Month: December 2013

  • Merry Christmas!

    We hope your holiday season was full of friends, family, and laughter.     We had a crazy holidays…Connor, Monica and the girls came over for Christmas Eve. Then on Christmas Day Tina went down the cities to get Granny Anne and Dad went to Osakis to get Grandma Zimmer. Granny Anne is staying with…

  • sylvia…almost there!

    3 more blocks done! today we have weathervane, wedding ring 1, and wedding ring 2   we are nearing the end!  just 5 more (this includes Lancaster Rose)… Wild Goose Chase, Windblown Square, Winding Ways, and Yankee Puzzle.   we’ll be back next week with these last 5 blocks and i’ll lay everything out so we…

  • sylvia…

    sylvia blocks… Trip Around the World, True Lover’s Knot, and Tumbling Blocks the next 3 blocks are…weathervane, wedding ring 1, and wedding ring 2.        

  • sylvia–this afternoon–

    yikes…sylvia was worked on yesterday, and we brought home the last block to work on. then proceeded to find out that dad’s cousin passed away yesterday and sylvia never made it out of the bag. we’ll get the last one finished up and pics up. we apologize for the delay in the next 3 blocks.…

  • red & white Vintage pillow tutorial

    Red & White Vintage pillow tutorial supplies: vintage red and white quilt block muslin batting spray adhesive frixion pen hand quilting thread ruler oxiclean   I dipped it in OxiClean to lighten it up. Draw a grid using the frixion pen. Using spray adhesive–layer with backing, batting, and block. Hand quilt. Finished. Lay back face…

  • Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler

    we have 3 more Sylvia blocks for you today… Sylvia’s Shooting Star, Tennessee, and The Friendship Quilt the next 3 are Trip Around the World, True Lover’s Knot, Tumbling Blocks (then just 8 left!!!!)   haven’t forgotten about my Vintage Pillow Tutorial…just crazy busy with machine quilting, quilt mn meetings, days off, and snow.  …