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! 
