Time Out

I have to admit to not working on my Baby Jane this weekend. The State Fair is going on and of course we had to go. I had 3 pieces entered and did manage to blue ribbons on two of them.

The Tulip is one that we exhibited during the library exhibit because it's background is done in the log cabin style.

The red, white, and black is a miniature that I did for our guild challenge last year. I was really disappointed in how it was displayed. It was in a case that showed lots of Carolina and Clemson pieces. Anyone who knows me, knows that I AM NOT A GAMECOCK, no matter how badly Clemson in playing.

How about Piper at the Fair?

These three are cut from the same cloth.

Look at how Piper and Dick attack their corn dogs!!!

All Piper wanted to ride was the Merry Go Round. She did not want anything to do with the Horses, just to sit on the bench and ride. She had a fantastic time and rode 2 times with her Mom and 2 times with her Uncle Jay.

This has to be the best trip to the fair since my children were young. Of course we couldn't enjoy it as much then because they were our children.

This is where I spent my Saturday, at the Quilted Pearl. I was taking a class with Lynn Buske on her miniature 4-patch swirl. You know I can't resist something that says miniature.

I do hope everyone has a good week. I will be getting everything together to attend Quilters of South Carolina Fall Retreat. I am looking forward to the whole experience. That said, I will be 4-5 blocks behind on my Baby Jane when I return and will then spend the next week catching up. See you later,

Cool Can Sam !!!!!!!!!! Great Legs!!!!!!!!!!

Look who's here!!!!!!!!! It's 'Cool Can Sam'!!!!!!!!!!!!! from Harvest Hope Food Bank in South Carolina!!!!

Now who might this be playing 'Cool Can Sam'? It's a secrete, but if you happen to see 'Cool Can Sam', be sure to wave and tell him/her that you have seen her/him at One Loose Thread!!!!

Also, don't forget to make a donation to Harvest Hope while you are waving and talking to 'Cool Can Sam'.

I'll be working on my assigned Baby Jane blocks this weekend (F-5 and K-11) and trying to finish the first Christmas top for one of the Grandchildren.

I have also started on a miniature and hope to get another block finished for that. Each block has 81 pieces in it and so far I have only 2 blocks finished. Each block takes me about 3 hours to complete. Who said that miniatures take less time to make that full size bed quilts? Certainly not me. But, more on that much later.

Have a great weekend.

Baby Jane Weekend

I have been getting ready for the Just Stitchin' retreat at Palm Key this weekend. However, that certainly did not stop me from working on my Baby Jane. I completed the assigned block and then did a couple more. Here are the resulting blocks. These were suppose to line up nicely so that we could talk about them, but, as you can see, blogger had other ideas. The first block is the actual assigned block, M-10 Simple Simon. The Second Block with the yellow star, is F-7 Star Struck. The block with the red background and white flowers is, E-1 Aunt Exie's Phlox (I actually did 2 of these and this was the one I kept). The last block is G-2 Mohawk Trail.

I have worked up 12 blocks to take with me to Palm Key next weekend, so we will see how I do on those. These blocks are really addictive. I was really trying to just stay with the assigned blocks, but, I felt compelled to do other too.

Also on the list for next weekend will be a Ocean Waves quilt in miniature. I have been wanting to do one of these, so I thought that I would use the time to start it. I hope to do one regular size at the same time.

That's it for now,