http://www.thequiltshow.com/myblog/quiltedkathy.xml Quilting on the North Dakota Prairie en-us http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/6006 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/6006"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/6006_angle_play_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/28/2009: Hello everyone, We had rainy weather the last couple of days so had a little time to quilt! I started blocks in Houston in 2007 in Margaret Miller's Angle Play class and had never gotten back to them. We are having Margaret teach for us in Sept. so thought I should get my butt in gear and at least get a top together. Anyway, here is the result. It is her sampler setting from Stunning Angle Play Quilts. I thought I would throw in a photo of my poppies. I a m not a gardener and just put things in the ground and hope they will grow. Should I cut the seed pods that are left after the poppies bloom or just leave them? Seems like there are a lot of wonderful gardeners here also! Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:49:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/6006 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5948 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5948"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5948_walleye_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/22/2009: Good Morning Everyone, It is a beautiful morning here in Western North Dakota. The sun is shining and the wind isn't blowing - yet! I finished my paisley blocks over the weekend. I will have to pick up fabric for the applique border today at work. I am happy that I was able to use fabric from my stash for the blocks. I had background fabrics left-over from my Snake River Canyon LogCabin quilt and left-overs from a fat-quarter packet I won and used in a Lessons from Mama quilt. I think I have red I could use for the sashing from that quilt, but it is suposed to be the binding on the Lessons from Mama. So I will be debating on that issue! We went fishing on Sat. with my parents for our Father's Day outing. DH works on Sunday so couldn't plan for the actual day. I caught two walleye, Reid caught a really nice one and my Dad caught one. We caught lots of Northern Pike but just threw them back. DH caught a couple of carp. One big one that took him a while to actually get to shore. He was... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5948">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5948 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5895 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5895"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5895_paisley_11_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/18/2009: I am sitting in my back yard, enjoying the morning. Yesterday I woke up with the flu. I can tell you that I have not had the stomach flu for years and I don't want to have it any time soon again! I just hope no one else in the house gets it! I am still catching up from the trip to Duluth. I sat and read all the blogs to catch up on what everyone has been up to. Boy, when you don't get to the blogs daily there is a lot to read! One of the fun things we did in Duluth was take a lunch cruise on Lake Superior and a tour of the harbor. We had a little rain shower at the start but it was a beautiful day for it. Here are a couple of photos from the trip. Jody, Swany, Kathy and Jan on the deck of the ship Shirley, DeLaura and Jody having dinner at The Top of the Harbor restaurant. This is on the top of the Radisson Hotel and turns in a circle to see the whole city and harbor from the top of the hotel. photo of the lighthouse from aboard ship. Before leaving for Duluth I finished machine ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5895">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:19:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5895 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5850 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5850"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5850_ann_and_kathy_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/12/2009: Hello from Duluth Minnesota and the MN Quilt Show. Myself and 6 of my buddies are breezed into town on Wed. evening after about 12 hours on the road. We stopped along the way in Fargo for lunch and met up my sister for a quick visit. My friend Kathy's son also came by for a quick visit. We stopped at Bay Windows Quilts in Perham. I found some fabric for the outside border of one of my Mystery classes. Yesterday we spent at the quilt show. My Citrus Slices quilt won a second place ribbon in the Non-Traditional large quilts and Summer Time won an honorable mention. So a successful showing. I was lucky enough to meet Ann (snowplow) at the Superior booth and we spend an hour or so visiting and getting to know each other. It is so fun to be able to get to meet some of my online friends in person. TQS is such a great place to hang out! I spent the rest of yesterday checking out the vendors booths. I didn't get through all of them, but plan on finishing up that today and start looking at t... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5850">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:36:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5850 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5812 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5812"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5812_sereditpity_closeup_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/07/2009: Good Day everyone, I have spent a lazy day today, finishing up a book I started yesterday. I find that if I start reading a book I don't want to finish, so don't do it real often. It is that kind of weather here though, cold and rainy. I did get some things done the last couple of days though. I finished quilting a Serendipity quilt (from Sara Nephew's book) I am teaching a class this fall in Rapid City on these quilts and thought I should have another one actually quilted. The only one I have finished was my daughter's graduation quilt and I didn't think she would probably want to give it up for the class! So I am happy to have it finished. I wasn't sure about how to quilt those weird shaped triangle corners. But I decided to just dive in. I drew just the spine in using a flexicurve so that they were kind of the same shape in every corner and went from there. I also finished up two more basket blocks. That makes five of the twelve. I had started by machine appliqueing them, but ha... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5812">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:29:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5812 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5730 <p align="left">05/31/2009: Is anyone up for a chat this evening? I am heading out for Reid's baseball game at 2:00 today but thought it would be fun to chat later. It doesn't seem like there are people online when I check out the chat rooms. So I thought tonight at 8:00 Central time I would check in a see if anyone wants to share what they have been up too. So if we don't go into lots of extra innings I will be in the "Anyone Out There" chat room. Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 31 May 2009 11:56:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5730 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5727 <p align="left">05/31/2009: It was an absolutely beautiful day yesterday here in ND. Our weather guy calls it a "Goldilocks" day. Not too cold, not too hot, not too windy. So I decided to go along with the guys on a motorcycle ride. We went south and east of Alexander, first to Beach, ND. This is going down into cattle country on the edge of the ND Badlands. I made a quick run to their LQS, the Sip and Sew. It is a small shop with a coffee shop in it. I had not been there before so wanted to check it out. And the guys didn't whine too much about waiting for me. I told them I had to do one girl thing while along with the 5 guys! I didn't buy anything but it was nice to stop. Then we headed east to Medora, ND. This is at the entrance of the South Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. A French nobleman the Marquis de Mores founded the town and named it after his wife Medora. Their chateau was built there in 1883 and is now a state historical monument. Theodore Roosevelt also lived in this area at the same t... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5727">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 31 May 2009 07:40:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5727 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5695 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5695"><img src="title=" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>05/27/2009: Lots of people ask me how I get so much quilting done. I don't really know how to answer that question. Tonight as I was doing my thing I started thinking "Am I the only one this crazy?" As I was watching So You Think You Can Dance on television tonight, I would get up at each commercial and go to my machine and machine quilt until it came back on again! Those commercials are just way to long to sit through and I don't want to channel surf during them like my husband does. Anyway, I got the in-the-ditch quilting around two whole blocks and started on a third. Thankfully I can just leave my machine up and be ready to sew at a moments notice. I do this a lot when I want to watch TV but also get some piecing or quilting done. I also seem to bring quilting with me most places. In the car, on vacations, visiting my parents. I have completed many Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks just while driving to Helena to visit my son and his family. Plus did lots of it while the rest of the family w... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5695">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 27 May 2009 21:58:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5695 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5690 <p align="left">05/27/2009: I seem to just be kind of plugging away one several projects. Hopefully I will finish up on something that I can post. I working on the sample for one of my Mystery Quilts over the weekend when I found a little time to sew. All I have left is the borders. It is too bad I need to keep it a secret or I could share a photo! I started machine quilting on a Serendipity quilt that I pieced several years ago. I am teaching this class at the Black Hills Quilt conference in Rapid City, SD this Oct. and thought maybe I should quilt one or two tops that I have finished from that book before I go. I am working on quilting things in the ditch right now. Then will change over to the free motion for the fun part. I don't know why I started quilting on this quilt when I have several that are partially quilted and I need to finish. Who knows - I guess I just felt in the mood to work on this one. I got most of my flowers planted on Monday. I had to pick up a few more to finish filling in today. Now t... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5690">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 27 May 2009 08:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5690 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5634 <p align="left">05/22/2009: There is still no FOX station on our cable today. I wonder what the heck happened! I had to be content watching perfomances on YouTube yesterday of the American Idol Finale. Looks like a missed a great show! Spent part of the day yesterday working on my sample for a mystery quilt I am doing the end of Aug. I decided that as long as I am making a sample I would make it for my niece's graduation next year. I will be ahead of the game! The mystery is Black and White plus One. Participants use black and white fabrics plus one other color. It will be fun to see it done up with the different colors. I also packaged up some quilts to send to Rapid City, SD. I am teaching at their retreat this fall and they wanted some samples of the classes to show next weekend at their quilt show. I have to get those in the mail today. My husband and I will be going to the cemetery today to bring flowers to Sean's grave. It has gotten easier to do over the years but still is a very hard thing to do. I am se... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5634">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 22 May 2009 07:49:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5634 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5623 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5623"><img src="title=" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>05/20/2009: I am having serious issues with FOX television tonight. I was all set for the finale of American Idol and we are not getting the station. I called my cable company and they said it is the networks problem, not theirs. OMG! It just is not going to be the same watching it online tomorrow after I already know who won. Anyway, I hope that other Idol fans are feeling my pain. I may just have to go sew. