hmmm...maybe since they're all red [as in brick red?] it should be a brick
brick road.

"Kris Bishop" wrote in message
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Sandy/Ragmop,
Okay, quilt teasing me. This is the first time that I've done
this. At least there was a lot of different textures and values to the
red fabrics. grin I know that it sounds too red, but it's really
coming out nice. ( oops, you mean that I should have included a sliver
of "yellow" in it????????
I did finish some other challenges for the quiltart chat list and am
working on a lot of other quilts. I sure wish that I didn't work on so
many different things at the same time.

Unfortunately, I can't get to Houston this year. I did get to the
Lancaster,Pa Quilt big show, Williamsburg/Hampton, VA big show, the Ft.
Washington/Philadelphia big show & all the smaller quilt guild shows in
my area. I only live about 3 hours from Lancaster, PA and the wonderful
quilt shops there, so I get up there often to buy fabrics. I was just
there two weeks ago to enjoy shopping. The fabrics there cost a lot less
than here in the Washington DC area.

About that baseball swap, I've been enjoying the playoffs. Now, I
think I'll cheer for the White Sox. ( since my Nationals didn't finish
up too well). I am also using extra energy on the Washington Redskins and
the Virginia Tech Hokies too. geez

http://www.quiltartists.com/index.html

Kris ( in rainy northern Virginia )



Ellison wrote:
Howdy!
Kris, are you going to Houston?
Are you taking a class on color?
I only ask 'cause you have 2 yellow brick road quilts
in progress or planning stages, and you say
"all red fat quarters,
with a red and forest green batik border.
It will have forest green minke on the back.
The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens.
I bought a great bluish green batik for that border
and pale blue minke for the backing."
Now, Kris, Kris, honey, Kris? *Yellow* brick road?
About that color theory class... .
VERY Big Grin (teasing Kris because she is a buddy
from waaaaay back when)
I've been watching the Journal Pages quilts on the
quiltarts site. http://www.quiltart.com/
Lovely, lovely, cool, weird, what-was-she-thinking?!!?,
and fabulous! I always look for the names of the Journalists
who were or are RCTQers; hope to have the time to read all the
journal entries, some day.
Glad to see you, again. Next time we'll talk about the Baseball
SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D
Hugs to Kris,
Ragmop/Sandy--who notes that the Baseball Swap is open to
those who show up just to Swap stories g
---p.s. most days it doesn't take long to read the ng .. .


"Kris Bishop" wrote in message
...

Pat,
I really didn't buy much fabric at Ft. Washington ( some hand
painted over hand dyed fabrics). I did buy a lot a few weekends ago,
when I went back to Lancaster,Pa with my niece and her husband. I
bought packets of fat quarters and border fabrics - to make two yellow
brick road quilts. In one, it's all red fat quarters, with a red and
forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back.
The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a
great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the
backing. I did buy some other pieces of batik for not-yet-planned
projects.
I have the red quilt top finished, but might applique some forest
green minke pine trees on the front first ( in random places, to make
it look like a forest) grin

I just sent my "Journal Pages" quilts off to the Houston Quilt Show
and my "Koi Pond" wall hanging is in a special exhibit ( QuiltArt @
10 ) at the Houston show. Then they'll travel on to other places. My
local art quilt group is having another upcoming exhibit in Leesburg, VA
from Nov. 1st until Jan 1st , 2006. I turned in two pieces to go into
that exhibit. I did have a quilt in the Quilting at the Crossroads show
( in Flint Michigan) & the World Quilt Exhibit in New Hampshire
recently. Also, my local quilt guild is doing a fabric postcard swap
with a Roanoke, Va, guild. So, I'm making seven fabric postcards for
that swap.

I've also been busy with the three quilt guilds and four other
quilting/sewing groups that I belong to. I still try to get into the
city ( Washington DC) and see some of the museum exhibits. I went in
last Tuesday with a friend to be inspired. When will you be coming back
up again??? We need to chat over coffee soon.

Kris ( in northern Virginia, on my way to exercise and then get back
home and try to finish some projects up)