All Dressed Up Quilt

All Dressed Up Quilt is back from the quilter.
My friend Nanette Merrill of Freda's Hive is the pattern designer. I love this quilt and think she did such a wonderful job in creating the design.
What little girl wouldn't like to have All Dressed Up to decorate her bedroom?

Judi of Green Fairy Quilts did the fabulous longarm quilting.

I had so much fun making All Dressed Up, that I'm a little sad it's finished.

All of the dresses were hand appliqued.

Judi's quilting really "made" the quilt. She had such talent!

Some of the dresses have buttons.

And some are decorated with pearls.

A few have both ric rac and buttons.

Others were made with Texture Magic.

Texture Magic for the apron.

Margaret's Diaper Bag Combo

When my friend Margaret stopped by the other day, she brought a diaper bag combo that she had just made for her daughter.

Fabric line "Lily Pond, In the Beginning".

Abby's Treasure Box from This and That Patterns

Margaret adapted the pattern to include Texture Magic in some of the blocks. She said it adds a lot of stability to the sides, and makes the box hold it's shape even better.

The little block comes from Annie Unrein's pattern Little Charmers.

There is a little jingle bell in the center for baby to shake, and assorted ribbons help with hand coordination.

What a lovely present for a new mom.

Sherri's Quilts

On Friday when Jan and I were at my house sewing, I had two friends drop by:
My friend Sherri (A Quilting Life), and my friend Margaret (Daily Rejoicing) both brought their latest quilts for Show and Tell.

Sherri lives in Logandale, Nevada about an hours drive from St. George, but she came this way to pick up two of her quilts that had just been completed by Judi of Green Fairy Quilts. (Judi lives just a few blocks from my house).

Sherri and Judi both do amazing work, and I was so happy to see what the two of them together would come up with.

Sherri did the embroidery work and piecing, and Judi did the longarm quilting.

Sherri sews a lot of the samples for Fig Tree quilts, plus she chairs the online Schnibbles Club. Talented lady!

Jan admiring Sherri's work.

This is a row quilt Sherri made several years ago, and just now had quilted.

The class was taught by Cory Alender at Scrap Apple Quilts.

This is a beautiful quilt in and of itself, but the quilting done by Judi makes it even more spectacular.

This cactus pot was one of my favorite parts.

And I love the wood designs on the fence posts.

Thanks Sherri for letting me see your beautiful quilts!

Star Crazy February BOM

Jan and I worked on our February Star Crazy blocks yesterday. We have set aside one morning a month to work together at my house, which we hope will keep us up to date on making our blocks.

I really enjoyed making the February blocks. The colors speak of Spring, which feels almost around the corner here in St. George, Utah. The sun is shining and we have temperatures in the 60's.

*I'm not even sure if I should share that, because I feel for those of you who are inundated with so much snow right now. I know... move to St. George!

I like working with the paper piecing method provided by Sue Garman. I appreciate all of your suggestions on how to go in and change the computer printing selections.

It worked! My 1-inch test square came out perfectly, and I could use the patterns provided by TQS.

Jan is so much fun to work with. She's one of the Diva's so we get to see each other often.

Jan insisted that if I took her picture, she had to take one of me too.

I announced about 6 weeks ago that I would love to have anyone join us in making the Star Crazy BOM from The Quilt Show. The response has been wonderful! We now have 27 in our group and I receive e-mails almost daily with people interested in joining along.

Everyone and anyone is welcome!

Feel free to e-mail nedras@mstar.net

One of the requirements is that you join (or are currently a member of) The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. This is necessary to be able to download the BOM patterns each month.

Membership is only $42.95 a year, and not only can you download two BOM patterns, but you can watch their shows, receive updated newsletters, etc.

http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/join.php

Covered Button Pillow

I've been known to have "a thing" for covered buttons. Well, some might call it an illness.

OK- when you come right down to it, I might need counseling at one point in my life.

Imagine me swooning when I walked into Pier 1 Imports and saw this pillow.

Be still my heart.

And it comes in two color ways: Vintage and Sand.

This is what Pier 1 has to say about their pillow:

"Buttoned up, yes. But this super-colorful accent pillow is still super-fun. In fact, covered with 144 vibrant buttons, it's the life of the party. Show it off when you don't mind sharing the limelight."

144 buttons? I think I can manage that.

Guess who just got another order from coverbuttons.com?

They even offer this new template that helps you fussy cut your fabrics.