Knock, Knock & The Little Misters

Yes, I'm still here. The quilting machine & I have been buzzing along. 

Here's what we've been up to.

JoAnn made the first 2 quilts. I thinks she has 15 lucky grand kids.

Did my own butterflies in the print squares.

My favorite Interlocking Daisy for this one.

Elaine made this little applique beauty.

Another Betz Beauty. "Indigo Dreams" from McCall's Patchwork & Quilting. It was a "cover" quilt & she wanted navy thread. Plus it looked like the magazine version was quilted using a computerized machine. The only computer I use for quilting is the one between my ears. This was a challenge & I'm happy with the results.

Barbara B made this mini sampler for a end of bed coverlet.

Jonne's newest grandson will get this yummy flannel quilt.

With a Minkie back! A class I took at MQX from Angela Walters inspired me to try some 

modern quilting on it. 

Pyhliss' granddaughter Savannah made this next one. Used "Diamonds Are Forever" & Signature "Orange Craze" variegated thread.  

Whew, that's all the quilts for now. Waiting for some decent light today for another photo shoot.

Last , but not least, the Little Misters in their Lone Ranger & Tonto Halloween costumes. Found a pattern on e-bay from 1986. One more sleep & I'm off to Nanaland.

Have a great week.

Nana Sharon(Turbo Quilter)

   

Quilting In The Garden 2013

Here are just some of the quilts from the wonderful quilt show at Alden Lane. So blessed 

to go with Joanna this year. Happy Mom!

Joanna with her "buck-a-block" (blue & white) quilt hanging behind her.

The quilt on the far right is one of Joanna's too.

Sandy Klop was the featured quilter this year. All the quilts were incredible. Amazing to see them all hanging from the trees. The nursery is absolutely beautiful & has so many wonderful ideas.

If you ever have a chance when you are in the Bay area stop by.

It's been very busy here. Quilting like crazy, went to MQX, now more quilting like crazy. My friend Pam has a great post about her Portland adventure here. 

Have a great week. I'll be back soon with pictures from MQX.

Sharon

Quilt Round-up

Here are some of the quilts I've done in the past month. Jennifer has several friends getting married & made this great Tula Pink Quilt.

This is Sue's Christmas quilt. Holly seemed perfect.

Ruth made this beautiful star quilt for her son. She wanted light quilting & puffy batting. We used Quilters Dream Puff batting. 

Linda made this quilt for Lynn & Taryn. She combined Peanuts & Star Wars to make sure they both had their favorite in the quilt. She added pictures  of all the fun things they've done for a personal touch.

This post would not be complete without a picture of the Birthday Boy. His party was very fun & relaxed. That's Daniel standing on the bench. Nana forgot to charge her camera battery, so not too many pictures this time.

Hopefully I will be able to put together a "Quilting in the Garden" post. Maybe a slideshow.

I'm off to MQX this coming week to fill my brain with new quilting ideas. 

Stay tuned.

Sharon

Winner, Winner!

You know how much I love a good Blog Hop. Recently Moda had a great little hop with all of their fabric designers. Guess who got lucky? ME! I got a jelly roll of Kathy Schmitz' new fabric line, Piecemakers. It won't be available at shops until January.

Each designer had a quilt block in different sizes for all the hoppers. It was fun.

In other news... this is what a finger looks like after the cat bites you. Sigh. He didn't want to get in the crate to go to vet. Hmmmm, I think Mr S will be handling this from now on.

It is very busy here. Quilting machine is smoking & I started Little Mister's Lone Ranger costume/b-day present last night.

5 more days until I'm in the happiest place on earth, Nanaland.

Lots of quilt pictures to show you soon too.

Have a great weekend. Hero Quilts at Aunt Mary's Quilt Shop tomorrow 10:30-3.

Nana Sharon

Row Robin Halloween

Wilma made this cute Halloween quilt as part of a Row Robin group with CIQ. She has been a member of the Row Robin group for awhile & likes it a lot. It was very fun to quilt this one.

I put pumpkins in the border.

Did an Angela Walters fill.

A Halloween quilt is not complete without spider webs.

Some days I feel like this!

Love how the quilting looks from the back.

No, it's not your eyes. This is a little blurry.

Another busy week ahead for me. A couple special quilts. One with pictures & one made with 

t-shirts(mailing this one to college). I'll have to wait to show you one of them since it's a surprise. 

Exciting news too. A customer quilt was accepted into PIQF.  I'll do a post soon about that one.

Joanna, my daughter & mother of the little misters, has 4 quilts that will be at "Quilting in the Garden" in Livermore CA at Alden Lane Nursery.  I'll have lots of pictures of that quilt show since it will be during my visit.

10 days & counting.

Quilting like crazy,

Nana Sharon