Lovin' My Quilts

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride

2011-10-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

Getting Twisted!

2011-08-20T22:40:00.000-07:00

I recently had a chance to use my Twister template for the first time. This pattern is so unbelievably easy! I could not believe it when I had the top almost completed by the end of the day! It was quilted with a dragonfly/flower pattern. The back is minky/microfleece. I love using this on the back of my quilts. It makes the patterns pop on the minky side. And everyone who receives one absolutely loves how soft it is!

Go Baby! Giveaway!

2011-07-16T10:35:00.000-07:00

If you'd like the chance to win one of these Go Babies then head on over to Want It, Need It, Quilt! Jane is giving one away with your choice of 3 dies. Giveaway ends August 16, 2011..

Mug Rugs Received!

2011-02-20T20:34:00.000-08:00

A big Thank You to my partner, Diane Quist from Colorado, for the mug rug swap on Quilting Bloggers. I really like the rustic-ness of these mug rugs!! A Great addition to the house!! Thanks again!!

Mug Rugs Completed!

2011-02-19T12:30:00.001-08:00

I finished and sent out my mug rugs to my partner from Quilting Bloggers. Hope she enjoys them!

The process of making Batiks

2011-02-08T21:22:00.000-08:00

I found this on the Robert Kaufman website and thought it was pretty neat! Check it out HERE. The process is quite interesting!!! I have recently taken interest in batiks. I love how batiks blend! They have so much potential in a quilt.

Mug Rug Progress...

2011-01-27T14:59:00.001-08:00

So here's what I've done so far for these little mug rugs! I hope my swap partner likes them!!! Check out the other participants by clicking the mug rug icon in the right side bar!

Woodsy quilt...

2010-12-24T16:20:00.000-08:00

This quilt was made for my brother. This first picture is the quilt before it was quilted... I typically do not use panels on my quilts, but my brother loved them and I had them so it was deemed his. This one was definitely a challenge because there were no coordinates with the panels. So I spent a little time trying to match colors with the Maywood Studios Flannels. The second and third pics are of the quilt after it was quilted. The binding has been attached but not sewn down. I'm just so glad this quilt is finished! And my brother loves it! Merry Christmas everyone!

Lady Bug Quilt

2010-10-22T19:26:00.000-07:00

This sweet little quilt was made for a friend of mine. I found these lady bugs at Joann's and had to buy them. The lady bugs were cut out using my Cricut machine. I found that it was rather difficult to use the Cricut for this purpose and ended up just using the image cut out on cardstock to trace onto the heat n bond. Even though I couldn't get them to cut out, I still got really good pieces from it, and hand cutting it didn't take long. Here are a few pics. The back is made with microfleece fabric. My mom and I have been using Microfleece on the past few projects and found that it makes a really fun quilt!

Completed Halloween Project

2010-10-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

So I took the pattern for Happy Jack and added a little more to him and turned it into a pillow. The intent was to put it into a contest at a local craft store, but then they hired me so I was disqualified! Bummer! So here is my creation! I even contemplated putting some battery operated lights on him too, but there wasn't enough time for that!

Meet Jack!!

2010-10-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween! And I love Fall. Today has been one of the first gloomy days of the season, and very fitting since it is the first day of school. Since I've been in the Autumn mood I decided to put together this little Jack-o-lantern 12 x 12 mini quilt. I've been having fun sewing this one on my tabletop quilter! He's so cute that I couldn't resist! These are so easy that I ended up cutting out 4 different sets. Hopefully I will have something in my Etsy shop soon. **wink**

NW Quilting Expo 2010

2010-09-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe but Expo is here!!! Mom and I went down yesterday to check out the goods! And boy did they have some! A group from Tillamook had numerous antique/vintage quilt tops they were displaying for onlookers. Some of them were sooo cool looking. I did not even think to get pictures (and not sure they wanted anyone to take any) of these fabulous creations. :( Here are a few pics I did take though!This was a mini quilt measuring about 15 long and 12 wide... This is another mini quilt. I think this one was about 12 x 12...

Another Great Giveaway!

2010-09-24T08:42:00.000-07:00

Millie is having a giveaway! check it out! See her giveaway HERE!

Great Giveaway!!

2010-09-20T15:46:00.000-07:00

Here's another great Giveaway! There seems to be tons of these going on these days! Check out Jaybird Quilts for the giveway, and follow her directions. You have up to 5 chances to win! Good luck!

New Table Runner Project..

2010-09-19T22:46:00.001-07:00

Here is the table runner I have been working on. I saw the pattern online somewhere and mathed out the dimensions and made it myself without a pattern! Saves a little money! Now to decide how to quilt this one out.. Any ideas?

Cat adopts squirrel!

