Virtual Retreat Aug thru Dec 2015 Info on first post

[kfstitcher]

Geneva,
You've got some really nice looking color combos going on there! Sometimes I just ignore all the rules and work on just the piece in front of me at the moment!
And , yes please pass the cookies, they're probably healthier than the dots anyways!!
Love you guys!
Luann

[clhdabb]

Yummy batiks, Geneva! Love the iPad case, too.

[clhdabb]

Love those Batiks, Geneva.
Luann- you actually 'break' rules??? LOL - I thought you didn't believe in rules/there were any rules!

Here is my latest finished-up-to-the-binding quilt. It's a " Sudoku" quilt using colours instead of numbers. It's for my soon to be 10-year old grandson who loves math and such. Measures about 62" x 62"

[clhdabb]

Love your quilt Terri!!! What a great idea
Dorothy

[clhdabb]

Love the idea and the quilt Terrie. Are there any M & M's left? Eli calls them "em-el-ems". When I tried to correct him, he told me this is the way HE says it.
I was away from the retreat to visit the twins. On man, my heart has been stolen. They are truly sweet little boys.

[clhdabb]

You called me, Ritzy??

[clhdabb]

WooHoo! Come see me Big Red! :woohoo:

[idaho]

Woo-Hoo, what a quilt, Terrie !..Did you do all that quilting??...no wonder you've been quiet !! :woohoo:

[idaho]

B) Thanks Marilyn, but no, I had it long-armed. Quilted by cheque. B)

[idaho]

Terrie, your quilt is going to be very appreciated by the recipient!!
I tried to do a sudoku quilt once, cut all those squares from lovely batiks. I had a grid all layes out and each stack was numbered. I put them all in place and by the time I finished the second row, I knew something wasn't right, but couldn't figure out the what was wrong. So I kept putting them together, no sashing. When it was all sewn up into a square flimsy I took it to the quilt shop and asked what they thought my 'problem' might be. It was there that I learned I had used the 'same' fabric in two numbered positions. When we looked at the bolts of fabric that I'd gotten them from, the sku numbers were identical. They just appeared different as I looked at them because they were so full of colors!! Oh well, it got quilted and binding attached and a child at the hospital became the owner of it. That's here it was going to go anyway, but I don't attempted another. If I do, I won't use batiks.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Never did find the top for that wine bottle, either.
Luann

[idaho]

Luann, I never thought of using batiks for the quilt. It was probably very nice, but that must have been very frustrating. Most of my sons
(3 out of 4) are colour-blind, so I need to make definite colour choices when I quilt for them. My ``òther`side of the story is that this quilt top has been done and ready to quilt for about 2 years, which is why I finally decided to get it long armed. I knew I wanted different motifs in each block, but my friend did a spectacular job.

[idaho]

Geneva - neat idea re making blocks from all your batiks really like your combinations.
Terrie - wonderful quilt for a 10 year old grandson!

Barb

[idaho]

I think the Sudoku quilt would be a great one for my son who LOVES to do Sudoku :P might just have to make one out of my hand dyes :silly:
Dorothy

[loise98]

Geneva, What fun you are having playing with your batiks. Very nice. Hoping you will continue to share the journey making that quilt.

Terrie, Nice job! I think that is a wonderful quilt. My brain gets a Charley Horse just thinking about trying to keep all those colors in order. I can understand LuAnn's difficulty.

[lorra]

Geneva, love your batiks. I found a problem in the second picture? Where is the clutter, the mess., the fabric that didn't get put away? Just kidding! It must be nice to be so organized. That is definitely not me. :lol: :lol:

Terrie, your Sudoku quilt is beautiful. I love the bright colors and how your quilter used a different pattern of quilting for each color of blocks.