed using EQ7.

Garfield likes this quilt also!!

The Big Bad Rodent is Gone!!!

I realize that mice or voles are not big!! But when Nermal brought one into the house on Tuesday you would have thought the world was ending!!  For starters I'm not really fond of small fast creatures and Jim was concerned about damage to his audio equiptment.  And of course it was all my fault because Nermal is my cat and I insisted on the pet door!!  It doesn't help when our cats only play with rodents!! 

We put out traps on Tuesday afternoon and I was on trap patrol till 2:30 a.m. this morning when I heard a noise.  It turned out that the rodent had found a trap and that Garfield found the rodent!  I went down to the living room and found one of the traps laying upside down on the floor.  Turned it over and there was the rodent stuck to the trap!!  I quickly tossed it in the trash can.  Nermal was wondering around but it took me a few minutes to find Garfield.  I think he was the one to pull the trap out and he got stuck to the trap!!  I have a feeling he was running around the living room trying to get unstuck!  When he did get unstuck he ran to the basement and it took some calling to find him.  He is ok now but I think the whole thing was a bit of a work out for him. Don't worry nothing on the trap was toxic.

We will be moving the traps to the garage and porch to try and prevent a repeat performance!!

Please vote for my Fish Frenzy quilt this weekend!!!

I have entered my Fish Frenzy quilt in the Quilting Gallery's weekly quilt contest which is quilts for fathers.  My dad used to spend a lot of time fishing in Ohio and Florida, so I thought this would make a great quilt for him.  For the last year I have been testing patterns and Fish Frenzy by Purple Moose Designs was one I recently tested. 

See how the Fish blocks go in different directions, just like they do on the fishing line.

I used fabric from my stash that was perfect for this quilt.

Please visit my quilts at the Madison Library

I have three quilts on display at the 2011 Madison Library Quilt Show on Middleridge Road.

I enjoy showing people my quilts with the hope to encourage them to start quilting.  If you get a chance to stop at the library there are some beautiful quilts with great stories for you to see!

Pansies in the Moonlight is the first quilt I have completed from Eleanor Burn's Day and Night Book.

Gerber DayZ Chain is made using a great fabric line from Lakehouse Fabrics.  It is based on a Triple Irish Chain pattern.

Run for the Roses is made of great horse panels that were cut apart and then sewn back together with shashing a nine patchs.