pretty in pink complete with simple instructions

I am making a graduation quilt for Savannah. She loves pink and I love to sew with pink!!
I decided on simple foundation string piecing and I am loving the results....

strips can be any width...1' -3"....they need to be cut straight

I made my foundation piece 15"....draw a pencil line on the diagonal

put your first 2 strips right sides together and line them up to the drawn pencil line

sew a quarter inch seam allowance

press open and continue to sew and flip and press strips

careful to extend your strips past the foundation piece

flip over and trim using the foundation piece as your trimming guide

the finished block is oh so pretty....

have fun playing around with block placement....

I love to use all sorts of fabric....I put a few solids in this one....I love the contrast it makes

did you notice that I got some of the sherbert pips???

pink is so nice to play with

do you love it??

I totally behaved myself with the sherbert pips....just got a few half yard cuts....

also found the pixies from alexander henry....doesn't she make you want to make a wish??

I wish for more time to sew the fun stuff and a lot more money for college and vacations and fabric!!!

I hope to finish this sweet quilt later this week...I will post a pic then....I am making 4 grad quilts for Lily and  3 good friends....it will be fun to post pics of the girls with their finished quilts...I got some sewing to do!!!!

crafty getaway

I got away over the weekend to a beautiful place on the Key Peninsula....oolala...My good friend Monica invited a few of us to her sister's family home on Mayo Cove. Eight of us were included in this wonderful invite but only six of us were able to make it...we missed you Kathi and Patty!!!

  beach bunnies

chilly but so happy

seashells from the sea shore

Monica and her sisters ...Therese, Joan and Marie

so beautiful

first tulip sighting

trillium in the woods

and there were family heirloom quilts at Therese and Orrin's

very old family quilts

love the orange center of this flower

 136 years old!!!

all hand done with beautiful fabrics

love the star design around the flower

so wonderful to see these quilts

this is Orrin's seaside workshop...full of family history  and great projects....

our great clam dig

Louise got her hands dirty before me

we ate clams and Korean beef around the fire that Orrin got started for us...

early morning walk with Carrie

Monica made special buckets for beach combing

good times in Mayo Cove....

Funny, there are no crafting photos....a few of us did a bit of scrap booking but mostly we enjoyed the fresh air and company of one and other...we are all hoping to be invited again real soon.....Thank you Therese and Orrin and Monica for sharing this wonderful spot with us!!!
Happy Monday to all!!

Memory Quilts

Pam B. and some friends made these memory quilts to honor a special friend who passed away recently...They were able to make 3 special quilts that will be given to his family.
It was so nice to have a small part in something so special...one of the many reasons I LOVE my job machine quilting for others so much!

finished up so soft....perfect cuddle quilts...

no shoes  no shirt  no problem

gotta love this one!

this is my favorite....he was a school teacher

machine quilted with puzzle meander by Jessica Schick...

I love how this simple pattern finished up....the ripple effect looks good

this is the first time using this panto and I  am very happy with it....you get the meander look with a consistent scale...

the simple construction of these quilts with the black backround looks so good....very nice job Pam B and friends....you did a very nice thing!

Happy Tuesday to all.....  xoxoxoPam

mostly cloudy with a chance of winning a quilt...

Today was the MS walk in Seattle.......it was mostly cloudy but the rain did not fall on us!! As always it was a great day...we walked , we talked , we had fun....but most importantly we raised money for MS!
I made the 6th annual  MS raffle quilt ... and with a lot of help from friends and family we raised the most ever - $1137.00 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We walk for Richard Beszhak... our good friend and neighbor and the many others who have been diagnosed with MS. This year the winner is Linda Seals, a local quilting girl who  got her winning ticket from Eva Holen - a very wonderful quilt teacher at LWC who is one of my favorite women in the whole world....every year she helps me raise money for MS and supports my longarm quilting business .....Thank you Eva and congratulations to Linda!!! Linda said that she has been supporting quilt raffles for over 10 years and this is her first time winning!!!
 A special thanks to Nick who does the tickets every year ....to Monica who does the awesome posters and helps with tickets....to Liz and Amber who take the quilt around to book club and PTA....to Lily and Russell for walking with the quilt around the track many times today raising money.... to the girls in my quilt group who support it every year ....all our friends and neighbors that get lots of tickets every year and EVERYONE ELSE that  made it possible to raise all this money by taking a chance on winning a quilt!!!

lily and russell working the crowd

richard beszhak - our team captain with his girls.... their t-shirts say daddy's girl

along the way with monica and reid

gas works park- half way point in the walk

lily and nick - another daddy's girl

giant signing poster for ms

tabby's fancy walking shoes

almost done....

we chose a random little girl to pick the lucky winner

zig zag for ms 2011

Hope you are having a great Sunday!!  Pam