Counting...Quiter's Style

One

1 big quilt

 1 hoop a day 

Two

2 fingers without fingerprints

 2 Clover Needle Domes filled with
60 threaded needles

Three

 3 months of work so far
and probably 3more.

Four

 4 borders plus 
filling in the background with rows
of quilting.

Five

 

 5 projects waiting and wishing to be worked on.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Exploring New Places

About twice a year

 Running Man and I try to get away

and explore a new place, a different city, or a unique area

of the country.

Recently, we had the chance to 

visit St. Augustine, Florida for a long weekend.

Hoping for warm weather and sunshine,

we mostly had cool cloudy days spattered with

rain, but, oh, well, better than snow.

St Augustine is the oldest

continuously occupied city in the US

founded in 1565 by the Spanish.

We visited the Castillo De San Marco,

the oldest masonry fort in the US

looking out towards the bay and the Atlantic.

Being young at heart,

we didn't visit the Fountain of Youth

which was supposedly

discovered by
Juan Pounce de Leon in 1513.

Wouldn't he laugh now at our

obcession of being youthful.

We spent time at the 

World Golf Hall of Fame

and even had a chance to practice our

putting skills.

Along with a food tour

in a little red roadster

we enjoyed many of the yummy tastes

of the area.

Isn't that how you learn about an area

through it's food?

Before heading home we

played for a day at

joining up with our Florida daughter and

having fun

drinking a butter beer 

 in Diagon Alley

and watching as Running Man

rode the Rip Ride Rockit.

knowing what goes up

must come down

after it goes upside down! 

We had a great time exploring this area.

Hopefully,

your path takes you to some

interesting places soon.

Happy Stitching,

Kyle

Photo Journals

When I'm with a quilt group,

large or small, and it's show and tell,

someone will always say,

" And I have a label!".

This is always followed with a big smile

and a finger pointed right at me.

I have suggested, encouraged,

and preached about the need to label

and document the works of art we create.

Most of my quilty buddies have caught on to

the importance of a label,

but still like to emphasis their good deeds
of labeling by letting me know.
Proud of you, dear friends.

Over the past couple of years I've taken my 

documenting to another fun place.

I've been making photo books.

They've been lots of fun to make and

it's such a feeling of accomplishment to

look at my quilts using

this format.

The company I've been using is Shutterfly.
The quality is first rate.
They have sales all the time, which
is a good thing too.
There are probably other companies
that offer the same quality. I'm just familiar
with this one.

Each of the 6 books
I've done so far is in the 10" x 10" size.

Using Shutterfly's website
is easy and can make your photos
look quite professional with the
editing capabilities.
There are lots of options
and possibilities.

If you've been a blogger for awhile
you already have photos
documenting your work.

Putting them into a book
is the perfect next step.

I decided not to include much
information about each quilt,

but rather let the photos tell the story.

I started a couple years ago and
began by working with the current year
and then slowly working backwards.

 

I've got my photos ready for
2016
and as soon as I have a block of time
I'll be ready to make
my next book.

It's a fun way to
photo journal and
to see how my quilts and styles
have changed over the years.

 They're  a real page turner.

Until Next Time-

Kyle