Esther's Blog: Applique by Freezer Paper

Esther's Blog: Applique by Freezer Paper

Check out Esther's Blog for a neat tutorial (scroll down to the little video).

Till next time....Happy Quilting.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

After a blizzard of hyperbole (from the TV news) and 10 hours of snowfall, here's a view of my house. You can see the specks of snow still falling. MSU called off classes yesterday and the MSU Museum closed, too, so a day off for me. I had an appointment for a check up at 9:15am and canceled since the neighborhood isn't plowed. As Tom pointed out, no sense getting into an accident on the way to the doctor (Well Doc, I was fine until about 15 minutes ago when I crashed into the snowbank).

I found another use for my quilting ruler. I went out at about 9am to take these photos and took the snow measurement with one of my rulers. So far 12.5 inches with maybe 4 more to come on my front lawn.

Tom made pancakes for lunch since LCC is closed too.

Last night I stopped for groceries on the way home. Meijer was packed. I haven't seen this many MSU students buying liquor and snacks since the blizzard of 1978. I heard a student on his cell phone making plans to go to a snowball fight with over 2000 in attendance.

So I think I'll work on Katy's chair cushions and mend Colleen's blue jeans today while watching soap operas and Bette Davis in "The Little Foxes."

If we get lots more snow I'll probably re-measure the front lawn.

Till next time.....Happy Quilting.

Rolling Stone Round Robin

Finally, another UFO done! This quilt was started before 1997. That was before I started working full time and I met once a month with the Outlaws. My contribution was the center Rolling Stone mini-blocks (everything before the coral and yellow checkered border). It was added on by Diedre Garlock, Debbi Brunner, Karen Mirras and Rhonda Anderson. I remember Debbi did the circles in Japanese fabrics, but I don't remember who else did what. Last fall pulled it out and practiced my machine, free-motion quilting. It turned out pretty good. I've gotten some more hints from Diane Gaudynski's blog, so the next machine quilting should get even better.

Now I'm working on red, black and white checked chair covers for Katy's Chicago kitchen.

Till next time...... Happy Quilting

Inspirational

Wow here's an inspiring quilter.



Till next time......Happy Quilting.

Arizona tragedy

Just a sad day. One of the victims of the Arizona shootings was Phyllis Schneck. She was a quilter. So sad. Read more about her here:
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_8fa84b49-2e3a-5267-9af8-a5809386e583.html

Brandon's Quilt

I can finally post a picture of the quilt my daughter made for her boyfriend for Christmas. She gave it to him Christmas Day so the cat's out of the bag. DD made nine patches out of 5" charm squares and appliqued cats on the bottom. I machine quilted it in strips, put on borders and bound it. It's a little larger than a twin bed size and I practiced many different machine quilting patterns. It came out pretty good. Now on to making my patterns for Ruth's Block Exchange.

Happy New Year and
Till next time....Happy Quilting.

My Month in Pictures

What a month! First we went to the taping of Homecoming for Magic Johnson at Jenison Field House.
















Then a party at the Nightcap!

















Some walking of Boomer in the Woods, first Grand Woods Park





















Then, Rose Lake.





















We finally attended the Tom Izzo Christmas Show where he played his accordion and had the freshman, including Keith Appling, lead the crowd in Jingle Bells.





















On Christmas Eve, my brother and his kids, including Kevin pictured with Boomer, stayed for a few days. We went to a family party where my brother saw relatives he hadn't seen in 30 years.



















Finally, here I am in the Christmas sweater that my daughter Katy found for me in Chicago. I call it "everything but Santa," my daughter calls it "Christmas threw-up." And for you dog lovers, there is a puppy on the back.






















I've finally got a bit of time to sew, and of course, my daughter brought me some ripped jeans!

















I hope everyone had as great a Christmas as we did. Now looking forward to New Year's Day. Go State!

Living the Dream

Went to the Spartan game on Saturday. Not only did we win, but I caught a hot dog from the guy that tosses them in our section (20) during the first quarter. Another dream achieved!

Quilts and Football

detnews.com|Sports|Photogallery|Sports Photo Gallery - MSU 34, Michigan 17 - The Detroit News Online

What a day! I spent the day at the Cuesta Benberry Symposium a the MSU Museum and if you weren't there, you missed a special day. After the symposium I was able to listen to the last part of the MSU, U of M game. After the 34-17 Spartan victory I'm still doing my happy dance.

A big thanks to Pearl for bedazzling me with Sparty. She said if I run the Dino Dash next year, she'll get a picture of me really hanging with Sparty.

Till next time.....Happy Quilting!

Great Quilt Show

If you're looking for a great quilt show and are anywhere near Grand Rapids, Michigan, don't miss Quilts on the Grand. Everytime I've gone it's been well worth the drive. They usually have multiple raffle quilts (all fabulous), and the quilts on display are dazzling.

Till next time....Happy Quilting!

Cool antique quilts

Quilts from the collection of the Atlantic Heritage Center, are on exhibit there until October 10, 2010. The Center is located in Somers Point, New Jersey. If you can't make the exhibit (like me), you'll find a really cool page of their quilts at: http://gallery.me.com/merryquilts#100100.

Enjoy!

Till next time....Happy Quilting!

Fundraising Quilt

Each fall, Habitat for Humanity Lansing partners with the ACF Capital City Professional Chefs and Cooks Association to put on Harvest for Habitat, an evening of gourmet food, fabulous door prizes, and wonderful company. This year’s event will be at the East Lansing Marriott at University Place on Sunday, October 24^th, 2010 beginning at 5:30pm.

I just finished this mini-Churn Dash quilt for the "fabulous door prize" portion of the evening. It is machine pieced and machine quilted and is 22" x 28". Each block is 4 1/2" square. I found the border fabric at the Michigan Quilt Network Show last weekend at the Ethelbird and Eliza Kids booth. All the rest of the fabric was from my stash. My color choice was inspired by Roxie's black/white/bright block exchange choice.