eye luv quilts

Fingerless Mitts

2009-03-16T17:15:00.000-07:00

Simple pattern from Jodie at The Yarn Angel

Just using up some scraps that happen to match. Love it when that happens!

Guitar Heroes

2009-03-16T16:29:00.000-07:00

Notice my knitted socks! They're my lucky guitar socks now!

Glens Falls in a Thaw

2009-03-16T16:18:00.000-07:00

Walks are awesome on a warm rainy day....

after a long c-c-c-c-cold winter...

Abby, soakin up some Spirit...

Knock... Knock...

Of Dragons and Kings

2009-01-26T03:49:00.000-08:00

A hand painted dragon will become a nunchaku case for George's BD. I'm just going to add a little relief quilting and then make a long skinny draw string bag with it and line with wool felt.

The Dragon Slayer... a project for an upcoming swap... running a little behind as usual. Next up will be a Gees Bend mini swap.

... And King Carl, modeling the Fort Hudson Employee of the Year outfit.

Shower Away!

2009-01-23T03:58:00.000-08:00

The shower curtain is finally done... and mailed away. Can't wait to see it in her bathroom!

I used buttonholes this time instead of grommets. I wanted to try my hand (and new machine) at something new.

And, here's the ball of yard... it finally turned into a hat...

A little pillow for a quick birthday gift last weekend...

And now, time to get busy on 4 mini quilts for the 6-12" mini quilt swap!

Mr. Q in the Kitchen

2009-01-15T03:05:00.001-08:00

Not a hat...

2009-01-03T08:09:00.000-08:00

There's just no way that this can ever become anything that would fit a head... thinking (after 4 x's working and ripping out again) that there's some "dec sc's" missing. the pattern has a mistake... The ball of yarn has maybe one more life in it, so i'm cutting my losses and trying a different pattern from the book!

A break from crafting...

2009-01-03T05:37:00.000-08:00

Stopping to take a break from quilting and such to help Mr. Q build a workbench... about time we did a little organizing in that garage!

Making space...

Mr. Q's drill bites the dust...

Off to Lowe's for a new one...

apparently, green drills work better...

Some finished holiday gifts...

2008-12-30T08:17:00.000-08:00

The New Library

2008-12-14T11:18:00.000-08:00

A walk downtown Thursday night in the snow to see the new Crandall Library that just opened TODAY! This pretty house we passed had a tree on the front porch, neat!

Downtown Glens Falls

Almost there... just gotta stop to dream

There it is!! Crandal Library

We didn't get to stay inside very long and they closed the library early due to inclement weather, here part of the children's room.

Here's some cool art on the wall (artist: Melissa Mastrangelo)

Quilt finished

2008-11-28T08:44:00.000-08:00

Our youngest finally gets her quilt! Finished it a few days ago. Now it's just Mr. Q and I that don't have one, but a nice little collection of kaffe facett fabrics is growing in my stash! So... as soon as the holidays are over, look out...

It's in the BAG!

2008-11-11T17:21:00.001-08:00

Okay another one of these cute little patchwork bags. This time Grace made a horsey one for herself. yay Grace!

One side....

Then a little shake shake...

and a poke here and there...

Voila! It's a new bag!

Shakara's Pillow

2008-11-11T10:22:00.000-08:00

A pillow for a friend...

I've never tried the satin stitch machine applique, so this was an experiment.
The corners were a little hard to maneuver, but overall, not too bad.

the eye for color

2008-11-02T17:37:00.000-08:00

mr. q has a great eye for color. he's rearranging for me! here's the blocks layed out for gracie's quilt. it's actually just really BIG bowtie blocks. i wanted the blocks to be big enough to show some of the playful fabric. cute little snails and kittens.

got keys?

2008-11-02T17:33:00.001-08:00

lining up some more key chains for holiday gifts.
vroom vroom....................

a little project with mom

2008-10-27T16:27:00.001-07:00

okay, mom and i did some fancy assembly line work and had this little bag knocked off in about 2 hours... that included figuring out how to program the applique stitch on the new machine so that we could do a tiny little birthday cake on it (the bag was to hold some little birthday goodies for a friend of Lex's.

