Sisters Part 2

Hi Everyone,

     I hope you enjoyed part one of our Sisters Oregon trip here are some more pictures to tease you with. This group of quilts were all made by a book club. This past year they read the original Peter Pan and Wendy by J.M. Barrie. They then decided to make stunning quilts inspired by scenes from the book. I can't even begin to tell you how totally incredible these quilts were. The quilt below had to be at least 50" x 60" all machine appliqued, thread painted and quilted. You could have stood there all day and not scene all the details.

Don't you love when Peter gives Wendy a "kiss" aka thimble. Look at the quilting in the background....incredible!

This is the Mermaid scene from the book, again absolutely stunning. The hours of work that went into these projects, I can't even begin to imagine.

Close up of the quilting on the Mermaids.

Do you feel like you have been to Neverland..."second star to the right and straight on till morning."

Looks like we need a part 3 to our Sisters Show and Tell.

Sister's Oregon ...The Worlds Largest Outdoor Quilt Show

Hi Everyone,


    We had such a great trip to Sister's Oregon. If you have never been you really need to add it to your bucket list. It is always so incredible. Each year there are so many quilts to be inspired by. I won't go on to much about it, I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Enjoy!

Leaving the Inner Harbor of Victoria

mom and me

The Stitchin' Post

Isn't this yard something else!

I love poppies

Great modern quilt

The light background blocks are all from Salvage edges of your fabric. Look at the close up below.

The side building of The Stitchin' Post

Stay tuned for more pictures tomorrow!

My summer adventures

Hi everyone;

    Well it sure has been a while since I have done a post. Hope you are all well and enjoying your summer! The last few months have just been a blur, all good things but just busy. Lets just say the months have flown by.

   In May my sister and I went to Disneyland for a few days over my birthday, we had a great time. The weather was great compared to spring in Victoria.

Tigger is such a ham.....he's one of my favs!

Chip or Dale... I can never get them straight!

Captain hook always a riot!

   We had such a good trip, great memories with my sister. Life is good!

   For my final Quilt Club in June I made a fresh summer quilt. It is hard to believe in about a month we'll be seeing each other again.

   The last couple of days I have been weeding out some of my fabric, patterns and books for a garage sale we are having this weekend. The garage sale will be in The Cloth Castle parking lot, starting at 8am on Sunday. I plan on being there for about 4 hours... we'll see how things go.

   Also if anyone is looking for a gift for a gamer in your family my sister is selling Wii Rock band with Guitar hero and 7 games, was over $800 she is selling for $150. You can email her at theroguequilter@gmail.com if you would like further info. My sister has taken really good and has barley used it.... good gift for family Christmas gift; just putting it out there!

   Well I have plans to show you pictures from our Sister's Oregon trip over the week so keep you posted!

Paris

Hi Everyone

     Once a month I get together with a group of Husqvarna Embroidery Machine owners and we make a little project. It is so much fun for me, as I get to try new things too. I also love how excited the ladies get when they go home with a really neat project. This month we are taking a little trip to Paris (well not really but we can dream!). 

     Urban Threads, a great place to get embroidery designs, had a new pack out recently called Parisian Love Letter( Urban Threads ) I just love this collection. The neat thing is that you can take as many designs as you like and create a "postcard" pillow. It turned out so nice.

     I also have done the individual designs on a jacket for Sylvia (the boss) too. Sylvia found a great jacket at the Second Hand store and we jazzed it up, it looks great. Have a great day.

Monsters in training

Hi Everyone

We have been having so much fun making stuffed, quilting and knitted monsters. It all started with Rebecca our knitting teacher.

Rebecca came to us with the idea to knit the cutest little monster balls and it just kept growing from there. Rebecca will be teaching these little guys this summer!

one of the little rascals!

the whole family
the one on the right (solid blue is a class Rebecca will be teaching)

here is my little guy....what a little goof ball. But I love him.

Bryan and I worked on this little wallhanging together.

Have a monstrously wonderful week!

A fun video

   Are there any Ellen fans out there? If you are then you have probably have seen the Sophia Grace and Rosie videos, if not this should make your day. I just love these two little girls, they make me laugh so hard. Have a great weekend!

 

10 Minute Quilt block

Hi Everyone

    Have you tried the 10 minute quilt block from Suzanne McNeil. Oh my goodness what fun and so easy too.

This block is great when made from both charm squares or layer cakes. I have also made the quilt with an 8" blocks. Great for a scrap quilt or charity quilt. The skies the limit.

    This technique is also the one I used on my last Mothers Day Tea a couple of weeks ago. As you will see from the photos any combination of fabric works well. I have included the demo at the bottom of this post from YouTube, enjoy!

      Have fun trying out this block it really if fun and easy to make.