Disappearing Nine Patch With A Twist

Here is one of those projects that has been hanging around my sewing room for far far too long. I'm going to show it to my baby sister and see if she likes it. If she does, it's going to her house! It's not a queen size bed quilt, but it should be great for a couch quilt, especially if she has her two beautiful grandchildren under it with her!

National Board Results Are In!

We received Sara's board results today in the mail. I'm so very proud of her. She passed this test with flying colors. She even got a better score than her college instructor! This is one of three tests, but it puts her one step closer to being a Registered Dental Hygienst!
I haven't doing much quilting lately. I'm hoping to get back into it soon. I'm only doing what I absolutely have to do. I did finish sewing on the binding for four quilts that belong to my friend.

Opportunity Quilt

So we've been working on our guild's Fall Opportunity Quilt since last Fall. Our show will be in October and we hope to start selling the tickets in March 2011. The ladies have done a wonderful job on this quilt. The applique in the borders is beautiful. I did have a small part in this quilt. I think I made 27 of the connector blocks. Pat Harmon did all the applique by hand (which is just stunning). I think there were four or five other ladies that made the "flower" blocks.

We took the quilt to a local church last week to get a good photo. We like to give each guild member a copy of the photo to help with the selling of the quilt. Below is what we came up with. The quilt is 116 x 117 and presented a number of challenges during the shoot. The close up of the applique was taken by a local professional studio.

Doing A Happy Dance!

Although we are expecting about an inch of ice late tonight, I am doing a happy dance! Not because of the ice, but because I was able to go to Best Buys today and retrieve my laptop. Thanks goodness I had purchased their black tie protection plan. They replaced my screen, the cable from the screen to the mother board, and the motherboard at no charge!!! This is the second time I've sent it back for work, and each time it has been at no charge. Unfortunately, my protection plan runs out in July of this year, so keep your fingers crossed that nothing else will go wrong after that date.

So while I was computerless, I really thought I would get lots of sewing done. Nope, just sat around doing nothing!! What a lazy girl.

I did finish a quilt for the Grand Opening of the quilt shop where I work. It was a hit at the opening! Here's my picture of it.


The quilt pattern is called Fire & Ice. How appropriate for the upcoming weather!

Stay safe and warm....

Christmas Rush

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was very busy with family and friends. We had our Christmas Eve celebration with my husbands side of the family, and then stopped to visit with the family of the woman who babysat our daughter for many years. Mary is getting up in years now, but she is still as sharp as a tack. We had to cut our visit short with her. I still had a turkey in the kitchen sink thawing so we needed to get home.

I was up til 3 am putting the finishing touches on a quilt I made for my mom. Nothing like waiting til the last minute. I shared a sneak peak of it a couple posts ago, but now I can show you the finished product.



There were a few teary eyes around the tree this year when I presented the quilt to my mom. One of the girls was especially touched to be add to the quilt, she is the significant other of one of my nephew's. I included her and her children, after all they are my nephew's "family". Such sweet memories made today.



So many people here today, we almost had to sit on top of each other...amazing how there always seems to be enough room for everyone.

New Quilt For Christmas

I finally finished my Christmas quilt. I try to make one new quilt for Christmas each year. So although I have no turkey for Christmas dinner, my house is a total mess, and I still have to finish a quilt for my mom for Christmas, I'm pleased as punch to have this one hanging in our family room! Oh well, it always works out.

















This is a picture of three of my favorite people. Looks like Carynn is totally fascinated with Sara's long hair! Maybe she will be a hairdresser when she grows up!

Binding, Binding, Binding

I love to do binding. It's one of my favorite things to do! In the last three days, I have sewn binding on five quilts. I have hand stitched three of them. The last two I gave back to my friend so she could finish them for Christmas. You see, none of them belong to me!

I'll post a picture of my tree quilt tomorrow. I haven't sewn the binding on it yet, but hope to get that finished tomorrow.

Hope you are all getting your Christmas presents "wrapped" up!