Baby Quilts

I made a wall hanging for Zlaty's baby shower in November  and finished the quilt for my Granddaughter after she was born.  For the wall hanging, I used Zlaty & Scot's favorite colors for the Mommy & Daddy bears and then combined the two for the baby bear.  For the quilt, I used a pattern from Possibilities and added my own border to it.  I also made the Sunbonnet Sue half the size of the original, so that I could keep the quilt smaller.  I hope that Veronica will always treasure the quilt that her Grammy made her.

Customer Show & Tell

I am always very happy to see what some of my customers and friends have been up to.

Here are pics from some of them.

 A beautiful jacket made by a shop hopper.

 Anita made this wonderful Easy Striped Table runner.

Leisa knitted this beautiful sweater for my new grand daughter Veronica.

Stacey made this cute latch hook teddy bear rug for my grand daughter.

Aren't they all just lovely?!

Well, until next time.

Happy Sewing,

Jean

November Club Meeting

Hello out there!

Yes, I am still here.

I am going to try to get a little caught up in my blogging.

I thought I would share some of the pictures from the November Club Meeting. Maybe I should say the November 2010 club meeting. :-)

Enjoy!

Pat Christ made this beautiful baltimore album quilt block which was part of the quilt shown in the picture above from Elly Sienkiewicz's new book called Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts!

Congratulations Pat!

Mom made these wonderful Christmas quilts.

Edna made a darling Christmas quilt putting a twist on my pattern "Pumpkin Spice".

Wishing you all Happy Sewing,

Jean

Quiche

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

I had lots of ham left and have been trying to think of ways to use it up.

Last night I made a quiche using a recipe that a friend gave me.

It is delicious and you can add whatever you would like to it to make a tasty dish!

Quiche

1 - 9" pie shell baked for 7 mins. at 450 degrees

2 tbs. butter

2 tbs. flour

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

1 1/2 cups milk

4 oz. (1 cup) swiss cheese

3 beaten eggs

1 cup chopped ham, spinach, mushroom & crumbled bacon - whatever sounds good

Melt butter. Add flour & nutmeg & stir into a paste.

Add milk all at once. Cook until thick.

Add cheese, eggs and ham or your chosen ingredients.

Pour into pie shell.

Bake at 375 degrees for 25/30 mins. Cool 10 mins.

Yum! Delicious!

There wasn't even a piece left for my lunch today! :-)

Enjoy!

Wishing everyone a very Happy & Healthy New Year!

Jean

Block of Month

We are starting a Civil War Chronicles BOM in January. You will receive very detailed pattern directions for the blocks each month and also very unique stories of military wives of the Civil War Era. You provide the fabric to make this quilt in your favorite fabrics. This quilt was designed by Homestead Hearth. The cost is $15.00 per quarter.

You can either stop by and pick it up or we can mail it to you.

Send us pictures as you go along and we will share them with others so that they can see your beautiful project as you go.

We are starting a new block of the month for the new year. It is called Family and Friends by Lori Smith. The cost is $14.00 for the year.

Each participant receives the cutting and sewing and pressing directions for both setting arrangements with the quilts finishing at 73 1/4" x 73 1/4". The quilt contains 12 sampler blocks that finish to 12" square. You will receive instructions for creating both quilt centers. You can choose to make either one or do two quilts if you like. The star block center can be machine pieced and there are no set in seams.

We will be starting this program in January. If you would like to join us for our meetings, we meet the second Wed. of every month at 10am. You will receive the block pattern for that month, see the latest products that have arrived at the shop, share show and tell and of course have cookies and coffee!

If you cannot join us, you can stop in the shop and pick up your block of month patterns or we can ship them to you.

Be sure to send us pictures of your blocks as you go along, so that we can see the wonderful colors that you have chosen to make it special to you. I will post them on the blog to share with others.

Note: Registration is needed for whichever block of month program that you choose.

Happy Sewing,

Jean

Shop Hop is Over!

Hop was great! It was wonderful seeing so many of you again! I sure hope you had fun hopping! For those of you who did not get a chance to hop, here are pictures of the other quilts that were made by the other shops on the hop, with the same blocks that I used in my quilts shown in an earlier post.

Aren't they beautiful! It is amazing how different they can look with different settings and additions of other fabrics!

Happy Sewing,

Jean

Shop Hop Time!

It's time for the Eastern Pennsylvania Shop Hop! The hop runs Nov. 6 - Nov. 20, 2010.
The passports are $5.00 and you will receive a free block kit, a passport with many coupons to be used after the hop at each shop, and a tote bag, while they last! It is so much fun to go to each shop and see the quilt that they have made from the shop hop blocks! It is like a quilt show!

Here is a peek at our shop hop projects!

This is Springtime Sue!

I also made a bed runner which I named Floral Fantasy Bed Runner. It would also work well as a table runner.

If you live close by, maybe you can HOP on in!

Happy Sewing,
Jean