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 20 May 2009 20:38:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5623 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5610 <p align="left">05/19/2009: A group of us here are heading to Duluth, MN for the MN quilt guilds annual show the second weekend in June. Is anyone going to be there that would like to get together for lunch or something? We should be there on Wed. evening and are heading home on Sunday morning. It would be great fun to meet some more of you in person! I signed up for Susan Cleveland's lecture and the Sat. night banquet. Other than that I just plan on wandering the show and vendors. I hope to be teaching at their show next year in St. Cloud. I signed a letter of intent so am waiting to hear what classes they will choose. Later, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 19 May 2009 08:33:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5610 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5608 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5608"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5608_finished_top_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>05/19/2009: Good Morning, We had another busy week in the Johnson household. Starting on Thurs. evening my oldest son and his family arrived for a long weekend. Then on Friday evening Reid hasd the first ballgame of the regional baseball tournament in Watford City. They won the game. On Sat. we headed to Minot to watch the games as the tournament continued there. They lost game one but it is a double elimination tournament. They played again in the evening and won their game. On Sunday I went to a graduation open house and then over to my MIL with the kids so they could visit Great-Grandma. My mom was off this weekend to my niece's college graduation which we had to miss So that meant they came here last night for supper so they could see the great grand-daughters. We didn't get to go to the tournament games last night. They won both of those games. So they play again tonight for the championship. They will have to beat the Lions twice to take the tournament! That would mean playing in the State... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5608">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 19 May 2009 08:19:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5608 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5536 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5536"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5536_mom_and_keely_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>05/12/2009: Belated Happy Mother's Day Everyone, I was off for the weekend to Crookston, MN for the North Star Quilters retreat. I taught my Prairie Windmill class on Sat. We had a fun day sewing and catching up with old friend and making some new ones! I spent Friday and Sat. nights at my sister Colleen's on the way too and from. Took off Sunday morning and got to my Mom's at about 1:00 to spend a little time at the farm. I am sorry to say I was exhausted and ended up falling asleep on the sofa while I was there. She spent much of the day on the phone with all my brothers and sisters, ect. So she had a good day I think! Dad and my brother Vern spent the morning fixing fences. All the snow this winter did some damage! Then I headed to my SIL for supper with my MIL and the family. It was a fun but long day. DH got me a beautiful hibiscus plant and Reid and a buddy of his had even gone to Williston and bought their Moms plants. (I wonder how long it will take me to kill them. Silk plants are more my... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5536">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 12 May 2009 08:35:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5536 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5402 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5402"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5402_castle_rock_crocus_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>04/27/2009: We had a great time this weekend at The Bent Pin with Carolyn McCormick here to teach for the Dakota Prairie Quilters in Williston. We started out Friday evening with a trunk show. Carolyn brought along 2 suitcases of quilts for us to enjoy. Some things from each of her books. On Sat. we had 17 in the class and did some sampler blocks from Carolyn's Paper-Pieced Garden. Everyone enjoyed Carolyn's no-stress style of teaching. On Sunday I got to take the class which was the Castle Rock Crocus. I got my center block and 3 of my miniature blocks done in class and went home last night and finished the top. Mine doesn't look like a crocus with my colors, maybe a tiger lily or something! LOL I tried Debbie Bowles pattern Wallet and Grommet this week and did up a small bag. This is a Maple Island Quilts pattern. It was quick and easy to do. This morning I was picking up some things and ran across my almost finished Double Feathered Star from my class a few weeks ago, so took the time for sew... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5402">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:36:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5402 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5349 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5349"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5349_swizzle_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>04/24/2009: Good Morning Everyone, I am looking forward to a fun weekend. The Dakota Prairie Quilters from Williston, ND is sponsoring classes and a trunk show with Carolyn McCormick. Carolyn is the developer of the Add-A-Quarter Ruler which is wonderful for doing paper piecing. This evening she will be presenting her trunk show and told me she will have two suitcases of quilts for us to enjoy! Then on Sat. and Sun. she will be teaching classes at The Bent Pin. www.addaquarter.com When we lined up our dates for Carolyn I forgot that this is the weekend Glendive, MT has their show and The Bent Pin vends there each year. So - I don't get to go to the show and will be working at the store today and tomorrow while Andrena and Karlene go vend. Nothing like having too many things going on at once. Anyway, I will be able to take the class on Sunday and get a little sewing in. I finished quilting my Swizzle Sticks quilt this week and got the pattern ready for them to take to Glendive! Nothing like waitin... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5349">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:59:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5349 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5185 <p align="left">04/06/2009: When my daughter was little I found a pretend sewing machine for her to play with. Instead of a needle and thread it had little circular discs that would stamp things on the fabric. This would have been in the late 80's or early 90's. Does anyone remember these machines? I can't remember what ever happened to it. I would love to find one like it for my grand-daughter but can't seem to find anything online. Has anyone seen anything like it out there? All the toy machines I could find online actually sew and Payge is not ready for that. Payge will be five but has mild cerebral palsy and won't be ready for a real machine for some time. She loves to play with all of my fabric scraps and if I am sewing trys to place them under the needle. Thanks for any help you can give me on this search. Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:49:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5185 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5179 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5179"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5179_lindas_stack_and_whack_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>04/05/2009: Well, two weeks have gone by again! I just don't know where the time goes. Lots of ups and downs these past weeks. I have been working and teaching as usual. I haven't had much time to work on anything just for me. I did start quilting on my Swizzle Sticks quilt this morning. The 31st was a rough day. It was my son Sean's birthday. I can't believe it will be 10 years ago this summer that we lost him. He would have been 27 this year. I did pick up a cake after work and we remembered him that evening. My girls did great on their Feathered Stars in Medicine Lake, MT and their Lone Stars in Westby, MT. The Feathered Stars were out of Masha McCloskey's book. We used the bias square ruler and worked on the double feathered star block. The center star has 1/2" finished half-square triangles!! Good job ladies - I am proud of you all for persevering and making some great blocks. Here is a smilebox slideshow with some of their blocks. http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4f4455304e5455354f413d3d0d0... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5179">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:10:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5179 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5031 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5031"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/5031_aint_no_bull_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>03/24/2009: Good Morning, I was saddened to learn that the Copper Thimble in Miles City, MT was destroyed in a fire yesterday along with several other historical buildings on their main street. The Copper Thimble is a regular vendor at many of our quilt shows in this part of the country. Here is a site with a photo and some details on the fire. http://www.milescitystar.com/news/ We had heard they had some antique quilts on display at the time that were on loan from someone. What a tragedy for everyone involved! It does make me stop and think that I should probably document the quilts that I have sitting all over my house and maybe put a rider on my insurance policy for my quilts and machines. I designed a quilt for The Bent Pin to use the new Ain't No Bull fabric that we got into the store. I finished writing up the instructions yesterday. We have already sold two of the kits we made up and a guy came in and wants to buy the sample! You can tell it is cowboy country around here! Now I need to des... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5031">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:41:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/5031 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4987 <p align="left">03/21/2009: Good Morning, I thought some of you might be interested in a basketball update. The boys couldn't quite pull off the win on Thurs. They came back from behind but lost by 3 points to a really tough Linton team. They played 10 guys. Five would play for a couple and minutes and then they would send in a whole second five to play. The guys were pretty bummed out, but I guess the polls were right as they were ranked #1 all year and we were ranked #2. It was just too bad they had to play each other the first night. Yesterday they won their game in another nail biter by just one point. So today they are playing Consolation Championship this afternoon at 3:00. All the games played in the tournament have been great games. Close games and comebacks to win. One more day of games and then probably some shopping before heading home on Sunday. Reid needs to go and buy a baseball glove and shoes. I think they start baseball on Monday! This is the first year they will have a high school baseball team... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4987">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:38:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4987 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4957 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4957"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4957_cheerleader6_sm.gif" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>03/18/2009: Good Morning, It has been warming up here and the melting of the snow has started! We can already see the tops of the hills emerging from the snow. I had fun weekend in Minot at their quilt festival. I had 17 people take my Mystery class on Friday. I was so excited to finally be able to show everyone this quilt. I think it really turned out fun. I didn't have a name for it but at the Badlands Guild meeting it was suggested that I call it Swizel Stixs. I think it is going to stick as the name. Funny how having your meeting in the hotel lounge will bring a name like this into the mix!!! The colors in this photo are really off, but I don't have time this morning to take another one. I used the Metro Blue Goes Green fabrics to start with. Reid is off to Minot this morning to get ready for the big game tomorrow. They get to practice in the MSU Dome. That hugh arena will be very different to play in than the small high school gyms they are used to. Hopefully they will feel comfortable wit... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4957">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:34:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4957 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4883 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4883"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4883_untitled1_sm.bmp" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>03/13/2009: It was an exciting win for the Watford City Wolves last night here in North Dakota. We will be heading for the class B State Tournament next weekend!!!! We were behind at half-time by 6 points but the boys turned it on after that and won the game 77 - 63. Reid got to play a bit and scored a couple of points. He got another bucket but was fouled before the shot so it didn't count. He was in a photo in our local paper this week along with several of the other guys guarding the opposition so he is feeling pretty good about himself! I am off this morning for the quilt show in Minot, ND. I have to teach at 1:00 today. then I have tomorrow off and teach againg on Sunday. I think that I will probably be dragging a little bit. I don't think I got to bed until after 1:00. Here are a couple photos of Reid from the Monday night game. Can you tell I am a proud Mom? Happy Quilting, Kathy Here is Reid shooting a basket at Monday's game - #32 Here he is bringing it down the floor.</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:50:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4883 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4846 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4846"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4846_karlenes_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>03/10/2009: Good Morning, Just a quick update on things. I have been busy as usual with basketball and quilting. Last night was the first night of Regional tournaments and the boys won their game. Reid came off the bench and scored 5 points which was great. Another game tonight to see who plays for the championship and a trip to the State Tournaments on Thurs. Go Wolves! On Sunday I have six students in a Kool Kaliescope class. Below is a photo of one of the quilts in progress. I will try and post a few more photos if I have time. Happy Quilting, Kathy Karlene's work-in-progress</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:38:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4846 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4663 <p align="left">02/26/2009: I wanted to make sure I have my name in the drawing the the gift certifecate from Superior Threads. Check out the add on the left hand side of your screen and click on Superior Threads. Sign up for their newsletter and check out all the wonderful information on their site. If you want to know more about threads, they are a great place to start. www.superiorthreads.com Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:39:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4663 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4506 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4506"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4506_feathers_in_applique_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>02/13/2009: Good Morning everyone! Well, basketball and quilting seem to be taking up all of my time lately. What a great way to spend my time! Reid has a big game tonight so I took a quick shot of him all dressed up. They have to wear shirts and ties to school the day of their games. Things will really get crazy when tournaments start in a couple of weeks. I will miss it when it is over - The school voted to have a high school baseball program and he is talking about going out for that. So my spring will be busy also! On Wed. I finally decided to just jump in and start quilting the feathers in the border of my quilt. I kept thinking I needed to mark something but just went for it and am happy with the results. I got 2 sides done before I ran out of thread! So that quilt is on hold until tomorrow. I will get to town and be able to get my threads today! I did start sewing in the ditch on my Pam Bono quilt after running out of thread for the other quilt. I finally got out of the house yesterday and... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4506">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:47:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4506 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4482 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4482"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4482_img_1450_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>02/11/2009: Good Morning, I just thought I would put up a few photos of the snow we have received. Our local TV station has people send in photos that they show during the weather reports and have them up on their website. I went in a copied a few of them to share. If you would like to see more you can go to www.kumv.com and click on Sky-spies. School is starting 2 hours late today so the buses can be out in the daylight instead of in the dark so Reid gets another day to sleep in. I am going to head to work this morning. I hope the snowplows have been out before I go! I will give my hubby a call and see how his drive was. Robert works in the oil field and leaves the house before 6:00 am to drive almost 60 miles to work each day. And of course the oil field never closes. I was so grateful he had taken the day off yesterday and didn't have to drive in this stuff in the dark. I talked to my Mom yesterday and my poor Dad had to shovel snow out from in front of the barn doors before he could get the t... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4482">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:07:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4482 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4475 <p align="left">02/10/2009: Western North Dakota got hit with almost a foot of snow yesterday and last night. But first it rained, just to make life interesting. So lots of changes in our schedules. Reid left on Sunday morning to go to Close-up in Bismarck. They were suposed to stay there and go to the legislature until Tues. afternoon. The rain started Monday morning so their teacher decided to head for home after lunch. It was a good thing they did. The roads were closed between here and Bismarck. My DH called from work and suggested I stay home yesterday as the roads were already getting bad. I spent the day machine quilting. School was canceled today so Reid was home. Also my DH had taken the day off to make sure he could make it to the big basketball game tonight (he had a few leftover vacation days he needs to use up) So thankfully he didn't have to drive to work this morning. But of course the basketball game was postponed until Friday. Luckily that is his regular day off. He spent most of the day using ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4475">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:47:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4475 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4401 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4401"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4401_three_sm.bmp" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>02/06/2009: It has been a long week! I watched Ricky's show on Monday morning and have been itchy all week to try it. Of course work, teaching and basketball games have interfered. Well, I got to stay home today and got one put together. I just have to decide on borders. I am also including a photo of the batik BOM that we did at The Bent Pin. You can check out my last blog if you missed the photo of the Black, Red and White one. Tomorrow is another class day. I am teaching Free Form Free Motion Machine Quilting. We just got home from a basketball game and I need to get my stuff together for class in the morning. Have a great weekend everyone! Kathy Here is step one, I forgot to take a photo of step two Step three Step four Step five Here is the top without borders. That is my next decisions to make!</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:20:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4401 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4393 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4393"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4393_mary_sm.bmp" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>02/04/2009: Good Morning! I thought I would check this morning on doing the slideshow that Bridget talked about. When I click to download Animator 9 my internet goes to a site for a high school in California - how weird is that! So no slide show from me today, just some photos. I have fallen so far behind on reading the blogs that I think I will just have to start with todays and read on from there. If you miss a few days it is a daunting task to catch up! Take care everyone, Kathy I finished this top at work yesterday. This was our BOM at The Bent Pin this past year. We cut the blocks each month on the Accu-Cut for the participants. It is put together using the BQ2 pattern from Maple Island Quilts. The participants had a choice of the Black, White and Red fabrics or Batiks. I just have to add the borders on the Batik quilt and that top will be finished also. This is my Gathered From the Garden sampler from the book of the same name. This is one of the projects we are doing this year in Appli... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4393">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:12:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4393 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4281 <p align="left">01/27/2009: Good Morning everyone, I can't believe it has been almost two weeks since my last blog. Then I look at my schedule and realize why! We had a great time at our sleepover in Medora. Lots of fun visiting and sharing with the other members. There were a few weather issues so some that had planned on coming decided not to brave the roads and weather. I think there were close to 20 of us there. I got a lot done. My skeleton for my Rhapsody quilt is cut out and waiting for the applique. I got fan borders put on the top and bottom of my 50th birthday quilt so it is now a rectangle instead of a square. I basted my Pam Bono BOM quilt and finished up most of my Gathered From the Garden sampler. Of course everyone brought along wonderful food to tempt us. We decided to make a guild cookbook as our registration gift for the retreat this fall and as a fund raiser. I was going to put a slide show up with photos of the gals having fun at the sleepover but I don't have time this morning to figure out h... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4281">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:54:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4281 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4163 <p align="left">01/17/2009: Well, I wasn't thinking very clearly when I packed up for the retreat. I forgot that you have to applique the pieces to your Rhapsody pieced before you sew them together. So I didn't bring along enough fusible or the right threads, so it is on to another project. And I was getting so excited about my Rhapsody! Looks like I am the first one up around here so I am going to get some coffee, tidy up my area after last nights sewing and get out another project to work on. Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:48:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4163 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4159 <p align="left">01/16/2009: Hey everyone, Here I am in Medora at our Badlands Guild Sleepover weekend. There are about 25 of us here sewing away. I started on my Rhapsody quilt this afternoon. I almost have all of the skeleton cut out! I bought fabrics for it clear back in March and here I am finally getting around to it. I will post photos of the retreat after I get home. My poor old computer doesn't have the port for my camera card. Have a fun weekend everyone! Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:37:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4159 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4108 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4108"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4108_wells_circles_2_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/11/2009: After posting my photo of my Valorie Wells circles I decided I had to do something. The solid red was just too much. So I took off the borders and my half circles from my leftover stacked fabrics. I must say I do like it better. One of the questions I get as a teacher is always "would you take it out and do it over?" My answer is always "can you live with it or not?" Everyone has their own level of "what they can live with". I guess this was one I couldn't live with. Reid's team lost their basketball game by 5 points yesterday and recieved 2nd place in the tournament. He wasn't too bummed. They played a really good team and they came back from being 13 behind so not so bad. Well, they are talking blizzard warnings again for tonight and tomorrow morning (imagine that! ) So I hope I have everything I need for projects if I end up staying home again tomorrow. Have a great week everyone, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:55:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4108 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4090 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4090"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4090_circles_roses_closeup_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/10/2009: I spent all day yesterday sewing and finished up two tops from UFOs. Both are samples of my Stacked Circles pattern. The first is from a pretty floral fabric which is really not me, but I needed a sample to show that it works with soft fabrics too! I have had the blocks finished for about a year so it felt good to get them together. The second one is using a Valori Wells fabric that is just plain fun! All I needed to do was put the outside border on it. I am not sure I am totally sold on the border. Does it add to the quilt or distract? I may have to play a little more! I am thinking I should pull out several others UFOs and get on the ball. Today is our guild meeting in Williston which I will only get to part of the meeting. Reid has a basketball game at 2:30 so I will have to leave early. Seems like I never get to meetings anymore with my teaching schedule! So if I can only get to part of the meeting at least I tried. Have a good weekend everyone, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:23:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4090 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4084 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4084"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4084_prairie_windmill_shade_cascade_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/09/2009: Hello everyone, Well, another round of snow last night here. A little bit of rain here and there to add some excitement! I went to Williston yesterday before it hit and got a hair cut. I was planning on getting one the day I went in the ditch a week and a half ago and didn't want to have to cancel another appointment. I got home just as it started getting yucky. Oh, well, just more quilting time. I designed my Prairie Windmill pattern several years ago as a Mystery Class. Then printed up the pattern. It calls for two colorways of fabric, each shaded from dark to light with four fabrics. I had been thinking I should try one using the Shade Cascade fabrics designed by Karen Combs. Well, I book a class for the Prairie Windmill so figured it was time to try it. So here is my sample. I must be thinking spring with the color choices! My husband has been watching Mutiny on the Bounty this afternoon and I decided I would take a blizzard over a storm at sea! It makes me so sad to see what the... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4084">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:04:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4084 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4012 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4012"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4012_background_fabric_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/04/2009: I have been searching online and having no luck finding the background fabric I need to finish my BOM. I didn't pay enough attention and didn't realize that the yardage given for the background fabric first in the supplies list didn't include fabric for the border. Unfortunately my LQS is out. If anyone would be out shopping and run across it I would love to hear from you. It is a Robert Kaufman fabric. Ivory dots ETJ-6582-15 Ivory from Fusions™ 6582 If I can't find it I will have to go with an alternate plan. Thanks for keeping your eyes open for me. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:34:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4012 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4007 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4007"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/4007_stacknwhack_sampler_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/04/2009: I finished the quilt top from Bethany Reynold's book Stack-n-Whackepedia. It is the sampler quilt. I like how it turned out. I had originally thought I would would use a blue instead of the green, but am happy I changed my mind. I also took photos of my finished BOM blocks and put them on the Show and Tell page. I think I can probably make it to work tomorrow. I did get a lot accomplished by staying home the last couple of weeks! The bad weather isn't all bad! DH got the sewer system back in shape on Friday night so have been catching up on laundry and got to run the dishwasher! y dishwasher was one of the first things I bought with my "quilting" money from teaching because I really detest doing dishes. Probably because my sister and I had to do the dishes growing up. And there were never just a few dishes with all my family. Plus when you live on the farm it is meat and potatoes kinds of meals so lots of pots and pans. Happy quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 4 Jan 2009 15:11:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/4007 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3980 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3980"><img src="title=" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/02/2009: I have had a two day marathon of machine applique and just finished my last block for the BOM - I am doing the happy dance here. I will wait until tomorrow so I can take photos in the daylight and post them in the Show and Tell section. I am not sorry to say good-bye to all those dang little circles! But I do love the blocks. John has the Mystery Quilt spot set up in the Show and Tell section of the website, so if you have yours finished, be sure and add a photo. We have been having sewer problems the last couple of days and have been washing dishes in the tub! Not fun. DH thought he had it fixed this afternoon so I started using the dishwasher, but alas, it wasn't draining. I told him to just go to the bar and have a couple of drinks and work on it again tomorrow. He spent almost the whole day trying to get things working right. We have called several plumbers but no one has time to come and see us just now. So, back to the tub. I sure could wash some clothes too, but I am not going... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3980">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:35:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3980 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3946 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3946"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3946_im003131_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>01/01/2009: Happy New Year! Well, my plans for getting this last block fused before the New Year didn't happen until this morning. I went to town yesterday and bought groceries and by the time I got home my nose would not stop running. So didn't do anything for the rest of the day. So no going out last night to celebrate either! What a bummer. I feel a little better this morning but I am sure by this afternoon I will be feeling crumby again. I just finished getting all the stuff off the tree so DH and DS can get it taken down and put away today. DH shut the outside lights off this morning so back to normal around here soon. How is everyone doing on their Mystery Quilts? John had emailed me and is setting up a spot in the Show and Tell section of the site so you will be able to post photos there. Have a great day everyone. Again, Happy New Year to all my TQS friends! May it be filled with love and happiness. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:55:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3946 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3920 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3920"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3920_im003130_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/31/2008: I had fallen way behind on my 2008 BOM this fall with all my teaching. With this weather I have been home a lot instead of working at The Bent Pin. I had other things I wanted to get too but needed fabric before I could continue so ended up working on my BOMs. I had 5 that I had not done. As of this morning I have 4 fused and ready to applique. If things work out today I will get to town to buy groceries plus be able to finish my last block. Then it will be a marathon to get them machine appliqued! We did end up having basketball games last night. The roads weren't great but definitely better than they have been. Reid played most of the JV game and about 1 1/2 min. in the varsity game. Watford City won both games so it was a successful evening. Keely was happy to able so see her little bro play ball. Sounds like there is a little break in the weather so she should be able to get home today. Happy New Year everyone, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:16:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3920 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3901 <p align="left">12/30/2008: The television is says no travel advised this morning so I guess I will be staying home again today! We have had about 8 inches of snow since last night and the wind is blowing so visibility is low. Yesterday I got my Aug. and Sept BOM fused down. Maybe today I can get the last three ready to stitch! With the weather like it is, it looks like Reid's basketball game will be cancelled again! My daughter is not a happy camper. She stayed to go to the game and now they won't have it, plus she hasn't been able to go out with friends or have anyone come over with this crumby weather. And who knows what the weather will be like tomorrow and the planned drive home! She is suposed to have a job interview on Thurs. Oh, well, we can't do a thing about the weather so I guess we will just have to enjoy the time off. I also played a little bit with a new design yesterday. A friend is trying to put together a quilt show that will travel around the area to different art centers and asked if I would ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3901">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:20:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3901 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3883 <p align="left">12/29/2008: Just wanted to let everyone know that me and my car are fine. I wasn't going very fast when I hit the ditch. I knew it was icy so was taking it slow. The station delivered my car, safe and sound. I am busy working on my August BOM. Thanks for you concern!</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:17:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3883 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3879 <p align="left">12/29/2008: Well, after going in the ditch this morning on the way to work my plans have changed. I will be home working on my BOM blocks at home today. Stupid icy roads! Plus I had to cancel my appointment for a haircut today too. The guys at the gas station are going to see if they can get my car out of the ditch and at least up on an approach. Sure wish I had been smart enough to stay home in the first place! Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:45:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3879 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3877 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3877"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3877_stackepedia_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/29/2008: Well, it is back to work for me today - if the roads aren't too icy! I heard that Bernina had called the store and shipped our 830 machine last week, so I will be playing this week if it comes in before Thurs.! I spent yesterday at my machine. My sister and her two girls left yesterday morning. Keely has decided to stay a couple of extra days so she can watch her brother play basketball on Tues. My niece and Keely both thought they needed fabric shopping bags to haul things around so they picked out fabric when we were in town on Friday for the movie. I got Megan's done on Sat. evening after coming home from my parent's house. We had a fun day of playing cards and laughing and having a great time. I worked on Bethany Reynold's sampler quilt from her book Stack-n-Whackepedia. The Med Lake girls want a class in March so needed to get a sample done. I got all my stacked stuff done except for the 8-pointed stars. I can't sew them together until I have a background fabric. I will be choosin... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3877">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:40:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3877 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3845 <p align="left">12/26/2008: Good Morning everyone! Well, after pumpkin pie for breakfast I was thinking maybe I should do something constructive, but decided it was more fun to read everyone's new blogs and see how their Christmas days went. I watched Ricky's concert yesterday morning. Wasn't it great! Can't wait to get a CD with the wonderful arrangements and new compositions. We had a fun Christmas eve at my brother-in-laws. We had a Mexican night with enchiladas, dip and chips and margaritas. We opened gifts and played a couple of games. We picked up our daughter who decided to wait and come with my sister Dori so she wasn't driving home alone on iffy roads. Yesterday I had 29 here for dinner at my house. Only the one brother couldn't make it out of the 8 of us. We of course ate way too much and there are plenty of leftovers for the next few days. My brother Pat had gotten his girlfriend and engagement ring for Christmas so we had good news to celebrate. They have both been married before and have been living... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3845">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:28:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3845 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3816 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3816"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3816_dining_room_after_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/23/2008: Merry Christmas one and all! Well, I finally got my dining room ready for dining instead of sewing! I am having my family here for Christmas day and decided it would be good to having a dining room table to eat off of! Especially when I am expecting maybe 31 people for dinner. We will see for sure which ones show up for sure. The only brother I know is not coming is my youngest, Tim. His wife is having her family over to her house. Anyway, I sew in my dining room and it was a complete disaster. When I am busy teaching it is make one thing, and when I am done, throw it in the corner and get ready for the next! Needless to say it isn't very organized and neat. Now that I have picked things up I will not know where to find anything! LOL I was busy doing some last minute gifts with my embroidery machine. I did 22 foursack dishtowels and I think about 57 coasters and Christmas ornaments. I found a really fun redwork pattern with snowmen of the month on www.embroidery.com . I also have kni... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3816">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:38:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3816 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3706 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3706"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3706_pieces_of_baltimore_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/14/2008: Hello everyone, We have been having a good old blizzard here the last couple of days. It is a great time for sewing and enjoying staying inside! That you all for your wonderful response to my Snowmen patterns. I used them in a different way today and made a sweatshirt and onesy for my grand-daughters. I also started on a quick crocheted scarf for my daughter-in-law. Maybe I can get their gifts mailed tomorrow. I finished my quilt top from Pam Bono's BOM Pieces of Baltimore. I started it several years ago and am very happy to have it finished. Now I am hoping to get it quilted before March when Pam will be teaching at a regional retreat. I like to have goals to get things done for! Well, back to crocheting. Happy Holidays, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:53:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3706 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3687 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3687"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3687_frosty_tablerunner_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/12/2008: Good Morning, I spent some time this morning and figured out how to upload PDF files to my web site. I uploaded the PDF files for my Frosty's Many Hats Tablerunner applique patterns. If you would like to print them off you can find them in my News section at www.augustwindquiltdesigns.com Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Our House to Yours! Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:33:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3687 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3673 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3673"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3673_dis_quilt_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/11/2008: Here is a photo of my friend Di and her Mystery Quilt. I taught the class in Willston, ND a couple of years ago. Di played with the 6" blocks before she put them together for a whole different look for her quilt. She also used her half-square triangles in the border differently. Don't you just love creativity! Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:02:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3673 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3585 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3585"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3585_frosty_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>12/04/2008: I am off to sew today at open sewing at my LQS. It is cold today and I am not looking forward to the drive into Williston, but the prospect of spending the day with everyone, sewing and chatting will more then make up for it. It is the first morning of the winter that it has been below zero here in ND. We had a little bit of snow yesterday so it is a little white out there. Just thought I would share a couple of photos of projects and things. First of all, there is a photo of my Santa collection, displayed in front of my fireplace. Obviously we don't use it very often, if at all or they couldn't be there! Then a photo of the Christmas Stocking I finished for Reid this morning. He was complaining that the stocking hung with his name on it was one they made at school and the other kids have ones that I made. So when I did the Christmas Stocking class I started one for him and fininshed it this morning. Next is a tablerunner that I designed. I call it Frosty's Many Hats. This is the pie... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3585">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:15:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3585 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3535 <p align="left">11/30/2008: I am making some quick, fused and blanket stitched snowmen. I would love to use my embroidery machine to make nice circles for the eyes. Does anyone know of a site that would have such a thing that I could download? I thought I could use my alphabet embroidery fonts but they all make a little squares for the period instead of a circle. I would love to hear from anyone with information for me! Thanks, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:41:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3535 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3512 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3512"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3512_photo_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>11/28/2008: I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving yesterday here in the US. We had a great meal with my DH family. Today we are heading to my parent's home to have Thanksgiving #2. Then tomorrow my sister, husband and his parents are on their way to Big Sky in MT to ski so are spending the night with us. So a busy and fun weekend here. For those of you the get to stay home and bond with your sewing machine, here are the instructions for borders on your Mystery quilt Inner Border Cut 6 - 2 1/2" strips from the half yard of border fabric A. Sew together the 2 1/2" strips of border fabric. Cut two 60 1/2" borders and add to the sides of the quilt. Cut two 52 1/2" strips and add to the top and bottom. (You may need to adjust these measurements if your quilt does not measure 60 1/2" X 48 1/2") (Option 1) Cut 7 - 4 1/2" strips of border fabric D. Sew together the 6 1/2" strips of border fabric. Cut two strips 62 1/2" long and sew to the sides of the quilt. Cut two strips 64 1/2" and sew to... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3512">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:05:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3512 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3457 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3457"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3457_applique_samper_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>11/23/2008: Well, it has been a whirlwind the past couple of weeks. DH and DS are starting to forget what I look like! Finally a day at home today. I have dishes in the dishwasher and am thinking of starting up the washing machine to get some clothes done. Otherwise it may just be the recliner this afternoon. But knowing me the sewing machine will be calling! I couple of weekends ago I actually had some days to myself, the guys were deer hunting, no classes to teach and I got to spend time at the machine. (Both guys got their deer so there is meat in the freezer!) I finished a top using the BOM blocks from our local Applique club's project from last year. I designed the block setting, the blocks are from EQ6. It is machine appliqued. For the outside border I put an 8" border of the dark blue and machine appliqued the very outside paisley fabric. I just cut freezer paper the lengths of the sides, folded it into equal sections and added the scallops. I then cut out the freezer paper shape and presse... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3457">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:09:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3457 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3344 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3344"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3344_quilt_top_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>11/20/2008: First of all I want to apologize for not getting these instructions up last Friday. I had good intentions, I had even brought along my laptop and files to Minneapolis but just couldn't find the time or energy to get them up. We got home Sunday night but it has been work and classes all week. So are you finished with your blocks and ready to put those blocks together? Sew together five rows of 4 blocks. Sew the five rows together. All we have left are the borders! Have a great Thanksgiving on Thurs. for those of you in the USA! Maybe you will have a long weekend and be able to sew! Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:30:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3344 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3343 <p align="left">11/14/2008: Hello everyone! I just spent two days at Bernina training learning about and playing with the new 830 machine. What fun! It really looks like I need to have one of these! My dilema is whether to get the 830 or 820. I was convinced before I went that I would be happy with an 820, but you know, when you get to play on the big boy, of course you want it! Time will tell. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:41:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3343 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3290 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3290"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3290_step_four_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>11/07/2008: I hope everything is going fine with the progress you are making on the Mystery Quilt. Does anyone have any questions? Here is the next step. 8 - Sew together two of each coloring of the 6 1/2" squares to form a 12 1/2" block. Make 20 blocks. Make sure they are all the same!</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:19:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3290 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3284 <p align="left">11/06/2008: I have been sitting here sewing and enjoying listening to Pandora Radio. I thought some of you might not know about this web site and would enjoy it also. If you go to www.pandora.com you will find a great way to listen to music that you enjoy online. You just type in your favorite artist or song and Pandora chooses similar artists and songs. I typed in Alison Krauss this morning but am going to switch over to James Taylor for a while. Just thought if anyone was sewing today and needed some music to listen to your might want to check it out. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:42:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3284 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3281 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3281"><img src="title=" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>11/06/2008: Well, I was a wimp today and postponed my teaching the Steppin' Out Santa class. I just didn't dare drive the 84 miles to Medicine Lake, MT with a winter storm watch on. They did get more snow there than we did. But we had rain first so I am afraid the roads will be icy. I guess that means I get to stay home today and play with my sewing machine. I have several things that I can work on. I finished the last three blocks from last years BOM from our local Applique Club (which is supposed to have a meeting tonight but think it will probably be out also) So they are calling to be joined together. I also have to make up a Mystery Quilt for the Minot show in March. I need to get going so I can send them the supplies list. I need to make it and make sure I have correct yardages. Of course my TQS BOM's have been neglected the last few months so I am behind again. Maybe I will at least look at them again! I had a fun suprise the other day. In the new Keepsake Catalog the AQS Quilt Art Calenda... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3281">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:28:00 CSThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3281 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3218 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3218"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3218_step_three_c_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/31/2008: Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of all the 4 1/2" C and D squares, Place a D square right sides together into the corner of an A/B/C square and sew the diagonal line that you have drawn. Trim your seam allowance and press toward the triangle. Save the triangles that you trim off . Make sure that you put the triangle on the same corner of each block just as shown on the diagram below. Place a second D square on the opposite corner of the A/B/C units and sew it diagonally along the drawn line. Trim and press toward the triangle. Save the trimmed off pieces. Place C squares onto the corners of the A/B/D units and sew diagonally. Make sure that these diagonal lines are the same as the units in the previous steps. Trim and press toward the triangle. Place the rest of the C squares onto the opposite corners of the A/B/D units and sew diagonally .</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:14:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3218 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3182 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3182"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3182_sany0288_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/27/2008: I promise, this is the last blog with wedding photos! Reid and my hubby being their usual goofy selves! Here is the crew, by parents, brothers and sisters Back row - Jack, Doug, Tim, Pat and Vern. Front row - Dori, Dad, Colleen, Corey, Mom and I Jackie, Ben, Irelynn and Payge</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3182 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3181 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3181"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3181_sany0288_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/27/2008: We will see how many photos will load this time! Reid, Keely and Ben Keely and Reid with my Mom Keely and I The "new" 21 year olds, Keely, Melainy and Cassie. Their birthdays are June 22, Aug. 22 and Oct 22 and have had their photos taken together since they were born so we had to keep up the tradition.</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3181 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3180 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3180"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3180_cutting_the_cake_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/27/2008: Thought I would post a few photos from my baby sister's wedding. We had a great time! It is always fun to get everyone together. We didn't get to the church until after the wedding party photos so don't have any of those to show. I will have to see who has some so I can share. Here are Colleen and Corey cutting the cake top. Mom, Colleen, sister Dori, niece Melainy and I made the cupcakes on Friday. Here are my grand-daughter Payge and neice Sky walking up the aisle being " cute as can be" flower girls. Well, I can only get two photos to load so will post a second blog. Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:41:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3180 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3153 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3153"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3153_step_two_b_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/24/2008: 2. Sew 40 - 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" rectangles of fabric C to each side of 40 of the A/B sections. 3. Sew 40 - 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" rectangles of fabric D to each side of the remaining 40 A/B sections. Press toward the rectangles you are adding.</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:26:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3153 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3122 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3122"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3122_flower_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/20/2008: I didn't have to teach anywhere this weekend so got to stay home and sew. It was a good thing, because I got my sister's wedding quilt finished! With her wedding this coming Sat. I was beginning to wonder if I would get it done. I finished Colleen's quilt Sun morning and was inspired to quilt a couple of small things. First I finished my quilt I started in Laura Wasilowski's class. Then went on and finished a little quilt from Laurie Martin's class. Laura's is all fused, even has a fused binding. Laurie just lays pieces onto the backing and batting, pins them in place and then quilts it down. You can see there is no binding and the flower petals go off the edge of the quilt. I starched the heck out of those petals so they will stay stiff. After those two pieces I am feeling kind of "artsy"! Anyway it will be a full week with my DS, his wife and girls coming on Wed. DD is coming on Thurs. Then all the family stuff for the weekend. My sister is not doing a traditional cake. She bought ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3122">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:49:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3122 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3089 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3089"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3089_step_one_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/17/2008: I decided that Friday's would be a good time to add steps to the Mystery Quilt. That way, if you have the weekend off, you may find the time to sew a little. So here we go! Step one: Sew a B dark strip to each side of the A bright strips. Make sure that these measure 6 1/2". If the first strip set does not measure 6 1/2", adjust your seam allowance until it is correct. Press toward the dark strips. Make 5 strip sets. Sub-cut these units into 80 - 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" rectangles.</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:27:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3089 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3075 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3075"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/3075_norma_lee_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/16/2008: Good Morning everyone, It feels good to finally be home for a day! Last Thurs. I headed out for Medora, ND for the Badlands quilt retreat. What a fun weekend we had! Laura Wasilowski and Vi Colombe were our national teachers and they were great! I took Laura's friday class, Object Lessons. We played with fusing our own fabrics and then using them to cut out shapes for our art quilt. Mine is ready to machine quilt. I did some hand embroidery to add to the design. I taught 3 classes at the retreat also. First I did my Friday night mystery. Then on Sat. I taught my Citrus Slices pattern and on Sunday I taught Debbie Bowles Celebrate pattern. Friday evening Vi Colombe did our lecture and showed us many wonderful Lonestar quilts that she has done. Very inspiring. Then on Sat. evening Laura presented her lecture. We all laughed until we almost cried. She is a hoot. Sat. was also our banquet dinner. Our theme this year was the 50's and we could dress up for the occasion. There were lots of... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3075">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3075 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3044 <p align="left">10/13/2008: Well, we had a great quilting weekend in Medora although we did end up having our first snow of the year! It is snowing again right now. Yuck, I am not ready for winter. But it is suposed to be in the fifties and maybe sixties by the weekend so hopefully it will all melt fast. We do need the moisture so I had better not complain. Here are the cutting instructions for the Mystery. I will try and put the new instructions on Mondays. Fabric A - Cut 5 - 2 1/2" strips Fabric B - Cut 10 - 2 1/2" strips Fabric C - Cut 80 - 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" rectangles Cut 80 - 4 1/2" squares Fabric D - Cut 80 - 2 1/2" X 6 1/2" rectangles Cut 80 - 4 1/2" squares</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:12:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/3044 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2967 <p align="left">10/06/2008: Well, I have had quite a few positive replies to the idea of a Mystery Quilt. I will start by giving you the fabric yardages. Each week I will add a step to the mystery. I would start by choosing a Focus Fabric and then choose the other fabrics from there. The light background fabric does not have to be a white or cream color, as long as it is a light. I chose a light lavendar for my quilt. I used a focus that was a purple and gold kind of a paisley print. My light was lavendar, the dark was a dark purple and the bright was a gold color. I hope that helps a little. Kathy Mystery Quilt - 48" X 60" without borders 60" X 72" with borders Fabric: Fabric A - Bright - 3/8 yd Fabric B - Dark - ¾ yd Fabric C - Light Background - 2 ¼ yd Fabric D - Medium Focus Fabric - 2 ¼ yd If you want to add borders you will need an additional 1/2 yd of Fabric A and 1 yard of Fabric D.</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2967 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2948 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2948"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2948_scanimage004_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>10/04/2008: It is going to be another windy day here in ND. 20 - 35 mph winds so it won't be any fun doing anything outside today! I had thought maybe I should wash windows and clean up flower beds this weekend - but I came to my senses and will stay inside and sew!!!! I finished up putting the border on the Mystery Quilt I designed for the Badlands retreat yesterday and got the instructions printed and assembled. So I am ready for that class next weekend at the Badlands Retreat. I just have to finish up some instructions for my Citrus Slices class and I am ready to roll. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in my putting up a Mystery Quilt here on the blog. I have been designing them for our retreat for years and have quite a few I could share. What do you think, anyone up for it? DH is off this morning to help the elderly people in town to clean up their yards and trim trees. He is a member of our Lions Club here in town and they have a bunch doing it this morning. I scanned some pho... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2948">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 4 Oct 2008 09:08:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2948 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2887 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2887"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2887_sunscape_3_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/29/2008: Just wanted to add a couple more student photos. Anita sent me a photo of her finished top. She took the class on Sat. and finished it on Sunday - Great Job!</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:26:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2887 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2886 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2886"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2886_sunscape_1_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/29/2008: Good Morning, Well, it has been a busy couple of weeks for me (like it isn't busy all the time!). I taught three classes at the Indian Summer Quilt Show and Conference in Fargo, ND. I had a great time. I won some ribbons and the Excellence in Applique award in the show. I taught the 4-Patch Posie in the BQ setting, my pattern Sunscape/Moonscape and Free-Form Feathers. We also had a bridal shower for my sister on Sat. evening. I got to shop a little bit on Sunday afternoon and bought an outfit for the wedding for myself and Keely (DD) got shoes and a dress for under $50. We drove back on Monday. I brought Mom back home instead of Dad meeting us so that I could see my Aunt and Uncle that were stopping through from Seattle. DH and DS joined us for supper after DH got home from work so didn't get home til after 10:00. Back to work on Monday - Wed. and taught a class on Thurs. in Medicine Lake, MT. I actuall got to stay home on Friday and got started quilting on the wedding quilt. Plus I ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2886">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:21:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2886 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2718 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2718"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2718_sany0218_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/11/2008: Hi everyone, Well, Reid finally asked my to give him a haircut last night. I have been kind of nagging him for a while! But all it took was having open gym this morning and the thought of what the basketball coach would think of the long hair and he was asking for a haircut. Shows you who's opinion rates higher. He took his own photos of himself before and after. He will not be happy if he finds out I posted these photos - but oh well!!! The haircut also got rid of most of the bleached blonde he thought he just had to have. Back to that pretty red. Before After I got my blocks sewn together with the 4-Patch blocks I posted the other day. I just need to add a border around it. We start a new year of applique club tonight at the store. We are deciding what project we want to tackle for the year. I usually lead the group but I am going to try and talk eveyone into taking one of the months and getting the sample block done for that month. Then I won't have to feel pressured to get one... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2718">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:38:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2718 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2663 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2663"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2663_steppin_out_santa_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/06/2008: Well, I was in such a hurry to get my blog finished so I could go on the road trip I forgot to put the Santa photo in, so here he is! My hubby's sister came along with us today. We had a fun day out. Val and I graduated from high school together in our big class of 28 kids so have been friends since the 6th grade. We ate out twice today, once for lunch and again for dinner. I didn't buy anything exciting. Did get a new kitchen garbage can - how exciting is that? And a new fall wreath to hang by my front door. Now it is time to kick back in the recliner - after changing into those nice sweat pants! Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:24:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2663 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2658 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2658"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2658_june_bom_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/06/2008: Good Morning, Well, I went to bed last night with 14 circles left to blanket stitch around on my July BOM. After having some coffee this morning I tackled the rest and finished June and July blocks. Only two behind now!! I also machine appliqued a Steppin' Out Santa yesterday. I designed this guy quite a few years ago and have had several requests to teach it again. So here is my latest version. I have to add some dimensional holly leaves to Santa's crook and then decide what to do for some borders. The only example that I had left here at home was him in the center of my Christmas Sampler quilt that I use each year on my bed at Christmas. So one more thing done that needed to get done. I did some quilting on a wall hanging off and on the past week or so. I am teaching a free-form feather class in a couple of weeks and needed to have a good example of something finished. The feather quilting is done in the background and borders and now I just have to quilt in the circles. My DH wan... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2658">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:08:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2658 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2641 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2641"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2641_african_bq_4patch_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>09/04/2008: Hello everyone, Well, I am back in business with my computer. Thank goodness they could save all my documents for me before they had to reformat. Of course DS is not happy that I didn't have them save is IPod stuff. I didn't even think of that. I was just happy they could save all my patterns, photos, instructions, supplies lists, ect. that I didn't even think of that. Oh, well, all that downloaded music was what actually caused the problems anyway! I have been playing with a new 4-Patch Posie and the BQ setting. I found some great African themed fabric on my Red Lodge trip and made the blocks there. So I spent this morning putting the BQ setting part together. I love it! Right now it is a 58" square so I will need to stack the other half of my fabric if I want to make it bigger. I will probably do that tonight while watching TV. I got one close-up photo of a block before the battery went dead on my camera. If I get around to it I will take some more later and post them. Fall is here ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2641">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2641 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2603 <p align="left">08/31/2008: Well, the 63rd annual Old Settlers Weekend is over here in Alexander. 63 years ago one of the local farmers said they should have a harvest celebration and he would provide the beef for a feed. It all starts on Thurs. night with a bonfire to cook the meat in on Friday. We went down for a couple of drinks at our little bar in town. They had deep-fried a couple of turkeys and made corn on the cob. We walked across the park and watched the teenage guys playing football under the lights in the park. I don't know how they were doing it as I am sure they couldn't even really see the ball! Then over to watch the fire for a while. On Friday morning I baked four pies for the PTO pie booth. All families who have kids in school are asked to bring 3 pies. I always make at least one extra to leave at home! DH went down to help prepare the beef. He is one of the guys that chops onions for the 1300 pounds they prepare. They cut the beef into chunks, add salt, pepper and onions. Then it gets wrapped... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2603">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:45:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2603 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2564 <p align="left">08/28/2008: Good Morning everyone. I hope everyone is having a great day. I am home today and hope to get some sewing done. This summer I have been working 3 days a week instead of 2 and it sures seems to cut down on my sewing time! I think I just miss that Mondy at home all alone. My hubby has Friday and Sat. off and works on Sunday so now I only or have Thurs. at home alone for most of the day while Reid is in school. We averted disaster on Sat. DS was downstairs trying to play XBox online and came upstairs because it wasn't working right. He checked the computer upstairs and noticed that the wall was hot beside the light switch. DH checked it out and we were pretty close to having a fire in the wall! Lots of heat and blackened wires in the light switch. So we were lucky it was during the day and not the middle of the night! DH has been replacing light switches around the house this week. The bad news is my computer isn't working. I will have to try to find something out about either fixing it... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2564">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:06:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2564 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2475 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2475"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2475_50th_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/20/2008: Well, life is busy as usual here. I had a wonderful weekend with my quilting girlfriends in Redlodge, MT. I got all the paper piecing done on the Fickle Pickle pattern. I will be teaching it later this fall so needed to get my sample done. I also stacked and cut some new 4-Patch Posie blocks with some great African feel fabric. I can't seem to find my camera so didn't get any photos while there. I am waiting on my friends to send me some. On Monday I took a class from Laurie Martin from Washington state. Very fun, free form, raw edge applique. My piece is ready to start the quilting on. She also showed quite a few embellishment techniques that will be fun to use. I worked yesterday and taught a class last night. Then had to head for Wal-Mart and pick up a few things so Reid could start school today. I don't know why ND starts so early, but they are going to be sweating in the classrooms today. High of 97 is expected and with no airconditioning it won't be fun I am sure. Sounds like w... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2475">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:04:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2475 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2370 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2370"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2370_colleens_quilt_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/10/2008: I think that anyone who has finished or is doing the July BOM deserves a gold medal in Applique! I just finished preparing and fusing all the pieces and I feel like I have been in a marathon I just have the circles left to do and I will wait with them until I am at the store tomorrow and can cut them with the Accu-Cut. It is the best way to make perfect circles! I am three blocks behind so did the June block first this morning. Then July and am looking at doing August this afternoon. I thought if I had them all fused I could take them on my quilting weekend and blanket stitch every once in a while. I made one boo-boo. I didn't realize I had transferred some pencil marks to my iron. I pressed my background block into quarters and there is some on my block. I really didn't notice until most of the block was fused so I am not starting over!!! I will just have to deal with the pencil marks. I took a photos of my sister's top for her wedding quilt that I finished piecing earlier this week.... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2370">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:14:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2370 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2363 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2363"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2363_convergenceanimate_sm.gif" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/10/2008: Bridget is making me learn lots more about my computer! I just had to try the slide show feature she blogged about. Anyway, just decided to slide show some of my convergence quilts to test it out. Thanks for pushing all of us! Now I am longing for a camera that will let me do videos. I think my hubbies camera makes videos so I might have to play with that too! Happy Quilting, Kathy Well, this isn't the best but I guess it is OK for a first try. Some of the photos are cut off and showing the the next photo at the bottom. It could be that these photos have been cropped or something. Oh, well, it was fun and I will have to do a little more "exploring" with the feature.</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:53:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2363 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2288 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2288"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2288_lil_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/04/2008: Good Morning, I spent a fun weekend teaching in Watford City. This is one of my local guilds I belong to, so it is always fun when spending time with friends. I had a wide array of quilting experience in the group, from beginner to expert. There are going to be some really great quilts when they are done. I let each student choose which quilt they wanted to make from Judy Martin's Log Cabin Quilt book. Below are some photos of the projects that were started. I had 15 in the class so this is just a sampling. I tried to do the roll-over but couldn't get it to work this morning - gremlins I guess! I just watched the new TQS show and am so excited. Laura Wasilowski is coming to our retreat in Medora, ND the second weekend in Oct. I will get to take her friday class and will be teaching the rest of the weekend. I saw her at the banquet at the Minnesota show in Duluth a few years ago and laughed so hard I just knew we needed to get her at our retreat. If anyone is interested there are still ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2288">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:35:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2288 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2283 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2283"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2283_joshs_pillowcase_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/03/2008: Hi everyone, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend full of quilting activities. I taught the log cabin class and had a great time with the ladies. Lots of wonderful log cabin quilts are in the works. I will post photos tomorrow if I find time. My dear hubby is off to Sturgis, SD for the big motorcycle rally on Tues. morning so I finally got around to make him a pillowcase for the travel pillow he bought. He thought it would take up less room on the bike! I think he will be the envy of all the "big, tough bikers" with this pillowcase, don't you think? I also decided I should finish the pillowcases for my cousin's son's wedding gift as long as I had the serger out. I decided nuetrals was a safe bet. The wedding is in Boston, where the bride is from and they are going to be living in ND. The best part is that I hear from my cousin's wife that she and her Mom are quilters! Now I know we will have something to talk about when we meet - I am off to spend some time in the recliner! Have ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2283">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:41:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2283 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2254 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2254"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2254_emmas_quilt_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/01/2008: The quilt gods where smiling on me today. I had just enough fabric to finish this baby quilt top for my niece. I had less than 1/2" left of the green and about the same for the focus fabric. I think I will have enough of the orange to make the binding - yippee! Now it is time to take a nap - - before we go to the Ribfest in Watford City. Should be a fun evening. Happy Quilting, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2254 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2250 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2250"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2250_log_cabin_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>08/01/2008: I am so excited! I just added the last border to my Snake River Canyon quilt. It is from Judy Martin's new Log Cabin Quilt Book. I am teaching a weekend class on log cabin quilts and wanted to have this top finished for the class - nothing like cutting it close Anyway, I am very happy with the completed quilt. I had planned om making the twin size but liked it so much I decided to make it queen size instead so I can use it on my bed! Who knows when I will get around to quilting it, but at least the top is finished. 