2010-09-15T19:44:00.001-07:00

Machine Quilting as a business

2010-08-28T12:44:00.000-07:00

So I'm seriously considering investing in a professional machine to start a business in Machine Quilting.. I am wondering, though, how much to charge for machine quilting. If you have any ideas, knowledge, etc. please leave me a comment! All of your thoughts are appreciated!

Joanna Figueroa with a new Fig Tree line and more fun patterns!

2010-08-28T10:12:00.000-07:00

I found these online and had to share! How can you pass up inspiration?

Check out these great cakes!

2010-08-18T08:32:00.000-07:00

I found these on Pink Cake Box... She has the most amazing cakes! Love it!

Quilt for my Dad...

2010-08-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

This is a quilt I am putting together for my dad. I found this batik with the medicine bear and bear paw on it and thought it was perfect for him. He loves to snowbird, and they spend most of their time in AZ, so this was perfect for him! For the backing I used a microfleece. I was a little nervous about using it because of the stretchiness of the fabric but I sewed the backing selvage to selvage and eliminated most of the stretching. I really like how it looks too! The stitches give the microfleece an embossed look. I think my next few quilts will have the microfleece on the back! It was fun to use!

Super Giveaway!

2010-04-11T14:35:00.000-07:00

I HAVE A NOTION is having a giveaway on their blog to celebrate their anniversary. They will be giving away an AccuQuilt Go (available in their store HERE) Make sure to stop by their blog to check out the details on the giveaway!!!

Another WIP

2010-02-06T17:50:00.000-08:00

Here is my latest Work In Progress... This one is taking me forever because I had to stop in the middle of it and take my Janome 6500 in to get a little tune-up... I'm so glad I did, though, because it sounds so much better!!! It makes me fall in love with it all over again!!

I found this quilt pattern on someone else's blog. I do not recall which blog it was, so if you are the one who made this please speak up so I can link to your blog! I love this pattern. And the quilt is very scrappy! I will post more pics as I get it done!

Update: This quilt is by Mary. You can see her quilt design here at MaryQuilts.com. Thanks to BearCreekQuilter for the info!!!!

Fall Mini Quilt Swap--Quilting Bloggers

2010-01-26T12:57:00.000-08:00

I've been lazy.... I have had this one completed, sent out, and my wonderful swap buddy Cheryl has received this creation but I haven't posted it yet! So here it is! I found a similar quilt online and decided to change it up a bit... This is what I came up with! I loved doing this swap because the quilt was small enough that I could use my tabletop machine to quilt it. I have gotten into the habit of quilting on the long arm so much that I forgot how fun it is to just play around on the tabletop!
I sewed apples in each of the 4 corners...
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Swap Angel gift received!!!

2010-01-24T00:38:00.001-08:00

I received this absolutely beautiful mini quilt from Julie Dueck. Thank you so much Julie!!! I really love the colors!! You did a fabulous job on your quilting! Especially for just whipping this together!

Happy 2010!! And Another Thread Catcher!

2010-01-04T21:49:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so unbelievably hectic that I just didn't have time to blog! Here are a few things I made while I was away..... I put this Abbey Thread Catcher together as a gift for my mom. She loved it!!! I thought it turned out pretty good!

I also put together quite a few more of the these heart shaped potholders. They are so easy to make!!! And they are always a hit with the family...

Oh yeah! And I changed up the blog a bit. What do ya think?? Here's hoping that 2010 will bring much happiness and creativity! :)

Cool light display!!!

2009-12-15T16:49:00.000-08:00

Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

The Countdown!

2009-12-12T10:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas Countdown - Christmas Layouts

I can't believe Christmas is so close!!! The time has just flown by so fast and I still have tons of stuff to do!!! Sometimes it feels like its going so fast and furious that I all I can do is just sit and watch it fly past me! I hate that!! Well, back to more crafting for today!

Latest WIP

2009-11-20T08:19:00.001-08:00

So I've been working on the quilting on this one lately. I literally put this one together in 4 days. It's not the greatest sewing but I had to slam it out to get the meandering done on the long arm before mom left town. Anyway, here is the WIP. I found the pattern in Fabric Trends. I absolutely love this quilt! I think its funny... the ones that I absolutely love always seem to have the most mistakes! I may have to do this pattern over again. My frustration on this pattern was that there was so much give in the fabric on the bias of the triangles that the blocks all turned out different sizes. I find that so frustrating because I KNOW I'm not pulling on the fabric. It just happens... Any advice?? It's much appreciated!
I didn't quilt the baskets on the long arm. I am in the middle of quilting them on my Janome 6500. I find that I have more control over stitching straight lines on it...

Gobble Til Ya Wobble!

