MORE BOUTIQUE ITEMS

Another peek at some boutique items you will be seeing at the Orange Grove Quilters Guild Quilt Show. The show is on July 29 & 30, 2016 at the Garden Grove Elks Club.

Stinkin' cute pincushions

Shopping bags to roll up and keep in your purse

And more keep coming in.  Oh boy... the early bird will get the worm.

Have a great week and 

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

FINISHED-ON-FRIDAY (Wk 26)

Here are a few more items for the quilt show's boutique.  Not a lot of anything; but, then it turned hot and all sewing has stopped and lunching at nicely air-conditioned restaurants has commenced. 

Have you ever had to leave your hotel room when your curling iron was still hot? 

Curling iron cozies

I bet you have had to pack up a hot iron after a workshop or sewing with friends. 

Iron cozies

And, a couple of containers.  Someone asked if they were for a casserole dish.  I suppose they could be.  But, I think they are more of a catch all.  Let me know what you think.

Have a great weekend and

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

I'M ON THE ROAD

Road to California Quilt Show that is.  We always look so forward to this great event each January in Southern California.  It’s a big deal, honest. 

Besides it being a great show of fabulous quilts, there are a ton of vendors.  We love vendors don't we?  They also offer a wonderful variety of classes.  Another thing that we love.  This year I will be taking Cindy Needham’s machine quilting class:  Ready, Set, Go…Let’s Quilt.  Thanks for Robin, I am prepared.  She put together quilt sandwiches for me. 

My hope is to get even a tiny bit as good as this sample.  I'll post my samples when I get back.  Maybe. 

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

QUILTERS BY THE SEA "SEA TO SEA" DAY 2

This past weekend we had a great quilt show with beautiful quilts, wonderful vendors, along with a great boutique and raffles galore.  We even had a live and a silent auction.  I managed to spread my money around the various vendors and have a great time at the auctions.  Well, somebody has to help with the economy.  I'm doing my part.

I won this gorgeous quilt at the live auction.  I had been eyeing it on the wall.  I could not get very close to it; but, I loved it right from the beginning.  So, I decided that was going to be the one I would bid on and even put a dollar limit for it in my mind.  When it finally came up to bid, what a surprise to hear that it was made by a member of my friendship group, Pat.  This just made it all the better.  Please visit her blog and see her amazing work.  But, wait.... it is a two for one.  This is the other side of the quilt.

I know.  How cool is that?  Thank you my friend.  You did a fabulous job.

I also bought this table runner because it looks perfect in my house.  I don't know if anyone took credit for this one.  No label on the back.  Come on quilters... you need to label your work.  

And that adorable Santa was made by Karen, and I managed to place the last bid in time to win it at the silent auction.  Isn't he adorable?

And, of course like most guilds, we had Opportunity Baskets for raffle.  I'm fairly lucky with raffles.  And, I won the one I wanted.  If you know me, you understand why it is so perfect.

It is a coffee basket.  Oh yes.

Just look at the loot, not to mention the four homemade placemats with coffee fabric. 

Thank you to the wonderful Quilt Show Chairs and their committee along with the many volunteers.  Without you we never would have had such a wonderful event.

I'm still working on getting you some pictures of some of the great quilts.  Stay tuned and

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

QUILTERS BY THE SEA "SEA TO SEA" QUILT SHOW - DAY 1

Today was the first day of our quilt show and I know I told you we cannot take photographs inside the building, and we cannot.  But, if you ask really nice, you can get the colonel to take a picture for you.  He can.  I didn't push my luck; I just asked for one. 

This is Cindy from Cindy's Fabric Shack doing some last minute touches with her booth.  Tomorrow I should be able to share some photos from the DVD which contains photos of all the quilts from the show.  So until then...

Quilt happy,

Marilyn 

QUILT SHOW SET UP

Quilters by the Sea Quilt Guild is having its quilt show this weekend, October 22 & 23, 2011.  It is at the Armory is Long Beach.  We cannot take pictures inside for obvious reasons.  So we will be selling DVDs with pictures of all the quilt entries.  Therefore, the only picture I have for today is of Karen and Becky sitting outside collecting quilts for hanging.  It was quite a process setting up.  But, I must say it looked wonderful when I left this evening.

