Green Apple Blocks Quilt - Little Green Apples Challenge

Welcome
to the Sticks
and
 the second day of the
"Little Green Apples Challenge"

Here is my finished

Green Apple Blocks Quilt.

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something with green or apple fabric (or a combo of both!)

Thanks, Carol, for inviting me!

I have so many green scraps and I've always wanted to make a 

blocks quilt, so this was the perfect chance.

I cut 5 1/2" equilateral triangles out of green fabrics (light, medium, and dark shades)

to design my blocks. 

There are actually green apples in one of the fabrics.

I quilted it with a shamrock design.

But the best part of this quilt is the day we took pictures.

I had a pro to hold my quilt.

The hostess with the most!!!!

Our very own Carol from Just Let Me Quilt.

We went to Vegas a couple of weeks ago (again)...

Carol and her husband, Ron, took us out to the Colorado river for kayaking, 

picture taking and they even packed us a picnic lunch.

Thank you, Carol!

It was such a fun day!!!  Memories made for sure!

The water is an emerald color - perfect for the green theme.

And then there was this guy with a green shirt...

I love that through this community we can build the best friendships.

Here are other friends posting today:

MARCH 21

Creatin’ in the Sticks (You're here!)

Quilted Delights

Karrin’s Crazy World

For The Love Of Geese

Vroomans Quilts

Quilted Snail

Homespun Hannah's Blog

The Joyful Quilter

Carol has the rest of the schedule HERE

and

a Pinterest page HERE

Great friends will hold your quilt for you!

Have a happy week!

Rainbow Wild Star and MORE - Sweet on You Challenge

  Welcome
to the Sticks
and
 the second day of the
"Sweet on You Challenge"

Here is my finished

Rainbow Wild Star Quilt.

Joan at MooseStashQuilting invited a great group of Bloggers to

create something inspired by something they are sweet on.

Thanks, Joan, for inviting me!

First off, I am sweet on rainbow quilts.

My favorite color pallet is RAINBOW and rainbow scrappy is even more of a

"sweet on you" for me.

I participated in the Wild Star Sew-Along over on Instagram

with

Lindlee at Plains and Pine

If you click on Lindlee, she still has the pattern info available

 in her stories under the Wild Star SAL tab.

Sorry about the creases, but I just unpacked this quilt.

Here is why:

We are sweet on our Kansas City Chiefs football!

Tradition says that if the Chiefs make it to the Super Bowl,

we have to watch it in Las Vegas

at a certain party, in a certain booth,

wearing the same shirts...  

you get the idea.

We just had to do our part for the WIN.

The year we didn't go watch the super bowl in Vegas, 2021 (covid), our Chiefs lost.

And since we were going to Vegas, there were a couple of other

 "sweet-on-you" 

things we wanted to do!

Visiting my friend Carol at Just Let Me Quilt was "sweet on you" number 1!

She had just signed up for a class at one of our favorite quilt shops, 

Sew Yeah Quilting,

to make seam rippers.  I was sooo in!

Eye protection first, I was so scared -

Carol was so brave and showed us all how it was done.

It starts out as a block of wood.  You can see it on the lathe.

It's so fun to play once the nerves settled down...

Zach was a great teacher.

We handled the power tools like champs!

And our final "sweet" results-

Carol's is on the left and mine is the red multi

Can you be "sweet on you" with a seam ripper?

Another "sweet on you" thing we like to do in Las Vegas is watch

our favorite college baseball player at the College of Southern Nevada

I had taken the Rainbow Wild Star quilt to Las Vegas to get pictures,

this is not what I had in mind:

It was freezing in Vegas so I was glad the quilt had made the trip with us.

I was double "sweet on you" for this quilt with a minky fabric backing that day.  

Check out the others that are "sweet on you" today:

Tuesday, Feb 21st

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Creatin' in the Sticks ME!
Quilt Schmilt
Ms P Designs USA
The Crafty Grammie
Vroomans Quilts
Words and Stitches

Joan has the rest of the schedule HERE

and

a Pinterest Page HERE.

In the end, we made it home with the win and "sweet on you" memories!

Challenge complete!

Spring Quilt Market - Recap

I was so excited to attend my first International Quilt Market and have now fully recovered from the trip and catching up at my day job.

The spring quilt market was held in Kansas City this year which made it so easy for me to attend.
Add to that my friend Joyce just opened a quilt shop and was excited to check out market too.

International Quilt Market is a credentialed trade show and not open to the general public

although, most of the new fabrics and patterns seem to be shown on the internet before the market even starts so I don't really think anyone is missing out on the big reveals.

For me, quilt market was more about meeting internet friends and networking for future collaborations.

