Bonnie was here!

Bonnie Hunter from www.quiltville.com was here!  I am still so excited!  For those of you that follow my blog, you know that I am a huge fan of Bonnie.  You can check out an earlier post here.  I have all of her books and have saved many, many of her free patterns from her website on my computer.  We share a huge love of scrappy quilts.  She convinced me that I can mix batiks and reproductions or whatever I want and it will turn out wonderful!

Here are some pics from our wonderful visit!

 Bonnie, Me and my Granddaughter Veronica

 Zlaty-my Daughter in law, Granddaughters Natalie and Veronica, Bonnie and me

Bonnie and my friend Melissa

 Christmas Lights Mystery

 Double Delight Mystery

 Melissa's Orange Crush

 Melissa's Crabapple Wall hanging

Melissa's Carolina Crossroads

We had to share with Bonnie some of the quilts that we have made from her patterns.  You can see more of mine in the post link that I put in the beginning of this post.

Bonnie shares so much with quilters everywhere.  Please support her.  She is a wonderful person, very down to earth and just feels like you are talking to a friend.  If you ever get a chance to hear her lecture or take a class, do it!  You won't believe how much fun you had!

Happy Sewing,

Jean

Vintage Tin

Today one of my customers shared a quilt with me that she had just finished for her husband.  It is wonderful!  Hand embroidered.  Beautiful stitches!  Thank you so much for sharing it with me!

The quilt is from Crabapple Hill Studios called Vintage Tin.  Here is the link: http://www.crabapplehillstudio.com/patterns/the-masculine-point-of-view.html

I hope that you all have enjoyed it as much as I did.

Happy Sewing,
Jean

Retreat

I just returned home from my yearly sewing retreat with friends.  We had a great time!  It was wonderful to catch up on our lives and do something that we really enjoy doing.   There was plenty of good food throughout the weekend too.  A little bit too much!  I am not weighing my self until I have been home for at least a week, I think!  :-)

Here is a little peek at what we were up too:

 Mary brought this beautiful quilt to finish the binding.  

 Patti made this lovely leaf table runner.

 I got a very springy table runner pieced together.

Two more beautiful quilts made by Mary waiting for binding.

Kathy was working on her postage stamp quilt.  I did not get a picture of the blocks that she is sewing, but here is a picture of her Grandmother's quilt that was made from 1" squares, that inspired her quilt.  It will be wonderful when it is done!

Melissa was working on a secret project!  Shhh!

I also worked on a project that I can't share right now.  It is for a challenge.

If you every get a chance to go away for a little bit with friends and share your love of sewing, Do it!

Happy Sewing,
Jean

Quilt Show Quilts

I went to the quilt show in Somerset, NJ last weekend.  They had so many beautiful quilts there.  I thought I would share with you a number of my favorites.

This was just a small sampling of the quilts.  I really enjoyed seeing so many wonderful quilts!

Happy Sewing,
Jean

Natalie's Quilt Top is finished!

I finished putting the borders on Natalie's quilt top this morning.  Now I need to layer it and get it quilted!

Happy Sewing,
Jean

Starry Nine Patch Kit

I remade my Starry Nine Patch pattern in reproduction fabrics.  A number of the fabrics are from the Hannah Wallis collection from Windham Fabrics.  I have either the pattern available or the kit.  The kit includes the pattern, fabric for the quilt top and binding.  This makes a great table mat or wall hanging.

Happy Sewing,
Jean

What I am working on

I have finally been able to work on my Granddaughters baby quilt.  She is already 6 months old and I still didn't get it finished.  Normally I try to have the quilt done by the time the baby is born, but with so many things happening, I did not get a chance to work on it.

The owl is from the book Little Quilts 4 Little Kids by Heather Mulder Peterson from Anka's Treasures.  I just love the owl!  There are 10 quilt patterns featured in this book!

I had a design in mind from the moment that I heard that I would have another Grandchild.  I knew that I would have an owl on it sitting on a tree branch.  When I saw the owl from this book, I knew I had to use it for my Granddaughters quilt.  I designed my quilt, but used that owl for my center.

I have the owl stitched down.  Now it is time to work on borders.  When I get those on, I will take a picture and let you see the end results.  I am having so much fun working on it!

Happy Sewing,
Jean