Friday, May 28, 2010

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...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

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 :)

Monday, May 3, 2010

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... :) 

Friday, April 30, 2010

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..... :)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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 :)

Monday, April 19, 2010

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 ... :)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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 .... :)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

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.... :)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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.... :)

Monday, March 1, 2010

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... :)

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Winter Wonderland #8 and Bonus square

The top right block is called "Skier" and the block, lower left is called a bonus block...The pattern said "Hi ! I sledded right off the quilt ! Can you find a home for me ?"  I am going to put him into the quilt... I have two big blocks left to embroider .... Then I will be able to put this quilt together...It sure has been a long process... But, I enjoyed doing this ... I know everyone must be tired of seeing the same things, I just want to finish a project when I start a new one... I am also working an unfinished project and hope to have it completed soon.... :)

Friday, February 12, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi, to all my friends and family as well as everyone in Blogland.... I want to wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE DAY.... I will be at a Christening on Valentine's Day, I wanted to extend my wishes to all....I am sending a BIG hug to you all... Enjoy your day.... :)

Winter Wonderland # 7

I finished Block #7 of Winter Wonderland last week .... This block is called "Toboggan" , How sweet these two snow people look... So, much fun.. just like when we all were kids... Block #8 is almost done..I will post it next week... I bet everyone is tired of seeing these blocks... But, you see I have been in a slump in thinking what I will do next... I have a new project that I will start week after next... Thanks for stopping...  :)

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Winter Wonderland # 6


This block is called "Holly" to the Winter Wonderland pattern.... This is block # 6 and it was quick and very easy to complete.... The picture below shows how long it is.... I will keep you posted when I get the rest of the blocks done.... It is going to make a very pretty quilt.... :)

holly

I took the picture this way so you can see the how long the Holly is on the whole fabric.... The length of the material is 44" long ... :)