This awesome pattern is available from Pink Pengin!

2008-10-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

brick-laying finished

2008-10-27T16:18:00.000-07:00

Well, there's a few more details and more sky. There's an owl waiting to be created and put into that tree. But the bricks are fini! I like the effect!

Starbucks

2008-10-25T16:25:00.000-07:00

Just taking a breather in the middle of a shopping day...

Laying Bricks

2008-10-24T02:47:00.001-07:00

I'm plotting in my head a wall-hanging with a schoolhouse on it. These are the bricks!

My sister lives in a schoolhouse that she and her husband purchased a few years ago and are fixing up. They're doing an awesome job, btw. They were even featured in an episode of "If Walls Could Talk" on HGTV!

Love ya sis!

fun & quick key chains!

2008-10-21T19:02:00.000-07:00

a little adaptation from the pattern offered from creative little daisy, i'm whipping up a few key chains. think i'll try a few that are a little wider with the d-ring on them.

hubby springs for the new machine...

2008-10-21T18:56:00.001-07:00

well, almost new... new to me! and WAY cool.
Here's Grace and her friend working on some quilt blocks...
Speed control makes the whole thing a lot less scary!

sweet kitty blankie

2008-10-21T16:30:00.001-07:00

found this sweet kitty fabric in a friend's old stash. just HAD to make something with it!

concentric circles - complete!

2008-10-21T16:26:00.001-07:00

Binding complete...
I LOVE this one. :)

not so concentric circles

2008-10-18T04:26:00.000-07:00

just trying out a new technique i learned from a carol taylor lecture. rene has the book, so not even sure i'm doing it correctly, but i was pleased with the effect! the block is made from pre-purposed fabric (pants and a dress in its past life). the backing was a curtain. just the red square came from my quilting scraps.

Halloween topper

2008-10-17T16:50:00.000-07:00

cats again! i just can't get enough of them lately

Sparky's Big Adventure

2008-10-14T03:29:00.000-07:00

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

Carl the Cat

2008-10-13T03:41:00.000-07:00

an old sweater and some other scraps and voila! Carl is born! Pattern: Denyse Schmidt

50 th Day, 50th Year

2008-10-10T03:27:00.000-07:00

Grace's school had a 50 year celebration on the 50th day of class!

Great Grandma was a seamstress...

2008-10-10T01:56:00.000-07:00

Clara Sunricker 1890 - 1987

This was my Great Grandmother's sewing machine. We lived next door to her when I was a child and she was a seamstress by trade, so I remember people from the small town coming and going all the time for measurements and fittings. This is my MOST favorite machine to sew on. It runs so smoothly! However, other than my own diligent cleaning and oiling, it hasn't been professionally serviced in over 20 years! lol (It has to be taken cabinet and all) I'm gonna break down and bring the old girl to Gloversville in a week or two for a full spa treatment. She still runs beautifully and quiet, but the timing is a little off.

a little short on halloween fabric

2008-10-09T02:39:00.000-07:00

thought i had many more halloween fabrics to pick from, but some are in darker tones and some are bright oranges and such. this kitty fabric was one of my favs, so just pawed thru the stash until i came up with a couple complimenting fabrics. i like how the borders are coming out! (just not very halloweeny)

Apples and iPods

2008-10-05T08:27:00.001-07:00

on our way to hick's orchard for the family's annual apple gathering and donut stuffing event! just a little color popping out on the mountains. another week and perfection...

professional apple pickers

half-way there!

sumac

little ipod case i made for myself yesterday
velcro closure and a pouch in the back for ear buds - color is good when looking for said ipod (frequently misplaced item)

apple picking

2008-10-04T17:22:00.000-07:00

well... pretty tired right now, so i'll upload some pics tomorrow, but we did the apple picking today. have plenty for pies and applesauce. yumm! couple nice pics and the colors are starting to get pretty out there!
g'night!

over the river and through the woods...

2008-10-02T08:29:00.000-07:00

Just a quick trip to Cortland for Mom's retirement party. However, the colors were gorgeous on the ride over and my camera battery was dead! Here's just one snapshot, compliments of my phone.

