Darling BIRDS- Great Polka Dots, Jason is an IronMan, Fun, Jennifer Sampou fabric and some treats at the end

Do you like color and whimsy and birds like I do? These birds were done by me and my friends in my block swap. I just sashed them in with my friend and neighbor Connie and it was alot of fun! This will look smashing on an entry wall in my home as a "WELCOME"! 

I am going to teach a workshop of birds starting Sept. I know for sure I will teach this in June next year for Quiltcruises.com  It is a very fun and easy workshop and we laugh alot too!

 The dots I used for the sashing in Michael Miller dots. The colors were perfect and whimsical which I must have in what I work with!
If you would like to book a workshop , contact me at Marylouquilts@AOL.com   We love color and we love fun! This makes for positive thinking and new friends!

 HELP!!!! I have started a project with this very old Jennifer Sampou dot from Robert Kaufman and these little strips is ALL I have left. Can you help me finish my quilt? I need at least a yard of any color way of this! Thank you friends!

I love Maxine because she is funny and tells the truth!

OK I admit it and I cannot let the fact go that my sweet son made Iron Man this weekend in Whistler BC, Canada. My Grandparents would have been thrilled as they were from BC and my husband Mark who died in May was there with him in spirit I know.

2 1/2 Miles swimming, 112 miles biking up steep mountain terrain and 26.2 miles running and all in less than 14 hours!

This kid had leukemia as  child and his knees were honeycombed and eaten away when he was diagnosed and his shoulder bone as eaten away as well. God was good since they misdiagnosed him for weeks and by the time they figured it out, his prognosis was terrible. God blessed him and us and today he is an Iron Man. I wish his Dad had been there at the finish line to hug him. I stayed home because I could not take another one- all I do is worry!

I am so proud and so happy that this NICE young man is an Iron Man!

 I love Maxine because she tells the truth whether it hurts or not-she is funny with the truth!

 A beautiful bouquet of sunflowers for you!

I ended with a good thought- Be NICE to everyone! It'll make friends and share the love- which we need!

Birds from Flower Book for Swaps and GREAT Quilts

As many of you know I have had a block swap group for years and we are back to trading birds with each other. Flower Power (my book) has lots of fun ideas for birds and bugs. I think that the birds I made above are my most favorite and I am making a whole quilt of these for workshops for guilds and cruises. They are easy and fun and you don't know what the bird will looks like until she is done! The blocks below were made by girlfriends in the swap. I have to find out who made which one. There are a dozen of us making birds. This will make for more fun quilts!

To order this fun book go to Marylouweidman.com 
And to book a workshop contact Mary Lou at Lattegirl@aol.com

Colorful,Cool, Cowmedic COWS-they just keep popping up everywhere- Have you done one???

Fifi the cow is now complete! She was started by Kathleen below in my Asilomar workshop this spring. Isn't she magnifique!? Mel and I are hoping she is about to join the Cow Parade!

Rebecca from Nebraska has long done my kind of stuff and I love her choices of color and design-she is a wonderful quilter. Here is her Hoffman challenge for this year. FUN

Below is Lorraine's quilt -she lives in California and she is awesome and talented and fun and BUSY, always joining, taking classes, taking care of many animals and signing up here and there. This quilt was started in an orange county workshop. I love Lorraine's choice of color and design don't you? She came to the workshop on fire! So to speak....

Below is Lorraine's buddy and our favorite California quilter Pam Dransfeldt! Pam's middle name is Joy-really her middle name is JOY. This is a Christmas memory as she got a purple cow for Christmas one year...fun right?

Below is Mel's new Cow- she has done at least six-they are addictive! Really! This is the MOOterhorn quilt for Switzerland, haha. Great isn't it?

Below is a quick photo of me and Mel in Sister's Oregon by the cow display- great fun and lots of nice gals. The cow pattern is in our book "Out of the Box with Easy Blocks-" Available here- Marylouweidman.com

Don't the Cows look great against this clock shop?

