With technology driving my day it's nice in the evening to marvel at nature!  We do live in a beautiful world and we need to get out and see it!

Sunbonnet Sue Lecture

Wednesday, October 6th I'll be speaking at the Eastern Long Island Quilter's guild. I'm adding depression era quilts into my usual lecture about Sunbonnet Sue. I'll be focusing more on quilts of the 1930. Check out the venue for the lecture at the guild's website .

The following week I'll be traveling to New Jersey to speak to the Love apple quilters. If you are in the area for either lecture, stop by and say hello! My lecture in New Jersey is on the History of Sunbonnet Sue and will take place on Tuesday, October 12th.

Light the Night Walk - 2010

My Mom and my good friend Gayle have leukemia. On October 7th, 2010, I walking with the team "Shooting stars for Gayle" to raise money for cancer research. Please consider donating as little as $5.00 to cancer research. It would really help my team! Here is the link to the Luekemia and Lymphoma Society's website to make the donation!

My Fundraising Page

Thanks! Kim

Baby Quilt finished

I made a baby quilt and actually finished it in time for the shower! I started it yesterday and finished it today. I even had time to sew one of the quilt blocks to a tote bag. I love to give my baby quilt in a matching bag. I simply take a purchased tote bag and sew one of the extra blocks onto the outside.

The tote makes for a nice place to store the quilt and the new mom can take it anywhere.

I modified the pattern from a 9-patch and friendship star pattern that was in the book "Quilting Along with Emilie Richards". I copied the soft colors and layout of the quilt in the book. Click here to see the book I used.

Thanksgiving Quilt

Over the holidays I visited my cousin. She gave me this wonderful quilt!

It was in a old trunk. It is from the estate of Pauline S. from Wellsville NY. I'm so thrilled with it. It is English foundation pieced. You can still hear the paper crunching in it!

I'm guessing that it is from the late 1800s or early 1900s, but I'm more knowledgeable of fabric from the 1930s and there isn't a single piece in this quilt.

Some of the fabrics are falling apart, but most are still in good shape. There are velvets, wools, cottons. The paper that was used for piecing has handwriting on it.

This is such a cool quilt! Thanks Mary.

My Son Graduated!

My Son Graduated!

Quilt Market

I haven't had a chance to post since I've been back from Pittsburgh. In mid-May, the quilt industry held a big show called "Quilt Market". All the fabric manufacturers come and show their latest fabrics. The pattern and book publishers are there as well.

The trend I noticed was rick-rack. Boy, that vintage trim is back! It has gotten bigger and seemed to decorate every booth.

Here is a picture of the convention center in Pittsburgh decked out will all the vendors:

And that's only the half of it! I photographed this from a walkway that was in the center. There are just as many vendors in the other direction. Whew.

I ordered two new lines of Sunbonnet Sue fabric. One features the 1970s inspired Holly Hobbie

The other features Sunbonnet Sue from the 1930. Here is a preview of that one:

I can't wait for them to come into stock. I'll post more later!

Kim