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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Quilt within a Quilt...

...the back was a tad too narrow, problem solved...

Using pre-cut squares(large and small) as leaders and enders for other projects, a 'free' quilt comes together in no time. Both of these quilts were made in this fashion. They magically appear from under the presser foot!! Sweeeeeet. With temps hitting 104 degrees, it's wonderful weather to hunker down and sew. Happy quilting. ~Susanne

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Congratulations Jane!!!

For 2 years our dear Janey-Jane has been in school getting her degree to become a dental hygienst! We have so missed her...but we are most proud of her because she has worked so hard, been totally dedicated to this program while balancing being a wife, mom, friend.

The best news of all came this week...she passed her boards!

We can now have her back...we may need to teach her how to use her machine again, but we can't wait for our first sewing day together!

Congratulations Jane!!!

Retreat #7

I am finally taking the time to upload some of our retreat pictures! I so loved my week w/you girls! It just inspired me and filled me with so much joy! Thank you ladies for being my family!

Here are some things I worked on...

I was so sick of Blue when I was done w/this! It is on the machine at That Little Quilt Shop, ready to be quilted and finished!!

I finished this baby quilt for Cady Bell, the baby of Tyler's 4th grade teacher that was one of his biggest advocates! Baby Bell has it now and they loved the giraffes!

Cady has an older brother, 19 months old, that just moved into his big boy room...so I took him this as a big brother gift...I had no idea his new room was decorated with a soccer theme, so this is perfect and when he opened it, he said "ooo....ahhhh" and sat on it and played. It was so cute!

I started a quilt that I've wanted to do since I was a little girl. When the quilting bug hit me, while I was at my granny's house, I asked her to teach me how to do a "Log Cabin" quilt. She said I should start with "A Trip Around the World"...well, I lost interest quickly and never have done a Log Cabin, until this retreat....here is the start of it. I need to add borders and it will be done! I loved it...and cherished every bit of it b/c it reminded me of Granny!