AQG Quilt Show Next Weekend

My Quilts going into the 2014 AQG show

I spent Saturday afternoon adding sleeves and labels to my quilts so they would be ready to hang in the Amoskeag Quilters Guild Biennial Quilt Show next weekend. The show is open 10-4 on Saturday 3/22 and Sunday 3/23 and is being held at Memorial HS in Manchester, NH. Multi-day admission is $6. There are many very talented quilters in this guild and the quilts (over 200 of them this year!) are always beautiful. There will also be lots of vendors, doorprizes, and the drawing for the Guild's Raffle Quilt (proceeds to benefit the Webster House located in Manchester, NH).

30/30 Update - Day 8

The first 7 days of the 30/30 challenge have gone well.
I sewed for 30 minutes (or a bit more) each of 6 days. Tuesday totally got away from me (though I did go to yoga class, so I got "me" time, just no sewing).
Mostly I worked on paper piecing a block for my Tropical Whimsey Quilt. I bought this pattern at a quilt show several years ago and have been collecting fabric for it for ages. This is going to be a long-term project because it is very large and involves 12 paper-pieced circle units, and a bunch of applique (some by hand, despite what the cover of the pattern says). The quilt was made up at the show just like the one on the pattern cover and I loved the design (and the lizards) but the colors were not for me. I decided to make all the yellow parts sky blue and so far I like it a lot. I completed one block unit this week (yes, it took 2 hours).

Tropical Whimsey Block Center #2

On Friday I felt like quilting, so I went back to working on a long-time UFO and machine quilted a few blocks.

Blocks ready to quilt