2009-11-07T12:26:00.000-08:00

Is it really almost Thanksgiving?? Holy Moly!! This year has just flown by! Time to start gearing up for the holidays! I wanted to share this cute little turkey I made a couple years ago... I use him every year! I don't recall which company made the pattern but it sure is cute!!

Another Gifty Item..

2009-10-25T15:33:00.000-07:00

I have a whole stack of these little potholders to make. They are super easy to make! I cut out a bunch to sew up for Christmas to give away with goodies... I will post more as I get them done.. This one turned out pretty good. I don't think I have any Halloween potholders so this is a first! Hmmm, maybe I'll make a pumpkin roll and break it in! What do you think?? :)

The Quilt From H E double hockey sticks*!!!!

2009-10-23T11:50:00.001-07:00

I finally finished this one after a long time of dreading the work in front of me... Each block has 64 individual squares and over 100 seams.. That makes over 2000 pieces for the whole quilt.. This project seemed to never end!! I started it back in April. The task was so daunting that I dreaded every minute of sewing it together. I spent so much time chain piecing and ironing that I even burned a hole in my ironing board cover! Yikes! My goal was to make perfect points on the blocks, but after 2 blocks I kinda-sorta didn't care! Even though some of them did not come out as planned, the whole quilt turned out pretty good! By the time I got to the point of actually quilting I decided to bag the idea of quilting a nice pattern on the front and just do a basic meander over it so I could just get it done--brainlessly. The quilt is not quite done in these pictures. I still have the binding to put on..

Halloween Fun...

2009-10-23T11:20:00.000-07:00

I made both these items quite a few years back... Boy you can really tell the difference in my quilting! There is no binding on it, and it wasn't truly quilted... But its still a fun little wall hanging! I added raffia to the dowel to create the broom and wrapped it with jute twine. One of the sayings on the quilt is "if the broom fits, ride it!" :) I also stitched this bread cloth.. I haven't stitched in a very long time! ...at least not with embroidery thread!

Halloween Giveaway!

2009-10-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

Check out the giveaway over at Pumpkin Patch Primitives!!!! She is giving away some really cool Halloween FQs. Go on over to her site and join the fun!

Park City Girl: Quilt Festival - Fall 2009

2009-10-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Park City Girl: Quilt Festival - Fall 2009

Table Runner WIP

2009-09-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

This is a table runner Work In Progress... I love the fabrics! They are by Benartex and Nancy Halvorsen (Cider Mill Road). The colors have an Autumn feel. On this one I didn't use a pattern. I did plan it out, though, before I started. I still have the quilting left to do before it is done! I will show more pics when it is done. The days are looking more and more like Fall around here. I can't wait to get it done so I can use it!

More from the quilt rack and WIP

2009-08-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

This is a quilt my mom has been working on. At the time of this photo it was a Work In Progress. I believe it is done by now, but I don't have any pictures of the finished project... (I will post as soon as I have one!) The pattern used is the same pattern I am working with on the Cider Mill quilt. This particular quilt is very tedious to put together! She got hers all done--I'm soooo jealous!

This is another one mom put together. This one is done with the salmon colored fabrics.. I absolutely love them!! I believe she hand appliqued all the round pieces... She is so fast at doing all of that! I can't do it that fast!!! Either that or she just has a ton of patience!

Memo Board Project

2009-08-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

Well I finally put together my memo board. This one uses a canvas instead of foam board or other material. I had to buy a staple gun to finish the project. I thought it turned out pretty cute. But I am considering putting it in a frame...

Autumn Quilt Finished!

2009-08-12T10:09:00.000-07:00

Life has been so unbelievably hectic this summer! But I managed to finish this Fall quilt just in time for Fall. It's a drizzly day here in the NW so it's perfect timing! Time to start lovin' on that quilt! I started working on this one back in late May/early June... I thought it turned out very pretty! The inspiration for this quilt came from the border fabric. The blended Autumn colors were so eye-catching. I used 22 different fabrics in this quilt. It is very fat-quarter friendly. In fact, with the 22 different colors I ended up with enough extra fabric cut out for the leaves that I could almost create another one. It was actually quite mind-boggling to try to put together! For every row that was stitched I had to plan out the next row because of the exchange of fabrics for each block. Crazy! I saw this pattern online somewhere and mathed the measurements out.. The quilting on this one was totally random. I didn't use any pantos--it all came from me wee little brain.. lol

Quilter's Stimulus Package

2009-08-07T22:36:00.000-07:00

Elaine is having a great little giveaway! You can check it out on her blog HERE ... Can't wait to see what the surprise is!

Zoo Quilt COMPLETED!!!

2009-08-07T16:09:00.001-07:00

It's done! It's done!! All I have to do is write up the directions and pattern and package it up to sell now! I had so much fun with this quilt. It is being gifted to my great nephew next weekend. I wish I could make a few changes on it... If I could I would make the trunk on the elephant a slightly darker color of thread. I think that would make it pop! And if I make this pattern again I might change the colors of the churn dash 'frame' around the animals and make each of them a different color.

