SPELL IT WITH MODA

Some of you know that my husband (boyfriend) had

a Cardiac Arrest last February.

It was a terrifying time for our family.

He is much better, hard wired with a Pacemaker/Defibrillator. 

This was taken in August, while on a trip to Mt. Hood.

During his long recovery,

I wanted a fun, easy project to work on.

Something, that I could do if he was napping.

My choice was the Spell It With Fabric booklet,

by Moda.

Using as many Pam Kitty Morning fabrics as possible!

 

Always a rule follower, I started with the letter A.

I believe the B was taking far too much time to think about,

so I must have skipped it for a while.

Looks like I got back on track!

You needed to make a few filler blocks.  

My boyfriend loves to sail, so this one was for him.

Finished, quilted and bound.

I love this quilt, and it helped heal my heart.

We have these little booklets in the shop,

and I will hang the quilt next week, when I am home from Quilt Market.

I will be there, visiting with Miss Pam Kitty, 

and buying all of her newest fabric.  Having a happy heart is very important!
Check back, I will be blogging and on instagram, while I am in Houston.

xo

Pam Kitty Morning

A LITTLE SUNDAY SEWING

Having a new grand baby has me looking a fabric differently.

She is 6 weeks old, and right now they dress her in a diaper and a blanket.

Unless they are taking her out of the house.

The Beautiful Aiyana.

Yesterday, I made 2 little receiving blankets.

A Christmas flannel one.

Just 2 pieces of flannel, I use 1 1/4 yards each.  So they are square.

Sewn, right sides together, with a little space left open to turn.

I rounded the corners, using a plate as a template.

Then, I top stitched two rows of stitching 1/4" apart.

Easy Peasy.

For this one, I used the tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

I have used this many times, and love the results.

For this little receiving blanket I used cotton on one side and flannel on the other.

This is a pretty wrinkly picture, but you get the idea.

This is the sweetest fabric, EVER!  It is from Lecien's Old New collection.

What precious baby wouldn't love 'Little Honey Baby Story' on their blanket?

Or the wolf saying 'little girl'

And Cherries, and Strawberries on pink gingham.  

Simply my favorite fabric of the day!

Today, a customer brought in this precious, tiny treadle sewing machine to be serviced.

It stands 24" tall, the wooden table is 18" x 10".

My heart skipped a beat!

It was made by Ideal.

I wonder if my sweet Aiyana, would like to sew on one like this?

xo j

BEAUTIFUL WOOL!

Today has been one of those days,

when I feel lucky to be a quilt shop owner!

I had a great meeting with my Westminster/Freespirit sales gal.

Jane started,  just about the same time I did.  

We have been through a lot of changes in 25 years.

It is always fun to see what she has in her sample bag.

New things for Spring!  Tula Pink, Heather Bailey and new to their

company April Cornell!

After I was finished visiting with her, 

I met with a woman that I have been trying to 

see, for months.

She owns Olympic Wool Works.

And if you like to work with wool, you are

going to love her hand dyed wool.

Beautiful, rich colors.

A beautiful range of colors, dyed on high quality wool.

Fall.

Green.

Neutrals.

Blues.

She also has some very nice patterns.  

I really love the embroidery on this.  The grass really comes alive!

These will be in the shop within the next couple of days.

You will find me, pulling thread through wool...xo j

SEWING FOR MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

A a mother of 3 boys, sports have been a part of my life, for 35 years.

My oldest was about 4, when he went to his first Sonic's game.

There were many Mariner games, in the King Dome, and Safeco Field.

I made M.C. Hammer pants for my middle guy, when he was in the first grade, out of

Seahawk fabric.  Old School Seahawk's colors.

I have been lucky enough to get my hands on current Seahawk fabric, so you 

can do a little sewing for your the 12th Man in your family!

Skittles should always be a part of your sewing!  

You may know that I have a sweet new granddaughter.  She is 4 weeks old, and I made this 

little fleece and flannel blanket, for her to snuggle in during the games!

(yes, I have fleece!)

So, now I need to settle down, drink my coffee, and be ready to leave here before 5.

Because it is Monday Night Football!!

GO HAWKS! xo j