It's Raining...Umbrellas!

WARNING: 

This post is picture heavy!

This is the umbrellas that started it all. Pat made all of the sisters umbrellas for Christmas. (I can't find my picture taken at that time, darn it!)

And then this happened in June at the annual Sisters' Weekend. 

All of us made an umbrella or two. The picture above includes most of the umbrellas made in one day. I don't have a close up of the Ohio State umbrella Kathie made, but it is adorable!

Ann's floral umbrella is beautiful!

Barb's looks like it's a hand-painted masterpiece!

And Paula's is just plain fun!

The "Cleveland Family" was surprised when they received their umbrellas. That was a fun day and I look forward to doing it again next year.

Of course there was the 

See You in September Blog Hop.

Here's my umbrella using Riley Blake Designs' orange Gingham. I added a touch of black trim and think that made this umbrella a real beauty. 

Of course having Quinn as my model makes me love this umbrella even more.

And then the classes began...

The batiks are beautiful.

But so are the prints.

This is just so darn cute!

I love the polka dots in the alternating panels. 

Gingham and a fun print! What a great combination. 

Love the dots!

And more batiks that are so striking!

These blues are beautiful!

This umbrella was made using home dec fabrics and they worked great.

A solid batik umbrella that is just wonderful!

A mixture of batiks and Kona solid that looks awesome!

And it's even pretty rolled up.

I just sprayed another one, but it's hanging up to dry. Perhaps I'll remember to post a picture tomorrow.