Rebuilding on Moda Bake Shop

Rebuilding

Remembering our birds who also lost their homes during devastating hurricanes and fires in 2017.

They are rebuilding too. 

You may find this pattern at www.modabakeshop.com

Charity, Donation Quilts, For A Cause Quilts, Just Because Quilt

Have you ever donated a quilt just because you were asked. Or were you moved to be a part of something bigger then you.  Or the cause just gave you a heartache.

Looking at pictures of donated quilts encourages me to continue donating.

I love the feeling knowing they will be loved.

Above quilt.  Donated raffle quilt for Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame.

                                      
First, for auction, donated quilt in 1984.  It's tiny.  Center applique could be 10" to 12".  Too long ago to remember.

More then 150 Quilts of Valor donated completely finished.  We did have about 250 students from East Hampton High School help with these quilts.  What a blast we had.  Pictures on a pervious
posting.
                                                                 More to Follow.

Once in a lifetime you get to make a special quilt for a special someone.  Along the way you realize you need some help to accomplish your goals. This was the case with this quilt.  My sisters and I needed help with fabric, ideas, names of new, not yet published, and older fabric lines and names of designers past and present.  Just to mention a few.  We want to thank and acknowledge everyone who help us reach our goal.

Our heartfelt thank you to all the Moda staff, Susan Ache and Moda fabric designers who donated fabric from their personal stash.

We are forever grateful, Andee, Candee, Cheryl Ann and Mary Andra

Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Vol #10 Winners

Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Blog Tour Winners 

 

Winners winning Moda Fabric Honey Buns and 5" Charm Squares should receive their prize by Monday or Tuesday depending on the state you live in. Winners of Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Vol #10 will receive their magazine directly from Quiltmaker Magazine. Congratulations to all six winners. We hope you enjoy your prizes. Mary Andra, Cheryl Ann, Candee and Andee.

We are in Quiltmakers 100 Blocks Vol# 10

Three of the sisters from Sisters' Quilting Trunk are in Vol. # 10

Andee, Cheryl Ann and Mary Andra

www.quiltmaker.com/100blocks.html

Block # 956 is Andee's Cabin Star Block. 

                 Andee made a wall hanging quilt from the block. I love it.

                         Block # 970 is Cheryl Ann's American Spirit.

 Cheryl Ann made a table runner with her block. Loving the Moda fabric.

                         Block #905 is Mary Andra's Cherry Pickin'.

 

Mary Andra made a quilt with her block. Pam Kitty is a dear friend. 

 As most of you who follow us know, we do give away great prizes. We will be giving away three this time around. Each winner will receive a 5" pack and a Honey Bun. All fabric will be from some of our favorite Moda designers. Quiltmaker magazine will also be giving away three Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Vol. #10 to three lucky winners who comment on our blog during this Blog Hop. Winners will be notified by email 11/23/2014.
So much fun.

Please send us a picture of any of our patterns that you use. We would love to share them on our blog.
 For all who read this..... wishing you a great day.

Winners Notified

Winners have been sent an email. You will have until May 7th 2014 to respond. New names will be drawn if no response.
We would like to thank all who visited our blog during the Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour Vol. #9. We had a great time and hoping you did too.
Wishing all who read this a great week, Mary Andra, Cheryl Ann, Candee and Andee.

Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. 9

                                         www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures
Two sisters from Sisters' Quilting Trunk are featured in this issue. We are so excited for them to have been included with other wonderful quilters.

 This button should read 'our" block is in.....

 Twin sister, Candee, designed Twin Baskets for her block. I am sure you can guess why.

 Twin sister, Andee, designed the quilt to go with the block. Andee added four blocks together and rotated them. We love their design and hope you will too.

We will have three give-a-ways this time. One will be a copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol 9 and twin fabric and notion give-a-ways. The fabrics are the same but the notions are different. To make everything in two's Quiltmaker Magazine will also give a copy of their magazine to one of our lucky winners.  We hope you enjoy not only their block and quilt but our gifts too. No questions to answer just reply to the posting. Winners will be chosen by random number count on May 2nd, 2014.  If you have not do so, please visit all the blogs hoppers participating. You may find them at     www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures . Wishing all who read this a wonderful week.

Quiltmaker May Issue 2014

Two of the sisters are published.

Candee designed the quilt and Andee quilted it.

                                    http://www.quiltmaker.com/issues/Quiltmaker_May_June_14

Is this not just the cutest quilt! 

 As a wonderful surprise to us, Quiltmaker added another color option. They used a new Moda Fabric line designed by Barb and Mary of  Me and My Sister Designs.

                                                         www.meandmysisterdesigns.com

New Patterns February 2014

"Plaid Comma"

Love this quilt. We used Comma fabric by Moda

  "Jim Dandy's Roost"

We had so much fin making this one. We wished that Little Black Dress fabric by Moda was available when we designed this one. We used Rite Dye to dye all the white and black fabric so it became cream and black.

