Projects Slated for Quilt Retreat

These black, white and green fabrics are just waiting to become a Wonky Cross quilt.  This will be for a friend of a friend who was just given a wonderful gift.....a new lung.  The transplant and recovery is lengthy and her best friend wanted to give her a special quilt to enjoy at home and for those treatments at a cold hospital.  These colors are just delicious, bright and up-lifting.  Should be a fun quilt to work on. 

Black, White & Red:  Not sure yet what exactly will come to mind when I begin to put this one together.  Stay posted.  I just love the fabric with the black & white birds.  And the little red birdie randomly tossed in is just too cute!

Citron & Grey:  Since seeing these colors noted in Color Trends as two of the top color combinations for 2011 I just fell in love with them.  I've slowly been collecting fabrics for four months now and think I have what I need to create a quilt.  Now I am seeing these color combinations in commercials and advertising left and right.  Hope I get it completed before they saturate the market with these colors!!   Oh, with this fabric Im going to create a variation on Kathryn Schmidts "The Frame Up" from her book titled Rule Breaking Quits.   I think this design will let me feature some of the fabrics with larger prints while challanging me to use the smaller prints to breakout from traditional quilting techniques.   Looking forward to this one!

  Im ready....is it time to pack the car for the retreat yet??????

Ipad Cover - Case (So bright this cant be left behind on the airplane!)

If you have made an investment in some of the newest portable technology you know it can be easy in the heat of the moment getting off an airplane to gather all your belongings and forget something.   Anything BUT NOT MY IPAD!!   UGH!!!   Well few other friends and I have come close to leaving our Ipads on the plane.  That darn Ipad comes with a really boring all black cover and it blends into its surrondings.  Hooray...I found a pattern to create a cover from Sew, Mama Sew.  Its from Sew Spoiled as a PDF pattern.  Purchase it and its emailed it directly to you, print it and start sewing.    

Heres the link to the pattern.  http://www.sewmamasew.com/store/ecom-prodshow/PDFSSIPFC.html. 

I have to admit the instructions were terrific and they provided numerous photos to show details along the way.  It took me about 2 hours to whip together.  To date I have made three for friends and family and thats it for now.  Note:  I used lucite for the hard backing material to insert between the fabric layers as the hard material for the cover.  They recommend hard board or masonnite... and any of the above would work fine.