November 20, 2009 at 8:57 pm (Quilt shop)
I am blessed with many wonderful, inspiring friends and one of them is my friend, Kim. Her tissue cozies are the cutest thing and this giving idea is one we all need to adopt. This is the season of Giving and Thanks. Remember our blessings, be thankful and share the love by giving. I am thankful for my good friends.
My block of the month ladies are amazing. Here is another unique and gorgeous BOM quilt. Brenda made this one and shared with us tonight at block of the month.
Brenda's quilt
November 19, 2009 at 1:56 pm (Quilt shop)
I just finshed a really cute snowman quilt. Yes, I just hung it on the wall. I started making it night before last and awoke to snow on the ground. I wonder if I caused that? Oh well, here is a picture of the quilt and a picture from my porch. 
BTW-I finished the tree skirt for the Festival of Trees donation. You will have to come to the Roxy Theater and BCJ Gallery to see it November 29th -December 5th and make a bid on the Sugar ‘n Spice Tree.
November 12, 2009 at 10:26 pm (Quilt shop)
I am very excited about the Christmas Tree Skirt I am working on for the Festival of Trees donation. I could have used a pattern, but that would have been too easy. I decided used a jelly roll and made the skirt based on a quilt pattern. It has been evolving into something interesting. Yes, we are decorating a Christmas Tree for those of you who’ve been asking. And yes, I would like help. Come and see me if you want some ideas or fabrics to make ornaments. I will be decorating the tree November, 27th the day after Thanksgiving. See the tree skirt in process below.
Look at the beautiful show-n-tell from the block of the month class-
Phyllis' Purplework Quilt
Phyllis Freeman's Treadle Sewing Block Exchange
This quilt was made using blocks from a treadle sewing machine block exchange Phyllis joined. All the blocks were made either with a treadle or hand-crank sewing machine and are from all over the world. Phyllis also machine quilted it on her industrial treadle machine. It is just amazing and outstanding!!!
Block of the Month Quilts in process:
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Thanks for sharing ladies!
October 24, 2009 at 10:31 am (Quilt shop)
Tags: Fall Shop Hop, house building
Those of you who check my blog have seen the differnece in my blog site. It is UNDER CONSTUCTION. I am looking for inspiration to finish/change it.
Many of you know that we completed our building project and we are now living in our garage apartment. This project took up so much of my “spare” time and then of course after pushing myself really hard for 5 months, I need a break. Well, that hasn’t happened, yet. I don’t like to complain about it. Truly , it has been a wonderful experience, just wearing. So, that is why you have not seen a new blog from me since September 2nd.
It is shop hop time and I finished my shop hop quilt Wednesday night about midnight. It is a not really difficult quilt, just you must have sewing time to make it. My sewing time has been limited. I have a new addiction—Farmville on Facebook. It is a bit a time waster, but when I farm it does give me a break from reality and I don’t need to think. Want to be my neighbor on Farmville? Yes, I am a Farmville addict. I said I would quit when I bought my pink tractor,but I now have a seeder and a harvester. When it cuts into my quilting time it will go. I farm when I’m too tired to quilt and can’t sleep.
See my Shop Quilt below. Happy sewing!!!
September 2, 2009 at 3:47 pm (Quilt shop)
Today’s Beauties…block of the month show-n-tell
Brandy's Heart Quilt
Sorry about the lighting issue in Brandy’s Inspiration Shop Hop Fabric Quilt. We had a bit of sun glare I didn’t notice until I posted it here. Brandy & her Grandma Dorothy did not do the shop hop but loved the fabric (who wouldn’t they are gorgeous) so they planned a quilt using the fabric. Brandy also made the black, white and red heart Just Can’t Cut it quilt. Awesome, ladies!!!
September 1, 2009 at 11:55 am (Quilt shop)
Yes, the house is painted and we have most of the electrical wired . Last night we worked on setting in the kitchen. Tonight we will cut the counter top for the bathroom vanity.
Saturday Sarah brought in her HUGE Thimbleberries quilt she made for her husband’s friend. The quilt is gorgeous and very large. It was difficult to get a picture of it. Her daughter Kendra and husband Mike stood on chairs to hold up the quilt.