Kokopelli quilt

2009-08-06T22:59:00.001-07:00

This is a quilt my mom made. She and my father are snowbirds and spend their winters in Arizona. Mom found this fun fabric and had to make a Kokopelli quilt. I love this quilt! The colors are just awesome!

More from the quilt rack....

2009-08-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the quilts my mom has made in the past year. I wish I had the time to do everything she does. She is amazing!

Slide Show of my quilts

2009-07-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some quilts I have made in he past. Some of them have already been posted here on my blog.

Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show Sisters, OR

2009-07-11T22:41:00.001-07:00

Mom and I made a trip over to Sisters, OR this morning for the 2009 Outdoor Quilt Show. We had a ton of fun and the weather was beautiful! Here are some of my favorites!

Zoo Quilt Progress

2009-06-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

I finished one of the blocks on this sweet little quilt. The blocks are 24" x 24".. Here is the one I have completed so far:

I wish I could stay home today and work on this.. its turning out so cute! Can't wait for it to be finished!

Flying Geese

2009-06-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a really cool blog post by Quilt Nut about how to make flying geese. It's such a good idea!!! Thanks for sharing!! You can see it HERE .

Baby Quilt

2009-06-25T23:49:00.000-07:00

So here is my newest project. This is being made for my new great-nephew. I decided I was going to use the churn dash pattern in this quilt because the baby's name is Dash. I had to change the design in it a bit because I felt that churn dash was just too boring by itself.. Here is what I came up with:

And then I found the fabric and fell in love with the cute little animals on it... perfect for a baby boy. But the pattern needed something more so the fabric became my inspiration.

After a couple of weeks of searching for cute patterns I decided to create my own pattern. I must say I think I hesitated for a couple of weeks before I sat down and actually drew them out... Here is one of the sketches...

Not only did I create this one, but I also made one of a giraffe, an elephant and a frog. After much preparation here is what the pieced blocks look like. These are far from complete. I still need to do some satin stitching to complete the detail work on the blocks. If you look close enough (and past my stamp) you can see the detail lines.. The frog is especially hard to see...

These little guys are going to be used in the center of the churn dash... I thought they turned out pretty darn cute!! I may have to copyright the pattern and sell them! Once these are finished and put into the quilt I will post it here! What do you think?

Just had to share...

2009-06-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

I saw the coolest dragonfly yesterday. He was buzzing past me while I was walking and it caught my eye. The neatest part was that he stopped--as if to show off and let me see him. This is what he looked like: Usually in this area (Pacific NW) you see a blue or green dragonfly. I have lived here all my life and have never seen a striped dragonfly! This striped one didn't have the bright colors like the other ones, but I could not help but notice how different he was! I did not take these pictures, they were ones I found on the net. I wish I had a camera yesterday. It was just too cool!

Autumn Quilt

2009-06-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

Wow! Life has been so busy! I finished this one about 2 weeks ago and I'm just now getting it posted on my blog!!! EEESH! This one took alot of 'planning-as-you-go'. There are 22 different fabrics in this quilt. I'm really excited to get this one up on the long-arm to quilt it out! I have always wanted a Fall quilt and I've never had the time during the fall to make one. I love the pattern. It is very forgiving when it comes to matching seams. And this one pieced together very well. It was a little mind-boggling at times because I had to plan for the next row 2 rows in advance, but it was fun!

Too early for Halloween?

2009-05-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

I don't think it's too early to think about Halloween. I love Halloween! Check out my paper crafting blog for all my Halloween goodies! I had to share this quilt pattern because it is SO STINKIN CUTE! I'm really enjoying Amy Bradley's quilt patterns! I found a couple of websites with her patterns...
Amy Bradley Designs
Quilt Bus
Sew Thankful

Fabric Addiction

2009-05-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

Well, I did it again! I bought more fabric. I had a gift card to Joann's and got some great deals. But did I really need to add to my stash? I have collected fabric for over 15 years now... I'm not exactly sure what it is that provokes that NEED to buy fabric. I have so many projects lined up now that I think it would last 2 lifetimes! I just recently read about an acronym on Quilt Talk (yahoo group). The acronym describes this addiction pefectly:

S stash
A acquisition
B beyond
L life
E expectancy

I think they will have to mummify me with my fabric when I die! But seriously, how do you stop???? I don't know if it is the smell of the fabric store or what! I have even thought about opening a quilt shop just so that I can be surrounded by that atmosphere! Is that totally crazy? If you have any advice please share! What do you do to suppress your need to buy fabric?

