Friday Afternoon at the Show

I went to the Flathead Quilters’ Guild show yesterday afternoon. So inspiring! So many quilts, so many ideas, so much visiting. I ran into Karla, Barb, Dawn, Arlene, Carol B, Carol E, Genia, Jenny, Ashlee, Marianne, Sammie, and probably a few other people I’m forgetting.

Becky, who works at the store and went to Bernina University with us, had this beautiful quilt in the show:

The pattern is Halo by Jen Kingwell. The quilt was so calm and peaceful. (Sorry about the lighting—we were in the very hot and stuffy Expo Building at the fairgrounds.) Becky has a wonderful eye for color and has helped me in the past with choosing fabrics for class samples.

Marianne did a presentation at 1 pm on rulers for cutting and how she uses them with striped fabrics to create interesting patterns. She showed us one of the the new Glow Rulers from Carolina Moore and a collective gasp went up from the audience.

These are rulers with internal lights that can be recharged using a USB-C cord. Wonderful for older eyes! Marianne said they sell out as soon as they store gets a new shipment.

After I got home and did chicken chores, I worked on the Sling Bag a bit. The back of the bag is complete and I have almost finished making the strap:

I had to move over to the Juki. I am so glad I have that machine, beast that it is.

I don’t think there will be any sewing happening for the foreseeable future. We are cleaning up the garden this weekend and next week is Kaffe Fassett’s visit to the store as well as the co-op sale. I told the husband he’ll probably be eating frozen pizzas for dinner. I have to order grosgrain binding from Sailrite for the inside of the sling bag, so I wouldn’t be able to finish it even if I had time to sew.