Sunday, March 25, 2007

Parrot Building Blocks

It has been a busy weekend. Yesterday was the annual Sewing & Crafts Show.





This Sewing & Craft Show kicks off the quilt show season.


April 20 to 22, 2007 - Fraser Valley Quilters' Guild


Quilts from the Heart - Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church - Parish Community Centre17475 - 59th Avenue, Surrey (Cloverdale Area), BC





The FVQG's raffle quilt was at the Sewing & Craft Show. This is a picture of it:





April 27 to 29, 2007 - Orchard Valley Quilters' Guild
Silver Threads - Celebrating 25 Years of Quilting - Kelowna, BC.


May 2 - 5, 2007 - The Canadian Quilters' Association
Quilt BC 2007 Alternate Year Event - Forester's Convention Centre at Kamloops, BC

Our guild is planning a bus trip to this show for the Saturday.


After getting home from the Sewing & Craft Show yesterday, I started a new quilt. This afternoon, I finished it to the flimsy stage.


The quilt is from Debbie Mumm's website and is called, Building Blocks. Debbie's pattern was crib size and I wanted something larger so I added blocks and a row of sashing across the top of the quilt and down the side. My quilt measures 52 1/2 " x 77" before quilting. If you would like to have a look at the pattern, follow the link here: http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/Quilting/2007/03/


Double clicking on the picture should allow you to see the parrots on the border fabric.

10 comments:

  1. sounds like you have a busy month ahead :-)

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  2. Love the opportunity quilt, especially the assymetrical flower border...

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  3. Oh what great butterflies. Whoever wins that is very lucky!

    I also like the colors on your Building blocks. That looks like a really cool pattern!

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  4. Wow, Norma, that butterfly quilt is something else. I'd love to have that hanging on my wall or on one of my beds.

    I really like the woven design of the Debbie Mumm quilt. I may have to give it a try. Looks like it would go fast.

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  5. Hi Norma, what a great raffle quilt! Love the easy pattern for a quick baby quilt also. Hugs, Finn

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  6. Definitely quilt show season! My old quilt guild always had theirs on the first weekend in April and a city south of them, around the same time--good hours drive between but I think some people did go to both should they happen to be, gasp, at the same time.

    I love how your building block quilt turned out. I got the fabric on hand to make one for the boys now--maybe cut a couple out for the sew in.

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  7. love the bright colors on the quilt.

    lots of great shows coming up!

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  8. You've been busy, Norma! Happy belated birthday to your mom. She looks so young still.

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  9. Nifty pattern - love the parrots.

    Did you buy lots of stuff?? I did - LOL

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