Well the Rouge Valley Quilt show is over & it was a Great Success! I LUVED the quilts, jackets, & craft market. There were a few screams of elation when the Silent Auction was over.
Everyone seemed to Luv the show. I was pooped out from being a "Tea room server" for 1/2 a day....but it was FUN!

This is my "Precious Eleven" quilt, which was entered in the "Canada Quilt Association" show in the spring of 2011. I also entered this wallhanging quilt in the RVQG show this weekend.

The Hosta leaves have Pipe cleaner inside, so the leaves are moveable. A small snake is woven thru the bottom leaves with only a glimpse peeking thru. The tiny flowers are 3 dimensional & have tiny colored beads inside. The Dragon flies are also 3D with Beads as their bodies & the wings are painted with an Opague fabric paint. I have a tiny TREE Frog on the tree limb, & a family of Lady bugs walking on the log.

It is from a picture I took of "11" She was trying to Hatch golf balls & the only way I could get her to stop was to remove her from the nest. Eleven saw "Precious" sitting on a log.....so Eleven pushed Precious OFF & flapped her wings in triump. My camera caught the action & it inspired my quilt....footnote of my story of "11" follows, so if you are bored with my Tale, STOP Reading now - IF YOU CAN....ha ha ha ha

((Eleven was the 11th egg in the nest. The other 10 had hatched & mama kept pushing the last egg out of the nest. I saw a dime size hole with a tiny beak peeking thru the hole, & it was constantly quacking. I read in my duck book to leave the egg alone....so for 2 days I put the egg back in the nest, & mama would kick it out again. Finally I couldn't stand the poor duckling being trapped anymore. I brought the egg into the house, & peeled a dime size piece of hard shell off the egg. I sat & watched in Wonder as "11" fought her way out of the shell. It took a few hours to free herself & she was fully fluffed out about 15 minutes after that. I kissed the cute Fuzzy duckling a few times while she quacked for mama. In the middle of the nite, I let "11" join her family. She grew up to care for 2 adopted ducklings "12" & "13" She passed away in 2010. She was a special mouse hunting Muscovy Duck!

2 Quilts Entered @ RVQG - yippeeee

Whew - I am SEW happy to have completed my "Prairie Poultry" quilt for the Rouge Valley Quilt Show on Oct 15th 2011.

I Luved the block pattern & decided to make a giant Prairie Point rooster for the centre. While the blocks were in pieces I flew off to Calgary to see my niece. I Should have completed the quilt Before going anywhere, but that would have been too easy.

I had figured out I could piece, & machine quilt my Prairie Poultry within 2 wks but had not figured getting busy @ work. I noticed some of the blocks had stretched a bit wider in places & i Knew I should take the blocks apart....but I didn't have the time. I will Always wish I had spent more time re-aligning the blocks....such a newbie mistake for a non-newbie - sigh.

To finalize my quilt drama, I did Not have any extra needles. Thanksgiving long weekend I broke my Last decent needle & had to use a 80/12....which continued to shred the thread & skip stitches. I practiced my cuss words that weekend. I finally changed to a heavier Gutterman thread but ran out of 3 different colors...leaving my quilt top Multi-colored, ha ha ha

I was ELATED to hand the quilt in & to get it the heck out of my sight!