Meet The Gang!

Once we saw this fabric line, we just had to make a quilt!  Inspired by the individual faces and groupings of classic poses of our beloved Peanuts characters, we designed what we believe to be a great inrorduction to a fun and exciting line provided by Quilting Treasures.  We hope you will have as much fun making this quilt as we did.

Christmas With Chuck

Inspired by the story panel made available by Quilting Treasures and Peanuts Worldwide Enterprises, LLC, we designed what we believe to be a great representation of the classic Charlie Brown's Christmas video.  We hope you will have as much fun making this quilt as we did.

Free Pattern - Project Linus Quilted Game Boards

Checkers and Tic Tac Toe reversible game quilt.
Perfect quilt for someone who is in bed or in the hospital.
All game pieces are yo yo's made with fabric. There is even a bag to keep track of all the pieces. Nothing sharp so it can actually stay on the bed.
Linus Fabric can be purchased from Quilting Treasures.
To print Free Pattern Click here will take you to our web and click on Free Patterns.  It would be wonderful if you made one for your favorite person and another donated to a local hospital. Support Project Linus

And The Winners Are....

We are posting Quiltmaker's 100 Block Blog Hop winners from Sisters' Quilting Trunk Blog Hop a day earlier then planned. My plans changed for the week so we had to do it a day earlier.

All winners have been sent an email from http://info@sistersquiltingtrunk.com

I do not have everyone's last name as they were not listed in their postings but their email address was.

So congratulations to: Stephanie, Amy Eileen Koester, Michele, Maggie and Karen.  Look for an email from us and send your mailing address so prizes can be sent.

We want to thank everyone for a great Blog Hop.

Wishing all a great day,
Mary Andra, Cheryl Ann, Candee and Andee  

My block is in Quiltmake'rs 100 Blocks magazine

 My sisters and I are honored to have a block chosen to be in Quiltmaker's100 Blocks vol. #5.

 Is this not the cutest pin and mug? Yes it is!

This block was designed by our sister Mary Andra.  She does all the hand applique' and as you can see loves pink and green. She tried using blue (I don't think so) but pink won out as usual. Mary Andra will be adding blocks in the future and we will keep you posted when that is completed. You will find her block on page 27, block #407 Ray of Sunshine. Fabric by Moda is Sunkissed designed by Sweetwater.

Now for the prize's. Quiltmaker will be giving away a copy of 100 Blocks magazine. There are four sisters who own Sisters' Quilting Trunk so we will give away four gifts. That's 5 chances to win a prize just by leaving a comment on our blog. We also have a copy of 100 Blocks to give away. It will be given to the first number drawn for one of the prizes below.

Henry Glass -Heirloom Romance by Crabapple Hill

No Place Like Home

Assorted

Moda - Quilt Pink
Good luck everyone and thank you for visiting our blog. Winners will be drawn Monday May 7, 2012
Wishing you a great day, Mary Andra, Cheryl Ann, Candee and Andee.

I can now see that there are 4 baby Finch's. I can't wait until they get bigger so I can see their faces.

Are there 3 or 4 babies

I can't tell if there are 3 babies or 4. They are so tiny and I do not want to tough them to see if they are laying on an unhatched egg. More tomorrow.

And then there were two

Another baby bird has been hatched. Two more to go.

Something is moving from behind the rope

We have a baby. This is so exciting. Shall I name this baby LOL? Will check later today to see if more have hatched.

What's behind the rope

What's behind this rope?
Four beautiful Finch eggs.
White fluffy stuff on left side of the nest is white hair from our horse Sundance.

Once Upon A Quilt

Once Upon A Quilt is a wonderful poem published by Patricia Q. Gentner in November 2011. The poem tells the story about her family quilt pictured below. Quilters can all relate to this poem.
Patricia Q. Gentner's family quilt.

This past weekend our local quilt guild had a great quilt show titled "Once Upon A Quilt". Many visiters wanted to live in this delightful room

Two Dr. Seuss quilt patterns

This quilt is all about creating memories to last a life time. So many wonderful hours of sharing have been enjoyed in the telling Seuss’ story of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Now, whether the story is being read or the movie is being watched, you can enjoy the time together while wrapped in a cozy quilt that tells the story over and over again. We can’t thank Robert Kaufman enough for this bit of nostalgia so we could create a legacy of wit and whimsy.

This quilt reminisces childhood traditions and early learning greatness. Who does not have a spot in their heart for the Dr. Seuss classics? Titles including The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who, Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and The Grinch give you the beginnings of a childhood legacy of wit and whimsy. Thank you Robert Kaufman for this bit of nostalgia in fabric.

Eye Candy was Spotted at Fall Market 2011

"Eye Candy" with Edyta Sitar (Laundry BasketQuilts) and Joanna Figueroa (Fig Tree & Co). Rumor has it that "eye candy" is being paid with room keys instead of charge cards. LOL

A few of our friends at Fall Market 2011

Who doesn't love Julie, @jaybirdquilts. We do. And Julie loves chocolate. Brenda, Acorn Quilts, with her newest, most wonderful, have to have, I want it now, quilt. Brenda was in the Lucien booth with her new line of fabric. It is wonderful to say the least. I love roses.

Cindy Oates from Taylor Made Designs setting up her booth. Love this new shirt. It is another have to have for sure.

Renee' Plains from Liberty Star with my sisters Candee and Andee. Renee' is doing last minute touches before the show opens. Her new book was a have to have but I won a copy so now I can say I have it.

Anne Sutton from Bunny Hill Designs was also doing finishing touches. I think I own just about all of her patterns.

Houston Market Fall 2011 Our booth

Our booth. We had a great time at Market. Thank you to all who visited.

Stash Blues inspired by Elly and Harriet

I took my first class from Elly Sienkiewicz in 1988. I purchased my first blue stash from the collection of Harriet Hargrave in 2002. This quilt was designed shortly after the class and it has taken this long to use the blue stash. I have designed many Elly inspired quilts but none with this many circles. A special thank you to Elly and Harriet.

Keeping a Promise

When she was a high school principal, one of my sisters made wall hanging quilts for each month of the school year. It was with the making of these wall hanging quilts that she learned to machine piece, machine applique and hand bind. Another sister did all of the longarm quilting. The Martin Luther King, Jr. quilt top brought an added lesson in using a light box. Each month a new quilt was hung on the glass windows that faced into the main hallway from her office. When January rolled around she hung her Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. picture which caught the eye of two staff members who each independently asked her if she was going to keep the quilt. They were disappointed when she told them she intended to recycle the quilts each month of every year she was principal there. She made them a promise, though, that she would make one for each of them after a conversation with them led to the discovery that they were both interested in hanging the quilts in their churches. It took a year after her retirement, but with the help of the sister who is a longarmer, she has kept her promise to make them. They will be sent out during the last week of September to the two staff members who will ensure they hang in their churches, which are on the east end of Long Island, NY. The original wall hanging for the month of January and the two for the east end churches are pictured.

We will never forget 9/11 and those who serve

As the sun rises this day 9/11/2011 let us not forget to thank those who have given us this day to rise with the sun, living the freedom they have given us. A special thank you to my family who have served; Henry J, Henry V, Henry A, Per Anders, William A, Uncle Tony, Uncle Sal, My Eddie, Great Uncle Willie, Uncle Norman, Uncle Wallie, Uncle John, Uncle Andrew, Brian, Mickey, now serving Perry and Sara. May God Bless Us All.

Toni Ann's room

Our niece, Toni Ann, is decorating a room using black,white and red to highlight her houndstooth covered chair. She has two of the three quilts completed. We love the look and her decorating sense.