Misty Mountain QuiltFest

This weekend we were vendors at the Misty Mountain QuiltFest in the Georgia mountains. The trees were in full Fall color and it was a lovely weekend for the show. Here are some highlights...

Our 2nd Place quilt (Anita Heady maker and Marybeth Tawfik long arm machine quilter)


Our friend, Mary Ann Mauney, won the Judge's Choice ribbon! This piece had it's own wall in honor of the award.


And what do we have here? Fabric beads on this art quilt by Carleen Brock.


Lovely!

Fabric Beads on a Quilt

For those of you who have taken my little fabric bead-making demo, here's a photo from the 2011 Asheville (NC) Quilt Show of fabric beads on a quilt. Terry Williams is the maker, and the quilt is lovely...

Fiber Frenzy Day

Friday was Fiber Frenzy day for June and I was the program giver. We had a wonderful time making fabric beads!

Nancy & Angie

Cleo & Nancy

Deb and her cool skirt

Madeline
Shirley wins the prize for the best smile. Shirley's daughter and granddaughter also made beads and Pat was there too. Too bad I didn't get a good photo of Pat, though.


Here's the final boquet with all of our beads. Beautiful!

If you're a school art teacher in the Athens, GA area, I'll be happy to show you how to make these fun beads. It takes about 1 minute of instruction--no kidding! Just write to me.

Youth Event & More

This week I taught a class on making fabric beads for a youth event at the University of Georgia. My students were high school age and came to the university for the event. Here are some of their beads as they dry...


I've also been working on my Morning Glory piece, but had a snag. One of the colors I chose was a little too red for the flower, so I used textile paint (ProFab paint by Pro Chemical) to paint that one fabric purple. It worked great! The offending color was second from the top in this triangle...


Perfect!

Back to Regular Life

Our son just went back to the war zone yesterday for more months, and the house feels very empty without him. It was a great visit, and we're looking forward to his homecoming in early 2011.

Yesterday was workshop day at the Cherokee Rose Quilt Guild in Lithia Springs, GA. They're a wonderful group of avid quilters and we had a wonderful time.


The ladies especially loved making fabric beads.

Great day, and good food too!