Stitchin' Sisters

April Showers bring May flowers?

Well, we haven't had any showers yet but we did have a few very large snowflakes last weekend! Let's hope spring is on its way. Today it is lovely and sunny so I'm not complaining!

At our last quilting day the last week of March, a number of us worked on the Necessary Clutch Wallet; this pattern is by Emmaline and their website is HERE !

This is what the website emmalinebags.com says:

The Necessary Clutch Wallet isn't just your ordinary wallet. Carry your cell phone/mobile, cheques, cash, cards, coins and still have room for your favorite lipstick or even personal items. With its closed ends, everything is safe and secure and there is never any worry about anything sliding out. Secure your clutch wallet with either a snap fastener or a professional looking twist lock available in my supplies section. (A 1-3/8" x 3/4" turn lock is recommended.)

This is the perfect wallet for me, and I am sure you will love it so much, you will be making them for every woman you know! It's such a fantastic gift idea. Download my FREE tutorial to make a wrist strap or shoulder strap for your wallet and never carry a purse again!

The finished size is approximately: Length: 8” (20 cm) across bottom, Height: 4” (10 cm), Depth: 1” (25 cm) wide at bottom.

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Here we are working on ours:

Here is Faye2 doing some tricky stitching - and with the sun in her eyes!

Myrtle is getting ready to top-stitch her wallet too!

A better look at Faye2's bright fabric.

BJ is busy top-stitching her vibrant wallet.

Carmen is showing her card slots ready to be added in pretty blues and yellows.

Jane's wallet is coming along nicely in a blue print.

This is mine that I sewed at our guild workshop.

Judy spent the day sewing tote bags for a Christmas sale at her grandson's school - very lovely colours!

Carmen brought in her beautiful hand appliqued (needle-turn) Easter quilt - absolutely beautiful! (just needs binding)

Look at the detail in the quilting! Carmen quilted her quilt herself!

At lunch we celebrated Jane's Birthday - I love birthdays, when they aren't my own!

At our meeting the beginning of March, we celebrated Judy's Birthday!

Carole continued to work on her Indian Puzzle quilt and ...

...it looks very nice put together.

This is Carole's Candle Mat for the next 'swap' with Quilters Gallery - it will be off to Switzerland!

Along with this mini pot-holder and other goodies.

BJ was busy with another baby quilt!

And still more!

Judy was making aprons for a sale.

And I was trying to put a T-shirt quilt for my son, Matt.

In the end, I like it; now to make another one for my son Rob.

Faye2 and her lovely blocks.

Jane cutting some charity fabric to make .....

...bow ties blocks.

Judy making Maple Leaf blocks for a Quilt of Valour quilt.

All in all, some very productive sewing!!

See you soon!

Bev

Lots of great quilts to show you today!

Our first meeting in February was a very productive day. Carmen brought in two quilts that she just needs to bind - both of these lovely quilts are being donated by Carmen to raffles for fund raising! Sign me up! Where do I buy tickets? They are both lovely!

The first quilt is this beautiful bargello - love the colours, love the quilt!

The second one is the quilt Carmen started at our last meeting- beautiful greys and gold. Great job Carmen as always!

Carole and I brought the goodies we received from our Mug Rug swap partners. This program is offered through Quilting Gallery website,
click HERE to go their website. It is so much fun to make a small project like a mug rug and exchange it and some goodies to a partner far away. Carole's mugs rugs below are from her partner is South Africa. Love the giraffe scarf!

And my mug rugs and goodies are from my new quilting friend, Berit, in Norway. I love the fabric strips she sent, very Scandinavian!

Here's Carmen working on a lovely Valentine-themed quilt - adore the old fashioned Valentine fabric!

Faye 2 is thinking hard and ...

....working on her star blocks; looks like the quilt can't be far behind!

BJ is working on another (baby?) quilt; I can see the chevron popping up!

The secret is half-square triangles!

Jane is ironing some fabric from our large quilt guild to work on Bow Ties blocks for charity quilts!

Judy is stitching up some maple leaf blocks for our guild's Quilts of Valour projects, very nice!

Here are some of Jane's Bow Tie blocks getting stitched.

Here is Carole's lovely quilt top, such movement! Love all the blues with the white!

Another quilt in the works from Carole; looks very 'spring-like' and drisp and clean. I wonder how it would look all 'scrappy'?

And this is the pattern - Indian Puzzle - I tried to google the pattern so I could include a link, but there are TONS of quilt blocks and quilt patterns called Indian Puzzle - so, you're on your own!

That's all for today - have fun sewing!!

Bev

Happy Family Day!

Today in Alberta and a few other provinces in Canada, we are celebrating Family Day, a day that was established to give parents a paid day off work to spend with their children. Alberta's first Family Day was celebrated in 1990 and Alberta was the only province in Canada to have a statutory holiday in February until Saskatchewan, next door, began observing it in 2007.

Alberta's premier in 1990, Don Getty, said it was important for all Albertans to take time for their families and that this holiday would emphasize the importance of family values. A nice idea but a vast number of Albertans still work on Family Day (although they are paid time and a half!) and you can make any day 'family day' by spending time together as a family.

Now on to some photos of my 'quilting family' - we don't need a special day to get together, any day we are together is a special day!

I missed our last get together in January but thankfully BJ took some great photos!

This is the start of a quilt Carmen is making for a raffle - love the colours!

And behind that beautiful block is Faye 2 - looks great Faye!

This is a blue and white quilt Carole is working on - can't wait to see it put together.

This intriguing photo is from Myrtle's workstation - I wonder what it's going to be!

Jane is working on the same quilt block as Carole - duelling quilts, very pretty!

This is Judy's little stitchery - love the message "Never enough fabric"! Adorable!

This is the completed Mystery Quilt that BJ made after Christmas at Earthly Goods - they always have a Mystery Quilt workshop and BJ has had great fun there and now she has another beautiful quilt!

I think those are Carole's legs and therefore that must be Carole's quilt - very nice!

That's all for now, stay warm!

Bev