Karen Kay Buckley

Here are some more of my favorite quilts from the American Quilter’s Society show held in Paducah.  www.americanquilter.com

Melinda Bula won a Judge’s Choice award for her quilt “Monet in Pasadena”.

“Spring Gift” was made by Junko Suziki from Japan.  This piece was beautifully hand quilted.

Here are some detail shots.

“Days of Wine and Roses” was made by Cathleen Miller from Albuquerque, NM.  It won second place in the “Bed Quilts-Hand Quilted” category.

Cathleen said that she will be celebrating her 45 wedding anniversary this year and it took her husband 44 years to realize that roses and a bottle of wine make the perfect gift.  This quilt is also beautifully hand quilted.

“The Present of the Wind” was made by Masako Kumagawa from Japan.

This quilt is also beautifully hand quilted.

Terry Engleman from Spokane, Washington made “Terry’s Japanese Flower Garden” using my Japanese Garden pattern and won second place.  Terry won in the “1st Entry in an AQS contest” category.  Way to go Terry.

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Barbara Root sent me this photo of her finished quilt using my “Around the Garden” pattern.  Barbara named her quilt “Portals of Pleasure”.  She entered it in her local quilt guild show and won second place in the applique category.  Barbara took this class when I taught in Kamloops, Canada a couple of years ago.  I love how she finished it with a curved edge.  And I also know just how much work went into this little project.  Very well done Barbara.

This week I had a really long drive to get to the guild where I was teaching!  I just had to go to Allentown (Emmaus), PA.  It’s only about an hour and a half away from my house.  It was really nice to have a short trip.  I worked with the Crazy Quilter’s Quilt Guild http://www.crazyquilters.org  This is a very active guild and if you live in the area you certainly want to be part of this guild.

Until next week…..

The Chinese have a much better sense of humor when it comes to their road signs than we do.  See for yourself.

Not exactly the way we would go about selling a toilet in the US!  Hugging the toilet has a whole different meaning.

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I got an email from Barbara, who took my class at Quilt Fest in Jonesborough, Tennessee last July.  She finished her Garden Medley which she calls “Barbara’s Garden”.  Great color choices.  Nice contrast with the background and a nice variety of prints.  Nicely done Barbara.  Thanks for sharing.

Until next week…….

Shanghai was my favorite stop on the cruise.

Here are some sights from Shanghai.

This is the view from our balcony, across the river.  The architecture is not at all what I expected.  I expected older style buildings but found this incredibly new architecture.

The combination of the old and new.

Love the green.

I was not expecting to see so much laundry hanging outside.

The one with the most laundry outside wins!

Our fearless leaders, Kim and Amy, hired a guide for the day and we went on a journey via bus.  Our guide, Alex, was the best…just the right mix of humor and history.  He gave us tons of information.

While we were touring we came upon some school kids out touring also.  They loved the Americans and wanted to talk to us and to have their pictures taken.  Cute kids.

On our second day in Shanghai we took our own tour and traveled to this temple.  This is what I had in mind for the architecture I thought I would find.

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I just finished listening to The Panther by Nelson DeMille. I finished it on my drive to and from the Hunderdon County Quilting Guild in Readington, New Jersey.  I am a Nelson DeMille fan.  My husband turned me on to him years ago. In this recent saga,  John Cory is on the anti-terrorist task force, and his wife, Kate Mayfield is an FBI agent.  They are posted on an overseas assignment in Sana’a, Yemen which is one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. I love Demille’s sense of humor for the John Cory character.  I laughed out loud many times on my drive. Cory with the help of the CIA are hunting the Panther, a terrorist responsible for the bombing of the Navy ship the Cole, or is the Panther hunting them? The ending was eye opening!!  This book did drag in the middle but I still liked it.

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In March I taught my Ocean Sunrise class at the seminar in Pigeon Forge.  Cookie has her quilt finished.  I mean finished.  Not just the top.  It is quilted and bound.  And she really did some fun stuff.

Cookie actually turned the center of her quilt into an aquarium.  Very cool.

On Sunday I was asked to lecture for the Cranberry Quilt Guild in McAdoo, Pennsylvania.   Each year they host a luncheon for their members and it is also open to non-members.

This was a really lovely group of ladies.    You can see their raffle quilt hanging in the background.

Check out the cake they had made by one of the local bakers.

They opened the luncheon with a show and tell.  Some of the ladies I had just seen at the quilt guild in Bloomsburg made the trip to McAdoo.  Shirley brought her quilt to share.  Shirley used her Kansas Rose block from a workshop I had taught for her guild as the center of her wonderful wall quilt.  Thanks for sharing Shirley.

I also taught this past week for the Hunterdon County Quilters in Reading, New Jersey, http://hcqgnews.tripod.com  We had fun in a 3 hour hand applique workshop.  Sometimes I think I pack to much into my 3 hour workshops because the students faces look exhausted when we are finished!

Until next week…..

Our first stop in China while on the cruise was Beijing.  (You can find out more about the quilting cruises by going to  http://www.quiltcruises.com)  This city boasts over 20 million in population.  I live in a city that boasts about 20,000.  A world of difference.  We were lucky to have our friend Dorothy’s daughter who lives in Beijing as our guild and interpreter.   I am so thankful that Karen was willing to give up two days from her work, husband and children to be our guide.  Thank you Karen.

Here are some photos we took around Beijing.

After driving through Beijing we headed to the Great Wall.

This is impressive.  To think this wall was built one stone at a time by hand made me feel very small.

At the bottom of the Great Wall they had some Mongolian camels.  Joe thought it would be fun for me to sit on the camel.  Why do I let people talk me into these crazy things??

Close to the area where we visited the Great Wall is an eco-lodge with 25 rooms called the Brick Yard.  We were lucky enough to meet the owner in the lobby when we checked in.  He is a retired professor from Berkley, CA.  After several visits to China he fell in love with this small community of Beigou Village.  And after being there I can see why he fell in love.  He renovated an abandoned tile factory.  They used a lot of the tile in decorative ways around the lodge.  Above the bed they built an inset using broken pieces of tile.  You can find out more about this lodge by visiting their website http://www.brickyardatmutianyu.com

The bathroom was lavish and also used some of the broken tiles.

One wall in our room was glass and through it we could see the patio area and in the distance…the Great Wall.

And of course they used tile on the roofs.

In this little village we found numerous walls decorated with different types of art.

And Confucius protecting the village.

From there Karen took us to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing .

The art work on the interior and exterior was really incredible.

Isn’t this little girl adorable?

As we drove out of Beijing I snapped this photo.

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BOOK REVIEW

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See seemed like a good book to read before going to Shanghai!  And it was.  The book starts in 1937 in Shanghai where sisters, Pearl 21 and her younger sister, May, are living a great life.  Both girls are attractive and pose for an artist who paints their portraits for calendars.  Their father’s rickshaw business allows them to have the things they want and be carefree.  Until….their father owes money from gambling and offers his daughters to an American business man who is looking for wives for his sons.  The girls are supposed to take a ship to the states but decide nothing bad will happen if they do not go.  Shortly after this decision Shanghai is bombed by the Japanese and the girls lives take a drastic change.  As they travel through the country side of China they encounter some bad situations.  The girls finally make it to America and marry their arranged husbands.  There were some good twists in this book and it kept my attention.

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STUDENTS’ WORK

On the cruise Judy took several classes with me.  After we got off the ship Judy continued on for another two weeks to Canada, where she lives.  During the cruise and the following two weeks Judy sewed and sewed and sewed and finished the three blocks we worked on in classes.  Great job Judy.  Your blocks are fabulous!!

When I was recently in Texas, Nanci shared her block she made after taking my Magical Medallion-Block Three workshop.  Nanci is a member of the Coastal Prairie Quilters Guild.

And while I was just in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania some students shared some of their blocks from the Kansas Rose workshop they took with me a few years ago.

Angela had her finished quilt from the Kansas Rose machine applique workshop.  Fantastic block and great smile Angela.

Cathy also shared her finished project from the Kansas Rose workshop.  Cathy used hers as a center for her Round Robin project, simply wonderful.

And then Angela shared another quilt she made after the Kansas Rose workshop.  Angela said she had so much fun making Perfect Circles she designed an entire quilt using them. She is still in the process of quilting this project in case you wondered about all the pretty colored pins still in the quilt.

