Stack's Pancake Quilt

Mother treated us to brunch this morning at Stack's Pancakes.

Our waiter was a jolly fellow who kept us laughing. He wanted a picture of our group so we decided to make the picture into a small quilt.

Polly cut and sewed squares for a border.

Barbara helped her.

Jolene took care of getting the picture printed.

 June prepared the backing.

Emily cut out the binding.

 Polly sewed the picture into a sheet protector.

Barbara added the borders.

June cut out the backing.

Coleen glue basted and  prepared the piece for quilting.

 I machine quilted it.

Coleen squared it up.

Emily sewed on the binding.

Sheila hand stitched the binding to the back.

Mother signed her name on the back.

Javonne and the rest of us signed it.

The finished piece.

The happy waiter.

Heatwole Sewing Retreat

We have met together again for a week of sewing.

Claie Bleu and Coleen are picking out velvet for Mother to make some squares.

Katina is making a comforter from flannel and denim for her boy's bed.

Polly is working on blocks for a "Simply Woven" quilt.

Sheila and Jolene are making fancy stitches on velvet blocks that they have pieced.

Jillian is machine quilting her "Disappearing Nine Patch" for her daughter.

Rebecca is sewing on her Lone Star / Hunter's Star quilt.

Emily is quilting her "Zipper" quilt.

The week is finally here to be together with my family sewing, telling stories, laughing, staying up late, etc., etc., etc.

Mother has started sewing with the velvet fabric again making doll quilts and pillows.

A New Project–Pink Rainbow Scrap Challenge

I decided to participate in this years Rainbow Scrap Challenge. The color for January is pink.

So, I started a new project, an easy project. I’m making panels of color. Here are 2 of the 4 panels I plan to make. Do you recognize any of that old 1970s fabric?

Later I plan to cut the panels diagonally and team up with dark fabric and …. Just wait and see!

Since this is a new project for me I’m also linking up to

Belts

I used to wear belts with my dresses.

Now I'm going to throw them all away and free up some space in the top drawer!