Labor"ing" Day(s).........

Hellllloooooooooooooooo
from the Quilt Cave!!!!!!!

This Labor Day weekend in the United States will be filled with many people having a last big hurrah with Summer...........the end of wearing white for all of you old school fashionistas (myself included), and watching that famous telethon that is on every year.....you know the one!

As for me and the Quilt Cave..........we have been laboring, and WILL BE laboring for many days to come!

How about some updates?

Here is my first promotional head shot.

How do you like it?

Many quilt guilds ask for a promo flyer

with head shot for their informational e-mails

to guild members.  Hopefully this one will work for me?

This preliminary pic is compliments of 

a longtime photog friend of mine that I used to work with.

Hmmm.....what is happening here?????

(Please ignore the hideous carpet!!!!!)

AHA!!!!!

A HUGE design wall coming to life!

Thanks to my friend Joe for all of the help on this one!

Wait until you all see the completed project!

I am beyond pleased with it!

An outdoor space to spend the mornings and afternoons!

Thanks to a very dear friend for sharing some unwanted furniture!

oooooOOOOOOoooooohhhh!!!!

Another outdoor seating area on the upper deck!

Thanks again to said dear friend!

Do any of you have a magazine holder like this?

She works perfectly, warding off squirrels, rabbits, and

anything else that moves!

 I helped my uncle go through some items in storage a week or so ago.

He was so appreciative he gave me my aunt's sewing basket on left.

He also gave me his mother in law's sewing basket on right,

along with "America's Glorious Quilts" which he thought I may be 

interested in?  OF COURSE I am interested in it!

It's a great book if you have never looked through it?

And look what I found inside those baskets?!?!?!

Among many other things of course, were

these vintage mid-century promotional needles.

I wish companies still did neat things like this!

And, this is a top!

All half-square-triangles with a few squares.

No pattern, just an idea from a quilt I saw.

I love making 2 color quilts, because ANYTHING
in those 2 colors
 can be used!

This is for a friend of mine and his family who was relentless in asking

me to make a quilt for them.

And finally, here is some eye candy from one of 

our show and share events at
Scrap Club!

I just love seeing these antique quilts the participants

bring in.  It is like seeing a part of their family history.

This quilt is BEGGING me to recreate it!

Look at this one!

Half-square-triangles made into pinwheels

via a 9 patch setting!

Here is a closer look!

When I see an antique quilt such as this, my mind starts imagining;

Who made this?
Who did the quilter make it for?

Where did they get this pattern?

Where did the fabrics come from?

Did the quilter design it on their own?

Did they see a quilt like it somewhere?

When did they find the time to make it?

So many questions, and many times, the questions can't be answered.

Helen is an amazing quilter.  She is really quick at gettin'r'done too!

She is showing some of her month of year blocks done with

scraps here.  These are just beautiful!

I couldn't be more proud of this beginning quilter!

She shared with us she has been collecting fabrics since the 80s

at yard sales and thrift stores.

She is putting it to use now as she is retired!

WAY! TO! GO!

And I couldn't be more proud of this quilter!

Although she has sewn throughout her life, she is

recently exploring quilting as a creative outlet.

After the first meeting this session, I was afraid she 

wasn't going to come back, but, she did!

Here she is showing the amazing log cabin quilt top she has made!

WAY! TO! GO!

I always want to encourage quilting creativity.........

never do I want to discourage it.

Hopefully, this blog is a place for you to be encouraged, and inspired!

Thanks for all of YOUR encouragement!

Thanks for all of your comments!

Until next time,

Kevin the Quilter