This is a big thank you to everyone who shared their blocks and quilts with me and you.  You all know it makes me very happy to share students’ quilts with you.

While in Texas I first visited the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org which has around 450 members.  Nice, big guild.  Then I flew to Houston and worked with the Tri-County Quilt Guild http://www.tricountyquiltguild.org and then the Coastal Prairie Quilters http://cpqg.org  It’s true what they say about southern hospitality.

I got home Friday afternoon and then Friday evening I drove to Bloomsburg, PA to teach for the Quilters in Bloom guild.  Angela and Kathy who shared their quilts above are from the guild in Bloomsburg.

Next week: Photos from Shanghai.

After leaving Kyoto we took a taxi to the cruise ship terminal.  I don’t want to say things in Japan are expensive but the taxi ride of about 45 minutes cost us about $225 US.  Yikes.  Remember, I live in a small town so I thought for sure they said that incorrectly.  But, no, it was $225.  On the upside…they do not accept tips in Japan.  Not the waitress, not the gentleman who took all of our bags to the hotel room and not the taxi driver.  Interesting.  Our first stop on this cruise was Nagasaki, Japan.

This cruise was organized by Quilt Seminars at Sea quiltcruises.com  (Check out the cruise for next year to Tahiti in May.  It’s going to be awesome!)

The teachers on this cruise where from left to right, Sue Nickles www.sue-nickels.com, Paula Nadelstern  http://www.paulanadelstern.com and me.  On the far right is Pat Holly, Sue’s sister.

Here are a few photos I took as we walked in town.

One of the places we decided to investigate was Glover Gardens.   The Japanese are very serious about their gardens.  They were beautiful and calming.  A great place to relax and catch your breath.

Come on…a real  turtle on a fake turtle.  Very cool.

A view of Nagasaki from Glover Gardens.

We also took our own little tour of a temple on one end of town.  Amidst all the ciaos you find these peaceful temples.

Of all the  temples we visited this is the only one where the statues have any attire.

Cool bug.  I can see him in one of my quilts!!

And of course…there was a Starbucks at just about every stop.  Gotta like that.  Even though I could not speak the language I was able to get my chai tea latte without too much trouble.

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During the long flight I had lots of time to read.  My assistant, Lynn Stine, recommended reading Vince Flynn.  She recommended starting with his first book.  So I did.  Term Limits was published in 1997 but still felt current.  I really liked the characters in this book and the plot.  In the beginning of the book three powerful politicians are killed in very different ways.  The CIA and FBI are working to find the killers who they believe are elite military.  I will definitely read more of Vince Flynn’s books.

Next stop on the cruise…….Beijing.

When I was recently in Delaware visiting the Piecemakers Quilt Quilting Guild in Milford, some of my students brought finished projects to share with me.  These projects were from classes they had taken with me …..well, let’s just say awhile ago!  Deb, the guild President, had her Garden Medley Quilt to share.  You can find out more about the guild by going to http://www.quiltguilds.com/delaware.htm

You know how much I love to see those finished projects.  It’s just makes me happy.

I showed some of Janet Muldrew’s blocks in a previous blog.  Now, Janet has four of the blocks finished and put into a lovely wall quilt.

Karen Poulson sent me a very nice note about how much she learned in my applique class. She wanted to share this cute quilt she made using the techniques learned in the workshop.

Thanks to all of my student’s who are willing to share their pieces of art.  I appreciate it and based on what I hear from my blog readers….they like seeing your finished pieces as well.  In some cases, it gets some blog readers motivated to finish their own projects.

Something else that made me happy was my big win in Paducah!  After 32 years of quilting, I finally got a chair!  Awesome!

Renae and I were so excited about the chairs.  How crazy is that?

I wanted to share some of my favorite quilts from the show.  You can find out much more about the show by going to the American Quilter’s Society Show website http://www.americanquilter.com

Janet Stone made “Charm School”.  Janet is from Overland Park, KS.  I have blogged about Janet’s quilts before as I always like her quilts.  She won Best Wall Quilt.

Janet always has a lot of attention to detail.

I thought this quilt was really interesting.  The name of the quilt is “Luna Moth/True Beauty Is Hidden”.  It was made by Pam Meller from Beloit, WI.

