Show and Tell

 One of my former students came to visit me one day to show me this bag. This was her final project in my class. At the time the project was due, she wasn't finished with it. She crocheted the whole thing. It is also fully lined! She says it is very heavy and only uses it sparingly. I am so proud of her for finishing it. It turned out very nice!

The next two photos are of quilt as you go (QAYG) quilts I saw on display. I'm working on one which I will show you later. It is far from finished. I will finish it...one of these days when I have the time.

The first one is very colorful and the next one was a black and white one.

















I took the next one because I thought it was a little unusual. It is not your usual Hawaiian Quilt. Instead of using all solids, the maker used a print for her design with different colored solids for her background. These are usually just made of two solid colored fabrics. I thought it turned out really nice!

 This is a picture of what I won in the latest quilt shop hop. I was so thrilled that I won something! I am using the fat quarters in Bonnie Hunter's lastest mystery quilt, Easy Street. Maybe a Jelly Roll Race Quilt is in my future?

I also saw these at the show where I saw the quilts. These are  little bags made out of wrappers! What a lot of work, but aren't they cute?

Discoveries

I've been playing around with the combination of flours I use for my bread. I think I like this combination the best...I could change my mind. It's brown rice flour, white rice flour, sorghum flour, tapioca starch/flour, cornstarch, and potato starch/flour. I've also found that mixing half the yeast in with the flour mixture and putting half in a well, makes the bread rise higher, rather than putting all the yeast in a well.

This is a picture of a quilt my grandmother made. My mom was cleaning out one of the closets and she found it. I was very happy that she gave it to me. It is still in very good condition.

Curtains, Quilt Show

I'm working on curtains for the kitchen. I did the lower part, now I'm working on the swag portion. I'm stuck on the ruffle portion. It's not turning out how I want it. I think I may have to lengthen or extend the ruffle so that I can get more ruffle. Right now it's kind of flat. I hope I purchased enough fabric. The blue and white fabric is the old curtain. The sunflower fabric is the new curtain. I've never made curtains before. This is a learning experience.

Back in August, I went to a Quilt Show. These are some of the quilts that were on display. My photos are a bit blurry, but the quilt with the large flower was really something. The flower was 3D. It was really pretty. I wish my photo was better.