In my Garden

Just wanted to show you what I am working on currently. This is a link to the quilt designed by Hatched and Patched out of Australia. It is called In my garden. So if all goes well mine will look somewhat similar.  My friend Gayle picked this pattern up at a quilting convention and as soon as I saw it I had to order one for myself! I have been diligently working on it and will keep posting my progress.

 Here is a picture of my first block. 

Friends

I have been very lucky to always have such wonderful friends.  When I joined the West Michigan Quilters Guild (WMQG) I was a bit overwhelmed with so many people and everyone seemed to know everyone but me! There were a few people I knew from different quilt shops but it wasn't until I "jumped in" and volunteered to be the Librarian of the guild that I found some wonderful people.  For the most part we had one thing in common, Quilting.  I could go on and on about how they have all touched my life in various ways, cue the violin, dim the lights, you know the drill.

A couple weeks ago a group of us quilters got together for a stitch-in. This is were a bunch of quilters congregate and work on their various projects, chit chat and most importantly eat!  This turned out for me to be a most memorable day because three of my wonderful friends presented me with these fabulous pin cushions! Sue and Terri got me the chickens when they were at a quilt show and Betsy made the rooster for me to go along.  Of course they know how much I want to have chickens but live in the city awaiting the day when I can move to the country etc. So now I can start my chicken coop in my sewing studio!

Greetings!

My first thought about starting this was that it would be fun, but now I'm kind of intimidated by it! I wanted my family and friends to be able to see what projects I'm working on. Plus I might make some more friends along the way.


This picture is from my resent field trip to Checker Distributing standing in front of some awesome comic book fabric.  Wish I could have bought a bolt of it all!  I had a great time with my friends, saw some fantastic new products and one of my travel companions even tried to get me a job with Sulky as a rep!