Last night was guild night. I love guild nights! We have such an uber-talented group of women in our guild -- it's really quite remarkable! Our speaker last night was a local talent Elaine, who blogs at
Messygoat. She does fabulous things with scraps, really fabulous. But before I share those with you, there's a couple of fun things by others I want to share first . . .
Check out this amazing sweater . . .
Isn't this awesome??! You know how I love buttons! I may definitely give this a try on my own. By the way, this was a Cracker Barrel find.
And then there's this piece . . .
My dear friend Kathy and her husband were discussing possible themes for non-judged exhibits at our bi-annual show. They laughingly toyed with the idea of "Quilts made by the husbands of guild members." Kathy didn't think any more about it until her husband, Norm, brought her the above as a birthday present. He made it while he was out of town! Kathy reports he had a little help from the hotel staff. She also said it was her favorite birthday present ever! My favorite is the back shot . . .
I loved the knots! Norm was pretty proud of those knots, too. Way to go, there, Norm!!
So, now on to Elaine and her presentation. She shared lots of darling projects that's she's made with scraps:
My favorite are the fish and the owl pincushions. I love the owl with the "angry" eyes!! (Movie reference, anyone?!?) She free-handed the fish, but there's a tutorial for the owls on
EfermeraInk!
She also makes BIG things . . . lovely, wild, beautiful quilts . . .
I dubbed the bottom one "backgammon quilt" right away! I'm taking her workshop tomorrow ... Yay! We're working on a scrappy variation of Bonnie Hunter's String-X. Can't wait!
In the meantime, I'm going to turn this:
Into a dress. And, I'm getting closer on my cornucopia:
Whoohoo! It might just be ready to hang before Thursday!
And, look what I received in the mail yesterday . . .
Two pounds of candied ginger straight from the Amish market! My mom sent it to me ... so now I can get started on more gingersnaps and almond ginger biscotti! Loverly!
:)