Below is a close up of Lorraine's Cow quilt from my workshop

Stephanie did this cow before she came to take the cow class in Arlington (Smokey Point, Wa) at Aunt Mary=s. I will be teaching there in February- some and join us please

Terry Jones LOVES  babies- one boy and one girl....isn't this great? She always knows how to change the cow pattern to be loads of fun!

 Below is a Christmas COW by Wendy who is alot of fun and did a great job! Mel has about 65 to 75 cow quilts right now that are always traveling. We require postage for the quilts and sales of a certain amount of the cow books. Everyone loves these COWS and they always bring more ideas and fun for people who haven't tried them yet!

My friend Mari Linfesty who I have known for years and years did this fun quilt called Bovine Intervention. Pretty clever I'd say! Pieced border is great too! Mari is alot of fun

Below is my buddy Michele who many of you may know. We always connect when we are both at Sisters-she is a doll!

Here I am standing in the HOT heat talking to quilting friends! Fun day with Mel

Below is a darling close up of Kathy Collins Vegie quilt....fun to see it hang and close up too- cool background

Close up of the Vegie quilt by Kathy Collins 

And below people crowd in to take many photos of the cows as they smile and laugh, very fun!

 

Two fun quilts by Terry and Sandi- brought lots of smiles and close up looks!  

I grabbed these two and asked for a photo-he asked why? I said they were the most FUN thing at the show- she was really cute and she made the outfits

 The quilt below had loads of people pointing and laughing. It is so clever and many pig lovers thought it was expecially wonderful! Barb Lambrecht is very clever! And a great quilter too!

Below is the Art DeCOW quilt that my dear neighbor Connie made- such fun! And it has lots of vintage jewelry on it too!

I hope you enjoyed this cow show- I have a cow from Dwighta to show you and some others that I will post soon. If you have not made a cow think about making one! We have an offer from a publisher to make a COW book- will be super fun and have lots of color in it!

 Thought I would share the humor too- the last one really made me laugh and a guy I went to high school with commented that it is probably GAS powered. Please comment on the cows if you love them like I do!

The cow is on the hood of the car because it is way below Zero and it is cold, haha

Have a wonderful week and count your many blessings!

Teaching at the Utah Guild's Conference in September or Your Guild if You Wish-Plus Block Swap group, look at this Kaffe place ! GREAT fun for all of us!

http://www.utahquiltguild.org/annual

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Class 1

FLOWER POWER class- class shows how to do easy piecing technique with flowers as it's subject. Join us for Flowers, Pots, Vases, and Happy critter ideas!  Fun and easy and creates lots of giggles and "hey look at what I did!" Great for gifts, Grand daughter's quilts and quilts or wallhangings for your own house. I love making these! SO fun!

Class 2

Easy Piecing for Original, quick and fun quilts! If your quilts look like everyone else's perhaps you want to stretch and see how you can create your own fun, original and unique quilts. This method lets you create a baby quilt in one day and they are wonderful. These blocks are kind of like p-nuts and once you get the hang of the easy piecing method you are off and running for quilts, wallhangings, runners and great gifts.See another sample at Marylouweidman.com -the background quilt on black is an Easy Piecing quilt

I have added a students work here too for fun!

Class 3

Autumn Winds- this workshop is an easy and fun way to practice piecing Fall things that make the season happy. Class shows simple technique that is easy and fun. The magic is that you don't really know what your block will look like until it is complete and it makes you your own designer and gives you creative power.  This is your chance to make an "original" and fun Autumn quilt for your entry, a gift or a hanging for anywhere in your home.

Above- I am working on appliqued leaves (you may fuse) for the pumpkin with arrow through it below the Autumn sign- Fun! and below is some of the things that makes this workshop so fun!

 Class will discuss your fabric stash and what you may not know that could make your projects better.

Pumpkins, gourds, owls, crows, leaves, feathers, pears apples and grapes and other things that are fun for Autumn themed quilts, runners and wallhangings.

I will be handing out a handout that shows how to do lettering and the word Autumn. Words create drama and also fun.
If you cannot make this event, you might want to book any of these classes for your own guild or workshops. Learn techniques and color and what is wrong with your fabric stash....all fun and light 
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