4460 individually cut pieces in this baby - not for the faint of heart. Now on to the next things. I need to finish my sister's wedding quilt. I have a few blocks sewn, and my niece's baby quilt. I am doing an 4-Patch Posie for the baby quilt set with the BQ 2 pattern by Maple Island quilts. I have the 4-Patches finished and it should only take me an afternoon to finish the top. Maybe I can get to that today! If I do I will post photos. Well, on the the next project. I am ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2250">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:54:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2250 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2207 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2207"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2207_brookings_2_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>07/28/2008: Good Morning everyone! I am back from a great weekend of teaching in Brookings, SD. A 577 mile drive from my home. I had a wonderful time and I hope my students did also. I had 20 gals in my Friday Circling Geese class and 17 on Sat. The guild had a wonderful salad supper on Friday night and around 80 in attendance. My trunk show was well received. Because I drove I have plenty of room in the van to bring tons of quilts along Now comes the job of putting everything away! Yuck. Because I was so close to Mitchell, SD I went early and visited with my good friend Debbie. We had a fun time going to Mama Mia one night. The movie was very fun. Could be that the Abba music was right in my high school days! We had a big thunderstorm here this morning, just poured and the wind was crazy. I was just glad there was no hail. DH would not have been happy. He has his motorcycle loaded in the back of his pick-up for a trip to the dealer. He had two new tires put on last week and when he drove it home ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2207">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:30:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2207 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2088 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2088"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2088_raffle_quilt_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>07/17/2008: Hello everyone, I thought you might be interested in seeing the raffle quilt that was made for the Badlands Quilt Guild here in ND. Last year at our retreat we made fabric bingo cards and played bingo with them for fat quarter prized. Each row had to have certain colors like red and pink, green, blue, ect. They also had lists of fabric types, like polka dots, batiks, flowers, metallics, plaid, leaves, stars and the list went on. So when playing bingo they would call a color and a fabric type like green batik. Anyway when we were done playing some people just wanted to toss the blocks. I volunteered to design a quilt using them for this years raffle. Then at our January sleepover we worked together and finished the top except for the applique border. Kris Jacobson took it home to finish the applique. Debbie Hendickson did the machine quilting and Janet McCabe put on the binding. We will be drawing for it at this year's retreat in Oct. For blocks that some wanted to just toss I think we ... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2088">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:46:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2088 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2006 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2006"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/2006_high_gear_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>07/11/2008: I am going to try Bridget's directions for putting two photos together. Thanks Bridget for the instructions. The first photo is of my Indian Orange Peel that won a 2nd place ribbon at the NAQ show and the second is my Heartland Album quilt that won a 3rd place award. I have gotten a little bit of sewing done while the kids have been here. I finished up a few more blocks and have enough Snake River log cabin blocks to complete the twin size. I am crazy, but think I am going to make 16 more blocks to make the queen size version. It is in my fall colors that I love so I would like to have it on my bed! I am teaching a class on making the log cabin blocks from Judy Martin's new book the first weekend of Aug. so I want to get the top finished. I also have one started with batiks. I am thinking I want to make a few more blocks for that one also. I will leave those as individual blocks to I can demo the many different setting that can be done with the log cabin. Well, I am off to the sew... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2006">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:24:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/2006 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1999 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1999"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/1999_quilt_show_rochester_014_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>07/08/2008: Hi everyone, Well, it has been a busy week here for me. My kids are all home and I have been cooking up a storm. We had 30 family members here for the 4th and celebrated Payge's 4th birthday a couple days after the real one! I am posting a photo of the water feature that is closer to being completed! Lots of finessing to do yet but Robert had it up and running for the 4th. My sister's boyfriend took a photo of his daughter beside the "upper falls"!</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:27:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1999 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1907 <p align="left">06/29/2008: Good Morning everyone, I am sitting at my sister's in Casselton this morning after our quick trip to the Minnesota Quilt Show and more. Robert and I took off Thurs morning for her house. We spent a little time in Bismarck on the way. He stopped off at the Harley dealer just to look at the bikes. Then I was looking for a new antenna for my xm radio. Well, for $10 more I could buy a whole new radio! So I am thinking over what to do there. I do so much driving for my quilt teaching that I do enjoy my xm radio, especially that 70's station!! I also bought a new pair of Bjorn sandals for all that time on my feet. We arrived at my sister's in the early evening. Their local John Deere dealer was celebrating 40 years in the business with a pork dinner and street dance that evening. It was a really fun band and great food so was a very enjoyable evening. We set out for Rochester bright and early at 6:30 friday morning. We started out driving in the rain but it turned into a bright and wonderfu... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1907">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:50:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1907 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1866 <p align="left"><a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1866"><img src="http://www.thequiltshow.com/1/21/1005621/blog/1866_floor_3_sm.jpg" align="left" title="Read More" border="0" width="150" /></a>06/25/2008: Good Morning! Well, I decided not to just sit in my chair when I got home last night like I did on Monday. Took the border I didn't like off the commission quilt and got choice #2 sewn on. Yippee, I can call Gladys and get them passed along to the machine quilter. The first photo is of the store sample she originally bought. The next two are the ones she begged me to make for her other two grand-daughters. Of course we didn't have the perfect fabrics, but I think they turned out OK. We don't carry a whole lot of Civil War fabrics. They are all a little different in size because I worked around the stripe fabrics and what width they were. Then I thought you might like to see a little bit of the new classroom we are working on in the building next door to The Bent Pin. The archway connecting the two stores is finished but has been boarded up until we are finished with the renovation next door. These are old brick buildings in downtown Williston that are side-by-side. They had to break... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1866">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:06:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1866 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1853 <p align="left">06/24/2008: Wow! Look at all the choices we have for writing our blogs now - do you supose my little mention of how to change the font and font size caused all that! Thanks so much TQS. I spent lots of time at the machine this weekend. I am teaching a log cabin class the first weekend in Aug. so got back to finish piecing on my Snake River Canyon quilt from Judy Martin's book. I did the center 16 blocks a few months ago and had not gotten back to it. I finished 20 blocks over the weekend so only 12 left. Of course then we get to the border which is all pieced also, but will face that when I get there. I also almost finished the commission quilt tops I have been working on. I just had the final border on one left to do. Unfortunately, I did not like the outside border fabric so went looking for something different at work yesterday. I found something I like but it means taking off the small first border I had already sewn on. Bummer. Maybe I will take it along with me to the MN show and take the b... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1853">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:39:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1853 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1808 <p align="left">06/20/2008: Well, just when I think I can get back to some of my UFO projects and really get something done I get interruptions. My baby sister (26 years younger that I) called and she got engaged on Sat. So guess what I will be working on - a wedding quilt. I need to sit down and decide what pattern I am going to use or if I want to design something original. The wedding date is Oct. 25th. So a few months to get busy on it. I also need to get cracking on a baby quilt for my niece Ali. She is due in Sept. so time if flying by. I am debating about making a trip to the MN quilt show next weekend. I talked to my other sister and she thought it would be a fun trip for my hubby and I, and her and her boyfriend. I have not been on an "adult" trip in years! I should clarify that - and adult trip with my husband. Seems like I have been to lots of quilt shows! LOL I don't know if I can handle it! But we are checking out about getting everyone's schedules worked out. I was lined up to teach a class next Sat... (<a href="http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1808">read more</a>)</p><br clear="all"/> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:04:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1808 http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1788 <p align="left">06/18/2008: Hi everyone, Just wanted to try out the suggestion that I got from SDQuilter for changing the font and size of font for the blogs. She said that she writes her blog in MSWord, then hits copy and paste for the blog. Woo-Hoo, it works! To do this you will want to hi-light the words typed in Word, then hold down the control key and hit the letter C. Then go to the blog and click on your blog so the curser is there and flashing. Hold down the control key and hit the letter V. Worked like a charm. Thanks Linda, Kathy</p><br clear="all"/> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:54:00 CDThttp://www.thequiltshow.com/os/myblog.php/customers_blog_id/1788