Crop Circles no. 2

As promised yesterday, here are pictures of the finished quilt that I previously posted about.


I loved working on this piece!


It is all machine quilted... no embroidery!


(My fingers were so happy to be spared the needle!)


This quilt is currently for sale in my Etsy shop, The Silly BooDilly.

Just wanted to give another big THANK YOU! to the lovely Mrs. French from Bliss, for her purchase and in helping me to kick off July's "BooDilly Daily Dilly" special!

And don't forget to check out the post below for today's "BooDilly Daily Special"!

Everyday Pleasures #9

As I go about my everyday business, I cannot help but to stop, stand still and gaze in awe at my surroundings...
for often it seems, as if long ago, time also stopped and stood still.


A farmer and his team of mules, stopping for a rest as they plow the field.


Old red barn with a split rail fence.


Longhorn steer grazing by an old barn.

Work in Progress

No chance yet to delve into the new fabrics... I am practicing restraint until I finish up some previously started projects! Here are some close up shots of one of the quilts which I am currently working on. Lots of machine quilting on this one! (By the way, my camera was behaving very wacky-doodle-lee, and so the color is off on all of these pictures. The quilt is actually a rich dark brown and lovely deep aqua).


Quilting on the machine.


Front side of quilt showing some sections quilted, and some not yet done. (Click on the photo to see close up detail).


Back side of quilt showing the detail of the machine quilting.

Two Sides to Every Fabric Pile

Along with my purchase of those gorgerous new solid fabrics that I showed in my last post I also treated myself to some lovely striped prints that were designed by Kaffe Fassett. Below is a picture of them all grouped together, after being washed, ironed and folded...


And this is the back side... those colorful frayed threads were just to pretty to cut off!


I will be using these fabrics for some new art quilts as soon as I finish up my current works in progress, (which I hope to show soon!)

Beautiful Solids

I really have a passion for beautifully colored solid fabrics. Most of my quilts feature the wonderful fabrics and colors found in the Robert Kaufman Kona collection.

Yesterday I treated myself to 16 different colors from Robert Kaufman's Chambray collection. These new fabrics have a gorgeous quality to them!


Their beauty is due to how they are woven. Instead of one color used for both the warp and the weft, two different colors are used.


See how the warp and weft in this fabric are different colors? When woven together the colors blend to create this beautiful "Moth'" color!


Can you see how the this also gives the fabric a luminous iridescent look? Gorgeous!