Confessions of a Completionist: May 2008

Sharing from Palomar Spring Classes

Jeralyn's quilt made from swapped strips of fabric

Jeralyn's quilt made from more of those strips she received in a swap

Jeannie's jacket back made with her mother Nancy

Jeannie's jacket front

Jeannie and Nancy's Wild Goose Chase quilt

Jean's quilt from Laurel Birch fabrics

Keep watching! There are plenty more to come.

I'm mailing Bernina off today and heaving a big sigh of relief. Now to get my head turned around and aimed at the summer session samples. You don't know how much I want to make something just for fun for me though!

The Sharing Goes On...

Janice's Pineapple Blossom quilt

Heide's mystery quilt

Geneva's cat shirt quilt

Geneva's Betty Boop quilt

Geneva's Halloween quilt

Geneva's patriotic Memorial Day quilt

Memorial Weekend Sharing

Frances' quilt for Prayers & Squares

Ella's Daisy quilt (I just love the sparkly fabric she used for the background! It looks like dew!)

Ella's Wild Goose Chase

Elaine's chicken (I think these are so adorable!)

Elaine's log cabin

Elaine's Sharing... Wow!

Elaine was very prolific this semester! Here are some of the pieces she brought in to share.

A landscape with a sky she painted herself

A pretty fence with 3-dimensional dragonflies

A wheel chair bag

Her shadow applique tablerunner

Her totebag side one

And side two

My company is gone. I'm sad that we didn't have better weather while Jonathan was here. Not exactly the impression of California we were hoping to impart! I have the long weekend to finish off the Bernina stuff and get the house back into shape for Pierre's home coming and the next batch of company.

Palomar Class Sharing Continued

Elaine's landscape quilt

Dorothy's totebag

Dorothy's curvy split bowtie

Dorothy's wild goose chase

Dorothy's stacked circles

Diane's circle placemat

Wow! Are you impressed yet? I am!

Can You believe There's More?

Diane's notebook cover

Diane's round robin quilt

Desiree's notebook cover

Desiree's BeTowelBa

Desiree's tablerunner

I have company coming this week and next so I'll blog as I can. The good news: I've lost 7 pounds! Only 23 more to go...

Lisa

And More

Desiree's toe bag side one

Desiree's tote bag side two

Darlene's tote bag side one

Darlene's tote bag side two

Darlene's landscape

Darlene's quilt from the Wendy Hill book

Darlene's one fabric wonder quilt

I was so pleased the Darlene brought several things in. I felt like we all got to know her better.

Two Interesting Websites

Okay so now that I have a little more leisure time (I finished the hat today!) I had time to check out a couple of websites.

This one is in last month's Reader's Digest: http://http://freerice.com

And my daughter told me about this one: http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Lite-50433260 It's a bit frustrating, but somehow its quirkiness intrigues me.

Enjoy!
Lisa

Even More Sharing

Here is the front of Colleen's jacket

And the back

Here is Christine's notebook cover. You'd never know she's a beginner!

Christine's photo memory quilt

Christine's rag Christmas tree

And what am I doing, you ask? I'm plugging along on the Bernina Fashion Show ensemble. The dress is done. The coat and lining are done, just need assembly. I am in the throws of making a hat I've never tried before. I'm so glad I made a muslin mock-up first so I could see how many mistakes I could make! I'm hoping I got them all out of my system and the real thing will go smoothly. The cap part is finished, now I just need to tackle the band and the brim. I don't think it's breaking any rules to tell you that it's a hat known as a Gatsby or newsboy. Are you picturing it? I wish I could show you all, but not until the grand unveiling October 30 in Houston.