I hope to see some of your smiling faces in the next couple of days.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

THIS AND THAT

I haven't been sewing lately.  Two Wacky Women held a quilt retreat last weekend, featuring Lyn Brown.  There were 26 of us including the Wacky Women and Lyn.   Lyn designed this quilt for the retreat and we had a contest to name the quilt.

Lyn selected Gloria's name of Laguna Nights.  Isn't that a great name?  We all really had a great time.  Go check out our Two Wacky Women website and read about our 2012 retreats. 

This weekend is Quilters by the Sea's quilt show.  I have three quilts that will be in the show.

They are packed and ready to take for hanging tomorrow. 

The show is Saturday, October 22, & Sunday, October 23, 2011.  If you are in the area, I sure hope you can make it.  You can read about it here.

But for today, the two big elm trees are getting trimmed and the girls are at the groomers. 

 The trees get trimmed once a year.  The girls get groomed once a month. 

Sewing next week.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

PETS ON QUILTS SHOW 2011

Sew Cal Gal is having her annual Pets on Quilts Show starting today.  Please visit her blog to see this fun quilt show and her most valuable blog.

Many you know that Trudy ends up in a lot of my photos, mostly because she is always where I am.

Trudy likes to test ALL the new quilts.  This one got her approval. 

Gracie also wants to be here.  After all, she is the senior dog.  And, she just likes quilts period.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

LONG BEACH INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL - PART THREE

I was supposed to have these up yesterday; but, my granddaughter is visiting from Idaho and I am playing instead.  But, here are some of my favorite quilts that I saw on Saturday.

 At the beach.

A loving couple

 How true

 All out of yo yos.  And up close:



 This is really gorgeous; but, didn't photo well for me.

And I just couldn't miss showing you this sewing machine and its bling.

INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL PART 2

I have a blog pal Karen of Sew Karen-ly Created who mentioned that she was going to have a quilt hanging in IQF - Long Beach this year. Being Canadian, her quilt would hang in the O'Canada section.  I volunteered to white glove and guess where they put me?  Right.  In the O'Canada section.  I know, kismet for sure. 
Here is her gorgeous quilt:

Stop by tomorrow for a few more of my favorite quilts from the show.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

OUR LAST QUILT SHOW

No, still attending quilt shows, as many as we can.  But, Two Wacky Women had their last quilt show this Friday and Saturday.  We are still Two Wacky Women (in so many ways).  But, we will no longer be vending at quilt shows.  We had a great wrap up with good friends.  Here is a photo of our very last booth. 

Our first and last show was with Orange Grove Quilters Guild. Full Circle.
We are now concentrating on our retreat business which is where we started 6 1/2 years ago.  We have five retreats scheduled for next year.  You can find out more about our retreats by clicking on the girls on the right.  There they are right under my blog list. 

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

HOUSTON

Just a sample of my favorite quilts we saw while in Houston last weekend.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

Hemet Quilt Show

Two Wacky Women were vendors this past Friday and Saturday (Feb. 12-13, 2010) in Hemet. We love this quilt show because the guild ladies and gentlemen are so very gracious (they even feed us breakfast and lunch). The first two pictures are of our booth (see our logo quilt?). This is what we see most of the time. We do manage to get out at least once or twice to see our vendor friends and the quilts.

A few guild members.

Here is Monica of Monica's Quilt and Bead Creations.

Here is Linda from County in the Woods. Her husband is the wood guy. He must also be out wandering.

Here is Donna from Fabulous Fabrics.

These are the sisters who own Oraejess. They sew purses, tags, wallets, you get the picture. (I got a very cute purse from them this time; it has doggies on it)

No explanation required.

I hope you get a chance to visit the quilt shows in your area this year. They really have a lot to offer.