Farewell 2025

 I'm not making a New Year's Resolution this year, but I do hope to "try" to get back into blogging. I'll start by catching up since my last post in August!!

Some time in mid summer I started this Triple Irish Chain which was inspired by a number of quilts that Diedre of "Hat Creek Quilts" had made. It is still just a top.😏

I did a lot playing with my feedsack scraps this summer and made a few little quilts for next year's silent auction at our state show. 

 

 

I love throwing these happy little prints around! I call this one "Village People".

 

 

This one was done in the potholder method. I simply stitched the feedsack strips down by machine and then hand appliqued the squiggle in the center. I call it "Ribbon Candy". 

 

 

In October I attended the American Quilt Study Group annual seminar in Portland, Maine. Barb Vedder and I worked at the silent auction for most of the week, but we did manage to meet new friends and greet old ones. Barb participated in this year's "Study Quilt" whereby you pick a vintage quilt and make a smaller version of your own interpretation. This year's theme was "Quilt Designers of the 20th century". I was so honored that she chose my "Grapes of Bath" quilt to replicate. Although I made this particular quilt in 2012, I was designing quilts as early as 1965. I was even more blow away when she told me that she intended to give me her quilt as soon as it returns from the photographer. I just could not believe my fortune! Her quilt is stunning!! Here it it in our hotel room lying on top my original. We surely did have fun!! 

Later in October I had a visit from my friend Linda Collins (Quilts in the Barn) all the way from Australia. Oh what fun we had! We tried to squeeze as much into 5 days as we could. We attended the Cocheco Quilt Show in Rochester, NH. 

 

We hiked on some of our local woods trails. 

 

We went to my monthly quilt study group meeting. 

 

And one of the greatest things about Linda's visit is that she likes to cook. And she is excellent at it!! 

 

And to top it all off she made me this adorable little quilt. Can't have a better guest than that! 

 

My latest quilt was also made from vintage feedsacks. I had been playing around with some solid green fabrics that needed to be used up. This is what I came up with. Thanks to my friend Barb, I am calling it "Mixed Greens". 

 

 

And last but not least I am working diligently on Barbara Brackman's (Civil War blog)  Liberty Birds. I'm hoping to have the borders done by next week so I can assemble everything in January. As usual, no promises. 

 

I hope you all enjoy a Happy New Year with lots of quilting! 

A Summer Sampler

 As usual, So much quilting, so little blogging! But, here are a few offerings since my last post in June😕

Our statewide quilt show (Maine Quilts 2025) has come and gone, but here are a few highlights:

My friend Laurie LaBar showed her tribute to her mother quilt. It is made of three panels (potholder style) and the detail is simply remarkable. This is Laurie's SECOND quilt ever! I just adore this quilt! 

My friend Carmen made this potholder version of a sewalong project with Taryn Falkner on Instagram. What a fabulous job!! 

 

 

I really loved this one made by my friend Beth French. So very sweet and oh so much work!

 

I won this treasure in the silent auction made by my friend Carol Reed. It looks great in my sewing room! 

 

I ran into an old friend I hadn't seen in over 20 years! Nancy bought one of my silent auction quilts. It was so good to see her! 

These were my entries this year. 

 

 

 

It was a great show!

I managed to finish another potholder quilt for the infusion center.

 

And, I've had fun just playing around with colors!

 

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That's it for now, although I'm sure I've missed something. It can wait until next time. 

Have a super day!

Tidbits

 I have been so sporadic with my posts these days that I realized I have forgotten a few of my (relatively) recent projects. 

This was the second quilt I made in Taryn Faulkner's (Reproquiltlover) Instagram sew-a-long. The first one went to a friend for her wedding and this one will go to our local Hospice. I adore this yellow as it is so cheerful! It is made in the potholder method but this time I chose to use only two fabrics for the back. 

 

 

Here is my Barbara Brackman (Civil War Quilts) bird block of the month for May. Who doesn't love a cardinal? Well, ok, they are noisy in the early morning hours, but they are so lovely! 

 

I initially tried this black print for the sunflower center, but it made the whole block look dark so I changed it. I had to add the little black around sunflower so the yellow wouldn't disappear. 

 

Here are the first three in the series. It has been a while since I have done a sew-a-long with Barbara and I am having great fun with these. 

 

This is the my finished quilt (again in the potholder method) in Taryn's (@reproquiltlover) "Scrappy Meets Thrift" challenge on Instagram. The variety of these quilts is amazing and I recommend you visit her Instagram feed to see them all (#scrappymeetsthriftchallenge). 

 

Love the cheater prints on the backs of these blocks.

 

The little blocks were so much fun to make. Kind of like eating peanuts! 

 

 

And, last but not least On May first I was interviewed by Susan Giberson for her You Tube channel, "Making it in Maine". Her videos are fun to watch so you'd best grab a cuppa before entering her world. 😊 

My interview was labeled MIIM 63B. My link is not working today for some reason (Operator error I'm sure!) but you can Google Wendy Reed Making it in Maine YouTube if you are so inclined. 

That's it for now. Gotta go sew!

Have a super day!

Another year of fun

 Our 14th annual "Seven Sistahs" retreat was a bit small this year. We were down 3 Sistahs who were missed greatly, but it didn't stop the rest of us from having fun and being super productive. 

 

 

 

I brought only hand work and finished a few things including the April block for Barbara Brackman's (Civil War Quilts blog)  bird sew-a-long. I did a bit of fussy cutting to make my eagle so that I did not have too many small pieces. (my blocks finish 9") It worked out better than I had anticipated. 

Karen continued making community quilts with her precious Aunt Marsha's orphan blocks. 

 

I truly love this one and thinking I might have to make some new orphan blocks!😉 

 

And, on our last night we enjoyed Kathy's loaded baked potatoes with friends all the way from Australia! What a lovely way to spend our final evening!

Then, Linda and Lizzie and I shopped our way back to Bath for a few days of fun together before they headed to other adventures. 

 

Linda made this simply gorgeous mini quilt for me and I adore it!

 

It was hard to say goodbye! 

Wishing everyone a Happy Memorial Day!