Monday, September 30, 2013

I Know What I am Going To-Do Today

Hola Quilters!!!  I hope y'all are enjoying Fall.  We are suddenly COLDer around here.

Wedding plans are well underway over here.  The date is set for November 23rd.  Life is AWESOME!!!


WIP's -in some form of progress...
Boomarang Quilt for Ashley's wedding Yes, wedding #2 this year is official!

Quilting on Giant Star Baby Blanket Every time I work on this quilt it makes me grouchy :(  The quilt is on time out for a while... until it decides to behave ;D
String Quilt (6 more blocks to finish)
"Letters to my Daughter" block of the month 25 finished out of 25 sampler blocks. Can I get a Whoop Whoop?  I have all of the strip sets sewn for the setting blocks :)  It's coming along nicely :)
April's Round Robbin Medallion Border Planned and nearly sewn :)
Herringbone Baby quilt for Ella DONE!!! Blogged HERE
Quilt top for Konda for Market
Herrignbone bag #2 for Moda Bakeshop

***BONUS FINISHES***
Pillow for a Janene.  Blogged HERE


Back Burner Purgatory... lol!!! ;) (I've got the materials for these, but no chop chop yet)
2 Twin Size applique quilts for my nieces
Quilt a quilt for my mom
Operations Sunshine quilts for Myra
EPP sewing Kit
Voile skirt for me
HOT Iron Holding Tote
Kate's skirts
Mike's pillows

Eternal Project of Frustration and Futility! aka - an experiment in terror!
EPP Grandmothers Garden Working on this here and there.  Slow and steady wins the race :) Right?

Will be linking up with Amanda Jean over at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

SLMQG Pillow Swap

A few months ago we had a 20" pillow swap.


I received this BEAUTY from the UBER talented Marci.


I am SO in love with this sweet pillow!


Saturday, September 28, 2013

Here it is :)

The Giant Vintage Star I made for the American Fork Presbyterian Church fundraiser :)

Friday, September 27, 2013

Quilt Tops for Charity

Remember the sew-a-thon for the Presbyterian Church in American Fork... the one that the film Footloose was filmed in?

Well, I sewed three quilt tops for it :)  One giant vintage star and two baby quilts.



(I am sad I don't have a picture of the giant vintage star top :()

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Janene's Star Pillow

There were a very few scraps left over from the special quilt I made for my friend Janene a few weeks ago.  Blogged HERE.


Because the whole project was so special, I couldn't just throw them away.


 I decided to make Janene a special pillow using the scraps.


I made a concealed zippered back.


I hope she likes it :)


Monday, September 23, 2013

I Know What I Am Going To-Do Today

So here's the deal.... this past week we had an engagement AND I had a Relief Society Retreat (that I was in charge of).  So, I'm not dead, just nearly dead ;) xoxo

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Morganson's September Mystery Quilt

***You don't want to miss this deal from Morgansons***

This coming Tuesday (Sept. 24) is  mystery quilt day here at Morgansons & Sew Forth.  The cute fabrics are shown below. 

Becky is creating another masterpiece.  It's looking very fun!  In fact, Becky would call it fun and done (because it is cute and quick). 

http://www.stitchesandsewforth.blogspot.com/

The mystery quilts are only $29.00.  This includes the instructions and fabric to complete the quilt top.  We post a step by step tutorial online to make it easy for you. (Check out some previous projects at www.stitchesandsewforth.com ).

We will have fabric for the back and binding on sale the mystery quilt day.

If you are not in our area we are happy to ship (within the U.S.).  The kit will fit in a flat rate envelope for only $6.00.

Give us a call - 801-465-9133.








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Monday, September 16, 2013

I Know What I am Going To-Do Today

It was a busy week, last week :)  I got stuff done, baby!

WIP's -in some form of progress...
Cross stitch Quilt for Jeanene DONE!!!  Blogged HERE


Giant Star Baby Blanket for charity Top FINISHED! :) and I have started the quilting on it :) (abt 1 hour 'till the quilting is finished)
Jelly Roll race quilt top for Ella Done!  

Ashley's skirt DONE!
String Quilt (6 more blocks to finish)
"Letters to my Daughter" block of the month (20 finished out of 25)
Operations Sunshine quilts for Myra
April's Round Robbin Medallion Border
Herringbone Baby quilt for Ella
Quilt a quilt for my mom


Back Burner Purgatory... lol!!! ;) (I've got the materials for these, but no chop chop yet)
2 Twin Size applique quilts for my nieces
EPP sewing Kit
Voile skirt for me
HOT Iron Holding Tote
Kate's skirts
Mike's pillows

Eternal Project of Frustration and Futility! aka - an experiment in terror!
EPP Grandmothers Garden

Will be linking up with Amanda Jean over at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Homecoming

My sweet Katie-Bug went to Homecoming last night :)

Here are some fun pictures!


Waiting...



Always get a shot of the car they are in... so you can show the police if they don't get home on time :)










Kate is nearly 6' tall... the other couple is REALLY tall!



Friday, September 13, 2013

A VERY Special Baby Blanket

Twenty four years ago Janene's (a dear family friend) sister Karen was killed in a car accident.  She had all of her children with her, the youngest was 9 months old.  All of her children survived, although one was very seriously injured.

I was in college at the time in Utah.  The seriously injured child was flown to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City and treated there for many months.  The rest of her family was sent back home to California to recover.  Because she was here, I spent time with her so she wouldn't be alone.

Before Karen died, she had been working on quilts for her two youngest children.

She cross stitched beautiful blocks and finished one of the quilts. ...this red one.







After Karen's death, Janene took the finished quilt and the parts of the unfinished one and kept them to finish at some point.

This past summer, Janene brought me the finished quilt and the unfinished quilt and asked me to finish it for Karen's youngest two children, who now have children of their own.

She requested that I finish the second quilt just like the one Karen had finished.


Her cross stitching is BEAUTIFUL and perfect!


Karen had already drawn out a layout for the blocks.


I added the green back ground.


Karen had already bought the fabric, ribbon and lace.


It was like stepping back in time to work on this quilt.


She had purchased satin ribbon to tie the quilt with.
(I have blisters from tying the quilt :)


I love this sweet teddy bear dressed up as a bunny :)


This quilt is so sweet :)


I am so honored to have been asked to work on this special project.