Can I do it? Going for 3 for 3!

"Ostentatious" 30" sq wallhanging.
Made by Naomi Hernandez Perry, as part of a black and white and one other color gold challenge.
Completed Feb 2017.

Ok!! I think I have a minute to breath now. I've been very focused over the last month. So much so, that I didn't dare stop to blog even though I wanted to tell you so much!

I did get lots done...

Two quilts completely finished and we're still in February!

"Ostentatious" was made for the Mountain Quiltfest 2017.  The theme was Black and White and One Other Color.  

A Pintrest pin caught my attention.

It lead me to the tutorial at Spotted Stones: cathedral window. 

I've always been very intrigued by the dimensional element that folded fabric brings to quilts. And I adore Cathedral Window quilts!  The amount of handwork in them is truly amazing.  

Here's my blog post with details about starting "Ostentatious", which is now on it's way to Mountain Quiltfest 2017 to be displayed with 13 other quilts from my PTQ guild!  I am so blessed to be part of a group of so many talented women!!

I tried super hard to get this second project done in time to send to the quiltfest too. But I just couldn't make it happen.  But to ease my disappointment, our local library Columbus-Lowndes Public Library is hosting a reception in celebration of National Quilting Day!  I even got a personal phone call with a request for me to bring in any quilts I'd like to display this year. 

It was a great project to show myself that I CAN free motion quilt on my regular home sewing machine.  I spent too many years thinking it would be too difficult to maneuver a big bulky full sized quilt in the space of a regular machine.... Thank goodness for youtube tutorials like Leah Day's tutorials on getting started.

Here's some of my favorite blocks.

And here it is before the binding, which the ladies at Maple Street stitched down on the day it was submitted to the Library for display! ... just in the knick of time :).

The quilt top, named "Midnight Sail",  was pieced in Stack and Whack method by Lawana Shultz of Columbus, MS,

quilted by Naomi Perry.  Made by/for the Maple Street Charity Wednesday morning group.  completed Feb 22, 2017.

Actually, I did manage to get a second quilt sent to Mountain Quiltfest!  My friend Judy Stokes encouraged me to enter "... Beauty of the South" to be displayed.  It's amusing to be excited that I've kind of lost count of how many places this first quilt made specifically for entering into shows has been.  Two years old and it's been entered/displayed in at least 6 venues.  (I usually give away my work and never see them again, so this is a new experience for me!) 

At the Possum Town Quilt guild meeting in February, I helped along with a few other guild members to put together a charity quilt from appliqued Heart blocks that were donated to the guild. Guildmate Carla did a fantastic job organizing this effort!  I am so tempted to make a similar Heart quilt (if I didn't already have too many projects waiting to be worked on and finished, lol.) 

The Possum Town Quilters are offering a chance to win our Broken Star Log Cabin Quilt. Raffle will be held on April 8, 2017!  Keep in mind, my cellphone-photo does NOT do this gorgeous quilt justice!! 

At Maple Street, Lawana is working on a new quilt. It's going to be a smaller size, more like a cuddle quilt, but I think it's already beautiful!!

There is a new quilt loaded on the quilting frame, with bright primary colors, but I forgot to get a picture... Maybe next week 😉.

and a little sneak peak at what I'm busy with at the moment. My friend Karen Arzamendi asked me to "proof read" a pattern she just wrote. And in my excitement I thought she asked for a tester and started making the quilt, lol!  She'll be using this pattern in a class she's teaching in March. I've made the class date my deadline date, so in theory I'll have 3 quilts in 3 months. Not bad for 2017!!

I'm using a pin cushion my Aunt Mary gifted to me this last summer.  She's seems to be quite happy sitting on these wild bright colors, I just had to get a picture of her and two pics side by side seemed appropriate :p.

OH YES! As a celebration of 2's -- 2 quilts, 2 months, and my blog has finally reached over 2k views!

  I am going to have my first blog Giveaway!! If you're interested in winning "Ostentatious," a 30" sq wallhanging or it could be a table topper,  leave a comment (make sure I know who you are!) on this update and I'll put your name in the basket to be drawn when I get the quilt back on March 29.  Once it's yours, you may keep it for yourself, or give it as a gift, or donate it to an art auction, or whatever. 

one small caveat that there be at least 25 names entered :).