way back in april i made a surprise wedding quilt xo

in april i started a super special custom order surprise wedding quilt

mother of the bride requested fabric from friends and family all over the world and she got a great response 

we were inspired by scrapper's delight from one of my very favorite books ~ sunday morning quilts

 and i loved having my new extra large ironing board for this fun project

and a new design wall to play with the placement xo

i love how this wide range of fabric came together beautifully to make a very special quilt ~ i had so much enjoyment creating this

i was able to use the extras for a scrappy binding and i slipped a piece of me in here too

i chose the brides favorite color flannel for back and  pieced it  w a special heart that was tie dyed  for the couple xo

it finished up PERFECT with all over spiral panto

i don't do  a lot of custom work so it was a nice break from machine quilting before i machine quilted it xo

it was a june wedding in israel and i was so happy to receive this fabulous  photo of the bride and groom with their quilt xoxo

                                                          happy friday xo pam

a grand finish for the proverbial quilt

WOOHOO i finished my proverbial quilt by denyse schmidt mostly done w her fabric and kona bone ~ this quilt measures 100 X 104

finished up perfectly w cream thread and a simple panto called route 66 by dave hudson from digitech patterns

i love the pattern for this quilt ~ complete w requirements for all sizes and full size templates for every letter if needed  ~ i made my letters improv style

using a favorite book  for inspiration

this quilt was long in the making ~ mostly done on away retreats ~ started way  back here and finished piecing here

complete w a hope valley selvedge and a stamped label...i am loving this finished quilt on our summer bed  ~ it is super light weight with 80/20 hobbs and a muslin back xoxo

                                                            happy wednesday  xo pam

another baby quilt with the jelly roll race and a small project from featherweight class xo

i made my own jelly roll from my lovely  pink  stash ~  i do love to make a PINK quilt

i started sewing at about 4:20 ~  here is a  great tutorial at the missouri quilt company with jenny for the one hour jelly roll race

 i love  me  a stack of pink wof''s so i took lots of  pretty in pink photos 

finished piecing this jelly roll race quilt in less than 2 hours...

went with a striped binding

and modern twist for the machine quilting...a nice little finish all from my stash xo

also finished up this cute little project with a sweetwater mini charm pack at featherweight class on wednesday

it was our last class w joyce [boo hoo] at keepsake  
featherweight class should start up again in the fall ~ so fun to sew little projects w our beloved machines xo

                                                               happy friday xo pam

orange crush the second

this sweet top was started long ago after falling in love  with the  ms raffle quilt that i made in 2010 [photo below of orange crush the first]   later  my sister helped me finish  piecing the second one  and then i added some corner borders...and then once again it sat waiting [ ahhh, the life of a quilt]

orange crush number one was  done with hour glass blocks and  quilted w spring fling 

and since my summer quilting  schedule is lighter i had some time  this week to  quilt it.... i chose the panto lilac from digitech

and i had this awesome orange polka dot binding picked out long ago...

and this perfect little bit of fabric ~ from aunty cookie  for my pieced chevron flannel back ~ together it all makes the PERFECT quilt xo

in love

the pieced back

xo

definitely another happy finish

this quilt was pieced w  6" pinwheels and a 6" border finishing up at  approximately 65 by 76"  
happy monday xo pam

a special quilt for patty

our good quilting friend patty is moving back home to california...so naturally there is a quilt xo

she loves houses...so  her quilt friends each made a special no rules anything goes house ~  judy and carey magically put it together , i machine quilted it w loop the loop and susan finished up the binding  xo

and on the back judy made a special label complete with photos of all her homes including her new one in california

             all in all it is quite the QUILT...we are going to miss her and she promises to join us for quilt retreat each year ...xo

happy gramma

milo earl cole has arrived ~  845 pm  may 19 th 2015  7 lbs. 8 oz.   ~  rocking his new cradle from great uncle adrian at five days old

   happy happy happy sunday xo pam

customer time, garden time , a few pee pee tee pees and blogging w a new power shot camera xo

just finished up three quilts for janie on the weekend ~ this one  is a crabapple hill pattern

lucky girl takes meg hawkey workshops every year xo

embroidered wild flowers in canning jars xo

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xo janie's detail in the  embroidery is wonderful

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and this is janie's disappearing 4 patch done w loop the loop

and janie's car quilt done w race cars  ~ such a great boy quilt

i love a good pile of finished quilts 

and we got the garden in ~ tomato , potato, kale, lettuce, carrot, beet, padron pepper, pumpkin and a few sunflower volunteers are growing this year xo

and just for fun i made a few pee pee tee pees for our granbaby boy who will be arriving very soon...  my friend kay told me about them  ~ easy peasy tutorial here @ crunchy mamacita

and last but not least i have a new camera...i have  been using my phone for the last few months after dropping and boohoo breaking my last one xoxo

                                                                  happy monday xo