Lynn Carson Harris

Slow Progress

Here's a little peek at some recent sewing progress.

I've ditch stitched the whole quilt and added some little pebbles for texture. I'm still deciding on  how to quilt the larger open spaces in this one.

The last few days, however, my sewing room has looked like this.

The sewing machines (that's the longarm on the left), my computer, and desk were all encased in plastic bubbles. B was doing some plumbing work for the new bathroom upstairs that involved taking down some of the ceiling in my sewing room for access. He did not want to be blamed for any damage caused by plaster grit and dust! 

Fifty!

A bit of birthday fun from my sister.

Can you read the dates?

Secret Sewing

I ran out of thread just before finishing the quilt. 

More thread ordered. I wish my local quilt shop carried ALL the Aurifil colors.

This and That

Things have been a bit hectic around here. I hope to get back to regular posting soon.

B has been clearing out his mom's house and getting it fixed up, painted, and ready for sale. I'm trying to merge some of her items into our home, like this dessert china set that was hers. I plan to use it for birthday parties - we'll start next week with a special half century birthday celebration!

I also have a number of things I've been meaning to share with you so I'll just put them all in this update. 

Back in September I went to Gwen Marston's last quilt retreat. She is retiring and will not be hosting the retreats any longer. The good news is that long time retreat members Pat Holly and Sue Nickels will be taking over. The 2014 retreat is called Quilting the Quilt. Deciding on and designing the quilting for a quilt is the biggest hurdle for me in making a quilt. I signed up for this retreat next year and I know I'll learn a lot from these two talented ladies. This will be a great workshop for thinking about the quilting even from the very beginning of a quilt design. I am eager to learn a lot about Quilting the Quilt from these two talented ladies. Registration is open for next year so go sign up for a great retreat - don't delay, the second week is already full.

My friend, Dawn Pawlak of Legacy Quilts, has published a book of Gwen's favorite antique quilts. Gwen has always said that she learns a lot from looking at old quilts. Gwen has incorporated her lessons learned from antique quilts into her own quilts. In this book she shares 30 of her favorite antique quilts and the lesson learned from each of them. 

Each page in this small paperback has a photograph of a single quilt with a small paragraph of what Gwen learned from that quilt. This book will help you learn how to look at old quilts and see them with fresh eyes.

If you are interested in getting your own copy of Dawn's book, contact her through her website.