Archive for the ‘Show and Tell’ Category

Customer Quilt Show-Meet Mame

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Mame is so much fun and always has a smile. She recently stitched these great pillows using Moda’s Freebird collection. She also shared a great quilt top that she finished using Moda’s Nature’s Notebook.  Whenever Mame comes in, the shop gets a little bit brighter…thanks for sharing Mame!

Virtual Christmas in July – giveaway!

Monday, July 19th, 2010

For those of you that missed our Christmas in July event, we are bringing it to you! And, 3 lucky winners will get a surprise from Santa just for leaving us a comment and telling us which collection is your favorite. See them all here.  We also have Chanukah fabric!

The Wish staff loves to make projects to get your creative juices flowing. Here are some of their efforts…First up is Nancy’s Fruitcake Twister! She used the new Twister tool and a pattern from the Let’s Twist book. She used a couple of the blocks to make a cute matching pillow! J

Janice used the X-block to create this fun Lone Pine quilt using 12 days of Christmas. Cute, cute, cute!

The Lone Pine pattern includes instructions for a companion table runner for  a great holiday look! (more…)

Customer Quilt Show – Jean and Laura

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

First time visitors – Jean and Laura- came to see us a couple of weeks ago. Jean’s son, Steve, is one of my good friends and Jean is a quilter! Laura, Jean’s granddaughter is the lucky recipient of several of Jean’s quilts. Great to meet you Laura and Jean…thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt!

Customer Quilt Show – Kim’s Birdie Sling

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Need a great bag? Kim recently made this fun Birdie Sling using the pattern by Amy Butler. I’ve got 2 of these and the are the best bags! Great job Kim!

Kaitlin’s First Quilt!

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Kaitlin chose these beautiful Kaffe Fassett fabrics to make her first quilt. I think she did a fabulous job in choosing colors, don’t you? Great job Kaitlin, thanks for sharing!

Customer Quilt Show – Helena’s Cubes

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Helena shared this fabulous quilt the other day. This is for her husband and her choices of color are amazing! She has inspired me to make this quilt for my bed…someday! Isn’t it gorgeous?

Janice’s Flower Garden

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Our own camera shy Janice McSweeney created this beautiful quilt. She used Angela’s Flower Garden pattern by my friend Frank of FranksThreeWiseGuys fame. It was quilted by Three Bears Quilting and is stunning. It will be hanging in the store again soon, so come by and see it! Janice is camera shy but I have to tell you that she is the glue that holds our online operations together, so peek in the office and say hi to Janice next time you come for a visit.

Customer Quilt Show- meet Justin

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Justin loves sports as much as he loves quilts! I loved watching him pick out all of the fabric for this sport quilt. He knew exactly what he wanted and he created a beautiful quilt. Adorable! Way to go Justin!

Nutty Nana’s Flip Flops

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

You may remember Nutty Nana from this post. Now she is going crazy teaching young sewers to make flip flops! This is a great project for a beginning sewer…fast, fun and great results! The pattern is Bali Flip Flops by Auntie’s Two.

Customer Quilt Show – Annette

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Annette used the Looking for Breakfast quilt pattern using fabrics from The Very Hungry Caterpillar collection. She added a personalized label which will make this an extra special gift for her little one. Thanks Annette!