Fab New Find

2009-05-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

I found this on the net while searching for a color scheme today... I have posted it on my sidebar as well. Go to the Color Schemer here. I also found some other interesting schemers and palette generators too!

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

Watch CBS Videos Online

I found this on www.thequiltshow.com Happy Mother's Day!

My Baby's Birthday...

2009-04-29T22:10:00.000-07:00

This past Monday was my daughter's birthday. No more babies! :( She is so beautiful and becoming such a wonderful young woman. Grandma put together this quilt for her for a birthday gift. Emily picked out the colors with her. I thought it turned out great!! And Emily loves it!!

Back Porch Bouquet quilt

2009-04-27T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well, its almost done! I spent Friday quilting this one out. I just need to put the binding on! Hopefully I will be able to get to it this weekend..... The binding will be done in brown. I can't wait to finish it!

Abbey Thread Catcher

2009-04-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to the thread catcher pattern...

http://abbeylanequilts.com/portfolio.html

You can see more on Abbey Lane Quilts blog here..

I love this pattern because you can use several coordinate fabrics.. I think these are going to make great Christmas gifts!

Thread Catcher

2009-04-21T14:37:00.000-07:00

This has got to be one of the cutest thread catchers I've seen! I bought this pattern several months back along with the fabric (Back Porch Bouquet by Maywood Studio). The thread catcher was very easy to put together. My sewing could have been so much better on this project. This pattern requires Alene's Tacky Glue. I'm not sure what other people's opinions are of the product, but I personally don't like using it for heavy duty things that are meant to be permanent. So for this project I used a liquid glaze product used in paper crafting. I swear the stuff works better than superglue!

You can view another thread catcher HERE

Smelling the roses...

2009-04-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

I bought some fresh cut roses a couple of days ago and they are so beautiful!! They smell as good as they look!!! I had to take pictures...

Tragedy Strikes Close to Home

2009-04-15T19:36:00.000-07:00

Our whole town is mourning the death of two teens killed last night. The accident happened less than 1/4 mile from my home on the train tracks. You can see the news story HERE. My son was friends with these kids. Our town is a very small town so all the kids here are pretty tight. Last night I heard the sounds of the train blaring--quite a bit more than usual, and even louder than normal. The kids were standing on the double-line railroad tracks on the northbound track. Apparently (according to the local kids) the they were waiting for the freight train heading south on the southbound tracks to go by and were watching the end of the train while waiting for it to go by.. They think they didn't hear the oncoming Amtrak train (going northbound) because the freight train was so loud. The Amtrak train blared his horns for a long time, and the teens did not move. It has just been a hard hit on this community. There are piles of flowers and balloons around their make-shift memorial. Tragedies like this never make sense.... My condolences go out to these families and friends.

Back Porch quilt

2009-04-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

I love this fabric!! Since this week was spring break I decided to cut out several quilts so that I can work on a few at a time. This is what I'm currently working on. It took me a while to find a good pattern to display the fabrics...

Diagonal length from a square

2009-04-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

To calculate the finished diagonal measurement of a block, multiply the finished size of the block by 1.414.

This was taken from the following site:

http://sentimentalstitches.net/instructions/diagonal-measurement-of-squares/

Quilt by Mom 6/2005

2009-03-31T22:33:00.000-07:00

This is a quilt my mom made a few years back. She always has great taste in her color combinations. This one is one of my favorites....

Bear Paw Quilted

2009-03-29T11:17:00.000-07:00

I found these pics of this quilt all quilted. The bear paws have bears and moose quilted into them. This is part of a quilt I have posted previously. This is one of my favorite quilts. And as you can see it gets its use! If you click on the pic you can see the quilting up close.

Keagan's Quilt

2009-03-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

I made this quilt a few years back for my great-nephew Keagan. I ended up making 2 at one time and gave the other to a friend of mine... I just found these pictures and thought I'd put them up here on the blog. Hope you like!

Stuff to show off..

2009-03-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

I have been finding more pics of quilts made in the past couple of years. Here are a few of them...

This is a quilt my aunt made and entered into the Oregon State Fair. She won a red ribbon. I'm not positive, but I believe this quilt above is hers also... This quilt was made by my mom... One of her first quilts. She hand quilted this one. It is so pretty in person...

This is a quilt my mom made for my nephew. He likes all things oriental. It has a samuri sort of look/feel. A great pattern using drukards path...

pattern links

2009-02-24T19:34:00.000-08:00

Blogger issues

2009-02-24T18:27:00.000-08:00

I wasn't able to add these to the sidebar for whatever reason. Blogger was being nit-picky tonite... so I'm posting links here...

Cider Mill Road Quilt

2009-02-16T16:35:00.000-08:00

This is the quilt I am currently working on. This is a 16 x 16 inch block. There are 64 patches to this block. It takes forever to do but I think it will be worth it in the end. Hopefully it won't take me ages to get it done.. The fabric is a Nancy Halvorsen print called Cider Mill Road. I love it.

