Show & Tell Tuesday - Back to Nature & Berrylicious

Show & Tell Tuesday

I have two quilts to share today.

Back to Nature

Quilting by the Bay offered Back to Nature as a Block of the Month in 2010.  I fell in love with the beautiful batik fabrics and I knew I wanted to make this quilt,  

This quilt was designed by Wing and a Prayer Designs.  

I completed Back to Nature in 2011 and it measures 96" X 106".

Berrylicious

I made Berrylicious from a pattern I purchased at The Village Quilter in Mt Holly, NJ.


The store sample showed the pattern done in a lot of scrappy batiks, but I decided to do mine with yardage.

I completed my quilt in 2011 and it measures 61" X 78".

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn

Show & Tell Tuesday - A Bunch of 4 Patch Quilts

Show & Tell Tuesday 

A Bunch of Four Patch Quilts

I have been making Four Patch Quilts for a long time.  This is an easy, go-to pattern that I use for baby and children quilts.  I have made many of these quilts over the years.  Here are just a few of them.

I hope you enjoyed viewing these Four Patch quilts from my collection.

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn

Show & Tell Tuesday - Autumn Chevron & Sweater Weather

Show & Tell Tuesday

I have two quilts to share today.  

Autumn Chevron

I made Autumn Chevron in 2009.  The chevrons are made with HST's.

Each row of chevrons is made from the same fabric but I made the background fabric scrappy.

The finished quilt measures 54" X 78"

Sweater Weather

Sweater Weather is one of my favorite quilts.  I made it from a pattern by Heartspun Charms but I added the pieced border.

I made this 44" square quilt in 2011.  I most often display it as a table topper on my dining room table.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these two quilts from my collection.

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn

Make-A-List-Monday October/November

What an exciting and busy month it has been!

First of all, my beloved New York Mets won the National League Pennant and made it into the World Series.

Although they did not win the World Series, they were able to win one game.  They received so much valuable experience to build on for next year. 

 They were definitely:

Another exciting bit of news is that I now own a new long-arm quilting machine.  My first long-arm, Annie, needed extensive repairs and we determined it was not worth the expense to fix her. 

 Now I own a HandiQuilter Avantè named Ava!  I am happily quilting again.

Here are some of her first stitches...on a QFK quilt:

My wonderful son, JT, and his fiancée, Kaela, purchased a home a few weeks ago.

I wish them much love and happiness in their new home!

The last bit of news I have is not good.  My son, JT, broke his clavicle on Halloween playing football in front of his new house.  JT has been playing football since he was eight years old.  He has suffered a variety of injuries over the years, including another broken clavicle when he was 14.  He reduced this injury himself somehow, instead of going immediately to the ER. 

 Kaela, an orthopedic surgeon, was just finishing a rotation in Baltimore so was not available.  When she got back to the city on Sunday, she insisted he go to get it checked.  After x-rays and a CT scan they are still undecided if he needs surgery.  He will see one of Kaela's colleagues in the next few days to make that decision.  Now he must just keep his arm/shoulder immobilized in a sling.  He thinks it is funny to say he has a "Tony Romo injury."  Please keep him in your prayers for a quick and relatively comfortable recovery.  

Now, on to my list:

October

(in review)

1.  Spend quality time with my super grandsons 

A trip to Chick-fil-A :

Library craft time:

Where did that Itsy Bitsy spider go?

Hello, Mimi!

Love hanging out with my brother!

Gymboree

Hungry, Hungry Hippos

I love you soooooo much!

Another trip to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard:

Do you like my haircut?

Picnic Time!

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

I finished six QFK quilts this month!

3.  Attend October Strip Club at 

The Village Quilter

These are the last two quilts on which we have worked:

4.  Attend Ryder's preschool to talk about quilting.

It was so much fun going to Ryder's preschool.

I showed the children some of the smaller quilts I have made:

I read a book to the class called Just a Quilt by Dalen Keys.  Then Ryder presented his teacher with an autographed copy to keep in the classroom.

The children colored "quilt squares" and made a paper quilt.

Then the teachers made a story board of the lesson:

Thanks for inviting me to your classroom, Ryder!

5.  Celebrate my DDIL and my birthdays

Very low-key celebrations for our birthdays.  No pictures to share.

6.  Celebrate Halloween.

7.  Purchase fabric for a card table playhouse for
 Ryder & Logan

8.  Make quilts for my friend's new baby girl

This project is almost done....

 9.  Dear Jane  leader/ender project

Slow but steady progress...

10.  Make a Frozen pillowcase for each of my little grandsons

I made Frozen and Halloween pillowcases for the boys:

11.  Make two tote bags from Pineapple Fabrics

12.  Make three soft books for Christmas presents

Done but no pictures...they are presents.

13.  Aiming 4 Accuracy II by Mishka's Playhouse lessons 15 & 16

No progress.

14.  October block for Pat Sloan's 2015 Mystery Quilt:  Vacation Time

Top complete!

15. October block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous

No progress on the following green highlighted projects:

16.  Blocks 11 & 12 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs

17.  October block for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month

18.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt

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

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

21.  Bind/label any quilts finished this month 

22.  A quilt for Logan - ABC Chenille

23.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners

24.  Lucky Stars

25.  Grandmother's Fan

26.  Just Takes 2

27.  Quilt Square Quilt Along

28.  Crumb Quilt

29.  Zippy Strippy Bags

30.  PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler  

31.  A Quilt for Chase

32.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute

Cool Breeze
Stain Glass Windows
Double Slice Layer Cake Quilt

Progress was made on all four Brody Projects but none were completed.

November

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 November Strip Club at 

The Village Quilter

4.  Attend the Penn Homecoming football game where JT will present an award...sling and all.

5.  Attend the WWPHS South Hall of Honor award ceremony

6.  Attend the first birthday party of my friend's triplets

7.  Celebrate Thanksgiving with some of my family

8.  Start baking Christmas cookies

9.  Work on the first clues for Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt Allietare

10.  A quilt for Logan - ABC Chenille

11.  Begin working on the Card Table Playhouse for Ryder and Logan

12. Finish a quilt for my friend's new baby girl

 13.  Dear Jane  leader/ender project

14.  Aiming for Accuracy II by Mishka's Playground: Lessons 15, 16, 17 and 18

15. November block for Calypso Kaleidoscope by Quilt Addicts Anonymous

16.  Blocks 11 & 12 for the Arcadia Avenue Quilt Along sponsored by Sassafras Lane Designs

17.  October and November blocks for the

 Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 Block of the Month

18.  Julie Herman's Toes in the Sand quilt

19.  Start working on a quilt called Radio Way

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

21.  PQW 2013-14 Saturday Sampler - Cutting Corners

22.  Lucky Stars

23.  Grandmother's Fan

24.  Just Takes 2

25.  Quilt Square Quilt Along

26.  Crumb Quilt

27.  Zippy Strippy Bags

28.  PQW 2014-15 Saturday Sampler  

29.  A Quilt for Chase

30.  Work on the following BRODY Projects:

Civil War Tribute

Cool Breeze

Stain Glass Windows

Double Slice Layer Cake Quilt

Until Next Time...Happy Stitching!!!

Sharyn