Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

I've been saving this one because Alice wanted to wait until after a recent local show to post pictures.  She hand pieced most of the blocks using up her stash of novelty thanksgiving theme fabrics.  Fabrics left over went on the back! Alice requests that the thread used on the black blend with the fabrics, one color, no matter what is going on with the top thread.   She is so insistent, she doesn't not mind getting that pop of color that sometimes pulls through when speed changes or directional changes, in fact she finds that when that happens she like the color changes.   Luckily, no pops... those straight lines you see used BLACK on top!  I have explained a judge does not want to see color pops on the front or the back.   It's a very stressful situation as many hours go into quilting a 26" pass by  however wide that quilt is, before any advancing occurs to actually see what has happened on the backside with tens...

I went to the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston's quilt show... Joy of Quilts today.   It was a lovely show and I had a few quilts hanging with my name attached as my own or quilted by me.   A couple of these have not been blogged about yet so this is the first you will have seen them. Let's just start with the best.   1st place!  Pieced Wallhanging - Large.   Lou Ellen Hassold's "Star Bright quilted by me!   Lou Ellen had a vision for this quilt and thankfully I was able to step up to the challenge.       2nd Place - Group Quilt - Pam Heine  Double 4 Patch.   This one makes me really happy as this is an e2e design.   I think our shows need to include a category for e2e quilts because they may be impecabbly pieced and have great color composition but if they are not quilted to death they lose points to those more elaborately quilted pieces.     ...