2018 International Quilt Festival Chicago: Photo Heavy

Last Saturday I was blessed to attend the big quilt show in Chicago. It is the same company that puts the show on in Houston. (So wish I could attend THAT one!) Now you may be wondering why I went to a quilt show when I don't quilt! Great point.

Eye candy. Quilt shows are full of inspiration for stitching projects. I will show some photos I took (or my friend took) while at the show. Tomorrow I will post my purchases. Please be warned-lots of images!

 These are stitched buttons! So cool!

These are real letters made into an art quilt!

 And Alice!

Do you see her?

If you have a question about a quilt, I did take a photo of the paper with each quilt.
Are you inspired?

TUSAL and Mill Hill Monday

Last month I posted on the wrong day! Can you imagine?!?! Not that it really matters in this     Totally Useless Stitch-a-Long  ! It is hosted by Daffycat and is a place to show our ort containers and what we put in them during the month.

Not much different for me this month.
This is my Mill Hill project:

I have an idea for this fellow if I can just get him stitched quickly and not get distracted by other projects....

April Gifted Gorgeousness

I found this piece and thought it would be a nice change from my Mill Hill kits. It is Butterfly by Alesandra Adelaide. This is where I left it last in 2012, I do believe:

Scary! Here is is today:

I am using a floss that I dyed and a scrap of fabric using one thread over one. Hopefully the fabric is large enough!

Gifted Gorgeousness is hosted by Serendipitous Stitching. It is a Stitch-a-Long that is for pieces that you have seen gifted, you are going to gift or can find a way to shoe horn into the fun. I think I will give the stitched piece away. (When it gets stitched!)

The Panels Are Done!

I am so excited that I have finished all four sides of Tall Year Squared!
First my summer panel:

 The frogs are supposed to have little beads, but I don't like how they looked so I left them off.

Here are all the panels in a row:

I am working on the lid. I doubt I will have much stitching time this weekend, but hopefully I can squeeze in a few stitches. Have a great weekend!

A Blast from the Past

This month is Blogging A to Z which I have (obviously) decided not to participate in. But I did finally start something from that challenge.
Here is the original post:
Here
That was just last year! Amazing!
Anyway, I needed a project to carry with me and this called my name.

Not much done, but it is super cute.
 

Tall Year Squared-Summer

I was so excited when I started this panel. It is the last panel of four and I thought, "Yippee! I can start a new project or go to an old one soon!" Then it dawned on me.....I still have to stitch the top and base of this piece. RATS!

 Now don't get me wrong; I love this piece. I mean, look at the dragonflies!

But I am ready for something else. But I know if I don't keep working on it now, I won't want to finish it later. Maybe I will have something new to show...next month.

Mill Hill Monday Same Old, Same Old

I had hoped to have a new start today, but no such luck. I pulled a kit that I thought was on perforated paper, but was on aida. I am debating on starting it with the cloth given or finding some linen in my stash that might work....Maybe next week.
Here is my little skull:

He has some beads and is moving forward.
I have SO MANY of these small things finished. I used to put them on my frig but not any more. Maybe I should pull them all up and take a photo of them and some of you can help me figure out what to do with them! Or maybe I can make a bunch of cards and mail them out. It isn't as if I don't have a few more.(Cough,cough.)