If the hat fits

Oct 28, 2012

We had a perfect day at the Franklin Library today, sewing pillow cases, and getting care packages ready to be sent out for Christmas.

Katheryn pinning pillow cases for the sewers

Lots of goodies for our soldiers. Cookies and more still need to get ready.

Thanks for looking.

Oct 28, 2012

We had our sewing day in Cedarburg at Ye Ol Schoolhouse yesterday, what a insprational place to quilt. Today we are going to Franklin to have a pillowcase sewing day . I hope to have some good photos to post. Talk to you all later, off to quilt in Franklin.

Thanks Dick for taking the photo.

Sept 2, 2012

Mr. Eagle and a beautiful blue strip quilt were presented to a couple of hero's Sgt 1st class Wesley, served WWII, from 1942-1946, and and his son Spc 5 Terry, served Vietnam War from 1969-1972.

Cedarburg Aug 26, 2012

The 4^th Saturday of every month (except Dec) we meet at “Ye old school house quilt shop” in Cedarburg, Wi. Our creative leaders are Dick and Tink Linhart, they do a awesome job keeping track of everything. Check out thier facebook pages :)

We had a nice turn out for the quilting day, lots of talent and creativity. I can't wait until next month.

Here are some photos of the quilts that were completed for our soldiers. Sorry for the blurry photos, these quilts were beautiful and these photos are not doing them justice. I promise to have better photos next time.

Mr. Eagle

It is so much fun to see all the different ideas, patterns, color choices, ect. that everyone comes up with.

Renee



In June I went up to Madeline Island in Wisconsin for a weekend of quitling to work on some Quilt of Valor (QOV) projects. We had a great time and finished 3 tops.

Here is a photo of one of the finished quilts. This is pattern by BQ called Maple Island Quilts - how fitting we were on Madeline Island when we quilted these.

This quilt is made from orphan blocks using the same BQ pattern. Last weekend was the Midwest Quilt show in Oconomowac Wisconsin. The quilt was displayed in the QOV booth. A huge THANKS to Tink and Dick for everything they do for QOV .

The third top we completed that weekend we named Mr. Eagle, I will post a photo of that later this month.


I wanted to take a moment to share a quilt I am quilting for a friend.  The pattern is called If the hat fits. So here is a sneak peak.

Isn't this cute, the legs are free haning. This is layered and ready to quilt. I will be using Superior thread bottom line. I will update you on the progress.

Have a great day.

Holiday quilt

My sister and her family came into town this last week. It sure was nice to hang out with them for awhile.

This is going to be a busy week, I started quilting a Halloween wall hanging for my girl friend, I can't wait to show you the photos.  On Tuesday our local Quilt guild is meeting at one of our local quilt shops. On Saturday we head up to Cedarburg WI to met with our Quilt of Valor group.  What a fun week a head. I hope to have lots of photos to share with you.

I made this quilt a while ago out of some scraps I had. I just finished quilting it a few months ago, with the holiday season just around the corner, I thought this was a good time to post. I know I am always looking for quick holiday or gift projects.

Holly and Berries quilted in each of the borderd nine patch block. and continous line snowflake in the other sqares.



Feathers on the corner setting blocks.



Here is the back of the quilt.

My next goal is to get really nice close up photos for you.  Have a great day.

Buzz Saw quilt

This pattern is called buzz saw, it is a easy pattern to piece with lots of options for quilting.

Here are a couple of close ups, the binding was a stripe cut on the bias.

I created a design to fit in the blade sections, I made a master copy, then traced the design on tracing paper.



This center section is a pattern from Irena Bluhm which I changed up a bit to fit the circle.



Thanks for looking.



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