"Fireflies"

"Fireflies"  Framed art quilt; 16" x 20"

Finished Oct. 1, 2012

Recently was displayed at the Old Aurora Colony Museum 40th Annual Quilt Show, "Seeing Red"

Oct. 12-21, 2012  10:00 am to 4:00 pm Daily

www.AuroraColony.org

The raffle quilt is worth viewing.  Red and white blocks (made from 2001 quilt block contest winners) and completely hand quilted by a group of quilters who work at the museum on an antique quilt frame.

I will be at the show the last day, Oct. 21, to see who wins the drawing.  

Hope to see you there! 
Great show!  Highlight was a redwork quilt made by Janus Childs.  It celebrated historical scenes of the Aurora Colony.  It won People's Choice and Best Theme.  

Fireflies is now showing at Short Term Gallery, Baker City, OR

Fabrics and lay out of "Fireflies".  Red Mystery Bag Challenge Group.  This time I got to choose the fabrics.  The challenge was to use the assigned star pattern.  The pieced star blocks the pattern called for were too big, so I scaled them to half size and then cut them into round shapes using a pot lid...the square shapes of the original block were not working into the composition.

  I machine appliqued the fussy cuts and round blocks  and wish I had used the more traditional hand applique method with the backing cut away.  This caused me to work with thick layers of fabric, but the advantage was that I did not have to needle-turn the edges.  I left all edges raw.  It was embellished and hand quilted with embroidery floss.

Projects finished by others in the group included several bags, wall hangings, table runners, and large quilts.  Several people altered the pattern to suit the projects they made.

Currently on displayed at Short Term Gallery, Baker City, Oregon

Other Oct. Activities:

Purchased a Ford Fiesta and yes, it does get up to 40 mpg on the interstates.  We took it to the Oregon Coast with our grandson Derek in Oct. 2012.

The weather was gorgeous on the Oregon Coast in Oct.  We visited the Cape Mears Light House near Tillamook, Oregon

Walt and Derek at Roseanne's Cafe, Oceanside, OR

Yum!  Go there!