Baskets of Red Flowers

I received this wonderful wall hanging this past week from Vickie Bajtelsmit (in Colorado) for my birthday. This was a pattern that was in the McCall's magazine earlier this year - however the pattern was in pastels - and we think that red is much more dynamic. I love all of the hand appliqué baskets and flowers.  The sashing and borders are all half square triangles - a really nice effect. Thank you Vickie!

"ReUsing" on my Toronto Weekend

I'm spending the weekend in Toronto. Saturday was Lauren's 11th birthday party - what a great time.  I did some "reusing" with a pair of PJs that I had made for Lauren for Christmas in 2008.  That year I made her the PJs along with a quilt the they have been using on the sofa in the family room. The bottoms were way too short - so I cut them off and hemmed them - and voila she now has shorts (which she is already wearing so no picture).

Then I took the top and transformed it into a cushion cover that she can have on her bed.  Here it is along with the leftover pieces. The back of had the appliquéd logo for the Maple Leafs. I left the front buttons as the way to  open up the cover to take it off and on the cushion.  There is also a picture of the lap quilt is also here.  By the time I was taking the pictures and putting them up on this blog Lauren had gone off with her friend (wearing the shorts) so no picture of the shorts.

Basketball Anyone?

This duffel bag and matching case were Lauren's birthday present this year. Lauren found the great basketball fabric at Fabricland in Saskatoon this summer.  Together we planned out the duffel bag.

I used some Timtex (that I had left over in my cupboard) for the small case. I used Fusible Fleece which I ironed onto both the outside fabric and lining fabric for the duffel bag. I then quilted each of the sections before stitching the duffel bag together. The combination with the Fusible Fleece and lots of quilting should make the bag strong.

Nancy's Birthday

We had a wonderful Ladies Lunch Weekend in mid August.  I flew to Colorado and then we drove as a group to Steamboat Springs. The weather was gorgeous and we gave Nancy her quilt. She loved all of the detailed blocks.

And ... she did not disappoint us. She was very pleased with the back that contained the pictures of the theme blocks along wth explainations of the various activities of our Ladies Lunch group.