Service Workshop

Here we are working on some beautiful quilts!

These quilts are for Lutheran World Relief.

Returning to IL/Cobblestone

Well we have had quite a March. Lot's of company, Mark and Maureen, Sarah, Alyssa, Kate and Tom's sister Sheryl. That has kept me busy, so not much sewing or blogging. But I'm back. Alyssa sent me a text yesterday that the Workshop was asking if I was working on a puzzle and YES I just finished one yesterday that Sarah started with me and then left with most undone. I worked hard to finish so I could put it away before we leave.

DONE! It really was beautiful.
I am now working on machine quilting the hand appliqued piece and will add a picture to the blog later, maybe tomorrow, when finished. I will have to apply the binding when I get home to IL as I have sent the binding home along with 7 BOXES of STUFF already. (I've done a little on line quilt shopping, among other things).

On Monday, April 14th we will be working on our Cobblestone Quilts. Let's start at 9:30 AM. You will need to bring your cutting supplies ( I do have some boards) and your sewing machines. (Barb you can use one of mine). We will be subcutting our strip sets (all sewn and pressed!!!-YES????) and sewing our "circles" and then starting to sew together the quilt top. Here are some pictures of my work on the quilt. Anyone who wants to go ahead and subcut your strip sets should do so.


 This is my first strip set, folded in half lengthwise and then cut into 2 1/4" strips. You should get about 17 strips.

Then if you are really ambitious you could sew these strips together like this:
Sew one strip from strip set 1 to one strip from strip set 2, color 7 to color 8, then sew(using the same strips) color 15 to color 1 to make a ring(circle)--like this--

You should be able to make about 34-36 of these. LEAVE THEM IN RINGS-DO NOT CUT APART.
On Monday, April 14 we will be making some of these, like maybe 4, then I am going to show you how to start sewing them together for your quilt tops.

 It's so much FUN!!!!

Fabrics-Alyssa's,Maureen's, Barb's and Marilyn's for the Cobblestone Quilt

Here are Alyssa's, Maureen's, Marilyn's and Barb's fabrics for the Cobblestone quilts. They all shopped at Touch of Amish in Barrington, IL Aren't they beautiful?



Alyssa

Maureen

Marilyn

Barb

Dorothy Thompson's Cobblestone Quilt

Here is picture of Dorothy's Cobblestone Quilt she made for her brother. She picked out the fabrics at Touch of Amish Quilt Shop in Barrington, IL.

Kendall's Quilt

Here is a picture of one of my latest projects --finished!!

Sarah's Christmas Runner(12/2011)

Monday Quilting

Hi all, Hooray for Monday, as Monday is the day the Graceful Quilters usually gather at my house in Libertyville for all sorts of quilting fun!! So although I will be in AZ for a few more weeks and we will not be meeting next until Monday April 14th-- today would be a good day for everyone to spend some time working on the first steps of the Cobblestone Quilt.
1. Cut your strips

2. Sew the 4 strip sets.

That's a picture of one of the sets, fabrics 1-7.
Then press all the seam allowances toward the # 1 fabric and the #8 fabric.
And, of course, HAVE FUN!!
**GRACEFUL QUILTERS-HAS ANYONE READ MY CHALLENGE FROM LAST WEEK'S POST??**

Cobblestone/Graceful Quilter's Challenge

The Graceful Quilter's will be working on Cobblestone Quilts this April/May. This is a wonderful quilt pattern designed by Lynn Rice and Debra Meyer from the Touch of Amish Quilt Shop in Barrington IL. ( A past Top 10 Quilt Shop in It is a beautiful quilt that looks harder than it is and has a wonderful, fun, easy "trick" in the making. The group will have fun, I'm sure. We will also enjoy some Jimmy John's sandwiches. YUM!! These are pics of one I made for myself, but the colors are off in the pics. It is beautiful roses tans and greens.

Here is a picture of the one I made (pictures are the quilt in progress) for the Sisterhood Raffle. The proceeds go to defray cost for women who are recovering from breast cancer and are then able to attend a retreat. It was done in Christmas Fabrics.

So now I am starting one from my stash and will donate it to the Lutherdale Quilt Auction in Elkhorn WI. Here are the fabrics I am going to use. Maybe start the strips sets today.

So anyone from the Graceful Quilters, who wants me to Machine Quilt(meander) their Cobblestone Quilt for $50 ( I'm trying to justify & defray cost of my new JUKI machine)--- I would love to do it--- IF you leave a comment on this blog post. First Graceful Quilter to comment on this blog post will get their Cobblestone Quilt done for FREE. Now there is a challenge!! C

MQ

Finished machine quilting MJ's granddaughter's quilt and now will do the hand sewing on the binding. I think it is so cute!

Machine Quilting

I tried to get a little fancier on my quilting on the Easter Runner!! And now I am working on MQ that baby quilt for my friend, MJ. Nothing fancy here-back to my standard-meandering! Need to stop for a much needed, cut and color at the local Aveda Salon.

Working on Easter Runner from Shabby fabrics. Machine quilting!

Forgot these two pictures. My Workshop work--

And I made myself another fabric box, love these too! Can you see who is behind the box, on the counter in my utility room? Click on the picture to make it bigger!! FUN!!

Keep going and read the next post too!! C

Hello again, I am sewing away in AZ. The weather is just beautiful, but I still make time to sew a little bit everyday. I have been walking every AM with Daisy and she and I and Tom too, are all doing well. Tom is golfing about 3 to 4 times a week. That leaves me with a lot of time to work on my project.

I took a class at The Olde World Quilt Shoppe near here with Lisa Bongean. She is the designer of the Primitive Gatherings fabrics and patterns and has a shop in Menasha, WI. Here is my project from the class

The pattern is called Needful Things. The class was all day and so much fun. I would love to visit her shop. It is about 1 hour north of Milwaukee, so maybe a two day trip with other quilt shop stops. Anyone interested?

My hand appliqued Country Whip Rose top finish, but needs to be quilted.

A really fun machine appliqued quilt top!

The colors are better in the last picture.

An Easter Runner from Shabby Fabrics, needs to be quilted.

A little side project done with a mini twister tool from Primitive Gatherings and a kit put together during the class at the Olde Quilt Shoppe.

The center is only 6 1/2", don't know what I'll do with it, maybe a pillow.

Some more zipper pouches. I made 5 golf and 5 valentines, I love those things!!

And I am working on a baby quilt for a friend who recently had her first grandchild. It was a kit from the Olde World Quilt Shoppe.

It needs to be quilted. I think it will be so cute!!
Hope you are all happy, healthy and busy too!!! C