Where did she go?

 

Even Rosie is wondering where I went... but not enough to move too far away from her rock.

(I admit it, I love this picture and just felt like using it.)

I haven't gone anywhere... not yet, anyway.  But I am getting ready to go to Alabama and Georgia this week.  So I'm proofing the pattern for the new quilt I'm teaching and trying to get the last of the patterns from Market ready to go. 

It looks like I might get to pick up the covers for Birdseye, Summer Rental and Emma's Legacy before I leave but I don't think anything will ship until after I get back.  And since I have been so incredibly awful about showing you some of the new patterns ~ even though they have been on the website ~ I'll include that now. 

This is Birdseye...

 

It is named after Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of frozen foods.  Por quoi?  It is because of something Judy Martin wrote in her online newsletter a few years ago, something that I wrote down and have included on the back of my quilt and in the pattern.  She wrote, "We should be striving to make quilts whose beauty is a testament to the love that went into making them.  Quilts that sacrifice beauty for speed have the emotional appeal of a TV dinner.  If you want to make it memorable, invest yourself in the quilt as you would in a good home-cooked meal."

My quilt is made using lots and lots of Jo Morton fabrics.  And just so you know, this is a much easier quilt to make than it might look.  The blocks are simple ~ a star block, a double-nine-patch block and a pieced setting triangle.  If you can make a nine-patch and a triangle squares, you're all set. 

This is Summer Rental...

 

It is made with that gorgeous Beach House fabric from Blackbird Designs.  It too is not as complicated as it looks, it is just a star-thing block and an alternating block made with four-patches.  And more pieced setting triangles... I seem to be liking those right now.  (Actually, the new quilt I'll be teaching in Alabama also has pieced setting triangles so I'll need to take a break from that for awhile lest I get in a rut...)

I used Eleanor Burns' Triangle in a Square ruler for this one and I really like it but it did take a little practice to get the lines lined up properly.  And I wish you could see the quilting on this one as it is absolutely gorgeous.  Lots and lots of beautiful texture.  I promise to take more pictures when I get the quilt back ~ it's already on its way to Alabama.

I thought I had a picture of Emma's Legacy but it looks like I don't have that... I'll post that as soon as I have one. 

As for what else I've been doing, I've been trying to finish a couple of projects I'm working on... or running late with.  I'm trying to get my workroom a little more organized so that I can figure out what I'm going to do with the floor.  And I'm kind of waiting for my lemons to be lemons... they look more like limes right now.

The tree has at least 50 "lemons" like this so I'm optimistic that I'll have lemons soon.  And if I have enough fresh lemons, I should be able to make one of my favorite dessert recipes, Icy Lemon Souffle... a recipe I got from the Los Angeles Times a million years ago.  

Until then, there aren't even many flowers left on the bougainvillea...

  

I don't know if I'll be back before I head South -- or east -- and I don't know if I'll be checking in from there.  But I'm taking my camera so at least I'll have pictures. 

Maybe even some quilt pictures...

Comments

[Nancy]

Beautiful patterns and what a wonderful statement about investing ourselves in our quilts. I agree completely. Now about that recipe...I love all things lemon so I will surely be drooling all over when you make that one. As for the picture of Rosie with her rock, absolutely love it. Soooo cute. Have a wonderful trip, have fun teaching your class and most importantly have a safe trip.

[Laurie]

I could not agree with you more on your sentiments about Birdseye - but we have talked about that haven't we? But Summer Rental?????? Wow! I need to make this quilt and then build or buy a beach house to put it in. Take a bow, Carrie - that is a winner. Have fun on your trip.

Laurie

[Darlene]

Wonderful patterns, Carrie!

Be safe and have tons of fun.

[dianne]

oh yeah - those are pretty! summer rental is VERY pretty! i dunno - pieced setting triangles look kinda scary to make - but if i turn my head sideways and look at it like the triangles are just whacked off squares ... i think i can do it

have fun and have a safe journey ... that rock isn't gonna go the way of the watch, is it? ha ha ha!

[Bren]

Your lemons are just starting? Ours (hundreds of them!) are just finishing. . . (I've got lemon ice cubes to last forever!)
I love the quilts. . . (& I really want to make both!). . . & I love, love. love that photo of Rosie (& her rock!). I would come up with reasons for using it often!
Have fun on your trip. . . call when you get back. We've got lunch to do! :o)
xo, Bren

[sherri]

I love the picture of Miss Rosie...and your new quilts! I especially love the quote on quilting...I need to write that one down and read it every so often!

[Marielle]

Woow, what a great new patterns! Can't wait until they become available.

[Carol]

OMG where to begin...Rosie is just so darn cute...both of those quilts are on my to do list...the quote is awesome...I love the Triangle Square Up ruler...have a great trip to Alabama and Georgia...travel safe!

[Barbara]

Rosie is so cute, I love the expressions she has. I am blown away with how beautiful your pattern Summer Rental is. I wish I knew the fabric requirements though so I could get the material for it and be able to make the pattern as soon as it comes out. I don't know how you do it, you just keep coming out with such beautiful patterns. Thank you for your creativity!

[Juul :o)]

I ♥ everything :o)
Have a safe trip.
:o)

[dotti white]

I love the beautiful quilts and your precious Miss Rosie. she must miss you when you are gone! Hope you feel blessed for all of your creativity! Have a great trip!

[Cathy McMann]

Oh my, both Birdseye and Summer Rental will be added to my Mount To Be Made! And thanks for the quote, my sentiments exactly.

[Nancy]

I found your blog from Laurie and Polly. I love your sentiment, or Judy's, invest yourself in your quilt, too many don't, I admire the designers that put alot of work and thought into creating a treasure and the quilter who makes it.
Nancy in MT
Tom Miner Folk Art

[Charlie]

I love both of your quilts. I want to make them. That's the trouble with your quilts I seem to love them all.

I hear you will be in Kansas City and I think I'm going to miss you. I'll have to see what I can do. Hears hoping. I'd take you out to dinner if you had the time.

[Lisa D.]

Have a wonderful trip. Will look forward to more inspiring pictures when you return! The new designs are just gorgeous!

[Candace]

Wow - I'm loving both of the quilts, Carrie! Sounds like your summer is really full - but I know you'll enjoy it all!
Cheers!

[Robyn]

Birdseye is just beautiful!! I can't wait to get that sucker in my hot little hands.

[Susan Webb]

Wonderful new patterns Carrie! I loved meeting you on Sunday at Market. It was a much nicer pace and I had time to explore & have a closer look at booths. I have to get a few more of your new patterns - Yum! Have fun in the Southern humidity!
Susan

[lovetostitch]

Beautiful quilts, and couldnt agree more with the sentiment - if it's worth doing, it's worth the time invested - but.... there are on occasions those quick satifaction, seasonal splashes to consider. I would love to do either one.
I absolutely love that pic of Miss Rosie. I have some favorite pics of our pets too, that I just can't get enough "looking of". I have a scrapbook just of our pets and what I call their friends (which are actually other friend's pets), she would make a wonderful addition, if you wouldn't mind me trying to take the pic. I would love to share the scrapbook with you some time. My grandgirls adore looking thru it. Miss Rosie looks pretty young in that pic.

[Vicki]

I know this is an old post, but I just read it and couldn't help but laugh about your lemons. When my aunt and uncle first moved to Scottsdale, my father visited and they thought it most excellent that he had a lime tree to make the freshest margaritas ever with. Imagine their surprise when they tasted the margaritas and it was really underripe lemons! My cousin said the look on their faces was hysterical.