Whoopee!

Finally Finished!

I've been working on this t-shirt quilt on and off for some time now.

And I'm really happy to say that it is

 FINALLY FINISHED!

Isn't it cute?

I am so pleased with how it turned out!

Melinda gave me a big bag of really cool shirts

some time ago.

Her fav colors are yellow and red AND she

wanted the quilt to be made with FLANNEL!

I just couldn't get into making the quilt out of flannel

because I could not find any flannel that enhanced

the shirts.

I finally convinced her that having flannel on the BACK

of the quilt would still be quite cosy.

So today I was determined to finish this quilt.

Do you have any idea how heavy a 30 shirt t-shirt quilt is?

Oh....especially one made with FLANNEL?

I spent a great deal of time today pushing and pulling and lugging that quilt

thru the sewing machine while

attaching the binding!

Oh....did I mention that it was about a million degrees in my house today?

Okay.......I'm done whining.........

The quilt is finished and it turned out gorgeous!

I spent a few hours today over at Patrick Lose's studio working

on quilts that will be going into his new BABY book.

I pieced a very cute little quilt that will be on the cover of the book.

Made me want to come home and make one up for my

sweet little grandbaby!

Guess I'll have to wait until the book comes out

so I'll have a pattern!

Can't close a post without a picture of my precious angel.

Mike and I are going to babysit for the whole night tomorrow night.

Wish us luck!

It's been awhile since I've had to get up during the night with

an infant.

So with that in mind I think I'd better close and get some sleep!

til we meet again,

tammy

Added two piano key side borders today

and this Yikes quilt is starting to come together.

Still need to add the top and bottom piano key border

AND

another light border and a dark border.

Borders are not my favorite thing......:(

Almost completed quilting a t-shirt quilt today.

Just have a little more to go, but I just couldn't

work up the energy to finish it up tonight.

I embroidered these two aprons today

for a wedding gift.

Jenny designed them and

they will be part of a gift that

Jenny and Rafael will be giving at the

wedding they are attending this weekend.

I was lucky to spend a little time with Mia today.

She is AMAZING! 

I know, I know,

I'm sounding like a doting grandma, but HEY!

That's what I am!

I've really been seeing such growth in her the last

couple of days.

She is holding her head up so nicely!

Okay,  I'll stop at that!

God Bless, and good night,

tammy

What a day!

It's pretty hot outside so I am happy that I get to work inside!!!!

I worked on my "Yikes" quilt this morning  and finished

up sewing all the blocks together AND I put on the first border.

Honestly I'm not thrilled with it

so I hope that when the next border goes on it starts to come together.

The next border is a pieced piano key border

and it looks pretty cool.

My day was filled with quilting a t-shirt quilt and cleaning the

carpet in 1/2 of my studio.

Oh and some news.........My precious grandaughter rolled

over today for the first time. 

Amazing!

She's only one month old!

I hope this was just a fluke and she

is not going to start rolling over all the time!

One thing is for sure............Gonna have to watch her all the time now!

Mike and I are going to be watching her this Saturday night

while Jenny and Rafael go to a wedding.

They will be picking her up in the morning.

Should be an interesting night.

I've recently made this sweet quilt for Mia.

It was so fun to go to the quilt shop and pick out fabric.

So often I try to use fabric from my stash and make it work.

What fun to choose fabric and watch it all come together!

God Bless,

tammy

Friday Night Fun

For the second friday in a row I've found myself sewing at

Patrick Lose's studio.

Last night the Friday Night Quilter's met up there to sew.

It's been a long time since we have ACTUALLY SEWN!

What a wonderful feeling!

Cheryl finished up a back for her latest quilt.

The backs of Cheryl's quilts are ALWAYS interesting.

Interestingly enough this is a quilt that I started

many, many years ago.

It is an I Spy quilt that I was making using a variety of fun focus fabrics.

It was a project that I didn't think I would ever finish so I passed

it on to Cheryl's mom.

She worked on it and then it was passed on to Cheryl.

This will be going to Cheryl's new grandbaby.

I mentioned that I, too, had a new grandbaby,

but well, she wasn't willing to give it back to me.

Joanne was working on her annual doll.

Each year for her grandaughter's birthday she has made an original doll.

I always marvel at her creativity.

Dolly is working on making bags out of Capri Sun containers.

Like mother, like daughter.....creativity seems to run in the fam.

Cynthia was working on a paper pieced project.

AND brought in a really fun quilt to share.

Wish I snapped a photo!

Since I could not sleep the night before I had all of these

blocks cut and ready to sew.

Whoo hoo!  I finished them all!

Here are all of the finished blocks for the quilt.

Now comes the interesting part of arranging them into a quilt top.

Guess that's it for now.....

sleep well all,

tammy

Sleepless in the Southwest

For some reason I've found myself wide awake

in the middle of the night lately.

Usually I toss and turn and try to go back to sleep,

but this night I decided to take a page from my friend

Carole's book and get up and go down to the studio.

At our last quilt retreat I started working on Debbie Boles "Yikes" quilt and

I made a couple of blocks last week at the "Area 51" Work on your

UFO's workshop I attended. 

Tonight is FNQ night and we are sewing at Patrick's studio so I decided to

get the rest of the blocks prepared so tonight all I have to do is

get the pedal to the medal and SEW!

Look at that!  I've got my blocks and patterns all ready to go!

Hopefully I'll finish them all up tonight!

Yesterday I got to spend some time with my two favorite girls:

And I'll get to see them again today since I get to spend some time

with Mia while Jenny attends to some business.

I wonder what mischief we will get into today?

Last time we were alone I offered Mia some frosting

(something I am notorious for!)

She pretty much shook her head at me and told me

(in no uncertain terms)

that "Babies don't get to have sugar until they have thier first birthday cake"

and "My mommy told me that I could not have frosting until then!"

Isn't she a smart girl already?

It's 5:30am and I think I'll try to close my eyes again and

get a little sleep if I can.

Don't want to be grouchy today with my Mia OR

tonight with the FNQer's!

Night,

tammy

What is the best pick-up line you've heard?

So when is the last time someone handed you a pick-up line?

I've been married over 30 years and if you do the math you

could probably figure out that I'm not in my 20's, 30's or 40's anymore.

I've heard some lines over the years, but I'm usually pretty oblivious to them.

Then I think back and say "HEY!  What was that?"

As was the case one fine steamy hot day last week. 

I was walking up to get a cart in front of the grocery store and as usual

keeping an eye out on what is going on around me.

I noticed this guy sitting on his BICYCLE holding a case of beer right

in front of the door of the grocery store. 

Weird, but not worrisome.

As I walk into the store mumbles something to me.  I keep on walking.....

It didn't really register to me what he was saying until I got into the store!

His words were  "Wanna go for a beer?"

WANNA GO FOR A BEER????

I cracked up! 

So was he picking up chicks on his bicycle?

Gonna go out into the parking lot and toss back a few cold ones?

AND  did he need glasses????

Hell-o?!?

TOOO funny!  Guess I still got it! 

Still laughing,

One hot gramma in Phoenix!

tammy

ps.  I can't end a post without a cute picture of my precious angel.

These are the things that I pick up!

Precious babies and pizza!

Saturday Sew Day

Last week Kathy and I had an

impromtu quilt shop hopping day. 

We decided to check out a new

 Quilter Cafe which had opened

beside Quiltz. 

Turns out it is the new studio of Patrick Lose. 

He wanted a place where he could work and hang up all of his designs.

Then he decided that he would open up this space to quilters to come

in and have coffee, bring in and work on projects and probably some

more exciting things to come.

Hanging on the wall in this lovely shop was a baby quilt.  I decided that

I really wanted to make it and wanted to buy the pattern.  Turns out the

pattern is located in a book that is no longer being published.  So I went

home and did a little search and came up with the Book "Special Delivery"

by Patrick Lose.  Yippee!  When I got home last night the book was waiting for me!

A trip to the fabric store and I'm ready to begin this project today!

I am anxious to begin!

Last night Kathy, Carole and I attended "Area 51".  Bring in your UFO's.

It was a lovely night filled with fabric, friends, fun and food!  Carole brought in her embroidery machine and stitched up some designs.  Kathy traced and cut fabric to use in a large applique wallhanging.   I squared up some blocks for a halloween project, mended a flag and worked on a couple of blocks for my "Yikes" quilt. 

We met some new friends, Suzanne, Kelly and Sue and enjoyed seeing what they were working on.  We had yummy snacks, delightful music, a movie and even played quilt Bingo!

Patrick and Gary shared the Triple Irish Chain quilt tops that they have recently made.  Unfortunately I did not snap a picture, but I DO have a picture of one I made several years ago.

This is one of my very favorite quilts.

I started collecting purple and green fabrics a looooong time ago

and contained in this quilt is fabric that Mike picked out for me

when he was on a business trip to Kentucky. 

He passed a quilt shop everyday on his way to work and one day

he stopped in.  The ladies there were more than happy to help

him pick out purple and green fat quarters. 

They even went the extra mile and searched around in the back

to find a special square of Kentucky Derby fabric.

I made my label out of that!

OH!!!

And that pillow!!!!

This is my VERY FIRST QUILTING PROJECT!

I made that over 30 years ago!

In South Africa no less.

Time to start quilting!

Hope you get some quilting in today too!

ps.....I can't end a post without including a picture of my precious angel!

God bless!

tammy