Clam Shell Saga…continued…

On my Tuesday’s Post I was all fired about about Sue Daley’s Clam Shell Video…and of course I wanted to jump on the band wagon IMMEDIATELY!  By noon of that day I was at my favourite Quilting Shop looking for Clam Shell Templates…drat…nothing!!  (They did have Apple Core Templates so I bought three bags of those…Sue Daley is demoing Apple Cores  next week and a gal’s got to be prepared just in case the apple bites back!! :o))

I arrived home with NO templates for the Clam Shells…I thought of ordering them online…but it would be at least a four week wait.  By then the fire would have been long extinguished…and I would be left with a million Clam Shells papers wondering WHY I ordered them in the first place!!  So I turned to the internet…found a Free Template (gawd..I love the Internet!!) and proceeded to cut out my own gazillion pieces! 

It was like old times cutting out those Clams…Being a retired Grade One teacher I wondered how many cardboard pumpkins, hearts, flowers, shamrocks, birds, stars…the list goes on…and on…that I have cut out!  I could dazzle you with a pair of sharp scissors…but I digress! 

I forgot to take a picture of that lovely stack of cardboard Clams…I WAS remember a woman possessed!!  But I did remember to take a picture of the charm squares that are the fabric for my clams…I found two packs of Cinnamon Spice by Blackbird Design (love their fabrics!!) and my Sew Line Glue Pen!  Yay!

And just lookie at these pretty clam shells…

After all this, I have almost got one row completed…8 shells appliquéd and 8 more to go!  The next row will be the solid cream colour.  Two charm packs will give me just over 4 rows of Clams so I pulled fabrics that I can added to this line.  I used a few drops of Roxanne’s Glue to hold the shells in place before I started stitching.

My Clams are just over 3” big…AND fun to make…but definitely not for the faint of heart!  This is going to be a long project….

…but that’s OK…I have nothing but time!  Right?  When did I say Sue is showing that Apple Core video??

Have a wonderful SUNNY day and Happy Clamming!

All Fired Up!

I got all fired up this morning …thanks to Sue Daley and her inspirational video on how to make a Clam Shell Quilt!!  Every week Sue has a new video and each week I get fired up…it’s like a tonic for quilters! 

I need templates…I need glue…I need fabric!!  I have all three…I just can’t find them!!  Since I knocked down the wall to make my sewing room bigger I can’t find ANYTHING!!  I KNOW I have templates SOMEWHERE…I know I have Sew Line Glue…SOMEWHERE…and man do I have fabric!! 

Today’s task…track down the Templates…track down the Glue…because times-a-wastin’!!  Sure hope they didn’t get tossed out with that wall!!

I hope you’re fired up too…and if you’re not, then go and watch Sue Daley's videos!!  There are a series of them…I’m sure there will be something to inspire you too!!  But BE WARNED…you will be in the same boat as me…hunting up templates, glue and fabric!!  Nah…you are probably more organized!

Let me leave you with a little eye candy (taken from Laundry Basket Quilts…this quilt was at Portland’s Market this Spring!  Lovely, isn’t it!)

          

Makes you want to hurry over to Sue Daley’s…doesn’t it?!

Have a great day!

Heritage Happenings…

This summer our weather has been spectacular…sunny and warm!  We even broke records for the amount of sun…with NO RAIN!!  Over 400 hours of sunshine with not a drop of rain for the entire month of July….unheard of on the West Coast of Canada!!  With this great weather comes some negative impacts on our environment…like lack of water and forest fires… and the Heritage attendance going down…WHAT!!?  Shocking I know! Apparently the quilters would rather be gardening, or hiking or boating…OUTSIDE enjoying these wonderful rays!

BUT it’s all good because there are always a few die-hard quilters out there to save the day!!  SEW…even though my Heritage Happening is rather meager this week it is still spectacular none the less…

Connie is still plugging away on her SUN Bonnet Sue…all hand pieced and hand appliquéd!  Isn’t it gorgeous!! 

Wish you could feel how soft this fabric is!!  Connie is doing a wonderful job!

Tracy is working on her cat-creatures…Garden Patch Cats…

I like their names…Pippin Puss and Tom-ato!

  Tracy is hand blanket stitching them using coordinating threads.

Delores has finished one basket and…

…is on to the next!  VERY sweet!

Betty continues to crank out charity quilts and both are magnificent! 

The Swedish stitch (not sure what it’s called) throw is finished and is a work of art!!  LOVE IT!!

This sweet quilt is made for a grand-daughter who is turning one this week!  She is going to love it!

And there was THIS Scrap Happy beauty!!

GORGEOUS…and HUGE!!  All hand pieced while at Heritage!

Geeze…is this blurry or do I need new glasses?

Regardless…still a great show!! 

I’m off for a hike, then I thought I’d go boating… after I take a swim to wash off all that gardening dirt!!  Hope you are enjoying whatever RAYS you can soak up too!