Isn't It Funny How People Come.........

I went to my guild meeting this past Monday and a nice man by the name of Ben Hollingsworth-bHollyArt, Art Quilter and fabric dyer amoung other things was there to present his work to our guild. What wonderful quilt examples and techniques he had to show.

Isn't it funny how people come into your life unexpectedly and without even knowing he helped me, he answered some simple questions I had regarding some techniques that I can now apply to my own work. This is what I enjoy, people who don't mind spreading the knowledge, this is what karma is all about. Even though he was modest, he was a wealth of information and who knows how many other women he sparked in my guild to get thier creative bug burning! Please believe you will be blessed Ben.



I would love to talk about my quilt banner. Some may wonder if I made the quilt behind it, the answer is yes, the top was completely painted with fabric paints, and then free motioned quilted. It was my first attempt to test the waters, I really loved the way it came out. Since I love primitives, I had to incorporate that theme some sort of way in a quilt. It looks much better in person.

Heres a sneak peak at another one I started.



....and my fish! It was actually embellished with beads, how fun!



Enjoy! Happy Quilting T

Found Treasure....

I went on an adventure this past weekend to a local flea market in the area and found these two quilts hidden at the bottom of a basket under a table. The man who sold them to me said that his mother made them, not sure of the date and they were just sitting around and he decided to sale them at the market. He told me his kids didn't have an interest in the heirlooms or the value of such items so he decided to sale them. I guess both are about 50"x50" a nice size for a lap quilt. Guess how much he gave them to me for? Guess! Guess! $10 each, yes, and they are both hand quilted from beginning to the end. A little tattered, but I love them both.

I once bought an very old quilt from an antique market and it was really torn, I figured at the cheap price I got it for I could chop it up and make something from it. Well, I threw that thing into the washer and made it worse of course, batting was all over the place, but not that bad. I folded the quilt up and then one day I was kind of chilly and decided since I hadn't made anything with it yet I would just throw it over me.......Well that quilt was the warmest thing I have ever been under! No kidding. It is warmer then some of the ones I have made that are modern. Needless to say, it is the ugliest thing, just simple 4 patch squares of various fabrics and my mother talks bad about my quilt until she got under it one day as well. LOL That quilt stays at the edge of my bed protected with love. I my point here is, never under estimate the beauty of an ugly duckling. LOL

Have a great day T