How I plan a quilt square..

2009-01-31T11:20:00.000-08:00

Well,I have tried many things including using Electric Quilt 5 programs to try to visualize what my quilt will look like. The program is so frustrating to me! I sat down and figured this out--and I really like it! I am a paper crafter as well as a quilter. I found this useful because you can create a grid without having to see the blue lines on a sheet of grid paper... If you look at the first picture, I took a blank sheet of cardstock and scored it every 1 inch--horizontally and vertically. Then I cut the paper down to 8 x 8 inches. I did this because the square I have planned out is a 16 x 16 inch square. I marked the pattern on the grid with a marker to bring out he pattern. What I particularly like about doing this is that you can see the squares and you can see the pattern without having to visualize those blue lines... Also with this you can flip it over and use the other side for another block.

Finished UFO

2009-01-04T11:28:00.000-08:00

Well it's not a quilt but it's been sitting around for a little while--unfinished.. This is a potholder I made. My plan is to have enough next year to send out with all of my Christmas goodies. I think this one took me about 3 hours from start to finish, including cutting the fabric (estimated). For this project I purchased batting that has a mylar sheet pressed into the middle. The mylar sheet is padded by warm n' natural. They really were easy to make! And I was surprised at how quickly they went together.

My Bear Quilt

2008-12-31T01:14:00.000-08:00

I love bears!! I also love woodsy type stuff.. so naturally I fell in love with this pattern by Debbie Fields. Out of all the quilts I have made this one has taken me the longest. I spent 4 months on this one. It took a while because of the detail of the applique and the satin stitching around the edges. This one was a queen size quilt...The blocks are 16 inches and sitting on-point. I did not take a picture of it finished, but you get the idea! It is quilted and being used on my log bed... I also made a table runner to match that was quilted on my table-top machine...

Up close you can see the bear paw and the bear quilted into the runner...

fabric memory board

2008-12-28T21:52:00.000-08:00

The concept for this pin-free bulletin board dates back to the 18th Century; examples are seen in paintings from that time. More recently, you have seen them offered in trendy home furnishings catalogues and stores.

While the idea of using a lattice of ribbons on a board to display snap shots and other ephemera originated well before the invention of the thumbtack and pushpin, this application is timeless.
Hundreds of years ago, papers were precious and the ribbon board was one way to keep them safe. Now, although paper is plentiful, there are some paper items we cherish and want to display, preferably without poking holes through them. So, once again, "everything old is new."
While early ribbon boards were made by simply stretching ribbons across a piece of wood, today's versions are fancier to look at and easier to construct. One of the great things about this project is that it can be as feminine or as funky, as masculine or as mod, as you wish.
The first thing to decide, then, is where you will hang your ribbon board. Choose fabric and ribbon to coordinate with that room's decor. If the ribbon board is a gift, think about the recipient's hobbies or interests.

MATERIALS:
1 piece of 3/16" foam core board, 15" X 20"
1 piece of fabric, 20" X 24" for front covering
1 piece of fabric, 15" X 20" for back covering
9 feet or more ribbons
1 piece of 1/2" quilt batting, 15" X 20"
1 package brass 1" paper fasteners
Double-sided tape

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES:
Scissors
Stapler
Ruler
Hammer
Big nail
Small hole punch
Thin wire for hanging
Xacto knife

STEPS:
To begin, determine the size you want your memory board to be. Ours is made from one half of a standard sheet of foam core board, which leaves the other half to make another board. But perhaps you would like a tall thin one to fit that narrow space by the door. Make yours any size you wish.
Lay the larger piece of fabric wrong side up on your work surface.
Place the piece of batting in the center of the fabric. No need to measure -- just leave a border of fabric all around the batting.
Place the foam core board on top of the batting.

Next, attach the fabric to the back of the foam core using double sided tape. Run a strip of the tape along all 4 sides of the back of the board. Pull the fabric snug over one of the long sides, secure on tape in the center of that side. Pull fabric snug on opposite side, secure in the center of that side. Do the same on the two short sides.
To finish securing fabric to board, continue stretching and securing from the center out every couple of inches on opposite sides, taking care to make corners tidy and square.
With board still wrong side up, use a marker to mark every five inches about 1" in from the edge of board on all four sides. These marks will show you where to attach your ribbons.
To add brass buttons and further secure ribbons, place your covered foam core board right side up on a thick layer of magazines. Where 2 ribbons cross, use hammer and large nail to punch hole through ribbons, all the way through board.
Place paper fasteners through all holes, open and secure on backside.
To finish, use open stapler to attach small piece of fabric to back of board. Then stretch piece of thin wire across back of board. Poke ends through fabric on back edge about 5" down from top. Twist ends to secure. This forms the hanger.

