Got Alma's Double Wedding Ring Quilted. I did the loop de loop. My! I have had this quilt for months seems like. I just hated to quilt it on the machine cause it was hand pieced and she did a great job with it. I now have to put the binding on it. We'll see how that goes.
Yesterday Martha, Phyllis and I went around the world in one day. We started out at 8am, went to West Virgina Quilts and shopped. Here is some of my finds. Below is a selection of Fall and Christmas samples. Michelle, the owner, has a room full of these card samples. These are mostly Debbie Mumm. I have used these before and they keep their color so well after washing. I am planning on making wall hangings. Yes, I do get carried away when I go that room.
I also got some material to finish my Stacked Posies quilt that I am working on with the guild. This morning I cut binding with the stripes and the green I am putting around each Posie block to make them as large as the blocks I already had made.
We left WV Quilts around 11am going to Guhl's at Jackson, Ohio. We got there around 12:30 and ate at Bob Evan's before going to Guhl's which is in the same plaza. We shopped till about 3:30pm and headed home. Guhl's has the largest selection of fabric I know of in this area. Their material is $2.19 a yard. You can also get muslin that is 90", 97", 110" and 120" inches wide. I got some that is 97" for $2.49 a yard. The price varies by the width. Plan on staying a while when you go there and take cash cause they don't accept checks, bank cards or credit cards.
These 4-Patch Stacked Posies are so much fun! I started on them this morning and have completed 36 blocks. I just couldn't get up from that machine until they were done. I would think I have to get up and get some work done after I finish this block. Well maybe I can now. Have to add border around all of them after I find material to match cause the ninepatch blocks are 7 1/2" and the Stacked Posies measures 6 1/4".
Went to Quilt Guild today. We are doing 4-Patch Stacked Posies, designed by Mary Lou hallenbeck. It is a fun block to make. After getting them cut it is very interesting how they look. I am laying down on my job. Didn't take a picture not one today at the meeting. I got all blocks cut, I think about 36 and got 5 sewn together and 4 at home.
I have 28 of these Thimbleberry blocks that I did when I first started quilting. I didn't do the best of a job with them but still going to put them in a quilt.The pattern called for fussy cut blocks of the daisy blocks. I put a couple of them together and was not pleased with the look and put them back until now. I thought I would use this for the Stack and Whack and that way I would be completing a UFO, plus participating with the class. We have one of the best guilds in Eastern Ky. We have a very good teacher that is so patient with us and we appreciate her very much. She works very hard preparing for the classes. She and her mom makes one or two, maybe more of each quilt she teaches so we can see how they look. I think that is so neat for mother and daughter to quilt together. I wish my daughter had the interest in quilting and the time. 
We put together a baby quilt for her friend once. She works two jobs and attends classes and that takes up most of her time. She is very active in her professions, EMT and Massage Therapist. After Guild meeting I came home and fixed my step son a birthday dinner. His birthday isn't till Wednesday but he has to work. We all had a good visit.
What size do you cut your Bias Binding for a Double Wedding Ring? I am going to quilt a Double Wedding Ring Quilt and was wanting your opinions. I usually cut binding 2 1/4 inch, but don't know about Double Wedding Ring. I think I saw or read somewhere that you cut it 2 inches. You input appreciated. Thank You.
Today was a good day! Stephanie, Ernie, Martha and I went to Craft Attic Quilt Shop. My! do they have lots of beautiful fabric! I didn't get anything except some Dream Cotton and a Add a Quarter ruler. 
Afterwards we went to THOMAS Sewing Center at Greenup, Ky. All of us bought machines except Ernie. She already has one. I have played around with my machine tonight, just sewing out the decorative stitches it has on it. I am going to love it for taking to guild and to camp. It is so lightweight and has lots of features.
