Paris in the Fall

That's where I'd like to travel to one day....in the meantime, I finally got around to using my original French General line of fabrics to make this sweet quilt with appliqued birds and fleur-de-leis.

Where Does the Time Go?

I can't believe that summer is almost over for us (meaning that the kids go back to school in one week). The summer has flown by and while we did some fun things, I had a list of other things that we didn't do. Well another time I guess. That being said, quilting and scrapbooking, also got put on hold while we did swim lessons and movies and birthday parties, etc. However, I did manage to finish a quilt this week called The Big EZ from a Moda line by Basic Gray called Blush. I LOVE this pattern. It takes more time to cut out the fabric then actually put it together. Hope you like it too.

Pockets to Go

I found this really cute pattern for making this fabric lined small totes. They are great for putting in notions and carrying small items. They are approximately 6" x 6".We even started carrying zippers at the store in a huge variety of colors to match whatever fabric you may have. Here is another prototype I made with two layers of Timtex inside instead of one and then I made one for April Mae!

Quick Vacation

We had so many great smallish vacations this year. We decided to break them up into a variety of different areas instead of one "large" vacation. So we did a snow trip and a Disneyland trip and just this past week went up to see my parents in Washington. 14 hour road trips can make for cranky passengers but it was worth it to see my folks. The weather was icky almost the entire time, but on the last evening the skies parted and the sun was out and we stopped at the Fox Island Bridge to take some great pictures after a family dinner at a restaurant in Gig Harbor. Here are some of those photos. And yes, I have been working on stuff, it's just been kinda slow.

Zeyda and the granddaughters.

Rachael and Zeyda

Mount Rainer looking over the water at sunset.

My Mom and Dad with Mt. Rainer in the background

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

What? It's not Christmas time yet. Oh yeah? Well tell that to the fabric manufacturers who always provide us with the holiday fabrics in June and July. So to get things going, this sample was made by Moda's 12 Days of Christmas line and the pattern is the Big EZ. It was really a simple quilt to make and quick too. Hope you enjoy it.

New Classes

Well everyone, it's time for our next round of classes at the store. I'm going to be teaching several things including these three projects. The first is an applique quilt called "Remember Whooo Loves You," and features a darling owl (made from wool - Thanks Beth!). The second is a beginning paper piecing class. I made up this quilt as a seasonal thing; and the third is a cute, quick fabric bowls. I did the basic one and then upgraded to the other one which turned out really nice.

Small creatures

I've been finishing up several projects and making room for some new ones including several new classes I'll be teaching this summer and fall, however, in the midst, Keiko brought me a pattern from Bunny Hill Studios featuring one of her newest bitty pincushions. I love the owls (which are very in vogue right now) so I immediately had to make him and then I thought I would work on the Effie Elephant pattern as well. So here are my two creations. I hope you enjoy them.