This tutorial was taken from: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1642086/detail.html

Blue and green pinwheel

2008-12-26T20:07:00.000-08:00

This is one of the quilts I put in the Clark County Fair here in WA this year. I won a blue ribbon on it. When I made this I made two of them. One for myself and one for one of my best friends. I found the fabric for the sashing and fell in love with it. It's very old-fashioned. But the color combo was so neat!

Best of Class winner

2008-12-17T20:48:00.000-08:00

This is a quilt my mom made. It was entered into the Oregon State Fair this year and won Best of Class rosette in the pieced and appliqued category and also won a blue ribbon in this class.

Mermaid baby quilt

2008-12-17T12:50:00.000-08:00

It's not quite finished, but its getting really close. Baby finally came this morning! 7 lbs and 7 oz. She is so beautiful!! I gotta get this done for her so she can use it.. Her name was embroidered on the bottom right corner of the quilt. We noticed after it was quilted that the Little Mermaid was holding her hand up underneath her name.. It was totally unplanned!! But it turned out so cute! I just need to finish the binding and it will be done!

Mermaid project

2008-11-03T19:01:00.000-08:00

This is my latest project. This is the first time I've been able to quilt in about 3 years! I love to quilt and have missed it. This quilt is for my new baby great-niece. She is due in Dec and we can't wait to see her! The theme for this is the Little Mermaid. I designed the fish squares to have a prairie point fin on the fish. I plan to embroider an eyeball on each fish once I am done. In the pics you can see the sets of fabric. Each set represents the color of fish in the square. I can't wait to finish this one. I think it will be super cute!

NW Quilters Expo continued...

2008-10-11T11:10:00.000-07:00

NW Quilters Expo

2008-10-05T09:06:00.000-07:00

I still have a bunch of quilt pics to post! I'm sure I'll have at least one or two more postings after this one! I took lots of pictures!!

Fall Quilts from the show...

2008-10-01T19:19:00.000-07:00

more from the Expo...

2008-09-29T18:40:00.000-07:00

I still have so many more pictures to post! It will take me forever, but I promise I'll get them added here!

more from the Expo

2008-09-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

Some of the quilts here are ones that were actually on display in competition. Others are ones that were on display in the booths to market the patterns. The ones below use ultra suede. They are so pretty in person! The bear and the moose are all batik prints. ... I will post more soon!

NW Quilter's Expo Portland, OR

2008-09-26T19:27:00.000-07:00

I had a blast at the Expo this year with Mom. We tested out a few of the long arms and looked at hundreds of quilts. The best part of this year's visit was that I met Karen McTavish! She is so cool! She was at the APQS booth helping work with the Millenium they had on demo. Lynette Jensen was teaching classes this year and had a bunch of her quilts on display. I took over 200 pics this year and will post them as time permits... :)

THESE ARE PICS of LYNETTE JENSEN'S QUILTS!

Oregon State Fair woodland quilt

2008-09-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

This quilt was done by a friend of the family. She did an awesome job on it! Some of my favorite quilts are the rustic/woodsy type quilts. She won a blue on this one....

More from Oregon State Fair

2008-08-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Here are more pics of the Oregon State Fair quilts. I had a heck of a time taking pics because of the limited space. They were in rows that were close enough together that I couldn't take a full view picture. I did the best I could!! I think this is the last of the photos that I have for this year!

Here is mom's quilt. It took a red this year. Apparently this year it was quite an honor to get a ribbon because alot of them didn't even get one!!!

I had to get a pic of this one. It is an Amy Bradley design. Too cute!!!

Oregon State Fair quilts

2008-08-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the quilts that were there... Alot of them were very nice but didn't get ribbons. I wish I knew why!!

This quilt was very pretty! I took a picture of the mountain close up but it doesn't do it justice. She used iridescent thread to quilt the mountain. Very pretty!

Oregon State Fair photos

2008-08-29T11:50:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun at the fair yesterday. I took tons of pictures. They had a great display of cakes... I love the ones with the rolled fondant! They are so neat looking. I also took tons of pics of the quilts there. I was not as impressed with the quilts this year as I have been in the past or at other shows.... I have quite a few pictures so I imagine I will have a couple of blog posts!

Oregon State Fair entries

2008-08-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

The Oregon State Fair is just around the corner. I don't live in Oregon but my mom does. The first one is her entry from last year. We finally have a good picture of it! She won Blue Rosette/Best of Show in the class it was entered into. The second one is the quilt she will be entering this year. This quilt was her own design. She did a great job!! I wish I had a picture of the actual quilting to show off... The threads are very pretty!

Adding to my stash!!

