Parade of Quilts

As promised, here are some of the quilts I've been quilting. This first one is from Kathy, "Strippy Trees". I know they are having a special event to kick off fall classes at The Granary . Keep a watch on their website to see what's happening! Click on the pictures for a closeup.

It was fun to quilt this one. Enjoy!

I'm going to attempt to "schedule" more quilt posts. You can have them ready to go & select a date & time to publish. We'll see how technology & I get along.

I haven't talked about Dad for awhile. He's been having a rough go. You know that roller coaster just never stops. He actually convinced one of the staff to take him to the hardware store for...............paint. He knew better than to ask me. LOL!!!

On the countdown until Joanna & family visit Nanaland. Little Mister loves music & dancing almost as much as Nana(I might have helped that along) & he's been working on some new moves & singing. Really hoping to get a video to post while they are here.

Hope you are having a great weekend. 10 days & counting................
Nana Sharon

Generations of Love

Remember when I showed you this? Hand quilting, right? 3 years to be exact.

This is the other side of the quilt. I had it in the Camano Island Quilt show in April. It was the first time I got to really appreciate the finished quilt. All that time spent hand quilting I never got to see the whole quilt. I have to say it took my breath away seeing it from across the room.

The story behind the quilt is really remarkable. We found the blocks along with the pattern(a Workbasket from 1941) in my Grandma Florence's things after she passed away. There was even a cardboard template made from some sort of food box. I never knew she quilted. Each family got a quilt, I took home the box of blocks knowing that someday I would finish it. The turquoise color is polished cotton, the white is all flower sack dish towels. When I found out I was going to be a Grandma I thought it would make a nice gift for my daughter. Didn't get it done for grandson #1's arrival, had to wait until #2 came along.

I used pictures of mothers & dads with babies for the label. Grandma Florence with Dad, Dad with me, Mom with me & me with Joanna for the label. I made the label a big pocket to hold the pattern & template. I think a story this special needs to stay with the quilt. If you click on the picture you can see it better.

Fast forward to my recent trip to CA. Couldn't trust mailing or the airlines to get this quilt safely to it's destination. Since we drove it was the perfect time for my "special delivery".
Joanna loves the quilt & the boys had to be in a picture too!

"May you know the special love only a child can bring into your life."
Daughter, granddaughter, mother, Nana Sharon

ps-stay tuned this week for quilt & vacation pics.

Quilts On The Beach 2

Remember last year? It was a really fun day. And it's FREE!!!!!

QUILTS ON THE BEACH 2


The Cama Beach Quilters will hold their second one-day-only open-air quilt show at Cama Beach State Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30, rain or shine. Quilts on the Beach 2 will feature another 50 of the 150 bed-size quilts this group of women have made since 2002 for the cabins at the park. Many of the quilts will available for sale. This event has been designated as a FREE DAY at Cama Beach park, so no Discover Pass will be needed on that day. Park in the upper lots and walk or shuttle to the beach.


In addition to the quilts, which will hang from park buildings and cabins, there will be a number of quilt-related activities for all ages and interests in the beautiful newly-opened Cama Center. These will include a bed-turning of antique quilts, flower pounding, hands-on sewing of quilt blocks, coloring for small kids, and other activities. "Tulips and Ties", a queen-size raffle quilt made by the group to support educational activities funded by the Cama Beach Foundation will be on display.
There will also be special prices for the many items made by the Cama Beach Quilters for sale in the Foundation's general store at the park. Please join us for a FREE fun day at Cama Beach. If you have questions,
call Pam at 360-387-4550.

Come join the fun. You are welcome to share this post if you have a blog or are on Facebook. Use the symbols at the bottom of this post.

I am in Nanaland & won't make the quilt show so be sure & take lots of pictures for me, okay?
Sharon

Blog Post About Blogs

I finally did it. Updated my Favorite Places list. Warning, music plays at Fresh Figs & Lovely Little Handmades. Not that we don't like music, I (of course) do! If you are at work pointing & clicking, well just don't say I didn't warn you!

A brief rundown. Pam ,Quilting Square One & Jenny, Jenny's Doodling Needle & Sew Kind of Wonderful are fellow longarm quilters. Keep a lookout on Sew Kind of Wonderful for Jenny's fabulous pattern series & ruler. I see lots of new quilts on the horizon!

Happy Zombie Monica is always good for a laugh. I live vicariously though her posts! Her BF, Pam always has something fun at Pam Kitty Morning.

Kathy at Pink Chalk Studio has a list on her blog of Washington State Bloggers. Fun way to spend a rainy day(I'm tired of the rain though!)with a cup of tea.

Stephanie,Kwilts by Stephanie, is in Spain with her family finding all kinds of inspiration for quilts!

I also added a new list called "Everything Delish". After all, we all love to eat, right?

Coming soon...............a post about this "Strippy Trees" quilt made by Kathy. She'll be teaching a class in the fall at The Granary.

Dinner date with Mr S tonight. Maybe I'll take the camera long! Back to turbo quilting.
Sharon

In The Pink

I'm not asked often to quilt with a color on white background. Diane asked for pink on her tulip quilt. I tried some new designs using Sue Patten's book, Adaptable Quilting Designs, as my inspiration. Great book for all you quilters out there!

There are big blocks in between the tulips that were calling for some special quilting. Here's a couple pictures of how that worked out.

The back.

Anyone else in Washington tired of the rain? More quilt pictures soon.
Sharon The Turbo Quilter(busy week ahead)

The Latest

On Friday morning leaving Seattle this is what it looked like. That's the tip of Mt St Helen's in case you can't tell.

I waved as we flew over the Three Sisters & everyone getting ready for the Sisters Quilt Show.

Saturday morning we went to Santa Cruz. First Daniel fell asleep.

Then Andrew.

We watched the surfers. The purple flowering vine was really pretty.

Surfer "dudes" were everywhere.

We had a "pic pic"(Andrew's word for picnic). Then played kick ball.

Then we went for walk & spotted these pelicans.

And the natural arches carved in the cliffs.

Little Mister has tons of energy. I may need to rest when I get home. Ha,ha what am I thinking.
No time for that!

I will have quilt pictures after I get home. See you later!
Nana Sharon

4th of July & Hero Quilts

Today was the big day. American Hero Quilts in Stanwood. The quilts looked great over the sound boards, on quilt racks & hanging over the balcony.

We set up a special table with information on how people can help. The sign board tells some of the stories from the soldiers' & their families.

Closer look at the quilts on the balcony.

The Hero quilters talking to the visitors about the quilts.

And last in no particular order, the parade. Blink & it's passed you by!

Thanks to everyone who helped & stopped by today. Off to enjoy the rest of my day.
Be back soon.................Sharon