Virtual Retreat Aug thru Dec 2015 Info on first post

[Nancy R.]

Beautiful quilt and cross-stitch blocks! Thanks for sharing! I don't know if this is the answer, but others have found that if the file name for the picture has a special character in it (like '), then the picture won't load. Just a suggestion just in case the answer is that simple.....

[Jennifer D.]

Nancy - that may be the answer. I added an 's to the name when I first transferred it to my computer, but the other pictures simply transferred over as image#. Lets give this one more shot...because of the quirks of the iPad I used to take the image it will probably transfer over on it's side since I took it on the horizontal angle and iPad wants to only send them vertically.

If it works you'll see a picture of the whole quilt now



now don't I feel silly - all that trouble because of a file name :blink:

[ANNE E.]

Jdeluka, it's beautiful.....what happy memories it must bring back. How lucky that you saved it.
Enjoy it.
Anne

[ANNE E.]

Nancy - that may be the answer. I added an 's to the name when I first transferred it to my computer, but the other pictures simply transferred over as image#. Lets give this one more shot...because of the quirks of the iPad I used to take the image it will probably transfer over on it's side since I took it on the horizontal angle and iPad wants to only send them vertically.

If it works you'll see a picture of the whole quilt now



now don't I feel silly - all that trouble because of a file name :blink:

Just gorgeousness!

[Nancy R.]

Beautiful! Thanks for trying so hard to get the picture up. It really was worth the effort!!

[Dawn S.]

Very pretty! You just don't see too many counted cross stitch quilts now-a-days. It's almost a lost art, with all of the beautiful fabrics that we have access to now.

Dawn

[Dawn S.]

Beautiful quilt and story. Thanks for sharing

[Geneva C.]

It looks like it's September already. Whew! It's cool and cloudy here and I'm so glad. I'm going to replace my worn out petunias and plant some pansies out back. That's a sure sign of fall.

I've been in the sewing room making a couple of little things that I wanted to get done. First, I made an ipad case for, are you ready for this?, my husband's ex-wife and her wife. :blink: It's a long story, but this was a way to keep the peace we created when the last child got married. Being friends is so much nicer for all of us. In any case, I think it turned out quite nice. I love the wavy quilting stitch I did with Sybil. Stitch #4. This was really easy to make and quick. The pattern is from RebeccaMaeDesigns.com .






I was able to complete my "Roots" piece for the due date of October 1st. Yay for being ahead of the game.

Now onto some fun stuff. I still have that pile of 368 square in a squares I made from every batik I own. I want to start putting them up and moving them around.

Hope all is well in your lives. By the way, has anyone heard from Rita? I hope she is fine.

geneva

[Geneva C.]

Good for you on the relationship building business, Geneva. I'm similar. (it's complicated...lol)

[Geneva C.]

Been sorting through my summer photos. For some reason I have totally lost the Scottish tablet :blink: so you will have to make do with some beer instead, it should help everyone with their fmq :P


Now for some quilts from the FoQ, first up is the first prize winner in the miniatures section







I'm pretty certain that the bargello on this one was not pieced, but was cut to size and fused down :unsure:



and here is the one by Phillipa Naylor, totally different in style to the rest and a great piece of work, unfortunately it was too large for the category


Recognised this one fairly quickly



and loved this one for all the hand work

[Geneva C.]

I think I'd like "the old pickled hen" just for the name :woohoo: hahahaha! Love the pictures, WOW what a lot of work goes into them!!!
Dorothy

[Jennifer D.]

Geneva - the case looks great! Love the fabric!

Rosemary - thanks for sharing the pictures. I don't envy the judges having to choose between the different entries to pick the best!

Last night I attempted to hand baste a small lap quilt that has been sitting in my UFO pile for some time...I was reassured by many people that using the spoon method there was NO WAY I could baste the quilt to the carpet....well so much for that hypothesis. :blink: So after cutting it loose I put another round of basting in while it was in my lap :silly: Don't think I will try hand basting again any time soon after this adventure

[E.M. T.]

I work over banquet-size folding table/tables for large quilts. Also I use Sharon Shamber's method...
You can find it on her site or on YouTube. Both are workl for me!

[Geneva C.]

Geneva...very pretty iPad case love it!! Have you been getting rain too? We've had four days of showers, and it is really helping with the fires...the air is finally clear :woohoo:
Dorothy

[E.M. T.]

Rosemary - thanks for posting pictures the FoQ pictures what wonderful work and the beer pictures fun to see The Old Pickled Hen label too.
Geneva - neat case and interesting story.
Jdeluka - Thanks for posting your quilt picture love the cross stitch.

Barb