Seeing Stars

The first picture shows a Yellow Brick Road using some of the fat quarters that I won at retreat in the Left, Right, Center game.  Aren't they fun?  It will go to Project Linus.

The second picture shows what I am working on now---Victory Stars from the book "Victory Quilts" by Eleanor Burns.  Part of the fat quarters are from the Zippity-Doo-Dah line from Sandy Gervais.  They are such happy colors.  I'm loving making these and am very happy with the way they are turning out!

The barn blocks are all  finished and need to have the sashing sewn on and be sewn together, but , of course, it was more fun to start something new!   That's what gets me in trouble and I end up with too many things started and not enough finished!  I also need to sew together the Christmas Sampler, which also has all the rows put together and just needs sewn together.  But the stars are so much more fun to put together!  Anybody else have that problem?!!!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

More Quilts

These are four quilts that are almost ready for Project Linus.  The Yellow Brick Road  still needs to be quilted.  We have had a big order come in so that may be awhile.  We are grateful to our friend for that big order!

The barn picture is of a Quilty Barn Monthly that I found online and it is so much fin!   Kudos to Lori who  is designing it!  You can find it here. 

We are having the most wonderful weather---highs in the low 90's and lows down in the 70's.  Such a glorious start to July!!!!

Hope you are happy where ever you are!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

One Quilt To Go!!

 

We are back from Ohio on vacation to see our grandgirls and what a wonderful, whirlwind trip we had!  We got to see Isabel play baseball and Ilena in her dance recital.  It was really a wonderful experience.

 

Here are Isabel (A "big fan") and a   friend, Grace and Ilena ready to dance in the ballet "Mirror, Mirror."  Isabel watched and liked it, too!.  There about 200 dancers in the play and it was wonderful!

 

This quilt called for 2 rulers that I didn't have and didn't want to purchase, so I muddled through on my own and ended up making 2 each of the 3 that I managed to figure out!!!


Here is Ilena all ready to go---hair braided and make-up courtesy of her Mom.  She was a Mini Snow White and her class danced with Snow White for their number.

I'm doing this on a new computer and so I hope it goes all right onto the blog!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

New Quilts

New computer and a new way of doing pictures---so here goes and I hope I can do it!!!!!

 This is going to be my Christmas quilt.

 This is "Sherm, the Sheep".  We found Sherm the Sheep via a program on Netflix.  It is Claymation and it is so funny what troubles those sheep can get into so innocently!

 

Another variation of a Log Cabin quilt layout.



This one is Rocket Ships and was in the last QUILT magazine. 

 

These are all quilted and ready to go to Project Linus, except for the Christmas quilt.

 

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

 

Jan 

Computer is sick

My computer with all my pictures on it is at the computer doctor's and I don't know when it will be back  (:  So this update will be the last for awhile until I figure out how to do pictures on the replacement.  Thanks for being patient!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Project Linus here we come!

Two more for Project Linus.  First one is a bright orange Yellow Brick Road that is made from 6 of the Fat Quarters that I won for Project Linus. And the second one is for there, too and is a string quilt from a pattern by Bonnie Hunter.  She has such great ideas and patterns on her website.  She is one busy gal!

Going to be getting some rain this afternoon and next couple of days.  We sure need it ----the lake levels are  falling.  It's overcast and looks like rain.  Good afternoon to curl up with some quilting or a good book!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Retreat Pictures from DFW Gang

I haven't been blogging, but have been working on quilts!  Maynard has a whole pile to work on, but has to do the customers quilts first!  And he has been quite busy, which is a good thing!

The first two pictures show quilts from the retreat.  The second one is an antique quilt that one of the girls was showing to us.  It is butterflies and was so pretty.  All done by hand of course!

The third picture shows the Fat Quarters I won in the Fat Quarter game called " Left, Right and Center."  They are Brights,  Polka Dots, and Stripes.  I won twice  (Yeah!!!) and the girl that had the polka dots gave them to me.  What a nice thing to do. Thank you Brenda!! There are over 90 fat quarters there.  I came home and divided them into color piles and sorted them into piles of six fat quarters that went together for Yellow Brick Roads.  I got 15 quilts.  I added a few FQs in from my stash.  They all play nicely together!!!
I feel very blessed!

The fourth picture is of a block from the quilt Round and Round.  It is found on an online store called Thimble Blossoms.  It looks hard, but it really isn't if you follow the layout piece by piece.

Hope you are having Spring weather in your part of the country!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan