About Me

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New Jersey, United States
I am the wife of a wonderful husband and the mom of three super adult kids and their spouses. I also proudly have five adorable grandsons. I happily taught preschool for 25 years. When I'm not with my grandsons I spend much of my time indulging in my "Quilty Pleasures."

Monday, August 31, 2015

Make-A-List Monday August/September

Let's Plan a Wedding...

A date has been set!!!


08/05/16


A venue has been chosen!!!







St. Francis Winery and Vineyards in Santa Rosa, California


We are so excited for Kaela and JT.  Now let the planning begin!



August
(in review)

1.  Spend quality time with my super grandsons 

Playground Fun...










Backyard fun...





Kidz Village...









Sesame Place...






Hiking...











First Day of Preschool...




Vacation...













I did not go on vacation with Ryder and Logan but I really enjoyed the pictures they sent.

2.  Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works

I pieced two quilts this month, but Annie is still in the shop,  so I was not able to finish either of them.


3.  Attend Saturday Sampler workshop at Pennington Quilt Works



All of the blocks for this quilt have been completed.  The next Saturday Sampler should begin in November.


4.  Attend August Strip Club at The Village Quilter

Strip Club was scheduled for August 29th.  My plan was to attend until I read online that the date had been changed to August 22nd.  The problem is the date change was not posted until August 23rd.  
ARGGGGHH!!!
How annoying!  When I contacted The Village Quilter
they told me they decided to change the date.
It might have made good business sense to let the people in the class know they were changing the date.  Just saying...

Oh well.  Here is the quilt that was revealed at Strip Club...




This is the second month is a row I have missed this class.  Hopefully I will be able to get to Mt. Holly soon to get my fabric strips.




5.  Organize and host our annual Family Reunion


Our reunion was a great success.







6.  Attend my friend Melissa's wedding.

Shea and the bride...(not the wedding day)

Shea, and Ricky...(after the wedding)


Bridesmaids Shea and her BFF, Sammi...

Shea and Ricky at the reception...



7.  Fit for a Hero, a quilt by Judy Laquidara

8.  Chicken Scratch by Country Threads Sampler 


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9.  Make quilts for two of my friend's new baby girls

One top finished but not quilted...



10.  Aiming for Accuracy II by
Mishka's Playground: Lessons 9-12


I finished lessons 9-11...





11.  Bind/label any quilts finished this month

No quilts finished this month.

Poor Annie is still sick =(

12.  August block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt:  Vacation Time

This month I just worked on the Salt Water Taffy inner border.

13. August block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous




14.  Blocks 7 & 8 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs






15.  August block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month





16.  De-Bone some men's cotton shirts into usable quilting fabric



Now this fabric is ready to be put into a quilt.


17.  Complete quilting the top currently loaded on Annie and any others on my Git-R-Done list

=8^(


18.  Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon

I've worked on a lot of these blocks but nothing complete yet.


19.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt




20.  Uncle Sam's Quilta strip club quilt by The Village Quilter




21.  Dear Jane triangles


I finished 6 triangles and 4 corners.  I also sashed all the inside blocks.  

I am now ready to start sewing the 13 rows.  I plan on doing this Leader/Ender Style.



No progress on the following green highlighted projects:


22.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners
23.  Just Takes 2
24.  Crumb Quilt

25.  A quilt for Logan

26.  Grandmother's Fan
27.  Dancing Stars
28.  Quilt Square Quilt Along
29.  Lucky Stars

30.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

*Civil War Tribute
I made four of these blocks.


*Daisy Dazzle
Quilt top complete!


Glory Box Table Runner
*Cool Breeze


A little progress on Cool Breeze.  So far I have just made a bunch of HST.





September

1.  Spend quality time with my special grandsons 

2.  Piece, quilt, bind and label at least one "Quilts for Kids" quilt.  Attend the Quilts for Kids workshop at Pennington Quilt Works

3.  Attend September Strip Club at 
The Village Quilter


4.  Attend Septemberfest in Veterans Park.

5.  Attend the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XXII in Oaks, PA.

6.  Make a Trick-or-Treat bag for little Logan.

7.  Start planning a Card Table Playhouse for Ryder and Logan.

8.  Make quilts for two of my friend's new baby girls

9.  Dear Jane  leader/ender project

10.  Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground: Lessons 12-14

11.  September block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt:  Vacation Time

12. September block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous

13.  Blocks 9 & 10 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs

14.  September block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month



15.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt

16.  De-Bone some men's cotton shirts into usable quilting fabric


17.  Complete quilting the top currently loaded on Annie and any others on my Git-R-Done list

18.  Bind/label any quilts finished this month 

19.  A quilt for Logan - ABC Chenille

20.  Candy Striper by Anita Grossman Solomon

21.  Dancing Stars

22.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners

23.  Lucky Stars

24.  Grandmother's Fan

25.  Just Takes 2

26.  Quilt Square Quilt Along

27.  Crumb Quilt

28.  Zippy Strippy Bags

29.  PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler  

30.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute
Glory Box Table Runner
Cool Breeze
Stain Glass Windows

Until Next Time...Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn