back to reality in one week xo

puerto vallarta bound xo

happy birthday dear isaac and julie xo

happy 25th birthday dear isaac ~ and happy ?? th birthday dear aunty julie ??

hint ~ julie turned 21 the day isaac was born oxoxo

most delicious cake ~ compliments of sara xo

family dinners xoxo missing lily but we skyped xoxo

                                          so nice to celebrate w aunty julie...xoxo pam

blue stripey lone star spangled quilt...

specially requested by isaac and ani for a combined birthday gift xo

love working with blues xoxo

i am using this stripey lone star block tutorial from Liesl Made but instead of paper piecing i chose to do a muslin foundation [cuz i hate tearing out the paper after]

fabric LOVE

best morning ever...sewing and the inauguration xoxo

hail to the chief xoxox

i doubled the requirements...and i am using chunkier strips...my first star measures about 28" and i am so happy the  triangles cooperated with me xoxox

and what  a nice place to leave this...i want to make sure that they LOVE LOVE LOVE it ....if so i plan on making 16 blocks in total so the quilt should finish up around 108 x 108

  me and my honey stayed at the salish lodge last friday...compliments of our girls for our 27th xoxox

tomorrow we celebrate ~ my son isaac and his aunt julie  share a january 22nd birthday xoxo ...wednesday i leave with aunt julie for a sweet puerto vallarta visit with lily xoxoxo

happy monday ~ pam

wonky circle solid love

i joined up w val @ pinkplease to help make a quilt for the the heroes foundation ... inspired by erica's improv circles...val made an easy tutorial...thanks val for organizing this project xo
each block finished up quite different...the block measures 14.5 so 4 together makes one large 29" wonky circle xoxo

i love this wonky block and it is was nice to help w a charity quilt that remembers our loved ones...mine is dedicated to my MOM ...she passed away november 1997 from colon cancer at the age of 74 xoxoxoxo

BONUS.... i found this in my solid scraps patiently waiting to be completed xoxo

happy friday xo pam

scrappy improv table runner xo

i loved making this...i used leftover le jardin fabric and onasberg sp. ?

finished it w a few special stamped words xo

machine quilted w a new panto ~ honeycomb by patricia ritter

perfectly at home w le jardin xo would love to make a full size quilt  improv style one day xoxo

                                        happy tuesday xoxo pam

bit of this bit of that ...

love this fabric

ditto xo

ditto xo

ditto xo

treated myself to just a few fat quarters xoxo

lucky me...

i always walk through the linens at value village...jic

and looky here...it is a beauty...and i am sooo into cross stitch....even bought a book...

and a few other supplies xo

and this is my friday improv...this has become my favorite way of sewing...

no rules..just scraps leftover from le jardin...hoping to have a table runner when i am done xo

this is my new lunch bag {i don't even need a lunch bag} but i am so inspired to use this pattern in a quilt real soon xo

almost done...this is janie's quilt...love the birds and the words...machine quilted w guilded by anne bright

 happy sunday xoxo pam

nyc hurricane sandy quilt relief ~ the making and giving away of " BRIGHTER DAYS "

back in  november ....hurricane sandy happened and when i saw gathering fabric's newsletter i decided to make a quilt...started out with 2 1/2 " wof strips sewing 3 strips together

and cut them into 6 1/2 " square blocks....my first plan had  a low volume idea

...

but looking at this i decided to add some solid white ...

put several rows together rail fence style...fell in love but then life happened....it sat for awhile...

over christmas break it surfaced again xoxox

and i finished piecing and managed to get it on the longarm

used some ufo blocks for the back

and fell in love  xoxo
 white might not be the most practical but this is a HAPPY quilt...

i took a lot of photos

machine quilted it w modern links by jodi robinson

decided on a white binding...more in love  xoxo

i stamped a label...cuz i am a stamper now xoxox

and  today i attached a card

with a special note ...and dropped it off at my lqs   ...a big thank you to susan at gathering fabric for being a local drop off  ...she has already sent 13 quilts to luana@ equilter and is getting ready to ship more  xoxo

                   luana @ equilter has the amazing goal of collecting 5000 quilts for hurricane sandy !!
                   check out the  nyc sandy quilt relief photos here....so wonderful to see hundreds  and
                   hundreds of quilts being made with LOVE xoxox thank you luana for organizing this                    wonderful project!!

                   and i am hooking up w friday felicities  ...check it out here xo
                   and crazymomquilts finish it up friday 

                   xoxo pam

le jardin ~ completely DONE

so one million hours is exaggerated but i know it took more than 200 ... more posts here , here , here
and here

i used double hobbs 80/20 and i love the definition it gives.... {thank you jenny}

xo

label and binding all done ...le jardin mission complete...

happy thursday xoxox pam