March 2010 Desktop Calendar

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Death by Chocolate - Bring it on!

I had a guest at the retreat last week who left me a sample of her hand-made chocolates, and man, am I glad she did!

Her name is Denise and she is D'zerts by Denise.

I ordered some for 3 friends who all had February birthdays, and they were a hit. I always like to help entrepreneurs and I'm happy to give Denise's contact info for any prospective customers in the NW Houston area. Her prices are reasonable and she'll even put your chocolates in pretty pink packaging for gift giving.

Contact her Here for more information and ordering. You won't be disappointed!

The Finish Line 2009, The End...finally

I'm only slightly behind on my record-keeping, but I came across this quilt in my studio and realized I'd completely forgotten about posting it to my blog. It's a Dear Jane-esq baby quilt that I finished last July. It's called Baby's Jane or Whatever Happened to Baby Jane...haven't made up my mind. It's a throwdown baby quilt for a future grandbaby. Take a good look and guess what's so cool about it.

So here's what's so cool: it's a cheater. The whole center panel is one piece of fabric - I didn't have to do any piecing except for the border. I imported a photo of the panel into EQ6, sized it according to its actual size, then fitted that triangle border to it. I printed out the templates for the triangles, sewed a thin coping strip to two sides of the panel, and whipped up the borders. They fit perfectly. I started it on Saturday and had it quilted and ready to show at our guild meeting on Tuesday. Way cool. Maybe I'll do another one with 'boy' colors for the borders.

Treasures of the Heart Quilt Show

The guild I belong to - Tri-County Quilt Guild - just had our first quilt show over Valentine's weekend.
It was a huge hit for such a small guild, and I personally was very pleased with the results. I took 3 ribbons: an Honorable Mention for my own quilt, and a 2nd and 3rd for customer quilts.

Click on the photos below if you want a closer look.

Daisies in the Cabin by Charmaine Fritchey
2nd Place, Professionally Quilted

Giverney Stars by Shelly Wiggins
3rd Place, Professionally Quilted

Shades of Tiffany by me
Honorable Mention, Professionally Quilted

Tom Russell was the Featured Artist and brought some wonderfully beautiful and whimsical examples of his work for us to ooh and aah over. One quilter even tried to bribe him out of one of his pieces for her soon-to-be-born grandbaby. (I wonder who that could have been?)

But the biggest surprise was when Tom drew for the winning ticket of Victorian Elegance, the guild's gorgeous crazy quilt raffle quilt. And guess who won?

ME!

The quilt was appraised at $4,500, so I guess I'll need to keep it under lock and key. All in all, it was a pretty good show, and we owe it all to the show committee headed by my friend Judy, and my successor as president, Charmaine. Well done, girls!

February 2010 Desktop Calendar

Sorry for the delay...totally lost track of the date! I wish I could still blame it on the meds, but that would be lying. I'm a slacker...what can I say?

Click to expand image to full size, right-click and choose Set as Wallpaper or Background. To really jazz up your desktop, right-click on your background and choose a color that coordinates with the calendar - you'll love it!
And I'll be back in a few with more updates!