Inspiration at Quilt Fest, NJ

Last Saturday, my husband took me as a B-day gift to a Quilt show in NJ. The weather is finally warming up and it was a beautiful day. I got a lot of inspiration off the pretty quilts and I want to share some with you.

The first quilt is made by Anna Faustino, PA. The quilt is called "Butterfly Dance" and I love the embellishments, she used crystals.

"Simply Strawberries" is made by H. Titus, PA and the name says it all! Pretty!

I love Stack and Whack quilts. I have a book and one UFO using that method. The quilt bellow is made by Carol Scullin,NJ and she used only one fabric and you can see there a lot of different blocks. She made it for her son that is a graphic designer.

The next quilt is"Circle of Life" made by Linda French, OH. It won Best of show!

The description says: "...is my first attempt at "design as you go" and has been the most fun exhirating and fun experience ever. The door is open and may the key be lost forever!"

I believe there is a designer in everyone!

Here is " Blue Butterfly Day" made by Sarah O'Sullivan, PA. It was made as a part of a challenge "Black & White & Hmmm....All over". I started to collect black and white prints and I thought she did an amazing job at it!

The last quilt I am showing is a yo -yo quilt. I think the designer did an amazing job at the picking colors and executing it. The quilt is made by Manon Gadliardi, CT and it's called "Cathedral Window".

Here is a close up:

I would like to Thank everybody for the Birthday wishes! I wish I could share my cake with you.

I made Hummingbird cake, it had pineapple, bananas and walnuts and it was delicious. Here is the recipe I used.

Till next time, Happy sewing!

Happy New Year, Old and New Projects

I wish everyone a healthier and happier New 2010 year!

I want to start the new year by showing this Snow men Quilt I pieced last year! :)) I had a lot of fun piecing it and I got a lot of practice measuring borders. Sorry for the blurry picture, I had my camera not on the right setting and I should take a better picture.

I also made a case for my new cell phone Droid that I love! The case is very practical as I can wear it on my wrist while caring stuff to my sewing room. It has a different fabric for lining.

Holidays for me are a lot of baking! I made this Coconut cream pie for Christmas. It was my first time baking a Coconut pie. I used a pie crust that I baked for the shell. It was pretty good, especially the fresh toasted coconuts on top.

Toffee Blondie desert that I called Brunetty, because I used part dark brown sugar instead of light.

And my favorite desert that I made for New Years Eve party was my Mom's famous Bulgarian Baklava. Everyone that had baklava before and tried mine loved it and so do I! My Mom always said that the hardest part of making the baklava is cutting it. She usually makes it in a circle tray and it's harder to make the ramb shape pieces. All the quilters can imagine it I am sure.

Here is my baked and surop baklava. I wish I could share it with you.

"Be Attitudes" is one of the New Year Projects I am gonna start this year. My mother-in-law got it for me and I just love it! I already started on the first block "Be warm". Baby it's cold outside...

I would like to join my blogging friend Myra in her PhD challenge. It is only 6 months and you get your PhD, sounds good?

Well, PhD means Projects Half Done. :))

Here is my list of PhD I would like to finish until June 30th 2010:

*Blue and Yellow Quilt

*The Coffee Quilt

* Halloween Quilt

*My Sister's Wedding Quilt

*Charity Quilt

*Surprise Table Runners

The list may look short to you but it's a lot of work. Wish me luck and if you would like to join click here.

Have a Happy New Year!!!