Oh The Applique!

I was in Missouri last week taking care of my 6 (yes I said "six") grandchildren.  ( and that is only half of them).    I had the opportunity to take a few hours respite.   I drove to Eudora, KS to check out the LQS there called Quilting Bits and Pieces.     It was a lovely shop, and oh the applique.    They specialize in embroidery and applique.    The owners have written several books and the quilts on displays were so fabulous.   They have a great fabric collection, and lots of never seen before (by me that is) notions.   I had a great time.

I bought the book that has the patterns for these Christmas quilts.  Just gorgeous!

I will definitely visit this adorable shop again.

Fruit Basket Turnover!

That is what my mom used to say when she really liked something.    I think it describes last night's meeting of the Tallahassee Applique Society.

Last night I did a presentation on blogs, Google Reader and how the internet can enhance your enjoyment of quilting and applique in particular.

The ladies greeted my efforts with praise.    I shared several blogs that I just love that specialize in applique designs and offer free BOM patterns.

The first one and my personal favorite is One Piece At A Time.  Erin's Florabunda and My Tweets BOM's are so beautiful

They sort of take my breath away.














You should go and vote for Erin's design here

As a group, we are doing the Bunny Hill BOM - A Tisket A Tasket

I  am really behind on mine, but a few of the ladies showed off their blocks last night.

I really need to ditch this job, so I can spend all my time quilting.   Oh but then I would have to stop buying fabric and maybe stop eating.    Guess I have to put in a few more years.


The quilt that made me name this post "Fruit Basket Turnover"   was this one.

One of our members won this quilt from the National Applique Society.   Our names were entered in the drawing just for joining .   Needless to say she was thrilled and you would not believe the beautiful quilting and luscious fabrics that went into this quilt.


That is all for this post.    But I just had to share the wonderful applique that our group is doing. 

Applique - A Love/Hate Relationship

I have this love/hate relationship with applique.    I love to do it, I hate that it takes me so long to accomplish anything.   There are other people who are so fast and seem to have no trouble getting their all of their BOM's finished.   I can't even seem to get mine started.   But I do love it.    That is why I recently joined the TAS. " The Tallahassee Applique Society."


A group of ladies who have begun meeting on a monthly basis to share and encourage one another in the art of applique.    Some of the ladies are good at it and some of us just watch in wonder.

 That is me in the green sweater in the corner working diligently at the appliques that I have been working on forever.   I will share them one day when they are closer to being finished.    I really do enjoy it and joined the group to see if it would spur me on to complete something.    The jury is still out on that one.  We will see.