Laura Trenbeath from Pavillion, Wyoming made this beautifully quilted piece.  She won an honorable mention.

The gold thread on the black background was fabulous.

Cherrie Hampton from Oklahoma City, OK made “Oklahoma Windsong”.  She won first place in the Small Wall Quilts,1st Entry in an AQS Paducah Contest.

“Echoing Spring” was made by Suzanne Marshall from Clayton, MI.  She won Best Wall Hand Workmanship.   You can find out more about Suzanne at http://www.suzannequilts.com/suzannequilts.com/Welcome.html

One of the things Suzanne is known for, other than her fabulous applique, is how she outlines each piece of applique with hand embroidery.  Impressive.

“Boy and His Best Friend” was made by Jennifer Day from Santa Fe, NM.  She won second place in small wall quilts, pictorial category.  I love this quilt.  You can find out more about Jennifer at http://jdaydesign.com/

There were numerous Baltimore Album style quilts in the show this year.  This one, called “Baltimore Baskets” was made by Frances Yoder from Whispering Pines, NC.  She won 1st place in the small wall quilts, hand quilted category.

That’s all for this blog.  I have so many things to share with you between the show in Paducah and the quilting cruise….I’ll do my best to share as many photos as  I can in the upcoming weeks.

Another good read.

Defending Jacob was another recommended book.  I am so glad I have blog readers and students in classes who have recommended so many great books to me.  Otherwise I would never have read half of the authors on my current list of “books read”.

Andy Barber has been the assistant district attorney in his county for more than 20 years.  He is very respected in his community.  He is happily married to Laurie and they have one child, Jacob.  There is a murder in their small community which shocks everyone.  Andy is blindsided when his 14 year old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.  It is in every parents nature to defend their children and Andy does just that.  The allegations and trial create lots of issues for the family.

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KYOTO DURING CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME IS HEAVEN ON EARTH

Trip of a lifetime to Kyoto.  We went to Japan a couple of days prior to our cruise.  We wanted to see Kyoto in the spring as we’d heard the time of year we were going to be there could be perfect for the cherry blossoms.  And I am happy to say…..it was perfect.  I am so happy to share some of the hundreds of photos we took in Kyoto, Japan.

Joe had done some research on the internet prior to our arrival in Kyoto and found us a resident of Kyoto who is also a tour guide, Takakazu Machi. His friends call him “Taka”, and within a few minutes we were all friends. Taka was incredible! He spoke perfect English and really knew his way around the city.  We were so lucky to find him.  He took us to some amazing places including several temples, palaces, gardens and shrines. Taka also taught us the local customs and shared the history of Kyoto and its many wonders. If you are ever going to visit Kyoto you must contact Taka. His email is akirafd@gmail.com, and his website is http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~m-taxi/ehome.html

Our first stop was a grand complex and I was not expecting so much orange, but loved it!

This was Temple of One Thousand Arches. It was amazing and had a multitude of Shinto Shrines within the compound.

I just love the architecture.

The attention to detail was inspiring.

There were many priests and also devotees praying for a variety of reasons

The following  colorful displays were prayers from students. Each strand held one hundred prayers and there were thousands of them. Taka informed us it was examination time so the students were praying for good grades

The architecture along the roof line of the historic buildings was very interesting..different levels…different textures…

Taka also explained that at the end of the roof tile was a design representing three rain drops as a good omen to protect the building from fire.

This building was part of a complex for teaching Buddhist monks and a few hundreds years ago thousands past through its gates.  The intricacy and workmanship are so impressive.

And yet another impressive building, the Shogan’s home.  We were able to walk through this one but no photos were allowed inside.

A close up of the entrance

A close up of the intricate carving above the door

We were taken to some of the most fascinating, peaceful and picturesque gardens

But the cherry blossoms were the star of the tour

We saw park after park and in some there was a carnival atmosphere

You’ll never guess what this temple is called??  It is called the Golden temple!  It is covered in actual gold leaf.  The Emperor’s summer get-a-way. Simply Beautiful.

And then Joe and I were taken to the  Silver Palace

Taka also writes a blog rating Kyoto restaurants, so he took us to the best Sushi restaurant recently opened by a friend and the chef had a marvelous meal waiting for us

What a wonderful meal from a great chef!

