Sunday Smorgasbord

Friday was a glorious weather day, so it meant one last lobster roll of the season at Tony's Clam Shack on Wollaston Beach. It was a busy week with breakfast with friends on Monday and lunch with another group of friends on Thursday. (Retirement is so much fun!!!)

I wanted to share a tip with the quilters who are reading this post. You are probably well acquainted with all the wonderful Missouri Star tutorials on Youtube, but have you seen the ones from Jordan Fabrics? They, too, have a great selection of quilt tutorials. Be sure to check them out.

I came across an interview that fans of Jenny Doan will find interesting: "Missouri Star: Meet the Family That Built a Quilting Empire by Accident/ Forbes".  This Youtube video is about five minutes long, but you'll enjoy it!

Thursday evening brought the first meeting of the season for the Quilters Connection Guild in Watertown. The speaker was Texas art quilter, Andrea Brokenshire, who delighted us with her stunning flower quilts. I don't know why I didn't take a photo of this whole quilt below, but each of the blocks had fussy cut pieces in the star points. This was one of her earlier quilts. The majority of the many quilts shown were her flower quilts. She does not have a website, but if you google her name, you will see galleries of her amazing quilts.

I was one of the volunteers holding up the quilts which proved to be both good and bad. I had an up close view of each piece, but was not able to take photos until the very end.

 

One aspect of her quilts which I loved was her confetti backgrounds which provided both color and texture for her flowers. Andrea appeared on episode #1706 of The Quilt Show, and on that program she demonstrated how she creates her backgrounds. These two close ups are of two of them.

 

The first flowers quilts shown were made with pieced fabric; the later ones were painted then stitched. Her quilting and color sense are truly masterful!

Now, speaking of amazing quilts, (how do you like that segue?), be sure to come see the Herring Run Quilters' Guild show Saturday and Sunday, September 29-30 at the Norwell Middle School, Rt. 123, Norwell, MA, 10:00 to 4:00.

I'm watching Tiger Woods as I write this post hoping that today will be his day. He had a very public fall from grace and a long time struggle with back issues, but he is nothing if not determined and right now is doing extremely well.  I'm also looking forward to watching Sunday Night Football with the Patriots. If I plant myself in a comfy chair for a few hours, perhaps I'll finally get all my labels and one more sleeve sewn on quilts which will be in next week's show.

And finally, always be "grateful' for

smiles wherever you find them. :-)

Wishing you a week of smiles and laughter . . .