Happy Birthday Carol

Good Friday my DH and I drove up to NH to surprise my dear friend Carol for her 60th Birthday! We surprised her at her desk at work then whisked her off to a great seafood dinner.
Saturday morning I presented her with one of my favorite Bonnie Hunter patterns  " Jared takes a wife".
She was thrilled and we had the best time with her family and friends celebrating a new milestone.
We have been newlyweds, moms and now grandmothers together.........life is good :0)

Happy Sewing, Kim

 

Friends for 40 years :0)...priceless!

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

More variety.  Happy Sewing, Kim

giveaway :0)

Quick you still have time to enter Julie's fabric giveaway!
And I hope you bookmark this site...Jaybirdquilts has lots of giveaways!
Happy Sewing,
Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

These pictures are just great to look at and honestly there is infinite variety.  Also infinite inspiration.  Has any one else been inspired to make a red and white quilt?  Now, I wonder if I can make just one?  Happy Sewing, Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

Is it appliqued?  It must be because I can see no piecing.  Look at the quilting.  It is just the loveliest work.  Have you ever seen this pattern anywhere?  I sure haven't.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

This quilt is unlike any I have ever seen.  At the bottom is embroidered  "Palo Alto.   Postcard".
I have no idea what the shapes represent but they are appliqued over and over on the quilt top.

Must have come from California though right?       Happy Sewing, Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

I found this quilt very interesting.  It is appliqued but has a secondary repeating pattern.  Was it used as a fund raiser?  Was it a signature quilt given to a fire chief as a gift?   Doesn't it look like the fireman emblem?

 Can you see the date inked on this block?  1899.

  What do you think?   Happy Sewing, Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

 I loved this show so much.

 I have decided to make this red and white quilt called "winding ways"  I have ordered the fabric from Jackie at Canton Villiage Quilt Works  some solid red Kona's called "Cardinal" and "Snow white".  The Marti Michell templates are all set to go.  Now all I have to do is make the time.

This embroidered Red Cross quilt was  used as local fund raiser back in the day and has the name of my home town on it.  I was thrilled to see a bit of local history.













Yes, right there Pokeytown!
 ( Poughkeepsie)  Happy Sewing, Kim

 

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

Oh Look Norma....Yes.... look at that red and white quilt!  Which one should I make???

Birds

Have you been caught up in Spring time  birth of the Eagles around the country? 
The last egg  hatched Wednesday evening on the nest in Iowa, coming out of his baseball  sized egg like a fluff of cotton.

 In Virginia the 3 eaglets are growing so fast and eating so much the parents are working nonstop.

Meanwhile, my little Owl quilt is coming to life and just needs some time to take form.  Maybe I should get off the computer away from the eagle cams  and return to my sewing machine.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Infinite Variety Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts

Wow that was some show wasn't it Honey?

AMAZING!!!

Quilts for Japan

Yesterday, I finished a scrappy free form quilt I started at Victoria's retreat last month. I'm sending it to Japan via Quilters Newsletter magazine  along with another favorite of mine " Carolina Crossroads" my first Bonnie Hunter mystery.

If you want to donate a quilt to the people of Japan just follow the link above, you have until the end of April.
Please help if you can :0).
Happy Sewing,

Kim

New Giveaway...fabric!

Jaybirdquilts  is having a fabric giveaway along with the Fabric Shoppe!
Go check out the beautiful fabric and enter for your chance to win!
Good luck and Happy Sewing,
Kim

I'm walking here!

Sorry Deer I didn't see you!  Yes, they visit often and eat well in my yard.  Happy Spring, Kim

I'm a winner!

 Tour Ireland with Pat Sloan
arrived in the mail today!  I won it from Jackie over at Canton Village Quilt Works.

 Oh have you ordered from Jackie?  Great service, great fabrics and her quilting is out of this world!
I just bought all the Kona solids in fat quarters from Jackie!!!  Now that was fun ....  Some of them are just too pretty to open :0)

Thank you Pat, thank you Jackie!

Happy sewing,
Kim

We have a Winner

And the winner is..............

Molly P!
Congratulations Molly.........please send me your snail mail
address and Quiltmaker mag will make certain you get your Julie Herman,
Jaybirdquilts pattern.

Sorry everyone could not win but Quiltmaker is giving away 5 copies of Bonnie Hunter books!

Just use the link above and go enter........good luck. 

Thanks everyone for playing and Happy Sewing,
Kim