Virgo Do Over

Morning gals! I have been working on a quilt redo. Have you ever had to do that? Well I think I would have preferred to do it right the first time, but oh well. In 2010 I took a class from Pam Dinnendorf of Aardvark Quilts and we did a quilt called Peels. I whipped out those strips and made my peels and fast and bad sewed them down on some beautiful chalky colored batiks.

The first go around. July 2010.

I believe I blogged about it here. Now to the confession. The colors were beautiful and the inspiration from Pam was wonderful. But the peels. Not so much.

The first layout. Notice bad points.

Bad points, funky sewing. You get the picture. You'd like to tell yourself, aw it won't show once it's quilted. Phooey. Yes it will. And forever it will look not be the quilt it wanted to be.

All sewn together. Looking nice if you bat your eyes.

Soooooo. I cut the quilt up. I cut each peel off of it's block, I trimmed them with a smaller template (and lost some of the size in the process) and then I used the "dew so interfacing trick". Dew so is a lightweight interfacing that you can use if you want to do applique known as the faced technique. And so for quite a number of hours, I "fixed them". Now my zillion peels are all ready to be reborn.

Reborn peels. April 2012

Sewn by hand. Only 15 more to go!

I finished my first one last night. Hand sewn on the background. I have a long way's to go, but in the end it will be a much better memory and a happier quilt! Has anything like this ever happened to you? Please share! xo Pam

Big Quilting Book Sale Wow!

Hey Gals, I just wanted to pass along this great sale at CT Publishing that ends today. http://www.ctpub.com/showproducts.cfm?WPCID=1183 Even the Gentle Art of Quiltmaking is on sale for $5.00. And I can tell you, I paid $$$ for the one I just gave away! So hurry over there and get a copy. It's going to be over 90 in Chico today so I am back inside and thinking about doing a little reading! xo Pam

Jenny is the Winner!

My little Teddy was a good helper and here's your name!

Congratulations to Jenny for winning the 250 posts giveaway!

Thanks to everyone for playing along and let's stay in touch! xo Pam

And Jenny, email me your address!

Librarygal Celebrates 250 and a Giveaway!!

250 posts! Wow! It is quite amazing how a little blog called Librarygal Quilts accumulated 250 bits of quilting and life and shared them with some wonderful people! You Gals have been wonderful and I feel a real affection for my virtual quilting buddies. So, I made a little quilty present for a giveaway and of course I had to include a book. Any Librarygal worth her salt wants to give books to her friends! So here's your opportunity to win a mug rug made with the darling fabric known as Paris Apartment with a little bit of Full Bloom, by Bari J. and a polka dot mug to match and a lovely book The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking by Jane Brocket. I love this book. It's beautifully written and has some timeless patterns to make over and over again. You'll love it!

Here's the giveaway guidelines: Tell me your favorite quilting book, and if you want a second chance to win, become a follower. If you share my giveaway let me know and I'll throw your name in again! I will choose a winner on Friday, April 20th at 7:30 pm!

On the family front, my daughter Paloma has decided to start quilting and has now taken her first class and finished her first quilt for her little guy Deakin. Yay!

Our other daughter Carmen has been accepted at UC Berkeley for graduate school in English Education in Multicultural Urban Secondary Education . Woo! Mike is getting close to retiring and I just celebrated 30 years at Chico State! We are a happy family!
I have to say, it's good to have a blog. It keeps track of some very important times in your life and connects you with others who love what you love. Thank you gals for 5 years of friendship!

Lots of Love and Wishes for time to Create! Pam