Zen-sational Stitches…

Some of the Heritage Quilters participated in a Workshop on a new form of doodling called ZenTangle… Have you heard of it?

Well…neither had I!! 

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images that are unplanned, abstract, black and white art.  The ladies in the workshop created square paper tiles that were exquisitely beautiful and were one of a kind art pieces worthy of framing!

Have a look for yourself!…

Beautiful, aren’t they?!  This was what they produced in the morning.  After lunch they were going to apply their newly acquired skills to quilting!

Check out these sample quilts!  WOW!

   A work of Art to say the least!

And when you get REALLY ambitious, doodle a zen-sational umbrella!

The good news is..you don’t HAVE to take a class!  You can buy this book….

…OR…just  ‘Google’ ZenTangle and you will get unlimited info on how to Zen Doodle!  There are free videos and there is even a ZenTangle Blog!  So fill your boots…in fact you might even want to ZenTangle them!!  Go ahead and make a fashion statement!:o))

Have a Zen-sational day and thanks stopping by!~P

Celtic Quilting…

For those of you who are interested in Delores’ Pillows, this is what she had to say about them….

The designs on the pillows are Celtic Quilting.

Definition from the Web:

These quilts use bias strips, appliquéd in a Celtic design.

The basic shapes used are spirals, diamonds, interlace, zigzags and keys.

Thanks for the info Delores!!  We appreciate it!
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Heritage Happenings…

There has been absolutely NO quilting going on around here… BUT that doesn’t mean that the girls at Heritage have been sitting around eating bonbons all day, waiting for ME…no, no…they have been busy stitching and quilting…leaving me behind in their dust!  And it’s a good thing because this morning you get a little peak at what they have been up to!

Delores finished her pillows…using strips of turned bias tape.  Now this is a special technique…DELORES HELP…send me an email fast and we can inform the readers what and how you did this!!  I totally forget…but I do remember the bias fabric was continuous and couldn’t cross over or under in certain spots…which would have turned me into a drinker!  These were all hand stitched while at Heritage…

A scrap happy quilt filled with love…

This is Barb’s little masterpiece!  Exquisite!

You really have to see this quilt up close and personal to appreciate all the work that went into this wee quilt!!

 

The Heritage girls are very generous with their time, talent and quilting…two more charity quilts to add to the pile!

This Pelican looked VERY life like…such a talent to be able to do this!

I bet a lot of you will recognize this gorgeous block that Carol is working on…the pattern was taken from Pat Sloan’s Blog.  It was a FREE BOM that she offered a couple of years ago!  Some of these quilt designers are so generous with their Free patterns!  Just a shout out to them…we APPRECIATE IT!!

Elizabeth looks warm and cozy under her beautiful split rail quilt!!  Wonderful labour of love, Elizabeth!!

Every month the Guild has a BOM raffle…if you want to participate you take the pattern for the block, make it and when you bring in your finished block you get a raffle ticket and a chance to win ALL of the blocks that come in.  These were last month’s blocks…winner was Jane!!  Just wait till you see what she did with them!!  A REAL winner!

Loved this baby quilt…VERY sweet!!

And nothing more fun to make than the Twister Quilt!  Makes me want to Twist Again..like I did last Winter!  Ohh.. Twist again like I did last year! Go ‘round and ‘round…SLAP ME QUICK!!

This quilt top was found in the quilting cupboard…some anonymous quilter left it there…so Hazel took it home and quilted it!  This is not a great picture but this quilt turned out wonderful…and will be added to the Charity Mountain! 

Hazel’s quilting has been growing by leaps and bounds…which proves the more you practice, the better you get!!  Would you believe that she traded in her mid-arm for a long arm?  Yup…there is no stopping this quilter!  Stay tuned!!  I predict you will be see lots more of Hazel’s quilts!!

Hey…remember Heritage Judy from down south?  Yup, she is still making place mats for the Meals on Wheels Program!  They give out her free placemats when they deliver the meals!!  How tickled the recipients must be!

MORE charity quilts….Would you believe that close to 30 of these quilts were made!!  Awesome!

Yes, we even have some brave souls modelling hats that were made in a workshop happening downstairs!!  These ladies are all ready for laying around on the beach…

And look at this sweet toddler’s quilt!  It’s an eye spy…

…lift up the nine patches to find the bears…where are the fishes? where is the car?…and so on!  Great fun and a learning tool as well!!  This grand child is going to be extra ‘mart!

I think this one of Hazel’s quilts…just wonderful!

…and beautifully quilted on her new machine!

LOVE this quilt!!  Visually stunning!!  

I took a picture of this quilting…not sure which quilt it was on but isn’t it wonderful!!  I need to ‘Pin’ this one!!

You can never have too many bags…and these are perfect to take to our Farmer’s Market!

This quilt is the perfect example of how a simple quilt can be a stunner thanks to the choice of fabrics!!  WOW!!

No…I am not caught up…YES, I have been bad at keeping up with Heritage Happenings!  BUT I’m blaming it ALL on the quilters!!  They just crank out way out too many quilts every week! 

Before I go, I need to thank everyone for leaving such sweet comments yesterday about the birth of Grammy’s little Mason!  They sure warmed this ol’Grammy’s heart!  Thank YOU sew very much!! 

How about just a couple more baby pics?  Come on…humour me!

Here is the man of the hour…snuggling with mom!  Well that didn’t last long…

Maggie came over from Vancouver for some snuggles of her own!!  Doesn’t a baby look good in her arms…just sayin’…:o}}

AND of course Grammy had to have a little snuggle time too!! 

 

Before Maggie snatched him back again!!

Yes, little Mason is going to be in hot demand…Just wait till he meets the rest of his Aunties!!  Yowzers!

Thanks for stopping by and putting up with more baby pics…  Yippee!!  I’m a GRAMMY!!