Unavailable

My backing fabric from Hancock of Paducah which has been on back order is no longer available.  My order has been cancelled.  I went online to see where else I can find this fabric.  It's back ordered EVERYWHERE!  Fabrics.com won't have a new order until JULY!  Keepsake-quilting.com won't have it until Mar. 18 (maybe.)  I finally found a little shop in Minnesota that had it!  I ordered it right away, and have received an email that it is shipped and I should have it in 2 or 3 business days!  LIFE IS GOOD!!

Painted Lady's Outer Border

I have put on the outer borders of the Painted Lady quilt.  I had to order more of this fabric since the original kit didn't include any for an "outer border" (I changed the design!)  I was worried that this fabric would be a different dye lot than the original, it even came from a different shop.  But the worry was in vain because the colors matched up wonderfully and it looks amazing.  These pictures don't seem to do justice at all to the actual beautiful colors of this quilt!  There will be just the binding to go around, it will be the dark blue of the inner border and the "domes".  However, I have to wait for MORE fabric to arrive, it is back ordered so I'm not sure when I will get it.  It is the backing fabric.  I just ordered it a few days ago because I wasn't sure just what I wanted to do with the backing.  However, when my border fabric arrived from Hancock's of Paducah (check them out sometime!), they also sent me a FABULOUS CATALOG of a gazillion fabrics!  There were so many beautiful choices, it was difficult to decide!  I finally decided on the recommended backing fabric because I have snippets of it in the sashing strips, but they are so small you don't actually get the beauty or flavor of that fabric.  I'll post a picture when the fabric arrives.  In the meantime, here is a picture of the Painted Lady with her beautiful border.

Painted Lady

Let me introduced you to my latest project:  The Painted Lady.  I saw this quilt in a catalog and and knew I had to make it for my Granddaughter Anna.  She'll be 13 in April and I think this is perfect for her!  It came in a kit, but of course, I had to change the fabrics and fancy it up.  It was a smallish quilt, the kit finishes off at 53 x 61.  I recently bought a book about pieced borders, and I've been excited to try them out.  This was the perfect opportunity to kill  two birds with one stone--Try out a pieced border AND enlarge the Painted Lady quilt.  I've been working steadily ever since.  Did I say "working"??  This is NOT work, this is FUN!  I love making quilts and trying out new fabrics and ideas.  Wheee!

Here is the Painted Lady as it (size-wise) from the kit:  (Colors are a little different too.)

Here is the Painted Lady with it's new pieced border!

There is still one more border to go, the rose colored that you see inside the "V's" of the pieced border.  Then the binding.  It will end up somewhere around 84 x 72.  Perfect!

So you see, I HAVE been busy, this whole quilt going together in a month!  Whooo hoooo!

New home for Moon Glow

I haven't blogged in a month???  Yikes!  You'll think I've been slacking!  But  fear not, faithful readers!  I've been hard at it!

First, I took a trip to Colorado to install the Moon glow in its new home with Dianne.  She was surprised because I had told her it was for someone else so I could get her honest opinion about it.  (Remember, I thought the colors were too dark...)  She loved it then and she loves it even more now since it has taken up residence in her new home.

So, say "fare ye well, Moon Glow" and see how nice it looks on Dianne and Larry's new bed!