My Birthday

As you can see I celebrated my 60th Birthday on June 29, 2010.....After my Sister took us all out to dinner we came home to enjoy this ice cream cake, it was delicious... The Birthday signs are what my sister posted around the house for me, (one in  the bathroom, one on the coffee maker and one on my sewing machine) ... She had to go to work so, she wanted to be the first to wish me Happy Birthday....:)
The Sunflower Pin cushion  is from a great gal who lives on the Cape... I will sure use it when I doing my needle turn.... It is so, beautiful and I have never seen one like it... Thanks Robyn :) 
The Paddington Bear came from Harrods of London... My best friend and her family went to London and while visiting there they bought me this Bear for my Birthday, I have collected bears for some time... They also gave me a gift certificate to Heartbeats Quilt Shop... I will be using this while I visit her in October... Thanks Lynn and John :)
 I got a Crazy Quilting, complete guide book from my nephew, Thanks Matt :)
I also received a Gift certificate from my niece and her family, for a massage... Thanks Lisa, John and Braeden... What a special day... :)
The next picture is a Beautiful Quilt Rack, My sister gave this to me for my Birthday.... She had it made for me... I just love it, and it is what I had wanted for a long time...A GREAT BIG THANKS  Sis... And, Thanks for making my day so special... I am lucky to have a Great Sister like you... Thanks Debbie :)
The last picture is Braeden (Lisa and John's son), who is 9 mo. old, he enjoyed the celebration as we all did...What a wonderful day it was... I do not feel 60 but, what does 60 feel like? I have no idea... Thanks all very, very much... I love you all... :)

Country Cousins Block #3

I finished Block #3 of the "Country Cousins" needle turn applique... This block is called "Crossed Hearts"... I am really enjoying doing the needle turn applique... I am glad that it is all turning out well... :)

Winter Wonderland

I had been working on the quilt "Winter Wonderland"..... I put all the embroidery blocks together and binding around it... Then I had to stitch the "Fly Stitch" around the blocks.... This part is done and now I have been working on the blocks that goes around this.... The next time you see this, I will have it completed....If you click on the picture you can see it better... I took the picture outside, and some of the sunlight came through.... :)

Emfroidery Stitch Tool

As you all know I have been doing more embroidery.... There were some stitches I was not familiar with.... So, I purchase this Stitch Tool Booklet.... There is 180 different stitches and combinations... Also Illustration for left and right handed stitching..... The book also stands as in the picture.... I purchase it on Amazon.... It was a great help for me to do the Fly Stitch that is required around the blocks on "Winter Wonderland " as you see in the picture above this.... :)

Country Cousins Block #2

This is Block #2 of the Baltimore's "Country Cousins"..... The block is called Drooping Daisies... I am really enjoying doing the needle turn applique.... My biggest challenge is finding the right fabric... I do not think that I choose the right colors.... But this is my first and it will belong to me when I am finish with it... Thanks for stopping and have a great day..... :)

Country Cousins Block #1

This is the first block that I have ever did in needle turn applique.... I took a needle turn class and this is the results of my first project... This block is called "Four Feeding Birds"... The pattern is from the Baltimore's "Country Cousins" by Susan McKelvey... I enlarged the pattern to 18" so, when I am finish with all the blocks, it fit my bed... I did make one of these blocks and I did not like the colors that I choose so, I started over.... I will show you each block when I get them done... Hugs :)

Operation Snuggles

This is a quilt I made for Operation Snuggles.... My quilt guild (It's A Stitch Quilt Guild) donate these quilts to children of Service Men and Women who are serving our country... They also go to the children of fallen Service Men and Women as well as the children of wounded soldiers... We also make Red, White and Blue quilts for the wounded service men and woman... This was a fun quilt to make and a happy quilt... If you click on the picture you can see all the fun fabric's.... I enjoy making quilts for a good cause.... Have a great day... :)

Happy Memorial Day

I want to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day... Please take time in your weekend to reflect on the solders who are fighting for our country.... Also, take time to say a prayer for the fallen solders.... If you see a service personal, go up to them and say "Thanks for a job well done and for keeping our country safe"... If you are traveling... Please be safe and return home safety... :) 

Three Stitchery

WOW! I can't believe this month is almost gone... I have been busy and the only things I was able to finish is these three stitchery.... I will be using them for gifts, but I am not sure yet how I will finish them.... I know I will put the heart stitchery in a frame, but, the other two may go into pillows... Where I am finish making them I will post them...

