A Blast From The Past

Hello Everyone,

While I was in Arizona, I spent the last night enjoying a wonderful dinner with my cousins and my Aunt and Uncle.  While there, I noticed a quilt hung over the back of my cousin's rocking chair and asked my cousin who made here the wonderful table runner...

To my surprise, she said... "Well my beautiful cousin did..."  meaning me!  Well that floored me... I didn't remember making it...LOL!!

Here is my gorgeous cousin with the table runner I made.  And to prove it, I actually had put a label on it, can you believe it??

Yep!  I made it 10 years ago.  After she told me the story, I began remembering it...  Wow!  I can't believe I had forgotten.  Does this ever happen to you, doing something and then forgetting about it??

Here is how she displays it on her table.  She uses it everyday.  I am so pleased that I made something that she uses and loves.  

Isn't that a great feeling that something that you made is loved and used??  How about you, have you ever made something, given it to someone you love and forgotten that you have done it??  Ugh...

Until Next Time...

A Blast From The Past

Tutorial and A Giveaway

Hello Everyone,

I have made a bright and funky table runner for you!! Well not this one, but you can make one just like it, yes you can!!

This one is now on my kitchen table and after I had it bound it was kitty approved.  I really like it as it make this dreary winter just a whee bit brighter.

You can find my tutorial on the Fabri Quilt blog!  This is their fabric that I used to design the runner.

Folk Heart by Sara Trail

You can win a fat quarter pack of this fabric too!  We would love to hear what you would make with this fabric.  The giveaway will be open through Sunday, February 24 and the winner announced on February 25, 2013.

Click here to enter the giveaway and grab the tutorial!

Until Next Time...

Tutorial and A Giveaway

Studio Pics and Stuff

Well, today is our wedding anniversary! I got up early wished my hubby a happy and came down to update my blog!! We did celebrate on Friday, by going to see Larry the Cable Guy at Mohegan Sun. After being married for 18 years you need to have some sense of humor. He was very funny! We were able to have a nice dinner and stayed overnight, as my parents came and stayed with the kids.

Now onto the quilting segment of this post! As I promised, here are some pictures of my newly organized studio. This first one shows how I utilized the Ikea cabinets to organize my fabric stash and my books. I can see everything now and really enjoy working in my studio. These cases fit perfectly in the one dormer. Here are 2 more pictures that show my stash a little better. I love the fact that I was able to group my stash in "categories".

I also have a photo here of a great way to hang your quilts. I just had my husband space out 4 decorative curtain rods on the wall and folded some quilts over them. I have to say that I am not the one who came up with this idea. Holly had this on her wall in her house and I loved it. So thanks Holly for a great idea.

One more thing that I thought you might all like. If you go to The Happy Zombie's blog she has a wonderful downloadable table runner pattern. The pattern is on her November 19th post and is called the Jingle Jolly table runner. It looks like a nice pattern to do on a snowy winter day.

Enjoy!

Jackie

Studio Pics and Stuff