Happy sewing breakfast club meeting

This is the show tell from our last meeting. My mother-in-law missed the meeting, so I took pictures to show her our show and tell. I thought it would be nice if I share with my blogging friends. Aren't they very talented group of ladies. I showed my Mr. &Mrs. Signs that I already shared in my last post.
The last picture is some gorgeous fall leaves! Isn't nature amazing!

Enjoy!

Quilt for Very Dear Friend from Circle of Friends!

 BREAST CANCER, that is the scary diagnose that a member of our monthly Happy sewing club got.  I decided that naturally we should make a quilt. That is what we do! It's a way to show our love  and support for her. 

Judy was diagnosed with breast cancer in August and decided to organize our sewing group to make the quilt ASAP. Judy already had a lot of health problems this year, she was looking forward next year. She had a very painful back surgery, while recovering she had to go trough a kidney stone surgery, then she got bitten by a tick and had her leg swollen, walking with crotches  and got limes disease, and last she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  

This is a picture of most of the ladies that help with the quilt. 

Everyone made a block or more. Melissa donated the backing fabric. Eleanor donated fabric for the borders. Jean - my mother-in-law volunteer to piece it, add the border, piece the backing. She also did sew the binding by hand in one day! I quilted the quilt on my short arm machine. 

Judy was beyond surprised and overwhelmed by our gesture. She deserves to know her friends love her and appreciate her! We are all wrapped around her in a form of the quilt to help her go trough this! 

Bellow is the block that I made. Judy loves and raises chickens and also loves cats and dogs. 

  You can see the backing fabric here. This is a picture with the quilt on my machine. 

 More close ups of the quilt! 

I hope that the quilt helps Judy when she has hard times as she is getting ready to start her chemo treatment. We love you Judy! 

Quilt Show in Hershey, PA '10

Last weekend me and my friend Heather went to the quilt show in Hershey, PA. We had lots of fun and we really enjoyed the show. They had many beautiful quilts!

Here are some for you to enjoy!

Happy sewing!

Show and Tell

Last month I was in charge of out Club meeting at my LQS. The first quilt is made by Stacey for Quilt for kids! I am so proud of Stacey and she said she was inspirited by me. She wasn't done with the quilting when I took the picture, she did crosshatching on the quilt. I am very excited because Stacey said she is working on a second quilt now! Way to go Stacey!

Mary Alice made this adorabel name tag for herself for the guild meetings.

Judy showed her BOM finished quilt. She quilted it in a ditch with light color and used the same on the back, but now she decided to rip it off and redo it, because she didn't like the light color showing on the burgundy backing. I don't know if I will do that as it's a lot of work, but the quilt is worthy.

Judy was very creative, she said she wanted a scrappy looking quilt, but didn't have many lights so she stamped some of her fabrics. How creative is that! She also did a beautiful hand aplique on the blocks.

Pat Christ showed this quilt done in reproduction colors. I loved how she opened all the seams! I often do that too. Coming from clothing sewing the seams lay more flat.

Pat also showed this show stopper! She was inspired by a red and white quilt in a magazine and she made it with cheddar and blue.

Pat also did a demo of a new ruler she got, but this post is getting too long so I will show that later!

Have a great weekend and hopefully get some time to sew!

Bunny Hop

I made this adorable quilt for my LQS. It has a panel in a middle and then pieced border. It was very easy and fast project. The shop has only few left, hop to it here. You can also go to my LQS blog for show and tell pictures.

I quilted it on a domestic machine. Nothing fancy, simple quilting in a ditch and on the border I did a little wave around the bunnies. It was a fun project. I got a panel to make one for me too. It's on my list, just need more time.

I quilted my secret project I was showing sneak previews and I hope to do the binding soon, be patient! :))

It's finally warming up after poring rain on the weekend. I am ready for Spring!

Until next time, Happy sewing!

On the road... Raffle quilt ....fabrics

I saw this beautiful raffle quilt on a display in Chestertown, Maryland.

I bought two tickets so wish me luck! :)

It will benefit Crossroads Community Foundation.

I was on a search for a quilt shop, but the town didn't have one and then I saw it!

Chestertown had a lot of little shops that was a pleasure to window shop. We enjoed the view of the frozen river.

On the drive home I found a quilt shop called "Quilter's hive" in DE. They were having a class and had a lot of fabric.

I wasn't looking for any specific fabric so I got half a yard of this pretty print. I usually get in a lot of trouble at quilt shops, so I did good! :)

After I was so good, I realized I need backing for one of my PhD projects, so I ordered online from delta patchwork some fabrics.

I love the packaging and the fabric was very nice, too.

Happy sewing!

Inspiring Quilts

Don't you love the colors on this quilt? My mother in law made Bonnie's "Orange crush quilt". I just love the color combination!

Below is the back of the quilt. Mom used her embroidery machine to quilt a design in the middle of some of the blocks and just love it! My mother in law ones a small quilt shop "Happy Sewing Room" in Hamburg, PA. She also has a blog you can visit HERE. I am very lucky to have a such talented mother in law! She inspires me to quilt! Thank you Mom!

Here is sampler she made for the shop using this Christmas panel:

I just love this fall table runner with rich colors! The pictures don't do justice to the quilts! I had to take pictures as they were washed and wrinkled very nice.

Here is a little sneak pick of the first quilt from the "Be Attitudes" book.

I debated between those two fabrics for the scarf so I made two blocks. I am gonna make individual quilts and I am gonna make a whole quilt with all the blocks put together.

I need help what color to do the letters. It's gonna say "be warm". What color should I use?

Have a great day!

Finding Inspiration at a Quilt Show

Where do you find inspiration for your quilts?

Is it in new fabric you got or a new pattern or a trip to a quilt show ? We quilters can find inspiration in lot of places. I often get inspired looking at my blogging friends blogs and their creative ideas. I am very excited my mother in-law is blogging now!
She taught me to quilt and I find inspiration looking at her projects, "talking fabric" and visiting quilt shops together. You should check her blog: Happy Sewing Room.

Some of you know that my mother in-law owns a quilt shop and I am very lucky to be able to have a first look at the new fabrics and patterns :)
If you are visiting PA and your husband wants to shop at Cabelas you quilting girls should visit Happy Sewing Room Quilt Shop!


Few weeks ago we visited Muncy Historical Society Quilt Show in Muncy, PA.

I really loved this Signature Quilt called the Muncy Compass. They replicated the pattern from an Antique Quilt from 1855.

This quilt is hand stitched and called "Martha Washington Star" in memory of the fallen of 9/11.

You can click to see the center block.

"Quilt for the brave" is made by members of the Hughesville Guild to be donated to a family of fallen soldier.

This quilt is "Box of candy" :)

I like the combination of black and white and greens and blues in this contemporary quilt.

This was the last picture I took because my camera battery wasn't charged. Oh well, I hope you enjoy the quilt show and found some inspiration!

I am looking forward to Hershey Quilt Odyssey show this weekend.

Happy sewing!