Sarah's Quilt
August 28, 2009 at 2:18 pm (Quilt shop)
Arlene's Quilt
Arlene and Maxine met at Sugar ‘n Spice this morning to bring me show-n-tell, get quilt ideas and try to pick a back for Maxine’s quilt. We were mostly successful; we’re still looking for a back for the quilt. Arlene brought in a couple of the blocks for this quilt a few weeks ago. The pattern is out of an older Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Magazine and one that I’ve had my eye on. I think it is very cute. Maybe someday I’ll make it. Well, that is if I can find the pattern. I know Arlene has it.
Miranda's Quilt
Yesterday, Miranda brought in her quilt that she designed and quilted. It is very cute and has some unique design features. She has little fabric tabs (labels she had with her scrap booking stuff)down the right side some ribbon bows and a couple of buttons. I sure have some talented quilters.
Later today a couple of my ladies brought in their blue and yellow challenge quilts. One is finished one is in blocks. This is terrible… I don’t know their names, but here are the pictures. As I understand it, they gathered these blue and yellow fabrics during 2008 shop hop and then shared the fabrics they bought and challenged each other to make a quilt. They are very cool. What fun!!!
Be sure to check out Joey’s page.
Thanks for sharing with me ladies.
August 14, 2009 at 10:15 am (Quilt shop)
Tags: Inspiration Quilt Pattern, Linda West, Western Washington Shop Hop, Wild West Designs
Yesterday was a pleasant day of visiting and sharing. One of the first show-n-tell projects my quilter friend Dorothy brought. Her grandaughter, Brandy, made it. I believe Dorothy helped. Here it is. It’s that Inspiration pattern by Linda West of Wild West Designs. It is a very cute quilt. The little cat faces in the black border are sooo cute. 
Nice job, Brandy.
And then my quilter friend Donna and her daughter Jennifer came in to show a few of her 2009 Western Washington Shop Hop Blocks. They are very cute. She borrowed a couple of my embroidery books to brush up on her stitches. They are beautiful. Oh,BTW if you need more shop hop fabric, Ruby Street Quiltworks in Tumwater has all of the fabric except the periwinkle. You’ll want to get there quick before it’s all gone.
Quilt teacher/friend Kim visited and quilter friend Della stopped in with NEW quilt magazines. It was an awesome day that passed quickly and all too soon it was time for me to go to work at the house. As I said yesterday my DH is working on the house, taking a couple of vacation days. He seemed in a better mood by 5:30 when I arrived on my second job of the day. I got right to painting the ceiling-I sure hope it looks better this morning. I don’t need any more streaking paint. Tom is wiring in the lights. It is fun to see the items we picked out some time ago come out of boxes and get installed in the house. Tonight is cleanup time at the house. I will be cleaning floors preparing for tile, washing down windows and their screens, and hopefully getting the outside ready for paint.
August 13, 2009 at 12:28 pm (Quilt shop)
My DH, Tom, has taken 2 more days off work to get our house finished. We have found that it takes more that 4 months of weekends and after work hours to build a house and we are surprised. We both have high expectations of ourselves. We were sure we would be living in our house by now and we at least 3 weeks from move-in. We’ve had a lot of help from family and friends, but there is so much to do when building a house. Our lastest setback: We chose an off-white paint to paint walls and ceiling throughout the house so we could use a paint sprayer. Tom painted Monday night. We don’t have great lighting ,yet, so it was difficult to see that the paint coverage was streaky. So last night he painted again and it is still streaky. Both nights I was busy (dentist one night, picking up appliances the other) and could not be there to help him with lighting or a clogging paint sprayer. He will not paint it again, he says. I will be painting it. I will use a roller.
On a happier note, I am working on a quilt for our new bedroom. Hummm, maybe if the quilt is so gorgeous no one will notice the streaky walls.
August 11, 2009 at 12:46 pm (Quilt shop)
Say hello to Abby. She is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Puppy who belongs to our Project Linus Coordinator, Theresa. Abby is a very well-behaved puppy. She sat, mostly quietly, while her mom sewed on bindings and such. Joey seems to like her just fine, too. She is sooo cute.
At the house we are painting inside. We tried out a paint sprayer on the inside without much success. We have some streaks. I guess it was plugged. Now we have more painting to do. I just can’t wait till we can move in.