And then we saw more blossoms

Here is a photo of me and Taka, our most wonderful, intelligent and handsome tour guide!!

In Japan and China we came across some interesting signs. You gotta love this sign.  I cannot read the text but I do understand the message.  The dog’s leash is on fire and so is his poop!  (Just kidding!)  I’ll have more signs to share in an upcoming blog.  The Japanese culture seems to have a funny way to display things on their signs. Very different from the serious signs we see here in the United States.

In the next blog I’ll have photos to share of the first part of the Asia cruise.

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ATTENTION QUILT LOVERS :

NEWS FLASH FROM THE AQS QUILT SHOW IN PADUCAH

Dear All,

Karen’s husband Joe here. Karen requested I post her blog today because on Sunday night she was requested to travel to Paducah, Quilt City USA, for AQS’s big show. We had just returned from three weeks away from home and then Karen had to travel to Delaware to teach for some wonderful ladies after being home only two days. She was tired and when she was told she was one of the many winners at the show informed me ” I really just want to relax and go up in my studio and sew for the week.” Karen leaves for ten days in Texas next week. But like the great trooper she is, Karen with the help of her assistant Lynn prepared for her travels to Texas. Then on Tuesday morning at O dark thirty I drove Karen to the Harrisburg airport for an early flight to Nashville. She drove up to Paducah and attended the awards ceremony. My Karen is so, so modest about her accomplishments, but being her biggest fan I can post the following:

Karen’s quilt “Fiesta Mexico”  a joint project with Renae Haddadin, whose quilting is out of this world, won BEST OF SHOW!!!!!

My darling, you are so talented, humble and the most sharing person I know. It is such an honor and an extreme pleasure to be able to share my life with you. Congratulations!!!

I just finished reading “Still Missing” by Chevy Stevens, and I want to thank the person who recommended this book.

Annie O’Sullivan is a 32 year old realtor and during the course of showing a house she is abducted.  The book takes you through the sessions she has with her therapist and the story grows and grows as she takes you through each session.  Annie survived (I’m not giving anything away….you know this from the beginning of the book) a long and challenging time in captivity.  The things that come out in the sessions are amazing and shocking.  Good read.  It kept my interest from beginning to end.

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I have been on a amazing journey that started in San Francisco and took me to Japan, Korea and China.  I am going to start by sharing some of the photos I took while in San Francisco.  On our way to Japan Joe decided we should leave early and stop in San Francisco to visit his niece and  her daughter.  And I am glad we did.  I had not been in San Francisco for a long time and forgot just how much I loved it there. Of course you need to visit Ghiraardelli Square.  And you are going to need to purchase some Ghirardelli chocolate!  There are lots of fun shops and places to eat in this area.

One of the things we did was to go to the Aquarium.  I love going to the aquarium.  Lots of great things to see.

We wanted to take the tour of Alcatraz.  But, because it was Easter break week for the schools in the area all of the tours were booked so we had to view Alcatraz from a distance.

The day we arrived there were low clouds and we could not see the Golden Gate bridge but on day two we could see the beauty of  this magnificent bridge.

The weather was wonderful and we did a lot of walking.  Here are a couple of things we saw on our morning walk.

As we were walking we noticed this beautiful building across the way and decided to investigate.  It is called the Palace of Fine Arts.

There were walking paths through the area.  The place is simply beautiful.

If you have never been to San Francisco you really should plan a trip.  And if you live in the area you need to take advantage of all it has to offer.  My blog is only touching on but a small part of the things you will see in the area.  The architecture is fabulous.

In my next blog, after 13 hours of flying time, I am going to take you to Kyoto, Japan.  Oh, what a beautiful city.  I can hardly wait for the next blog.

This is something everyone who prints a pattern hopes never happens.  But, one thing I know for sure….I am far from perfect.  There were a total of six people who checked the patterns and we all missed it.  Not until I decided to remake block six on my Fiesta Mexico quilt using the newly printed pattern did I find the error.  We have attempted to email everyone who purchased a pattern from us online but I thought I would also address it here in case you did not get the email.  If you go to my website www.karenkaybuckley.com and look across the links along the top, right under my name, you will see “Pattern Corrections”.  Click on the link and you will be able to print the corrections.  I am very sorry this happened.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me at kkbquilter@aol.com

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I had a couple of students share some of their finished quilts with me.  I thought you’d like to see them as well.  Jane Rua shared her finished Fiesta Mexico-Block Three with borders.  Great job Jane.

