It is always my birthday


Whenever I like something it is always my birthday.
And I like a lot. My friends know this and let me be. Great friends.

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Sunday Picture

Entrance to our subdivision in Graham. 
I just love the Japanese cherry trees when they are in bloom.
Photo taken today 04-28-13.
Let's see if Frauke and Susanne have a picture for you today. 

Friday, April 26, 2013

Baby Quilt done for my great nephew.

My great nephew Janos was born on April 15thof this year.  
He was born into a big soccer family.  Dad plays soccer, his grand pa played soccer, and his uncle plays soccer. 
I found this soccer fabric in my juvenile box, and used this quick pattern to make the baby quilt. 
I quilted double loops all over it, and the back is a nice blue flannel with sports pictures on it. 
I hope Janos uses this quilt for a long time. 


Sunday, April 21, 2013

Sunday Picture

Mail Box in Budapest, Hungary
Let's see what Susanne and Frauke have for you today. 

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Modern Quilt with Men's Shirting Fabric

 I recently joined a International Modern Quilt Guild  ( see here, Modern Quilt Guild Stuttgart )
 and our first challenge was to use men's shirting to make a modern project with them.
 I love what the ladies did with their men's shirting fabric.
 My Friday church group and I are making baby quilt for charity, size about 40 inch by 50 inch, so this    was a perfect project for me. Simple but stunning , and the right size.




I found weeks before this free quilt pattern at Jo-Ann's , and it was perfect for this challenge.
 Just maybe because it had my favorite color in it. 
My baby quilt measures 42 inches by 50 inches. 
I used a light grey back ground fabric and quilted small and medium swirls onto the quilt. 


                                                 

Good thing I  had just mowed my lawn, so I was able to throw the quilt out onto the lawn in the sunshine and take a picture. 
Check out  here what Aby came up with with her challenge, awesome! 



Sunday, April 14, 2013

Sunday Picture

Iron work near Alder, Washington. 
Let's see if Susanne and Frauke have a picture for you. 

Friday, April 12, 2013

Happy Scrappy Quilt

I wanted to use up some scrap strips and pieces that were to small to cut down for my squares and bricks ala the Scrap User's System by Bonnie Hunter.

So I sewed them to a used dryer sheet, a fellow quilter told me about using that as my foundation. Sometimes I sewed on the strips before I added them to the foundation piece. 

After I had all the fabric in each color way sewn on , I trimmed the piece to 6 1/2 inches square. 

I am making brightly colored squares in orange, purple, blue, green , red and yellow.
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This is my finished block,it is 12 1/2 inches.  The bright fabric I found a few month ago and it was perfect. 
The background is a white on white with 2 1/2 inch strips of different designs printed on it. At first I thought I may not like this back ground fabric, but now I love it because it makes it more interesting. 
I am going to make 12 blocks and than set them somehow ( this is still in the design stage) 
The best part about using used dryer sheets is that when I have to iron the block they smell so nice. 
Check back and see what the finished quilt will look like in a few weeks. 

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Sunday Picture

Coffee mugs at the swine museum in Stuttgart Germany. 
Let's see if Frauke and Susanne have a picture for you.