2008-08-10T15:17:00.000-07:00

I have to share these great new finds! I bought this butterfly coordinate set/panel for my craft room. Everything in it is Chocolate, Teal and a lighter aqua. Can't wait to put these together. They will go great in the craft room!

My Daughter's Daisies

2008-07-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

This is a quilt I made for my daughter. This is another quilt I made that was more "on-point". In designing this one, I wanted to use the daisies on the side of the quilt. The daisies were cut out using the Sizzix die cutting machine. I used a flower die and a circle die to get the shapes. These were appliqued onto the pieces using heat and bond and then stitched by hand. Definitely a boredom buster! I designed the pillow cases for this one as well.

Harley Frogs

2008-07-26T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is a quilt I made for my son. I fell in love with this fabric and just had to use it! I created the design myself. I wanted to use a pattern that would display these fun frogs! It was quilted with flames ( I wish I was better with that!) And I also made a panel bedskirt with pleats to go with the quilt. I also made a pillow case to match! This was one of those quilts where you bought every last bit of fabric left on the bolt and had to get creative to be able to use it without running out. It was definitely a challenge trying to find other matching fabrics!

Which would you buy?

2008-07-26T08:39:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about investing in a new long arm machine. If you had the choice, which brand would you go with? Nolting? Gammill? Prodigy? AND if you had one, would you make a business out of it? Or use it only for personl things? Please leave your opinions!!! I would love to hear what you have to say!

Work in progress...

2008-07-20T11:02:00.000-07:00

These are all quilts I made. We usually take the picture of the quilt unfinished because we use the quilting machine at my mom's house and then take it home to finish the edges. The two on the top were made two at a time--2 of the same quilts. It only makes sense to make two when the design is a one way design and you are left with the other half to throw away... It's such a waste! So I made two of each design and gave them away as Christmas gifts. The third quilt was given to my husband for Christmas. It's flannel with pheasants. Perfect for the winter time. The last one is my own design. I tend to work toward a more rustic appearance. This one is on my couch and I love it!! It is quilted with shapes of moose and bear in the bear paw squares.

Quilts 1

2008-07-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

This bottom one was made with some really neat embroidered fabric that my mom found. This quilt was hand quilted. Much prettier in person. Click on the pic and see it up close!

More quilts

2008-07-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

These are all quilts done in the last few years. They were mostly made by my madre or myself. I wish we had a better way to display the quilts for pictures, but you get the idea!

2008-07-20T10:25:00.000-07:00

These are some sweet quilts that my mom made. I have created this site to display her work. She does an awesome job!

Lovin' My Quilts

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride

Getting Twisted!

Go Baby! Giveaway!

Mug Rugs Received!

Mug Rugs Completed!

The process of making Batiks

Mug Rug Progress...

Woodsy quilt...

Lady Bug Quilt

Completed Halloween Project

Meet Jack!!

NW Quilting Expo 2010

Another Great Giveaway!

Great Giveaway!!

New Table Runner Project..

Cat adopts squirrel!

Machine Quilting as a business

Joanna Figueroa with a new Fig Tree line and more fun patterns!

Check out these great cakes!

Quilt for my Dad...

Super Giveaway!

Another WIP

Fall Mini Quilt Swap--Quilting Bloggers

Swap Angel gift received!!!

Happy 2010!! And Another Thread Catcher!

Cool light display!!!

The Countdown!

Latest WIP

Gobble Til Ya Wobble!

Another Gifty Item..

The Quilt From *H *E *double *hockey sticks*!!!!

Halloween Fun...

Halloween Giveaway!

Park City Girl: Quilt Festival - Fall 2009

Table Runner WIP

More from the quilt rack and WIP

Memo Board Project

Autumn Quilt Finished!

Quilter's Stimulus Package

Zoo Quilt COMPLETED!!!

Kokopelli quilt

More from the quilt rack....

Slide Show of my quilts

Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show Sisters, OR

Zoo Quilt Progress

Flying Geese

Baby Quilt

Just had to share...

Autumn Quilt

Too early for Halloween?

Fabric Addiction

Fab New Find

Happy Mother's Day!

My Baby's Birthday...

Back Porch Bouquet quilt

Abbey Thread Catcher

Thread Catcher

Smelling the roses...

Tragedy Strikes Close to Home

Back Porch quilt

Diagonal length from a square

Quilt by Mom 6/2005

Bear Paw Quilted

Keagan's Quilt

Stuff to show off..

pattern links

Blogger issues

Cider Mill Road Quilt

How I plan a quilt square..

Finished UFO

My Bear Quilt

fabric memory board

Blue and green pinwheel

Best of Class winner

Mermaid baby quilt

Mermaid project

NW Quilters Expo continued...

NW Quilters Expo

Fall Quilts from the show...

The Quilt From H E double hockey sticks*!!!!