Don't touch the quilts please...

This is just a quick little project I worked on this morning.  At my last guild meeting one of the girls had these pre- embroidered little pieces to take home and make a block around.

Their idea is to have these hanging around the quilts at the upcoming quilt show.  This one measure 12"x10", there were several to choose from and many different light hearted sayings, mine happens to be in Spanish and reads "No Tocar Las Colchas Por Favor" (Don't touch the quilts please).

I thought it was a cute idea.
Keep on quilting,
Pam

My new tool, I needed it!

Well there it is, my new addition to my quilting tools.  Well, it is, I need it to Blog.  I was one that went back and forth with......PC or MAC.  I went with the MacBook Pro, even tho I have always been a PC person.

I have had it for two days now, so far so good....look, I uploaded the picture.  I do plan to take the classes offered.

I love it!!
Keep on quilting
Pam

Interweaved with Dots



Interweaved with Dots



This is another quilt top I finished this week,  a Bonnie Hunter pattern called "The Texas Braid".  A few of my friends and I took her class back in January when we were at the Road to California Show and I couldn't wait to get it done.

Mine measures 60"x70" which is much smaller than the pattern...but still a nice size.  It was fun collecting all the fabric for this as I wanted all dots.  So....Braid, Dots, I came up with the name Interweaved with Dots.

This one is off to my friend Sue to quilt for me.
Keep on quilting,
Pam

On it's way to completion....

This is the "Nine Patch with Attitude" pattern that is on my UFO List that I can't put the completion date on yet.  This still needs to be quilted, need to bind and labeled.....but at least the top is done.


Still trying to decide if I should quilt this or send it off to my friend Sue who does long arm quilting.


I really like the way to turned out.  Don't have a name yet for this quilt, any suggestions???


Keep on quilting.
Pam

Summer sewing

Snappy Bags

Pillow Cases

When these two get together...not sure if they spend more time laughing or sewing.  Olivia who is now 12 and Madison who is 11 came to sew with me this summer. 

I put together, in a large plastic container, their sewing machine, notions and.....a STASH. Oh my goodness, you would have thought I gave them the world, and it was but a small stash but non the less their first stash of fabric.

Both went right to work, their first project was the pillowcases and the second the snappy bags.  They were great with their 1/4 inch seams, matching their fabric and Olivia learned how to iron.  I'm still not letting them use the rotary cutter....I do all the cutting.  They also learned more about their machines so they can continue to sew at home.
Their next project will be sewing borders on two Christmas Panels I had won over the weekend....their first quilt. YEAH!!!
Fun times girls...love ya,
Mema

Keep on quilting
Pam

QBS Quilting Retreat 2011

Just getting back from a four day quilting retreat with my guild in Temecula, CA.

Thought I would share a few of the things I worked on.  First was this 15"x15" Valentine wall hanging, it went together pretty fast.  Once completed, I used a running stitch and embroidered the hearts on.  This was made to give to as an auction item for the guild's show in October.

Second I work on the French Tablecloth.  I love the colors in this....which I think makes the quilt.

I had quite a bit of the border print left over and I noticed of of the other girls was making a runner out of border print.  With her help I made the runner and was happy to use up the fabric I had.

One of the things we did for fun at the retreat was a Jelly Roll Race, a top made of of 2 1/2" strips.  Mine is not shown in this post as most of us gave ours to Community Relations person for charity.

I also worked on my Texas Braid Pattern, I'll show you more of that at the end of the week, want to work on that a little more before I show it.

This was a FUN FUN weekend with great friends.  My favorite part of the retreat was ...of course, being with friends but also the Show and Tell part, I love to seeing the work of others, we have amazing talent in our guild for sure.

Keep on quilting,
Pam

I'm really not missing..

Well, I retired on April 1, 2011 and my last posting was April 18, 2011.
I really did have good intentions to post every day...but got soooo busy with the grand kids and family.

Things are starting to settle a bit and I'll be back to posting real soon.  I have taken pictures of the things I have been working on, mostly UFO's and little crafty items, so have a lot to show the tell about.

Don't give up, I'll be back in a week or so.

Keep on quilting
Pam O.

Cozy Panda

Just completed one of my UFO's listed on my Side Bar. YEAH!!!!  This is actually one of Robin's patterns, the "Five Ten Twenty" I loved making.

Had a lot of help on this one, my friend Pat helped pick out the fabric's and my friend Sue quilted this on her Long Arm.  Sorry the picture really does not show off the quilting...but she quilted firefly's  OK, I pieced and put the binding.

My granddaughters, Meggan and Olive, were over the weekend and we came up with the name "Cozy Panda" because of the Asian Fabric and, as usual, I use flannel on the back to give it the cozy feel.

Ahh, one more off my 2011 UFO's list.

Happy Quilting

Pam O.

Happy Day for sure...

I was just reading Robin's Blog, did you know today is National Quilt Day?? 

Happy National Quilt Day!!!

to all my quilting friends.

It's a happy day for sure, enjoy your day quilting.

Pam O.

It's amazing how just a little can help....

Let me start by saying I took this picture from my friend Pat's Blog as she too wrote about this charity project.

Pat came across a Blog called Craft Hope which is a group that selects charity projects throughout the year and lets others know how to help. A few months back, they posted about the need for sanitary delivery kits in Haiti. Many of the moms and babies die during childbirth from just simply lack of sanitation.

Pat reached out to our friendship group, The Wednesday Wackos, and together we were able to put together 60 of these little bags.  There was a supply list of bar soap, string, gloves, alcohol swaps, plastic sheeting and a few more little items plus we made receiving blankets and added a small toy and put all in a one gallon Zip Lock Bag.

I'm so glad Pat found this...it was one of those feel good projects for sure.  It is just amazing how just a little can help.

Happy Quilting,
Pam O.

Jelly Roll Madness

For the Wackos...think it may have started with Robin and Marilyn who posted about Jelly Roll Races on their Blogs.  For the past two weeks the Wednesdays Wackos have been making these quick and easy Jelly Roll Quilt Tops that will be donated to charity.

These take one Jelly Roll of 40  2 1/2" x 40' strips and finish for a nice lap size quilt.  I actually made my own Jelly Roll out of left over fabric, I used 45 strips which made for more of a square finished size.

Just to tell you how fast these sew up, I was sewing the black/white/pink one below,  frying some chicken for dinner and doing laundry....and completed all in less than three hours.  If I was just sewing...this may taken only a hour.  Robin made the one in the middle out of Kaffe fabrics and I also made the peach and brown one at the bottom.

I think Jelly Roll Madness has started with us and it's a great way to use our left over fabrics.
Happy Quilting to all,
Pam O.

All Wrapped Up

My daughter-in-law, Raquel, recently gave me skeins and skeins of cotton Crochet Thread from Portugal. This came in a BIG bundle of maybe 35-40 skeins. It had gotten very tangled but I was able to save about 30 skeins that needed to be wrapped in balls. My dear husband, Carlos, sat with his arms stretched out as I would wrap the the skeins into balls...I have none of the modern equipment that could have done this.

The thread has such a nice feel to it, soft not stiff. I don't knit or crochet very well at all, I know only a few stitches but did not want this to go to waist. I started making these little double crochet squares and added some red and thought Valentine's Day. I still have a lot to work with...need to learn more about crocheting.

Think they turned out kinda of cute, added a little candle to finish out the Valentines gift for my daughter, Alicia and my two daughter-in-laws, Erin and Raquel.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

It's all wrapped up and ready to give.

Happy Quilting,

Pam O.