Life After the Flu....

Between the holidays and the flu-like bug, I have been remiss in posting-----sorry!  Hope to do better this year.

Maynard finally caught up with me and quilted all the quilts I had in the pile.  Here are pictures of them.  I made them so long ago that I don't remember the patterns anymore.

 Girly-Girl

 Yellow Brick Road

 There are 3 like this.  Also a YBR.

 

That wraps up the Project Linus quilts this year.  We made a total of 71 quilts and sent them to Project Linus who sent them to area hospitals.  Sure feels good.  We thank the good Lord that we were able to make them.

 

I hope your holidays were happy ones and Blessings in the New Year!

 

 

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

 

Jan

Down On The Farm Quilt and some Project Linus

This is  a quilt top called "Down on the Farm."  The pattern is from the Moda Bakeshop.  Up in the left hand corner is an elevator just like the one I remember from my hometown.  Here is a close-up

of the top part.  These were paper-pieced.  I set the Log Cabins in a furrows setting so it would resemble a field that is plowed and ready for planting.

Also here are some Project Linus quilts that we delivered to the drop off point in Lewisville.

 

We are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in catching up with the PL tops that needed quilting!  I think there are 3 left in the pile now.  But Maynard is working on the Batik quilt and then will do the Down on the Farm quilt.  I'll have to start making some more tops for PL now!

 

Attended two wonderful parties this last week.  They were so much fun!  Thanks to Jan A. and Debi for making them so wonderful!

 

 

How's the Christmas "doings" going for each of you?  I shopped on-line this year and loved it!  Makes it so easy to do.  The grandkids (with the help of their Moms) keep a wish list on Amazon and that makes it so nice to get something they really want!

 

Hope you all get something you want!

 

Let quilting help  you make someone smile!

 

Jan

Merry Christmas Wall Hanging

A while back, BFF Debi gave me this panel.  Maynard put on the twinkle lights  and I finished with pocket for battery pack and binding.   I'm very pleased with the way it turned out.  Thanks Debi!!!

Our ice is slowly melting off the trees.  The roads are already mostly free of ice.  I had one Christmas party cancelled and another postponed because of the ice storm.  But who could enjoy a party knowing what the weather was like outside!!!!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

The Batik Birthday Quilt

This precut batiks quilt kit was given to me by BBF, Debi.  Now it is ready to be quilted.  I still have to find a backing for it.  Had to figure out how to get the sides of the last border to fit and ended up putting another border around it, then I persuaded it to fit!!!  It is very colorful.

We were without power for 4 hours today while an ice storm came through.  Since it's not going to get above freezing tonight or the next 2 days, it means that it is going to be  rough going on the highways and bridges the next few days.  Couldn't do any sewing today though, since we were without power for 4 hours.  Really amazing how much we do needs electricity.

So I tried to rip out the hand quilting on my turkey, but found I couldn't see well enough in what light there was, to take the same color stitches as the background out.  How did our grandmothers ever do it all by candlelight and kerosene lantern?

I have bought the material and am ready to start the quilt in the book "Quilty Fun" by Lori Holt.  Debi and I are going to work on it together and do one row every 3-4 weeks.  Sounds like fun.  I really like everything about this book.  The pictures are so good and the directions are very clear.  Besides the quilt, she has several other small projects to work on.  I want to make those, too!!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

A Barn Quilt

Here is another barn quilt I made.  The patterns came from Lori Holt  at A Bee in my Bonnet webpage.  She has wonderful patterns.  This quilt also has a tractor on the back---you can see it on her blog.  It is a big tractor so didn't fit on the front.  Lori Holt has also published a book that has lots of fun things in it and the photography is fun, too!  All of the barns have quilt blocks in them.  Some are front views with silos and some are side views.  It was fun to do and see them come together as I "built" them!

We are under a winter storm warning as I type this afternoon-----supposed to have sleet and maybe freezing rain.  Haven't seen anything yet but we'll just wait and see!  Good day to cuddle up under a quilt and read or hand quilt!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Flock of Quilts for Project Linus

 This is a flannel panel quilt for a friend of mine who is going to be a great-grandmother.  It says,  "Would you like to swing on a star, Carry moonbeams home in a jar."

 Made with selvedges, I'm keeping this one!

 The rest of these will go to Project Linus!

The panels came from Project Linus as kits to make up.  Easy to do and fun because they go so fast!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Our Trip to the International Quilt Festival

No pictures today because the brochures said not to take pictures, so we didn't, although there were lots of people who did.

We left early Thursday morning and came back Saturday afternoon.  Had Sunday all day to rest up------good thing we did that!!!!!

We had a wonderful time.  1,100 vendors and lots of quilting displays.  Lots to see and do.  We both took classes.  Maynard went to a lecture from Superior Threads on Threads and thought it was very informative.  He also took a class on Longarm Quilting from Pam Clarke on Block to Block Free Motion Quilting.  He hopes to get into free motion quilting and custom quilting someday with his business, right now he does  edge-to-edge.

I took the "Saturday Sampler" class.  There were 21 teachers at different stations showing their specialty.  Very interesting.  Took 2 hours to see them all!!

I found lots of great things to buy----including Midwinter Reds--------a line of fabric from Moda that I want to use for a Log Cabin quilt.  Also got a wool applique kit with lots of little blocks in it that should be lots of fun.  Found several things to buy that I didn't even know I needed!  What fun!

It was a fun vacation for us, even though we both got really tired.  I'm already thinking about next year------it will be the 40th anniversary of the Quilt Show and will probably be another great one.

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan