Dallas Quilt Celebration 2009

Here are my entries to the Dallas show. Below is my entry to the Oriental Expressions Challenge Block. It won third place.

This is my entry to the Show Chair's Theme - 3D. It's called "Leopard Frog, Rana Pipiens" and it won an honorable mention. This one is pretty big for me, 45 x 68". I loved quilting the stain background. It's hard to tell in this photo but the water refection on the lilly pads is done with shiva paint sticks. I'll work on getting better photos with detail shots after the show.

This one is called "The Beetles, Dynastes Hercules" and it won first place in the Ultimate Guild Challenge - Wild Kingdom. Yeah! It's also big, 45 x 60". I plan to make some smaller things next year.

Yesterday was a very good day.

Meet Rusty

This is our new dog, Rusty.

Jon has long admired our friend, Gary's black lab, Roady, and made the statement, "If I could find a laid-back dog like Roady, I'd have a dog again." 

Gary called from his weekend home in the country on Saturday and said he had our dog. This golden retriever had wandered up to his house and stayed. The neighbors didn't know the dog so Gary brought him home. The dog didn't have a collar and doesn't have a chip. There are no "lost dog" signs at the local Dairy Queen so it looks like we have a new dog. The vet thinks he's 9-12 months old.

Things are going pretty good. Rusty has nice manners and is doing better walking on a leash. We're still trying to work out our family routine. Wish us luck!

Mini Quilt Auction II

Here's my second donation to the mini quilt auction. I call it "Go Green".

The background is made of the trimming from a friend's quilt blocks that I fished out of the trash. The leaf is a felted wool sweater from Goodwill. The purple beads are leftover from another project. The size is 9.5 x 10".

The Mini Quilt Auction is a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. This mini and many more will be auctioned at Dallas Quilt Celebration 2009 at Market Hall on Saturday, March 14.

Mini Quilt Auction

Home is Where the Heart is...

The Quilter's Guild of Dallas will host a Mini Quilt Auction to benefit Ronald McDonald House - Dallas on Saturday, March 14 at 1:30 in Dallas Market Hall. The live auction is part of Dallas Quilt Celebration 2009. Here is one of my entries. This art quilt, Home is Where the Heart is..., started life as a workshop sample on creating with type by Traci Bautista's Make It University Class in Houston in 2007.

Eagle Scout!

My son is an Eagle Scout! We celebrated his achievement last Sunday with a nice service attended by his loyal leaders, fellow scouts, family and friends. We are blessed to have this wonderful circle of support in our lives and we are so proud of our son!

60th Birthday party

Last Thursday we attended the 60th birthday party for one of our motorcycle buddies. We were asked to wear a costume that reminded the birthday boy of a time period or event in his life. My husband and I had a blast looking for a 60's/70's costume.

Jon actually had a 'fro like this in the 70's. Yikes!

The cake was made of Hostess snowballs with red hots and mini marshmallows scattered around. Wax Coke bottles, vintage candy, cracker jacks, and tiny glass Coke bottles with peanuts were available for appetizers.

Dinner was yummy comfort food: ribs, homemade mac & cheese, baked beans, slaw, deviled eggs and biscuits. 

This fun "sushi tray" added to the snowball cake for dessert. Groovy! 

We went home with a Pez dispenser, Twinkies, Silly Putty, a water gun, a Slinky and more candy. What nostalgic fun!

QGD Postcard Challenge

It's been a while since I've had time to post. I've been busy working for my graphic design clients in addition to planning my son's Eagle Court of Honor. Last weekend, I managed to attend a reenergizing four-day retreat with friends from Denton, Terrell, and Houston, TX and Carencro, LA. My life is just starting to calm down a bit.

On February 1 I finished and mailed these four postcards for the Quilter's Guild of Dallas' Postcard Challenge. The entries will be on display at Dallas Quilt Celebration '09 March 13-15. The lime, blue and orange fabric plus the eyelash yarn were provided and had to be included on the postcard. I used Deborah Boschert's, Small Art Quilts – Designing in a Series method of doing several at the same time. I used purple acrylic felt as the batting. The felt is colorful but a little too flimsy for mailing.