My Quip – Our EssbeeCon Quilt Has Been Accepted at QuiltCon – February 21-24 – Austin, Texas

Good Day,

Andy and I just received notice that our new and original quilt EssbeeCon has been accepted to be displayed at QuiltCon this coming February 21 -24 at the Austin Convention Center, in Austin, Texas.

QuiltCon is the first international Modern Quilting Conference and Show presented by The Modern Quilt Guild. It is to be the first modern quilting event of its kind. Check out the QuiltCon press release.

Check out my postings regarding our journey with EssbeeCon –

- Q107 – EssbeeCon – Quilt

- EssbeeCon Quilt Redesign Revealed

- EssbeeCon Quilt Progress

- EssbeeCon - The Piles of Fabric Converted to Blocks – In Progress

- EssbeeCon – A New and Original Quilt – In Progress

- New Quilt – EssbeeCon

Continue to check back to Quilts SB to see what we’re working on and our current status and updates.

Enjoy,

Jim

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My Quip – V-Bricks Goes Home to Delaware

Good Day,

A Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a forth-coming New Year’s.

Our creation V-Bricks has gone to its new home in Delaware.


After traveling to Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland, Oregon, V-Bricks has a new home.

You can see and read my previous blogs following the history of V-Bricks at the follow Quilts SB posts. I have provided the links below.

- Q47 – Quilt – V-Bricks

- Quilts in Progress – V Bricks

- Evolution Heads to MQX West 2012 – Portland, Oregon

You can also read and see more of our quilts and wall-hangings in our portfolio Quilts By Essbee. Scroll down on any Quilts SB to see the grid, our showcase of all our quilts we have made and created that we have a visual record.

If you have any comments, thoughts, ideas, commissions, questions, please feel free to contact me.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Merry Christmas from Jim and Andy

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...

I will be returning to my posting to Quilts SB after Christmas Day.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip – EssbeeCon Quilt – Top Completed

Good Day,

The top of our new and original EssbeeCon quilt has been completed. The borders have been attached. Take a gander.

Thanks for the many suggestions regarding the possibility of quilting design. We have decided that in keeping of the geometric nature of EssbeeCon configuration that we needed a simple and complementary quilting configuration.

The approximate dimensions of EssbeeCon are now nearing 85” by 85” before the addition of the binding. The backing has been selected. It will balance the top, and again it will be a solid shade of color.

And a couple more images.

We will be using three methods of sewing to complete our EssbeeCon: freeform Longarm; freeform domestic; and hand stitching.

Stay tuned for our updates as we round the corner to completion.

Also check out, if you are interested, my two other blogs, A Genealogy Hunt and Jim’s Trek.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My Quip - Not Only Quilting But Muffins Too...

Good Day,

Yes, I am obsessed with genealogy... and quilting. But I do have a couple other likes that from time-to-time bide my time.

Today was the third time in a couple of weeks that I set myself back to another one of my long-lost loves; baking.

Who'd'a thought that running a bakery that many years ago would necessarily put me back into the mood to start again? But first, let me explain, I'm not starting a bakery... I'm just doing the baking. I think that there is also the sticker shock after I purchased some baked goods at a specialty coffee and goodies shop.

And I've started off with muffins.

The first batch - Banana, sour cream, and toasted walnuts. Didn't have enough sour cream so I substituted half required with yogurt. Not a bad result, and they didn't last long out of the oven.

The next dozen was Cranberry and orange. But this one doesn't count. This was from a box off the shelf. I was being a bit lazy and thinking that everything would be pre-measured and in easy plastic compartments if I used a box/package. I definitely wanted to see and taste if there was a real difference between homemade and packaged goods. Damn right there's a difference... But I am confused, why did the package mix instructions only state that the resulting batter would make 11 regular-sized muffins?

My next homemade batch was a mixture of cornmeal, flour, bacon, green onions, and three types of cheeses: Asiago, white cheddar, and mozzarella. These were terrific, and you can tell that "Chopped" is definitely having a lasting effect on my approach to cooking.

Today's experiment was blueberry, sugar, and grated lime peel. The recipe called for lemon peel, but I only have a key-lime tree in the back-yard. A blueberry sugar reduction was made to swirl into the batter of each muffin. Also a mixture of sugar and lime peel was mixed and sprinkled on top. Fresh out of the oven, only half a dozen left.

And yes, the above image of six lime-sugared blueberry muffins are the ones out of my oven.

And here's to fairly good baked goods.

Now I will focus on A Genealogy Hunt on my Mystery of the genealogy and life of ggg-grandfather Brayton C. Placeway. Also, got to work on the next new Quilt SB designs.

Enjoy,

Jim

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