December 20th!

Easy Street - Part 3 progress

Here is my progress and some "play with the parts" layouts.

Easy Street!

My progress so far on Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street Mystery!  It is so much fun!  And I always love how her quilts turn out!

Stitch Like an Egyptian

The "Stitch Like an Egyptian" exhibit in Des Moines was wonderful!  I spent hours looking at all the quilts in the exhibit.  I thought I would share a few of the many beautiful quilts shown.  I can't even pick  favorite!  Every time I thought "maybe this one" I saw another I loved!  Enjoy the mini-look at them!

Oh Baby....

Something must be in the water.  I've had to make 9 baby quilts this summer.  Normally I make maybe 1 a year!  So here are just a few of the baby quilts I've finished recently - yes I got lazy and made duplicates of some of them since they were going to babies that would never see each other!

Tentmakers of Cairo (Egypt)

I have LOVED the quilts the Tentmakers of Cairo make for years and years now.  Their work is truly amazing.  I knew about them from a friend who lived there for a short time, and learned a lot about them.  In fact I own the above quilt - a truly spectacular piece of work.

I found this interview with Jenny Bowker and 2 tentmakers on you tube.  It is truly amazing to see them work.  So I thought you might like to see it too!  ENJOY!

More Mug Covers

Worked on some more mug covers/caddies!  Aren't they cute!

My Jelly Roll - 1600

Sweet, sweet Miss V, my long arm quilter, saw my post and grabbed 2 snapshots of my Jelly Roll - 1600 so I could post them on my blog!  Thank you V!

My Jelly Roll only had 20 different fabrics, so I had 2 of each strip.  Isn't it a fun happy Christmas quilt!  It will be fun to just snuggle under it dreaming of of all things Christmas!

Jelly Roll 1600 - Fun Time

At camp we also had a "Jelly Roll 1600 Race Fun Time".  We decided not to race - just make one and see all the fun different variations that came out!  15 of us did one!  And can you believe it - I forgot to take a picture of mine before I sent it home with the quilter. 

I used a "Jingle" by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman Fabrics jelly roll and had some 1 yd cuts of a cute xmas fabric I bought at Hancock's of Paducah when I was there this spring. 

I can't wait to see it again!  Just believe me, mine was pretty darn cute!  But hopefully in January I"ll have a new quilt finally!  After a long, long, dry spell!

Enjoy all the variations I got pictures of.

Its Mug time!

                               
It finally got cool enough to haul out my favorite mug and have a hot cup of tea!  This is my favorite special polish pottery mug from DD H. 

And check out what I made this weekend!  A mug caddy for my sewing table!  Well actually this one is for a friend but I"ll have more this weekend!