Darlene Neil took some classes from  me when I taught in Jonesboro, Tennessee last summer.  Her first project was made after taking the Garden Medley workshop.  Nicely done Darlene.  Great contrast on the black background.

And Darlene also finished her Kansas Rose block using my machine applique methods.  Thanks for sharing with us Darlene.

You all know how much I like to share finished projects on the blog.  It gives me the warm fuzzies!

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I added a new item to my website.  Talking often about this in my applique classes, the issue is shadowing.  This occurs when you place a light colored fabric on top of a darker fabric.   You can see a shadow of the darker color coming through from behind the lighter fabric.  In order to not have shadowing, I iron a medium weight woven fusible interfacing to the back of my applique pieces.  This can be done in one of two ways.  I am going to use a circle as my example but this would apply to any shape.

The interfacing I prefer is 100% cotton.  It is a medium weight, woven, fusible interfacing.  It comes 23″ wide and I am selling it on the store site, under, “Other Recommended Notions”. The woven interfacing can be purchased in 1 yard increments.

Cut your interfacing to the finished size of your piece.  You do not want the bulkiness of the interfacing in your seam allowance.  Iron the interfacing to the back of your fabric circle.  Make sure you have the fusible side  against the back of the fabric and iron in place.  For those of you who are new to my site…the circle shape comes from my packages called “Perfect Circles”.  You can find more information about them in the store section on my site.
(I used a medium blue fabric for my photographs because the interfacing did not show well on the lighter fabrics.  I only interface light fabrics.)

From the step above you could either needleturn under your circle but, really, why would you want to do that when you know you can get a perfect circle by using the Perfect Circles.  Sew a running stitch in the seam allowance.  I prefer quilting thread for this step.

Place your perfect circle on top of the interfacing and pull as hard as you can. Moisten the seam with sizing.  I like sizing more than starch.  I found starch left a residue on my fabric and if you applique by hand the starch can be difficult to sew through.  Sizing works great.  Iron dry.

Remove the perfect circle as they are reusable for ever as long as you keep your iron on a dry, medium heat setting.  Too hot of an iron can warp the perfect circle.

You are now ready to hand or machine applique your perfect circle.  And you will have not shadowing!

Until next  week…….

We had a long drive back and forth to Gloversville so we listened to an audio book my friend loaned me,  “The 13th Hour” by Richard Doetsch.  His writing style reminded me a little like Dean Koontz.

It took me a little while to get into this book.  However, I am glad I stuck it out.  The concept is interesting.  The chapters go in reverse.  The book starts with the main character, Nick Quinn, being held in jail for murdering his wife.  There is a nice amount of evidence against him.  An elderly gentleman enters the jail and speaks to Nick. The gentleman asks him if given a chance, would he save his wife.  He gives Nick a watch that will allow him to go back in time, one hour at a time for a total of 12 hours.  Each time he goes back he alters things in the future, some by mistake.  Stick it out like I did and enjoy.

The other audio book I just finished was “The Bone Bed” by Patricia Cornwell.  If you are a fan of Patricia Conwell’s character, Kay Scarpetta, then you will like this book.  If you have never read any of the books with this character it’s a good place to start.

A woman vanished while digging a dinosaur bed in a remote part of Canada.  The only evidence has made it’s way to the Chief Medical Examiner, Kay Scarpetta’s, office in Boston.  Kay finds a connection between the woman in Canada and several other crimes close to Boston.  Cornwell brings back all of her favorite characters in this series…her niece, Lucy, her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and of course her husband, Benton Wesley.  You will be in for an exciting ride.

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Joe took these photos on March 25th.  I thought I’d share them with you.  We have a lot of bluebirds that live in our area. Maybe because Joe feeds them worms on a regular basis.  Anyway, I don’t think they were too happy about out late snow.

My poor crocuses were not happy either.

Until next week…..