Patriotic Poodle

Hidy Ho, Tess here,
We all know that July is coming up fast, or should I say Hot and Heavy?  It is 103 + here this week with the heat consuming everything-hot enough to cook an egg on the patio and definitely to scorch little poodle feet, so what's a poodle to do?
I chose to stay inside with the refrigerated air and hit the red white and blue fabrics!
Threw together this free pieced banner to ring in the Fourth!
Now if I sneak upstairs and throw it on the quilt frame, quick while its empty, I could even have it quilted by then...

 The bright sun kinda takes some of the detail out but had to shoot quick before my padsies got burned!
Hope you all have a fun Fourth of July!
I don't like all the loud noise that much but I manage since it is only once a year...
Toodl-oo,
Tess

Blocks for quilt guild and a bad hair day...

Bon Jour!  Sophie, here.  Please excuse that I haven't been to the beauty parlor yet today.  Bath yesterday but mom hasn't taken the time to give me a good brushing just yet.  Isn't that terrible?  Well,  there are a lot of things mom isn't getting around to these days so I finally decided I better help her out a little.  These blocks have been waiting for half a year, yes that long, to be sewn together and returned to the quilt bank for the quilt guild.  Frankly, I was tired of looking at them piled up by the sewing machine and decided I would just take care of them myself!

Here they are, six lovely purple and yellow blocks.  Now, if I could only do my own hair...
Bonne journée,
Sophie

Poodle Art

http://robiniart.com/tag/perro-pintura/

Check out the poodle and other pooch art here!
Would make great quilts!

Three Lazy Poodles

Thinking of changing the name of the blog to 3 lazy poodles based on what has been going on around here lately.  Not a lot of quilting going on...

Poodle art...

Mom found these while out shopping yesterday at Marshal's.  She didn't buy them but I think she really should have!  Aren't they just the coolest thing ever?
Toodles,
Tess

Old Reliable...

Bon Jour,
Sophie here...
Thought I would give you a quick view of what's up on the poodle design wall today...

See, Mom has a special event coming up for which she needs a special gift.  She said she didn't have time to make quilts but then I pulled out the good old, reliable, Eleanor Burns book.  "Oh, yeah" she said, "if we worked hard we might could get that done but I still feel there is not enough time..."
"Time, shmime!"  I barked.  "This poodle can whip out a "Quilt in a Day" in a few days for sure!"
So, here it is on the wall.  The rail blocks are sewn together but the blocks need to be joined.   Now that it is up on the wall in a His and Hers design (these are going to be 2 lap quilts), it will go together quickly!

 
 This is the left one up close, though you still cannot see the lovely southwestern and batik designs in the fabrics...

And here is the right one. 
















So, while I am sewing away, Mom will still be shaking her head, saying "There's just not enough time."
Au revoir,
Sophie

UFO work

See this quilt?  It has been on the shelf, minus the border, for at least 2 years.  I gave up waiting on Mom and added the borders and quilted it myself- not too difficult now that Mom has a computerized module on her machine.  It takes some getting use too but even a poodle can do it.  Now this lovely oriental medley awaits a binding, which, unfortunately, I have to wait for Mom to buy- poodles aren't allowed in the fabric store you know. 
Hope you have the best time stitching this week!
Au revoir,
Sophie