Before I set foot on the floor of the quilt market I met Tula Pink.

It didn't hurt that I had decided to wear my Moon Shine t-shirt that day.

I could have just dropped when she asked me if she could take an Instagram Street Spotting picture.

She was so sweet to let me take a picture too.

Her new fabric line Monkey Wrench made such a cute booth.

Our first day of International Quilt Market was Thursday and we attended the Schoolhouse Series.  It was a series of 15 - 30-minute presentations about what you could find in the booths in the upcoming days and educational classes about anything quilt related. 

 It really gave us a chance to see what to focus on at Quilt Market. 

One of my favorite Schoolhouse presentations was Kim's, from Go-Go Kim, social media class.  She joined the Island Batik team for several presentations and it was fun to meet the faces behind the names of all my Island Batik friends.

Island Batik has a new spring line by Kathy Engle called Freedom that is perfect for 

Quilts of Valor or any red, white, and blue quilt.

(I will have a quilt to show soon...)

 Later that day we attended Sample Spree.  I have to admit that Sample Spree was not my favorite thing we did.  It's a chance for buyers to purchase individual items from manufacturers.   I'm not a buyer and I do not like crowds or to stand in line for long periods of time.  I probably won't do that event again.  Although I did get to visit with a lot of like-minded people while I stood in line, I would rather do that over a cup of coffee.  lol

Friday was the first day the show floor opened

and

it was soooo overwhelming for a newbie.

My first stop was the Blend Fabrics booth to see my projects.

Through a partnership with Thermoweb, I made a few things for the Blend Fabrics booth.

These projects were for Anna Griffin's Lila fabric collection, the patterns for these projects are coming soon over at Thermoweb.

Thermoweb frequently partners with other industry companies for events and shows.

Michael Miller Fabrics has been super generous to the Thermoweb fabric project designers

and

I just had to visit their booth.

Rob Appell with Michael Miller conducted lots of interviews and it was fun to watch.

It was fun to meet Crystal in person too! 

She is the reason you will see a lot of my new projects for Thermoweb made with bright and fun Michael Miller Fabrics.

My first day of booth hopping finished with a visit to the Hobbs Batting booth and a visit with 

Steph and fellow Island Batik Ambassador, Jennifer - The Inquiring Quilter.

It was such a pleasure to meet both of these ladies and

I can't wait to share my May Island Batik Ambassador quilt for the Make it Modern with Hobbs Batting challenge. I tried a technique that was suggested by Steph and it worked brilliantly.Stay tuned for the reveal later this week.

Day 2 of booth hopping was quick and fun with meeting and connecting with more friends.

First stop - Riley Blake Designs to meet Cindy and connect with an old friend, J Wecker Frisch of Joy Studio.  Janet is the designer of the fabric, Handmaids, from one of the first blog hops I hosted, She Who Sews.  We had so much fun catching up and maybe some fun in the future too.  

Her booth was adorable.

Speaking of blog hops, I met another friend from years of blog hopping.

Doris from Cactus Queen Quilt Co. had a booth for her new endeavor, X-Blocks.

Another blog hop friend, Amanda of Amanda Murphy Design.

I finished my Quilt Market fun with a talk by Pat Sloan

and Quilt in a Day's, Eleanor Burns.

I heard more than once that this was a small quilt market but that the people attending were there to conduct business and it was a great success.

No matter what the outcome was for others, we had a blast and checked a lot of things off our lists.  It was fun to help my friend Joyce explore options for her quilt shop and I'm so excited to see the new things coming to 

 Birds of a Feather Quilt Shop.

And that's my first Quilt Market experience in a nutshell.

I don't know how it could get any better.

The Other, Other Ladies Meet!

Today I was sooooo lucky.

We bloggers are always talking about the best part of blogging is the friends we make along the way.

Today it became more of a reality for me!

Remember this grocery bag dispenser?

I picked the fabric especially for that other, other lady.

Today I received this:

Photo by More Stars in Comanche

The April Showers jelly roll 

from

  Vickie at More Stars in Comanche

That other, other lady.

I was the winner of the Picnic Blog Hop Giveaway sponsored by Quilts With a Heart!

But that's not the BEST part...

Guess who delivered this pastry.

Vickie, herself, accompanied by the Ranch Man.

She's even prettier and sweeter in person.

(if that's possible)

Thank you, Ranch Man for letting us "other ladies" chat and 

quilt talk!

Connection

Made!

Thank you Vickie, for delivering April Showers and taking time to stop in.

Don't worry, my client's hair color looked great...lol

Safe travels, my friend.

Told you it was going to be a GREAT week!

I hope yours is as good as mine.