I am making another quillow!

Here is the fabric for Thomas' quillow. I need to make a push this Easter weekend on making it.

I will keep you posted....

Meanwhile, I mailed out this dish towel and cloth that I knitted to Brian and Tisha.

Brice's Quillow

Fabrics and threads used

Scrappy was a big help!

I used the Mega Quilter to baste the quilt sandwich

I sewed the binding while commuting to work. Don't worry -- AJ was driving.

Finished!! and I had enough fabric left over for a pillow case.

Quillows for my Grandsons!

I am making quillows for my grandsons. I never made a quillow before. I am using directions from Fons and Porter's magazine - Jan/Feb 2007, pages 94-97, and a pattern that was free from Connecting Threads. The pattern is no longer on the website. It has directions for a pieced pillow top and the quilt part. You can watch a video -- link is below. I have the labels made!

http://www.fonsandporter.com/aspx/fonsandporter/Videos/ViewVideo.aspx?v=1755

Mom's Quilt

I took a picture of it this morning before I shipped it to Florida. It was a kit I bought at Lilies of the Field in Easton. The pieces were badly cut. Some even had selvage as part of the measurement. So I had to do a little fudging here and there. Then I had the worst time quilting it. I spent a lot of time with my seam ripper. All in all - it is a cute quilt and it is finished!

Oh did I mention it came without directions!

Almost Spring

Saturday, as I was at my ironing board pressing fabric, I noticed a wren peeking out of the bird house. Yeah! This is a sure sign of spring when you see the birds building nests.

Both house are occupied.

Second Snow Storm

The second snow storm that hit had the ducks visiting the bird feeder even though I hauled corn and bread crumbs down to the water every morning (through the snow drifts!)

First Snow Storm

I love the snow! But this time I got snowed out of my quilt retreat. With AJ away in Florida, I needed to go home at night to take care of Scrappy. Sooo - I only enjoyed two days of quilt retreat an then 9 days home with snow! I was a happy camper.

This picture was taken Saturday, 2/6. You can see why I could not go over to the Narrows for the retreat.

Scrappy loves the snow as much as I do.

I will post more on the snow adventures and show what I worked on at the retreat.