MTS Meets Carol Woods

The Mountains to Sea Quilt Series has been on display for the last two weeks at Carol Woods Retirement Facility in Chapel Hill. This afternoon, Carol Woods residents had the pleasure of listening to resident Jonathon Howes' stories about the sites along the trail that are depicted on  our Mountain to Sea quilts. He was Secretary to the N C Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources under Governor Hunt's administration. The display has been met with enthusiasm, many residents visited it, often repeatedly.

Spring 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Spring 2013 UFO Club is now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on April 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs were completed by Midnight (EDT) on June 30, 2013.

We had a relatively small group of quilters for the Spring 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club.  Our membership was down this session and we had very few finished projects.  I believe that it was the smallest return for the Club since the formation of the group.  The good news is that a number of other members made progress on their projects (and that is the important part!)

Group stats can be seen below:

Membership: (14)

NO SEND: (10)
thepoch: 2 completed projects
monicarose51
sldrsprincess
basketcase9702
laceyspinner
Bonnyknits
needleb
loisbemis
aerieiris
KK454

SEND: (4)
andimc13: 1 completed project
nhsarab
jrnylst
bowie: 1 completed project

Session Totals: 3 quilters completed 4 projects.  Congrats! to our finishers and better luck next time to those members who didn't quite attain a finish.  Hope to see YOU back for another round of Finishing Fun!

2013 Dye Frenzy

My quilt bee recently had their annual Dye Frenzy.  Unfortunately, I don't have any

pictures to share because I wasn't able to attend.  :o(

I do have news of the event and hope to add pictures after our next meeting.  This time

the quilters used super hot water and got more vibrant results. One quilter also brought

indigo dye which was fun and unusual. I had no clue that indigo comes out of the dye bath

green and then reacts with the air to turn blue.  

The meeting began at 10 am and they finally paused to eat around 2pm…  They were

having TOO much FUN!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing the final results of everyone's dyeing at the next meeting.

I just wish that I hadn't had to miss it!

Incredible News!

You may or may not recall that the Mountain to Sea Trail quilt series that I participated in (Glencoe Mill Quilt) was juried into the 2013 North Carolina Quilt Symposium show.  Well, it was.  The show is going on in Fayetteville, NC this weekend.

I was unable to attend Symposium, but some of my friends went down to the show today.  I spoke with one of them this evening.  The news was quite surprising!

Are you ready to hear the results???


You'd better sit down.


MTS was awarded 1st Place in the Group Quilt category!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am "SEW" excited!

100 Days!!!

We are pleased to announce that DS2 has reached his 100th day.

That's 100 Days Post-Transplant, thank you very much!!!  It's quite the milestone in the Bone Marrow Transplant world and we are so grateful that he has attained such a distinction.

Way to go!!!

Right now he is busy counting the days until the removal of his central line. That procedure is scheduled for this coming week.  Let me tell you, he can hardly wait!

Thank you to those of you out in Blog Land who provided good thoughts and constant prayers during this ordeal.  Keep it up because it seems to be working!

Until next time...
Happy Quilting!

MTS Meets Symposium

This just in...

The Mountains to Sea Trail quilt was accepted into the 2013 North Carolina Symposium Show!!!  I am VERY excited as I have never had an entry in that show.  Granted, this is a group quilt made of panels constructed by a number of quilters, but MY quilt is one of them.

When and where is the show???

2013 North Carolina Quilt Symposium

 

Tarheel Quilters Guild and North Carolina Quilt Symposium Board are excited to present the 2013 North Carolina Quilt Symposium at Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC. May 23 - 26, 2013.

The Quilt Show and Vendor Mall will be open to the public for an entry fee of $6.00.

Quilt Show Hours  (vendor hours may vary)

May 23, 2013      Thursday           9am-6pm

May 24, 2013      Friday               9am-6pm 

May 25, 2013      Saturday           9am-6pm

If you will be in the Fayetteville, NC area please make plans to attend the show.

Hope to see YOU there!

Spring 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

I haven't touched my sewing machine in the past three months and  I'm not sure if I'll get anything done during 

this session either, but here's my list - just in case.

My list for the Summer session morphed into my list for the Fall session, which morphed into my list for the Winter session, and has now transformed into my Spring 2013 list.  I didn't finish ANYTHING so there is plenty more to be done!

Follow the link to view the list:

http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-2012-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

(Ignore the Mill Quilt since I completed that one last year.)

I have 3 commission quilts that need to be done and 3 baby quilts that should have been done over Christmas break, but I waited too late to begin and then life got in the way (and stayed firmly planted there!)

Wish me luck and...
Happy Finishing!