HOW TO TEACH YOUR BEST FRIEND TO QUILT

THIS IS A SWEET SUNDAY STASH STORY, LINKING UP WITH SUNDAY STASH LINKY PARTY !yEPPY !

2 YEARS AGO I BORROWED MY BESTFRIENDS SEWING MACHINE THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM HER GRANDMA. QUESTION WAS, COULD I QUILT ?  I WAS EXPECTING 2 GANDDAUGHTERS,,, YEPPY !! ( I AM GANDMA, NOT GRANDMA) :)

NOW SHE IS EXPECTING HER 4TH GRANDSON ! AND SHE WANTS TO LEARN TO QUILT, I HAVE SINCE THEN PURCHASED MY JANOME !! YEPPY !! 

Peak Hour Layer Cake

by Kellie Wulfsohn for Riley Blake IS WHAT SHE PICKED OUT. I thought teaching her how to make the Wonky Log cabin would be the best approach, I chose 

Pure Organic - New Colors Fat Quarter Bundle
by Robert Kaufman Fabrics to cordinate with the bundle and this would also give her a great stash to start with.

I fussy cut 2 wheels together for eyes to make the baby boy a little "chew rag" is what I call them. I quilt it in minky and make little tags on it, you know how babies love tags.
We stayed up till the wee hours sewing and laughing !
The whole story is sweet because we had 5 days to celebrate 40 yrs of friendship, doing girl things.  I showed  her around to the quilt stores and it was a bloom of a new fabricaholic !! Yeppy !

Here we are at the spa, I had champayne,strawberries, and of coarse chocolate mini bundt cakes for us, we got the works and cool turquoise toe nails. We have been friends through thick and thin. I love her with all my heart. I hope she really finishes the quilt and loves the process, that will give us just one more thing to talk about, like we need more, LOL!!

linking up with Stitch by Stitch too !

BLOGGING TODAY AND MONOCHROMATIC

LRstitched (<<< click on this link to see the most incredible quilt, its quilt do-able  for a beginner>>>) FABULOUS.. 

I am practicing my review skills, because like a dumn butt, I left my $1000.00 camera at my gandsons house. So I cant post my own stuff. 

1. What I have learned blogging is you must have good pictures. Sorry for today I dont have any if your reading this. 

I cross-stitch and dont mind web-caming my monster . I make a halloween tree every year with my gandkid's name on it and this one is my Dexter. 

Angela Walters... if you havent seen some of her work, your missing out. if you hate her for it, ok... who does she think she is blogging with some of us, all this fancy dancey quilting. But this girl has won the heart of a billions american and international quilters. Just look at her sweet face and read her hard work, Come on, she sews with kids at her ankles.. I tried to mend something with my gandkids here and thought I would have a nervous break down. I aspire to make a baby quilt like this and cudo's to the quilter too. This quilt dances !

Quokkaquilts(( LOL))) My laugh for today! (entertaining )LOL !!! I jumped into EPP, no I am not showing my work, cuz it sucks ! But these Girls can and they are all over the World and Funny Travels and Pics, Thats Why the Sew along is called the Traveling Pic Group and you get to see beautiful photography and some crappy pics too, but these girls and their group are f. u. n. n. y. ! Plus Talented..

Madame Samm Who would know that she has a book out.she is such a good online jokester & cheer leader, I have to go back and read her verses again, I dont believe it. Madm Samm, my ? to you today is Do you Smoke?( I want tell anyone {wink}) I would never eat oatmeal but its not because of you. LOVE YA !

MC not MC hammer but Maureen Cracknell link I met her blogging last year because her color choices caught my creative side and I love them. I was sewing with Colonial age fabrics, {dont hate} I love Colonial rich fabrics. This is the historical shop near me and if you were to gather all the experience in that shop and write it down, you would have Volumes like the ole encyclopedia's that some of us bought in 60's and through the 80's   . These ladies are devoted to their stitching and know by looking at fabric what year it represents, they sew in a musuem for gods sake. They are the nuns of Quilting. Anyway, back to my friend MC. She emails me one night when I was feeling badly and couldnt get out of bed and it was like a light bulb went off in my head. "{Plan Shirley to buy the colors that make you feel good} I havent gotten to sew with them much this year but I have been saving them. So next year you will see last years.  My family has reproduced and multiliplied this year, I have 2 new daughter n laws and a new gandson, So I have been sewing for them. For example his room is decorated in Baseball, he doesnt want Rock n Romance.. I have 5 new gandkids under 4, so its been a blessing. 

I was also in mourning a friend and my sister n law, this is me with my nieces. We are coming up on the anniversary of her death from a horrible painful disease. This is the last time I saw her. I miss her and she would never want me to weep from it.

Ellison Lane Stash Scrappy is the new Quilt along I joined to Use my colors because thats exactly what this Blogger has. Bright Happy Colors. I slashed into a bundle I won.  I made the wrong block, didnt quite understand MONOCHROMATIC.. Thats ok. I wanted another reason to slash some more. I hope you click on the link and see the Happiness thats happening over there. WOW !

2. Note to self, learn to insert Button into Blog Post. 

These are a few of the Blogs I look at most days, I am researching how I want my new blog to look and how to show my creative style. I read more and try to leave comments even when the robot is on. 

Now if you have read this you deserve a chance for a giveaway. I have some Colonial expensive fabric, I will send what I call a bundle to you by random drawing, must be a reply blogger, international can play too ! Only 1 comment please. I will draw Monday, Oct 15th at noon and email the winner by clicking on your link below, I will join your blog if you join mine, but its not a requirement. Just leave a comment . 

Have a Happy Day ! 

You all inspire me 

smile

Shirley at Simple Sew

BIG QUILT FINISH FOR ME

Baseball Quilt I made for my new gandson



Its basic squares and I machine stitched




This is Why I Quilt, My son and his first child
LOVE

HE IS #5 AND I NEVER GET USE TO THE FEELING OF THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR GANDKIDS.
TRENTON YOU HOLD MY HEART, LOVE GANDMA, I HOPE IN 25 YRS WHEN YOU ARE GOOGLING YOUR GANDMA YOU COME ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF US.



I AM A WINNER !!! SEE MY WINNINGS

TODAY 'S WIP

MY MUD RUG IS A COCKTAIL CARPET, WITH ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS.

MY 1 MO GANDSON TALKING TO ME.. HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, AND THE QUILT IS FOR HIM AND THATS MY SON JOSH IN THE BACK, WORKING ON MY LAPTOP, BEING THE SWEET GUY HE IS. 

MY WINNINGS FROM MAUREEN CRACKNELLS ( I CALL HER MC )  FRIDAY'S GIVEAWAYS, SPONSORED BY CANTON VILLAGE QUILT WORKS.  THIS IS MY FAVORITE FABRIC OR FILLER OR ITS MY SOLID I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. I LOVE LOVE TO USE IT. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS WIN. SEE YOU CAN WIN FROM THE BIG DOGS.. LOL.. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND CHECK OUT MC AND CANTON VILLAGE IF YOU HAVENT, BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE A LOT OF EYE CANDY. http://www.cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/

http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/