Monday 17 March 2014

International Quilt Day - Report

Suzi the cat on the Butterfly Quilt
Suzi the cat on the Butterfly Quilt
This is how International Quilt Day started out here at Fabadashery.  Suzi the cat lay on top of the butterfly quilt, whilst I lay underneath it, browsing quilt blogs and online quilt shops on my iPad.  I had a good browse of  What's New at the Fat Quarter Shop, and enjoyed a thorough read of some of the blogs I follow.
International Quilt Day - The Quilt Show - Free for 24 hours!
International Quilt Day - The Quilt Show - Free for 24 hours!
Like last year, The Quilt Show was celebrating International Quilt Day by offering access to their quilty shows for free for 24 hours.  It was great seeing quilters in action.  I knew many of the names, like Gwen Marston and Jenny Beyer and it wasn't too long until I was adding their books to my Wish List on Amazon. I also spent a lot of time watching the longarm quilt episodes ...
Nearly Insane Quilt blocks
Nearly Insane Quilt blocks
With my Nearly Insane blocks needing to be done, I felt I could justify a bit of multi-tasking, by watching the TV and keeping up with my English paper piecing, and over the day I managed three blocks, which I will tell you about in due course.
Suzi the cat busy supervising in the workroom
Suzi busy supervising in the workroom
We had such a great time, Suzi says "Why can't it be International Quilt Day, every day?"

Check out all the other crazy quilty cats every Friday at Sarah Did It!

5 comments:

  1. I LOVE Suzi's expression!! I'm amazed you managed to finish 3 blocks - you're sew much faster than me!

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  2. Suzi certainly looks blissful,

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  3. What lovely Nearly Insane blocks!

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  4. Is that the Christmas quilt that Suzi is sitting on?

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  5. Awww Suzi is adorable. Especially in that pose. I am just fascinated by your Nearly Insane quilt. What a fantastic achievement. It's going to be beautiful!!

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