Bits & Pieces of Everything !

Hi Everyone....well I've been getting a lot of flak from my good friends because I have not updated my blog is quite some time. As you know, I took a huge loss to my income when we had to fire an account for nonpayment, but Joy has been wonderful to try to make up some of what I lost. The only problem is it's all straight typing and takes me much longer to get my work done. But enough of that, this is my happy place like my Sunday quilt class with Teacher Extraordinnaire, Ms. Janet. I love her and the wonderful friends I have made in that class (namely: Ellen, Jenny, Ann, Nancy, & Judy). They keep me laughing and allow me to keep my sanity. (LOVE YOU GUYS !)

Here are a few things I have been working on lately and one secret one to be revealed at a later date. The first one is a quilt I'm making for Craig. I got a charm piece of the jazz material when Joy, Yvette, and I went on our first Quilter's Run last year and Joy was able to fine the exact material on E-bay for me so I bought several yards of it. Then I found this great pattern that really shows off focus fabrics called BQ2, and I new that it was the right pattern for that particular fabric. This is such an easy pattern, a snap to cut out and piece with hardly any seams to match...no borders either, although I think a border would have looked nice on it. Anyway, I'm making this for Christmas for Craig as it's going to be a bit tight for us this year.



Speaking of Christmas, can you believe it's only a couple of months away...YIKES !!! I made the next two quilts for my niece Tricia's boys, Andrew and Benjamin. They are four years old now and Tricia is redoing their bedroom in a sports theme so I picked up several different sports fabrics and made two "identical" quilts, the only difference is Andrew's is the blue one and Benjamin's is red. They turned out really, really cute and I quilted them entirely by myself. Since I made the Bambi quilt for their baby sister, Kate, for her baby shower, which also matched her room, I just had to make quilts for the boys too. I wanted these to be a surprise for Tricia to see, but grandma kept begging me to post pictures so others could see them.

















Speaking of Grandma.....here is my mom. She took a jacket class at Ginger's Quilt Shop in Claremont last Saturday and made this jacket. We went to M&L's in Anaheim and found the material for only $12.00. This jacket has all the seams on the outside and then you cut them into fringe. Apparently it was so easy that my mom made another jacket in blue material last Friday...ALL BY HERSELF !! It was great, but not quite finished yet. She's thinking of making these for Christmas gifts for people....Although I would love a jacket....I don't even wear the one I made because I'm so HOT ALL THE TIME from hot flashes.....LOL !!!















Finally, Craig's charity event, Strike'Em Out for a Cure is rapidly approaching.....this Saturday, Sept 27th. We are all so excited and thankful for the love and support we have received from all our family, friends, coworkers, Leah's Quilt Shop in Orange who let me hang the quilt there for three weeks, all of Leah's employees and manager Charlene, Ginger's Quilt Shop who also allowed the quilt to be hung, Ms. Janet Salcido for all her wonderful efforts in promoting this charity event, all the people who provided silent auction donations, food donations, and bought quilt raffle tickets. But most of all Erin, my sister-in-law, who managed to put all this together and is really the reason this event is even happening....love you "Sis". So, next week, we will announce the winner of the quilt and I'll post pictures of the night of the event on my blog after that.

So, take care for now to all my family and friends ....We love you so much !
Karene