Happy Mother's Day.... :)

Hi to all my friends in blog land, I want to wish you all of the  mother's a Very Happy Mother's Day..... I hope that everyone has enjoyed their day to the fullest and were treated very special for all you do for the family throught the year.... Enjoy :)

Paducah Quilt Show

My Sister, her friend (Pam) and I went to the Paducah Quilt show... These pictures are a very few quilts that we saw.. The workmanship is all the quilts that was there were spectacular.... The quilt on the bottom of the pictures is hexagon's that is the size of a dime.... This whole quilt is made of these little hexagon's, it was amazing to see this quilt and I wonder how long it took to make this bed size quilt....If you ever have an opportunity to go to Paducah , You should go and wear real good walking shoes... With all the quilts to see and all the vendors that are there, you could spend three days walking through all three buildings in order to see everything.... I left there with quilt overload, but I enjoyed every minute that I was there... :) 

Lisa's Quilt

I know this is not a great picture of this quilt but I just washed it and I did not want to get cat hair on it... This quilt is King size, the pattern is "Turning Twenty"...  Lisa made the quilt top, Her mother (my sister) put the borders on and did the binding, and I quilted it... We call this quilt a family quilt, because we all had a part in it... This is the first quilt top that Lisa has made and she did a great job on her own with little instructions.... Great job on all our parts... :)

Any Occasion Tablerunner

This is the tablerunner I made for my sister's friend Pam.... Pam let us stay at her house while we were in Paducah... This pattern was a quick and easy to do... I needed to do a quick pattern, because I did not have much time to get one done.... This was part of a Thank You gift for letting us stay with her ....Pam's kitchen is blue and this went great in on her kitchen table.... Thanks again Pam for letting us stay with you... We enjoyed you and your fur children..... :)

A Must Read Book

Jennifer Chiaverini did it again.... If you have read the other "Elm Creek Series," then you must read this book... What a wonderful story...I can never get enough of the Elm Creek Quilters and their lives... Jennifer's books are a easy read and the people she write's about are wonderful... So, if you haven't read this you must get it and enjoy it... I did :)

2010 International Quilt Festival /Chicago

This past Friday I went to the International Quilt Festival in Chicago.... It was held at the Rosemont Convention Center... There was so many quilts, and I wanted to share some very stricking quilts there... The quilts above are a sample of what I saw... There were so many quilts, that I could not post all of them...If you click on the picture's, you will be able to see the details that are in each quilt... Enjoy.... :) They also had a section of antique quilts dated back to the 1800.... There was a sea of vendors selling their wears... This is the last year for Chicago to host the International Quilt Festival... The New! International Quilt Festival / Cincinnati ... April  8 - 10, 2011.... It will be held in the Duke Energy Convention Center.... Cincinnati, Ohio ... :)

Valentine 2010

These six blocks I got off the blog from "Kviltstina" ... She posted these free pattern's for Valentine Day, in the month of Febuary.... I took these with me when I went to CT .... These blocks are small and easy to travel with... I Stitched them on eyelet material ... If you click on the picture you can see the mterial and the detail of the hearts ... I am not sure how I will use them ... I might use them as label's or make a table topper ... You will have to wait and see later on ... These were fun to do and quick and easy .... :)

Winter Wonderland #10

This is the last block to "Winter Wonderland".... Now I have to cut out the blocks that goes around these blocks that I have stitched... I enjoyed doing this pattern  by Crabapple Hill ....So, when I finish this I will post it.... If you click on the picture you can see the details of this block... It is 44" long.... I finished this block while I was in CT. ... I went to CT to be with my son while he had to go through some test and a biopsy... We found out that my son has a rare kidney disease.... He has his good and bad days... it is a 6 mo. treatment... This happens to 1 out of 1555 people.... :)

Bluework

This a pattern I got on the blog from "First Friday Freebe"....The button on my left side of my blog... You can click on it to get to Kaaren"s blog..... This will become a Christmas gift... You will have to see what I do with it latter on...I worked on this while I was in a airplaine, going to CT. ... I finished it when I got home.... It was easy and lots of fun to do... Thanks Kaaren for the great pattern.... :)

Happy Easter

I would like to wish all my blogging friends and family a Happy Easter... Enjoy your Sunday with your love ones and have a wonderful day.... :)

Hinterberg Design

This is a quilt rack that the Hinterberg Designs carry... I just love it and you can have it open like the picture above or you can close it and it will free stand... It is well made and so is all of the Hinterberg products...Go to their web site and you will be amaze of all the things they carry....You can fine them at this web site........  http://hinterbergdesign.com/ .... :)

Winter Quilt Show

These quilts were at the Winter Quilt Show in West Ben, WI.....These are some of the quilts that were on display and some were for sale....The top picture was made of cotton and the snowflakes were flannel... How diffrent it was....In the next one I just love the contrast of the red cardinal against the blue background and the white tree....The next one down, I fell in love with this table topper .... There are so many diffrent  prints that you can use in this pattern... I even bought this pattern...I took a picture of the next one is because my sister loves cats... I thought that the cat has cute expression on its face....The last two just caught my eye... Hope you all enjoyed these...They also had all kinds of long arm quilting machines and stands.... :)

Winter Wonderland # 9

This is block # 9 to Winter Wonderland... The name of this block is called "Snow Family".... I had this block done at the begining of last week... I just started with the last BIG block, I will be able to put this all together once the last block is finished....Sorry about the lighting... Thanks for stopping... :)