LOVELY LONESTAR - CLEAN AT LAST

Last Friday, I attended the Dallas Quilt Show.  I found this quilt top at one of the vendors selling antique tops, fabric, feedsacks, etc.  I loved this top but it was very yellowed and stained on the outer portions....I hesitated to buy it but, at $65.00, it was  a bargain.  A really sweet lady happened to be at the booth and told me the best way to get rid of the yellow stains was to soak it in  Oxyclean, Cascade and Borax (equal parts of each)...she assured me that using this would work.   She was right....

My Lovely Lonestar in all its pristine glory!!  This beauty is hand pieced and very well made....I love the colors in it and the fact it is (now) completely stain free!

I was so impressed, I have been going through my linens looking for other things that may need a good soak...it's addictive!

THE MARVELOUS MUNDANE

Every year at this time,  I bemoan the fact that I never planted a tulip tree.  This photo was taken last year in East Texas when I was visiting my parents.  This tree is absolutely drop dead gorgeous at this time of year.....why didn't I plant one?!!!

This week is Spring Break for my children...one is in Colorado skiing and one is on one endless trip to Six Flags, spending the night, going to play putt putt, etc...he only needs money and he is fine.  I am celebrating the mundane in my life right now.  After watching the news and seeing the devastation in Japan, I appreciate the mundane.  Using the lemon oil to clean my furniture...cleaning out closets, mopping the floor...I appreciate it all.   I rode to Waco with the Hubs on Sunday...he had some work to do and I was able to embroidery my quilt label for DQGS10... a perfectly mundane day.  I loved it.

Finally...I am looking forward to Saturday when all of us will be together...

Father's Day 2010

The Boss

Hoping all of you are appreciating your mundane!

THE DALLAS QUILT SHOW

I spent today at the Dallas Quilt Show with other members of DMQG....and many many other folks.  I saw two of my pals from the DMGQ friendship group and  I even saw a friend I made during my harrowing H.H. class last August.  We embraced each other like POW pals...really!
The show did not disappoint...it was a feast for the eyes!

LOVE THE PIECING AND COLOR IN THIS QUILT!

A "TWISTED STITCHERS" QUILT OF BOTTLE CAPS

I LOVE THE 3D ASPECT OF THIS QUILT

THIS QUILT IS ENTITLED "DUCK AND COVER"

LOVE THESE DUCKS UNDER THE FLOWERS

MENACING DOW OVERHEAD

THIS QUILT LOOKS LIKE A PAINTING...LOVE THE COLOR

THIS QUILT IS ESPECIALLY POIGNANT FOR ME AS I HAVE A NEPHEW WITH AUTISM

CLOSER VIEW

INFO ON THE ABOVE QUILT...KATHY YORK ALSO WAS THE MAKER OF THE 3D DUCK QUILT

VERY TRUE!

INFO ON THE ABOVE QUILT

LOVE THE COLOR

BEAUTIFUL!

BEAUTIFUL COLOR

I LOVE HOW THE YELLOW POPS OUT OF THIS QUILT

I LOVE THE JUXTAPOSITION OF COLOR IN THIS ONE

OLDER WOMAN LOOKING AT ABOVE QUILT...WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?

MERGING OF COLOR

FANTASTIC PIECING

BEAUTIFUL....LOVE THAT MARINER'S COMPASS IN THE MIDDLE

THIS QUILT WAS MADE WITH VERY SMALL SQUARES OF FABRIC...CAN'T YOU TELL THEY LOVE THIS DOG!

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO ATTEMPT CIRCLES...MAYBE

I WISH I HAD A BETTER PHOTO OF THIS TO SHOW THE SCALE....IT WAS A SMALL QUILT DONE WITH TINY TINY PAPER PIECING AND RIBBON EMBROIDERY....THIS RECEIVED A BLUE RIBBON....VERY DESERVED!

ALTERNATIVE MEDIUMS....POTATO CHIP BAGS!

A HALLOWEEN QUILT...I BOUGHT THIS PATTERN

CATHEDRAL WINDOWS DONE WITH HAND DYED FABRIC...IT WAS BREATHTAKING.

I BELIEVE THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE QUILT

FANTASTIC COLOR

LOVE THE QUILTING IN THIS ONE

IS THIS NOT ADORABLE?!1 AND IT WAS DONE BY A CHILD...SEE INFO BELOW

USING A LONG-ARM AT 7 YEARS OF AGE.....WOW!

CLOSE-UP OF CRAZY QUILT IN ANTIQUE VENDORS BOOTH

ANTIQUE QUILT MADE WITH SILK AND VELVET

CLOSE-UP OF ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT

LARGER VIEW OF ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT

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THIS QUILT IS ENTITLED GROUND ZERO...MORE INFORMATION BELOW

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INFORMATION ON THE GROUND ZERO QUILT

LOVE THIS COLOR

WONDERFUL PIECING AND COLOR

I BELIEVE THIS IS PAPER PIECED

PAPER PIECED STAR

COLOR AND PIECING ARE WONDERFUL

THIS WAS ENTITLED "I LOVE HEARTS!

THIS WAS THE "BEST IN SHOW" QUILT

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CLOSER VIEW

I hope you enjoyed the virtual tour. It was a FUN DAY and many vendors there willing to sell you wonderful things!!  I was willing to buy some wonderful things....two of my friends scored a jelly roll of Denyse Schmidt's Katie Jump Rope and one friend purchased a wonderful Lone Star Quilt done in 30s fabric....I found one of those also!!  By 1:00 p.m., I was pooped....I may or may not have taken a  nap this afternoon after I got home! :)

Of course, once I got home, I saw all news on the tsunami and devastation in Japan....saying a prayer for them....I believe a donation to the Red Cross is in order.