Saturday, January 30, 2010

Jenny Trembley made this fish quilt top last weekend while sewing with "The Frozen Tundra" group staying at the Bayside Resort for a get-a-way weekend.
Nancy Ellis, a student in Carol Jones' Scrappy II Class has been busy!
She recently finished these two quilts.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bettina Royce came in wearing this beautiful shawl she had made. It's wool, with appliqued birds and embroidery. I love it! I should have taken a picture of the back, too.
I did take a picture showing her Carpet Bag that she also made. The color doesn't show in this picture very well. It's green velvet with a purple/blue owl.
Here's a better look. The eyes are buttons from her Grandmother's dress from the 20's. The wings are a silk fabric that is gathered for texture. The flower on the right is crocheted. It's beautiful!
We got in a pile of heart fabric from Moda today. There's still time to make pillowcases for your favorite Valentine. Show the LOVE!
We also received some nautical fabric. There's jelly rolls to go with it so you can make something wonderful.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Mary Collari is finally coming over to the wild side! She bought her first Kaffe Fassett fabric ever! It was bound to happen sooner or later.
Ruth will be having a Valentine class on February 2nd from 2-5. Come and play with angelina and ribbon and whatever else. It'll be fun!
Laurie LaConte was by and showed us this Bargello landscape quilt. Love it! She let us borrow it and you can come see it hanging if you'd like.
Here's another one of Laurie's. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's really soft and beautiful and peaceful in real life.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Jeannine has finished her quilt!
Here's a closer look.
Pam Jordon is making this quilt from the Kaffe Fassett book. She will be adding more rows around and hopefully we'll get to see it when it's done.
Tricia Currey made this Mother Goose quilt.
Betsy modeled her jacket for us.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Adell taught a class here called "Traditional Quilt Modern Methods" recently and here is Jean Carey with her Mardi Gra Quilt.
Sherri Sears turned her's into a dog themed quilt complete with photos of real dogs that she knows, and a pillow to go with it.
Pat Mahoney choose floral motif fabric for her creation.
Rada Elegant used the classroom tables to layer her dog theme quilt she made for a friend.
This is Linda's first quilt!! It's a twin size made for her daughter.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Timber!!

Jessica's new fabric line from Windham Fabrics has arrived! We have the entire line and it's awesome!
Look how well it blends with Denyse Schmidt's Hope Valley fabric!
You can click here to go to Jessica's blog where there is a link on the right marked Timber to get a closer look at the fabric and numbers for ordering in case you can't get to the shop.
In other news, I have yet again left off the Machine Quilting classes on the class schedule. There will be a Machine Quilting I class on Saturday, March 27, from 10-4.
There will be a Machine Quilting II class on Saturday, April 24, from 10-4.
The cost of each class is $10.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Update

Carol stopped by yesterday! She's doing great! Her new knee is working good. She was laying in supplies for her projects. She's getting a lot done in between rehab. I'm sure she'll be showing us lots of things soon.
Barbara Rodgers is down in Florida right now. Before she left she showed us some finished things she had made. Like this bag.
This quilt is one she made, too.
Very cool blue and orange combination! Barbara made this one and Mickey quilted it for her.
Here she's modeling what looks like a yoyo scarf. Actually it's a work in progress. She'll keep making yoyos and adding them until she gets tired of doing it. She's probably been adding a lot while down in Florida. I'll update her progress when she gets back.
We all miss you Barbara!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Binky's Quilts

This month we have more of Binky Page's quilts on display. Her work is simply beautiful! This gorgeous applique is in frame.
Here's a manger scene.
A small tree skirt.
Remember Snow Bound? All of a sudden it seems like a lot of people are making this quilt again. It really is timeless.
More beautiful applique.
I actually made one of these Piece of Cake Quilts. I hand appliqued it and hand quilted it, except when I got to the borders I switched to machine quilting. Now it's been sitting for about 10 years waiting for me to finish the binding. It's sewed on, I just need to hand stitch the back of the binding. Binky finished her's.
Her work is spectacular!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

In case you were trying to phone the store today, the phones were not working. They should be fixed by tomorrow morning.
This is Laura McKendree with her 1st quilt! It's from the Turning Twenty book.
This quilt top by Colleen Kalita now has borders. It's a great collection of batiks.

Saturday with Vicki

Everyone is starting right in with their projects this year! Carol's Saturday girls jumped right in with Vickie Wilder to get going! Here she's looking over a pattern to answer Priscilla White's question. Carol is doing great with her new knee!
Anne was finishing up a quilt.
Dottie had made this tablerunner last week with Willie.
She liked it so much she's making another one and is just about finished.
Dorothy started working on a quilt using her husband's shirts.
Sandy is working on a UFO. She pulled out her North Pole Village quilt from Piece of Cake and is moving right along on it.
A good time was had by all!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

I don't think I ever showed you the Bug Quilt that Nicole is working on.
She's machine appliqueing the bugs onto the backgrounds.
The bugs are so cute!

Jeannine made this fish out of fleece as a gift for someone. The green background fabric actually has pool balls all over it. It worked great as fish fabric.
Who knew!