THE ARTFUL BRA'S CAN BE IN YOUR HOME VERY SOON!

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THE "BRA" BOOK IS READY FOR PRE -ORDERS !!!!

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Artful Bras: Hooters, Melons and Boobs, Oh My! A Quilt Guild's Fight Against Breast Cancer

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In an effort to promote breast cancer awareness, this book celebrates the Artful Bra challenge of the Quilters of South Carolina quilt guild. Each participant took a padded underwire bra and covered it entirely, with everything from fabric to feather to fringe.

The result was the Artful Bra exhibit that traveled to various places in South Carolina, raising money for the Best Chance Network, a program that offers free mammograms to uninsured women. The impact was huge, however, with the help of the Internet. Emails with photos of the bras were forwarded all over the world – a success for the guild in spreading awareness about the disease.

Inside, you’ll find photographs of each of the 50 decorated bras with fun names such as “Hooters,” “Two Cans,” “Support Your Favorite Boob” and “Look At Them Ther’ Watermelons.” You’ll also read the designers’ stories about the inspiration behind the designs, and how they made them.

Proceeds from the book will be donated to the Best Chance Network.

Just thought you might like to know. I did add a few links in case you needed to pre-order all of your Christmas Presents.

Intervention

Thanks to Liz (Frog Quilter) I was finally able to get my brain around piecing the backing to this quilt. I know you won't believe me, but it did take a good 12 hours of working,thinking,working,thinking to get it on the frame.

I think that we tend to forget that there are somethings that we forget. I had not pieced a backing for at least 2 years. Most of the stuff I do is miniature or at least no bigger that 36x48".

Where do beginning quilters learn how to piece a backing? I don't think that I ever took a beginner class, so I don't know if most teachers include this aspect or not.

Until I got this new toy, I really didn't know that the seams in the backing should go in a particular direction if a longarm quilter was to quilt the top. Did you?

Once I had it loaded--that took about and hour--which is not to bad for a beginner, I ran my pantograph 6 times over the quilt top and it was quilted!!!!












That took me about 2 hours since I did other "stuff" in between the rows.













I took it off the frame last night and made the binding for it. I am now in the process of sewing it down. I will take it to Guild tomorrow night and hope to get a full picture sometime next week. Then I will post the finished photo. I can't believe that this is actually the first finished quilt from my new toy!!!!!!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!

This will be a Christmas Present for a very special little girl. When she saw it on my design wall she immediately asked for it. I will put a special label on it for her so that she will know that it was the first quilt that grandmommie quilted on her new machine in 2009.

Have a great week!!

BACKING INTERVENTION

No pictures today. I have spent all day getting ready to put a 'Real' quilt on the longarm (not yet named). It is unbelieveable how difficult it is for me to figure backing. I know, I have been working in miniature for a long time, but, you would think that I could figure backing and stitch it together and get it on the frame. NOT !!!! I spent 4 hours today trying to get this on the frame to no avail. So, I need a remedial course in backing. I need to know how to compute the yardage and how to sew it all together.

HELP !!!

Catching up.

I hope that you enjoy the birthday, we certainly did. I think that Piper celebrated all week. Soon I will have pictures of her first day of school.

Then, as soon as I get them the pictures of Austin and Alexis' first days of school will follow.

Now for effect:

Isn't she beautiful !!!! I have lots of pictures of this process, so check back for more on this later. Have a great week.

Making Room for New Toy!

FOR SALE !!!

REALLY QUIET-RUNS BEAUTIFULLY

I really did list this on Craig's List today for Columbia, SC . Have a look and help me out.

What do you think I should name my new toy? It will be purple, would have preferred orange, but it was not available. Not sure if male or female. Suggestions thus far: Fox or Foxy and Pandora. I am leaning toward Pandora, because I may be opening a box of trouble. I am open to suggestions. Now, back to cleaning out studio and moving my library. Anyone want to come and catalog my library?

Have a great week.

A Devine Mystery

OK, the top for my mystery is finished.

One of my guilds, Devine Quilters, has conducted a mystery this year and this is the result. Alexis saw the fabric and asked for the 'orange' quilt, so I guess that she will just have to get it for Christmas. You won't believe the outlandish fabric that I bought for the back. I just thought that I might just as well carry this loud theme to the back also. It's a good thing that Alexis can sleep well or this quilt would certainly keep her awake! The lighting here in the studio is doing nothing to help this top. Really it does look better and brighter that this.

This will be one of my 'practice quilts' when my new toy arrives.

What? You have not heard about my new toy? Listen closely, I'll tell you more about that later.

Have a good Friday,

I am Finished !!!

Finally ! The Library Quilt is completed. I just put the last stitch in the sleeve. Dick will cut me a 'slat' to hang it with tomorrow and I can turn it in on Monday !!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!





Want to see it? Well, here it is. Have not named it, so if you have any ideas, let me know.





PS: Happy Birthday Tori!!!!! Love you!!!

Mom