I'm back!
A girlfriend from church and I went on an Alaskan cruise. I'm not a cold weather fan, so Alaska wasn't on my bucket list, but it was on Debbie's. So we flew up to Anchorage, hopped on a train to Seward and cruised down to Vancouver on Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas.
It was perfect weather most of the time. Warm sunny skies, temps in the 70's. The locals were all mentioning how awesome it was - I dismissed it thinking they say that to all the tourists. It was cold up in the Yukon, and it did rain in Ketchikan but we were prepared for it (and a little glad since we packed for it too). Every view was breathtaking. I was a bit miffed that I didn't stay up late enough to see the Northern Lights, nor did we see bear or moose. But that's okay, I'll have a reason to go again. hehehe
I came prepared too. I had a list of quilt shops in the ports we'd be visiting. If I had time and it wasn't too far, I was determined to visit the shops to pick up the Row by Row. Unfortunately I also bought a lot of fabric and patterns!
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Some panels of Alaskan animals. I bought these for a friend who used to live in Alaska.
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I liked this table topper, I thought it looked a bit like some of the designs on Philips Fiber Art
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I couldn't get a good photo of this table runner, but I loved the soft muted colors. I bought the fabric for this and figured I could make the blocks without the pattern.
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An ugly, but correct, salmon on a blend of blocks on point.
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I liked the layout of this quilt. The brown is a tree, and the border with the footprints is a good idea.
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I thought this was a good layout for blocks, plus I liked the little quilt at the bottom. And there's a pattern that looks like a filmstrip that would be good for blocks. Sorry it's a little blurry.
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A simple sashing to look like Attic Windows. I like the way the panel blocks are twisted a bit.
more in the next post.
A girlfriend from church and I went on an Alaskan cruise. I'm not a cold weather fan, so Alaska wasn't on my bucket list, but it was on Debbie's. So we flew up to Anchorage, hopped on a train to Seward and cruised down to Vancouver on Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas.
It was perfect weather most of the time. Warm sunny skies, temps in the 70's. The locals were all mentioning how awesome it was - I dismissed it thinking they say that to all the tourists. It was cold up in the Yukon, and it did rain in Ketchikan but we were prepared for it (and a little glad since we packed for it too). Every view was breathtaking. I was a bit miffed that I didn't stay up late enough to see the Northern Lights, nor did we see bear or moose. But that's okay, I'll have a reason to go again. hehehe
I came prepared too. I had a list of quilt shops in the ports we'd be visiting. If I had time and it wasn't too far, I was determined to visit the shops to pick up the Row by Row. Unfortunately I also bought a lot of fabric and patterns!
2016-09-02 11.56.33.jpg2016-09-02 11.56.36.jpg
Some panels of Alaskan animals. I bought these for a friend who used to live in Alaska.
2016-09-02 12.03.30.jpg
I liked this table topper, I thought it looked a bit like some of the designs on Philips Fiber Art
2016-09-02 12.08.03.jpg
I couldn't get a good photo of this table runner, but I loved the soft muted colors. I bought the fabric for this and figured I could make the blocks without the pattern.
2016-09-02 12.10.57.jpg
An ugly, but correct, salmon on a blend of blocks on point.
2016-09-04 10.06.05.jpg
I liked the layout of this quilt. The brown is a tree, and the border with the footprints is a good idea.
2016-09-04 10.06.25.jpg
I thought this was a good layout for blocks, plus I liked the little quilt at the bottom. And there's a pattern that looks like a filmstrip that would be good for blocks. Sorry it's a little blurry.
2016-09-04 10.10.21.jpg
A simple sashing to look like Attic Windows. I like the way the panel blocks are twisted a bit.
more in the next post.
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