Layer 'em Up #2

Our 2nd Wednesday Demo this month will be on the technique in the book Layer 'em Up #2 by Sharyn Craig. I will be showing this technique on Wednesday, February 10 from 1:00-5:00. It's a fun technique and a well written book. It's a stack, slice, shuffle, sew and square up technique so makes for a fast and easy quilt. It's also a great stash quilt since you can use so many different fabrics. The book includes several different options for "box" blocks. Within each option, you can vary the look of the block by changing the measurement of your slices. I might need to keep this quilt for myself. It looks really nice on my couch.
Susan

Wedding Star

I got together with my son Doug and his fiance Hayley last week to select a pattern for a wedding quilt. We spent some time looking at patterns I'd selected as possibilities. I wanted to get an idea of what colors they like and what kinds of patterns appealed to them. We ended looking at Judy Niemeyer's web site and when Hayley saw the Wedding Star, she knew that was the one.

Wow, what a fun project this will be! I starting selecting batiks in gradations. I still have lots more to pick, but here's the beginning.

The wedding's in July. I think I'll be busy!

Nancy

Too Many Batiks?????

Is it possible to have too many batiks? Shelly and I pulled 60 bolts from the batik colorwall today to make room for all the great recent arrivals. Those 60 bolts are in the half-price area now. We all did a bit of shopping as we moved the bolts upstairs but there's still lots to choose from. Stop in soon to see the selection - they won't last long.......

Nancy

New Years Resolutions

Do you ever look at those beautiful photos of sewing rooms in magazines and books and feel jealous? I do! Oh, to have all that space and everything in its place.
The best part about not completing your new years resolutions is that you can use the same ones again. So this year I will try again to conquer the sewing room mess. OK, this photo was taken last year and nothing much has changed. If fact, it may be worse. I will try again. But maybe not until I finish this next project I'm working on.
Susan

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a Merry Christmas from Snowy Minnesota! 7 inches last night and more coming tonight. Might be 12-18 inches of the white stuff before it's over. We wish to thank all of you for your friendship and support this last year. Quilters are special people and we are truly thankful to be in such a wonderful business. We hope you all have a wonderful quilt filled new year.
Susan

Holiday travels

I've had some fun this past week unrelated to quilting. We started with a great Thanksgiving visit with my sister Carol and her family in Nashville. We toured the Country Music Hall of Fame and visited a nearby site of a Civil War battle. It took place on the grounds of a plantation and we were able to tour the restored home. I may have gotten some inspiration for a quilt from the floorcloth in the dining room.

Another fun part of our trip was a stop on the way home to pick up "Charlie", an Australian Shepherd / Poodle puppy. For awhile I'll have to see how much quilting I can get done during "naptime".

Nancy

Mystery Weekend #44

Susan and I have had a busy month so far teaching 4 sessions of Mystery Weekend #44 . We had about 70 participants! We can finally reveal the quilts! Susan made her quilt using an assortment of soft reproduction prints. I used a selection of Asian prints. We'll be getting a pattern ready shortly after the first of the year. We'll also have kits available in both of our fabric selections when the pattern is ready. The name of the quilt is "Shoo Fly". Both of our quilts are on display in the shop.

One of the really fun parts of Mystery Weekend is the show and tell that participants bring to each session. Some of the quilts are from past Mystery Weekends or Mystery by Mail quilts. Others are projects that have been completed from other patterns, in classes or created by the maker. It's so much fun to see the great fabric selections. We snapped some photos of the quilts to share. I've added quilt names to the photos of the quilts made using Glad Creations patterns. Enjoy the slide show below.
Nancy

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