I'm Back...

You haven't heard from me much lately, but I'm still here and I've been busy...

This is my latest finish.

Rockability Swing

 It's another Bonnie Hunter scrapbuster. 

This one is a biggie. It's 108" x 108" and all paper pieced.

I forgot just how much I love paper piecing until I started on this.

There are over 300 blocks in this one and it did make a dent in my scraps,

 but honestly not as much as I thought it would. 

Maybe that's just a sign of how big my scrap pile really is.

LOL!!

My longarm is only 10' wide, so I had to quilt it in 3 pieces. 

The center is one big piece. Then I quilted 2 rows separately and added one to each side, using the quilt as you go method. 

It's big and fits my king size bed perfectly!

It's fun to look at all the different fabrics in scrappy quilts. Hearing the grandies squeal, when they find something like spiders, Santa or princess fabrics makes me laugh. Yes, there is Christmas, Halloween, Princess and everything in between in this.

In May, a friend and I took a road trip...

It was a quilting week for both of us, that started at MSQC.

We rented a house, in front of their warehouse for a few days and enjoyed shopping and quilting.

The little house was "Pipers Place" that was recommended on the MSQC website and was a perfect place for our needs.

We headed south after that and spent the rest of our time at a wonderful AIRBNB in Branson Missouri.

From there we took a day trip down to one of my bucket list places.

I've never been to Arkansas and honestly, I didn't think we would ever find the place.

It was 3 1/2 hours of driving thru dense forests on curvy roads and having no idea where the heck we were. If the GPS had failed us, they would still be looking for us. LOL!!

But WOW...was it worth every minute of drive time.

Rows and rows of fabric...by the bolt, by the yard, by the bundle..

We didn't even see all the the warehouse in the time we were there, it was just soooooo big!

But my credit card said that I had done enough damage and it was time to leave.

HAHAHA

(but seriously, you can not beat their prices)

Lets just say, at least 180 yards of fabric and a roll of batting followed me home. 

My friend did just about as much damage as I did, as well. 

We had rented a full size car for the trip and when we picked it up, we were shocked at how small a full size car was, but we made it work. Who knew you could cram so much into a car that size.

If only I had taken photos of that!

LOL!!