Sister Sneak Peak (8/18/2013)

I can't keep this in - I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN!  

Michele over at Quilts From My Crayon is hosting a swap called "It's a Sister Thing Swap".  I am having so much fun!  Did I say that already?  

I can't resist posting a peak of what I am working on right now.  Enjoy!

I can't wait for the reveal day!  I can't wait!  I can't wait!  

Happy dance :o)

woof woof meow

Tina & Gabi's Day and Night (4/11/2013)

Hi hi!  This post is long overdue…Tina and Gabi got their quilts a while ago, I’ve just been slow getting the pictures in a post and up on the blog.

Backstory:  I worked with Tina and when she was sent off for her job, I wanted to make her and her daughter matching quilts so that they would have a little piece of each other while Tina was gone.  Yeah, that didn’t happen before she got home.  At first it sat cut in strips.  Then it sat sewed into strips and cut into pieces.  Then it sat sewn in half the blocks.  Then it sat in all the blocks.  Then, they both got put together, on the Gammill and off to them all in the space of a few weeks.  It did all the previous sitting over about 14 months!

Pictures, pictures, pictures.  This is a pretty picture heavy post from here on out.  And, of course if I took pictures of the fabrics, I can’t find them.  So, we’ll start out with pictures of the blocks instead.  I used Eleanor Burns’ “Day and Night” pattern for both quilts.

Gabi's quilt has two colors, light pink and black.  Tina's has three: light pink, dark pink and black.



Here are the two blocks together.





Gabi's top with Tina's block in it.

Tina's top with Gabi's block in it.

The backing.  A pink flannel that screamed girlie girl on it.  Not sure about the "owl" on it though.

Tina's quilt loaded on the Gammill.

The quilting detail on Tina's quilt: loopy hearts.

More quilting detail on Tina's quilt with both blocks.

Gabi's quilting detail: loopier hearts.

More quilting detail on Gabi's quilt with both blocks.

Gabi's quilt finished!

Tina's quilt finished!

Oakleigh trying to help with the binding:  "You finished yet?!?!"

Annie in front of Tina's finished quilt:  "You're finished now Mom!"

woof woof meow!

Pets On Quilts!!! (8/2/2012)

Yay!  It is August :o)  It is time for the Pets On Quilts Parade!!!  Snoodles and Padsworth over at Lily Pad Quilting are hosting the 2012 Pets On Quilts and it is awesome!  Who knew so many pets all did the same thing, yet were all different too!? 

So, here's my entry to the parade (and a bunshof other pics that I couldn't resist when I dug them up):

This is how I, er I mean, WE bind quilts. 

Since all three are on the quilt (and two more under Annie) - I can't decide if it's a cat on quilt or dog on quilt category...any suggestions?  There are two dogs and one cat...

And here are the rest:

A wall hanging I made for the breeder we got Oakleigh from.  This is a Silver Linings Originals paper piecing pattern and I modified the spots to match the ones on her beloved Harley.

A close-up.

O looking at the camera - she's still a baby!

O and Annie looking at me, what the heck Mom?  Still a baby....

All three of them on the sofa with me, O is curled up, Molly is wondering why she's lost her spot to a small annoyance and Annie chillin at my feet.

I wouldn't let O on my lap when I was binding this one, I think Molly is under it in my lap.

Molly cat on a kitty quilt her Aunt Nancy made for her.  The only way I can get her to use it on a regular basis (she isn't a normal quilty kitty) is to put it on a chair in a quiet room, so it's in my sewing room.

Annie found a warm spot under a quilt that just came out of the dryer.  I think O may be under it on the other end of the couch. 

That's the girls and Molly!  Our furchildren.  Just thinking of them makes my heart happy (and I start to worry about my cucumbers in the garden disappearing too).  Make sure  you check out everyone else on the parade - they're all awesome and totally fun :o)