Roscoe's Ma

This is my fourth time participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy at Amy's Creative Side.  We owe a big thanks to her for hosting another festival.  Be sure to check out all the entries if you want to be inspired, wowed, and make some new friends, too.


My entry is my Matisse quilt which was gifted to my husband.  My husband introduced me to the art of Henri Matisse when we were in college, and the first art we bought after we were married was a Matisse museum poster that we framed for our living room.  The minute I saw the Matisse line of fabric at Hawthorne Threads, I knew I would be making a quilt.


I used a simple block and interspersed it with larger fussy cut pieces from the large print in the collection (by Alexander Henry fabrics).


I used a serpentine stitch with my straight line quilting.  The batting is Dream Wool. 


Roscoe's Pa really likes it and falls asleep under it often!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and please come back sometime!

I thought you might like to see the beginning 'S' blocks.  I am in love with them so far!  Hopefully the lighting will be better for the next post about this quilt.

Today my body is stiff and sore because yesterday I made sandwiches.  This:


And this:


On another note, I have spent a fair amount of time looking, researching, and talking to the pros about a new machine.  I am leaning toward the Bernina 550QE.  It looks to be a great machine.  The thing is...it has just been introduced.  I don't think I want one of the first machines out of the factory.  I think I should let things settle a bit and let the kinks get worked out.

So now it's time to start quilting the above projects!  :o)

I love the bright colors and the scrapiness of the quilt.  Here is a close up of some of the fabric.


What a treasure!

Remember this? 


I promised pillowcases to go with it.  Yes, it is time to put the quilt on the bed and guess who didn't make the pillowcases.  Oops.  Problem remedied:

I placed this order recently with 'The City Quilter' in NYC.  I love this store and only get to go there when I visit my daughter. 

I purchased this Aboriginal for a backing to the quilt I am going to make someday for ME.


Plus I added these next two pieces to my collection of New York City fabrics.  Some of this will probably land in my 'S' quilt.

This summer I posted a couple of posts about this fabric

and making this quilt.


It is a combination milestone birthday gift and upcoming retirement gift.  The quilt has now been delivered and I can show it to you!