Pinterest and an image change

Over the weekend I got lost in Pinterest!  Oh my, the amount of eye candy! I set up a Pinterest account for my longarm quilting business. In the process choose a logo for my board and decided to use the same image for my blog. My Tree of Life project 'in progress' (ignore the pins). Hmmmm, pins. I suppose that fits right in on Pinterest... :0)

Didn't get allot of my sewing done. Saturday I worked, custom quilting on a customer's quilt. Yesterday squared the rest of my HSTs for my Tree of Life project while watching football (gotta spend some face time with Mr. Wonderful). Brandie got a start on her TOL block and it looks great! Will see what this week brings. One quilt up this week for the longarm is a quilt for Sue of Cozy Little Quilts. Enjoy your week...

Groetjes, Jo (Dutch for Greetings or Best Wishes :0)

First book for American Homestead

Ellen Murphy at American Homestead has her first book coming out soon :0)

Just wanted to give a shout out. It's nice to see a fellow blogger making it in the quilting arena. I first 'met' (online) Ellen while working on Barbara Brackman's Civil War BOW. Both of us have blocks that Ms. Brackman included in her Civil War Sampler book too. Since then we both participated in Barbara's next BOW, Grandmother's Choice and Ellen is finishing up on Dixie Diaries.

The best part is that Ellen not only made her blocks, she posted them as a tute each week. They are the best! Especially for many of the CW blocks were we were cutting with 1/16th of an inch increments!!! A challenge but fun :0)

I know first hand how well Ellen can put directions together! She also has her own patterns and is now a vendor (she was at Houston market this year). Ellen is also well traveled. I enjoy following on her blog with projects, tutes, travel and food! Loved her trip to Holland :0)

This is a link to her blog. Wishing you the best Ellen!

Enjoy your weekend

Groetjes, Jo (Dutch for Greetings :0)

 

Mom's 98th birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Mom

 She is 98 years young! 

Mom has dementia so we had to keep reminding her that it was her birthday. Each time she would ask, How old am I? When we told her she would say, Oooooh , 2 more years and I'll be 100 and they will put me in the newspaper! (Except she says it in Dutch)

She had enough of taking pictures

Funny Mom!

These photos were taken last year. I put her to work in my studio unpinning a quilt from the leaders on my longarm! She liked it for about 5 minutes and then she was done :0)

Most days they just like to watch. Crystal says Hi too!

Groetjes, Jo

 

UFOs for November

Well, my list doesn't look much different from October's! I did make progress on the Tree of Life project...

Not pictured are more HST's sewn into sashing that will go around the center block or as a sawtooth border or both. Will see how many there are left when I get there ;0) Brandie (ABC blog) and I are planning to get together and get her started on growing some trees!

Still have these two to get back to. Backing for the flimsy above and to finish the blue and white top below.

One of my distractions is a BOM one of my customers wants to make. She asked me to help her with the blocks. It's a gorgeous quilt called Amaretto Cottage, a 2012 BOM by Marianne Elizabeth of Classically Home.

It's gorgeous as are the fabrics! Wouldn't this be nice in Civil War fabrics! Several of the blocks are the same or similar to blocks we made in Barbara Brackman's BOW and in her Civil War Sampler book.

Janie and I will be meeting today to finish the first block and set some goals. She is doing amazing, recovering from knee surgery, she is ready to get going on this beauty!

I am linking to Carrie's ~ A Passion for Applique ~ Nothing But UFOs in 2013...

November, wow this year wrapping up too fast! Holiday commercials are up and running. The wind looks like it's let up for today. After 3 or 4 days of wind, it's really looking like Fall around here!

Enjoy your day, stitching away! 

BOO!

Happy Halloween!