 "1859 Captain Asah Coleman"

This quilt is a reproduction of a quilt made in 1859 by Jane Cooper Coleman for your husband Asah during the Civil War. The quilt was entered in a contest in St. Louis in 1859 and hung in St. Louis in 1901. Also hung in Chicago in 1931. The Chicago label is still on the quilt.

Siblings

We were very young when this picture was taken. I think the twins were graduating from high school a year earlier then their classmates. 

Jim Dandy's Roost

Our newest pattern is ready to be shipped.

Jim Dandy's Roost

AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, AZ February 5-8 2014.

We will be vending at AQS Quilt Week February 5th to the 8th, 2014.

                Mary Andra will be teaching two quilts during the show. Stash Blues is the blue one below.

Weeping Cherry will also be taught by Mary Andra

  

We hope you visit us.

Quilt Shuffle Spring Market 2013

We were all there but we were way in the back. Candee got pulled up front and is next to Jo Morton. What fun we all had.

Quiltmakers 100 Blocks Vol #8 Blog tour SQT winners

Our winners of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Blog Tour is:

Anne Cowan will win our big give-a-way.

Two other winners are:

AnnieBikes.......Your block is great! I love flowers! Thanks for the possibility to win the book.
Annie will win Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine Vol #8 directly from @Quiltmakermag

MoeWest..... Your block looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing the quilt design idea.
Maureen will win a Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine Vol #8 from Sisters' Quilting Trunk.


Please send your mailing address ASAP to info@sistersquiltingtrunk.com

Congrats to all the winners and thanking everyone for visiting all the Blogs in @Quiltmakersmag 100 Blocks Vol #8 Blog Tour. #100blocks

Winners will have until noon on 11/19/2013 to respond. New winners will then be choosen.

Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. #8 Blog Tour

 We are so excited and thankful to be included in Quiltmaker's 100 Block Vol. #8. We are block #706 page 24. You can even see us on the cover. Mary Andra is one of four sisters who own Sisters' Quilting Trunk. She does all the hand applique'. Mary Andra feels doing one block is the easiest part of designing a quilt.

 At times putting it into a quilt is not so easy. She did come up with a quilt design suggestion for this block. We hope you enjoy it.

Don't forget to go here to see all the designers who have a block in this issue and are participating in the blog hop. There are always wonderful blocks in every issue of Quiltmaker, so don't forget to check them out too. 

Please don't forget to show us what you did with your blocks. We would love to see them.

Quiltmaker is generously giving away one 100 Blocks Vol #8 magazine to every blog participating. We will also be giving one away and a surprise too.

All you have to do is post a message below to be included in both give-a-ways. We will have two lucky winners. Our drawing will take place on November 16th 2013. 

Wishing all who read this a wonderful day,

Mary Andra, Cheryl Ann, Candee and Andee

and the one who doesn't sew, Geri

When Duty Calls

Remembering to thank those who serve/served to keep us safe.

Our family members are:

Hank, Henry, Perry, Sara, My Eddy, Scott, and Charlie

In memory: 

Daddy, Pop, Billy, Uncle Sal, and Uncle Tony

We will never forget.

Foot Ball

Averie Anne is all ready for the ASU vs USC game

On The Radio Today

  Today's the day. Join Quilter Pat Slone and Mary Andra Holmes
   "On The Radio"
                                                      http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/radio/

OMGosh Guess who will be seeing Pat on the radio?

We will be talking to Pat on 5/13/2013

Hope to "see you on the radio too"

Click on the link below to hear all about us.

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/radio/

Guess who's coming to AZ

That's right. The American Quilting Society is coming to Phoenix February 5th 2014 to February 8th 2014. Contact Laurie Mahan for vendor information. I just did. Won't you join me. Plan on a great week.

What is AQS?  

The American Quilter's Society is a quilt book publisher and quilt magazine publisher and membership organization that strives to inspire, instruct and nurture the art and skill of quiltmaking.
AQS provides a forum for quilters of all skill levels to expand their horizons in quiltmaking, quilt design, self-expression and quilt collection. This is accomplished by publishing quilting books, quilting magazines, quilt shows, quilt contests, quilting workshops, and a membership organization.
AQS is the publisher of quilting books and two quilting magazines, American Quilter and The Quilt Life. This quilting membership organization conducts four quilt shows and contests each year in Lancaster, PA, Paducah, KY, Grand Rapids, MI, and Des Moines, IA. These quilt shows and quilt contests attract thousands of quilt enthusiasts from around the world who enter quilts in the contests and attend the shows.
During its 27-year history, AQS has set the standard of excellence in offering quilting products, quilting workshops, a Quilt Appraiser Certification Program, quilt shows and contests and other activities in the world of quilting.