Congratulations Judy!

2008-10-01T03:21:00.001-07:00

Okay, off to Cortland today to celebrate my mother-in-law's retirement from Cornell University! Yay!!

We're proud of you Mom!

(ooh! and I get to give her the cat quilt today!)

...over and out

Passionate Patchwork

2008-09-28T15:11:00.000-07:00

Rene's curtain FINALLY done! (and hanging in her new appartment)

This pattern is from Kaffe Fassett's Passionate Patchwork book.

Cheetah Girl Wanna-Be's

2008-09-28T15:04:00.000-07:00

Sunflower Seeds

2008-09-28T14:59:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I've ever harvested a sunflower head without the squirrels beating me to it! Must be because I've never planted a sunflower in that spot before. Next year they'll catch on!

Rene's Curtain

2008-09-26T18:11:00.000-07:00

Here was my curtain from Kaffe Fassett's book. Now Rene has actually finished hers (after she helped me with mine. Hers required TWICE the squares of mine! (And wait til you see Bobbi's with a mere 1700 squares!)

My garden has a piece of Rene's home now... Thanks Rene! Love ya!

Me, Grace, and Alexandra

2008-09-26T18:06:00.000-07:00

Alexandra's first balloon festival, of course!

Me and Lex Porch Painting

2008-09-26T17:51:00.000-07:00

All Finished. We still have the decking to do. I'm thinking dark green stain. Then John has to put the skirting on too. Thanks for your help Lex!

Adirondack Balloon Fest 2008

2008-09-22T17:22:00.001-07:00

The balloon I captured between the trees was one of the first balloons to fly at the festival. I took this as it flew over my daughter's elementary school. I was headed there to pick her up.
The cute lady pointing a camera at me is Shannon, our local quilt shop owner!

helloooooo !

2008-09-17T02:56:00.000-07:00

Okay, busy summer (are there any that aren't?)
Son living in my sewing room while home from college for the summer, and considering that my fav quilting time is 4 am, hand work was called for. However, I did try one morning to provide him with earplugs and a rice bag for his eyes, but it was highly unsuccessful. This is my summer handwork project (well, mostly by hand, until it came to the quilting!)

Quilt Name: Buffy's Polynesian Adventure

p.s. It's a gift for Mommy-in-law, so SHHHHHHHHH!

Cocoa Beach

2008-09-07T17:42:00.000-07:00

Here's my oldest kids, playing in the waves at Cocoa. Waves were a little more fun because there was a hurricane out in the Atlantic.

Recognition for Hubby

2008-08-14T17:42:00.000-07:00

That's my honey in the middle! Receiving an award from NY State Probation for his collaborative efforts with Social Services resulting in more successful outcomes with youth.

Grats Johnny! I'm so proud of you!

Shower Curtain

2008-03-08T11:06:00.001-08:00

Still trying to use up all that pink and brown. Luckily, our new bathroom is pink and brown. What a coincidence!

The Humble (and new) Abode!

2008-03-01T15:57:00.000-08:00

Well, not everything is done, probably never will be, but we're settled in. Click on the house to see it all!

Beautiful But Brutal

2008-02-26T18:10:00.000-08:00

And here we go again! Predicted to be about 12" by tomorrow. This picture I took this evening when it was just getting started. The kids will be sleeping with their PJ's inside out. Never heard of that one in my day. Just think of all the snow days I missed!

Alzheimer's Charity Quilt

2008-02-26T17:57:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again... here's the beginnings of the charity quilt for the Alzheimer's Association "Walk to Remember" annual fund raiser. These are just the blocks. Had to lay them out to get the design worked out. Totally from scraps. (It's so great to actually see the stash piles SHRINKING). Took this pic with my phone. I'll post a better one once the quilt is finished.

Fire Goddess

2008-02-05T03:04:00.000-08:00

A Yule Gift for a Magickal Friend

Christmas for Abby

2007-12-05T02:31:00.000-08:00

A fabric collage I made for Abby this year. She's my water-loving oldest daughter (20 years old) She has been swimming with the manatees in Florida and sea turtles are another of her favs. This wall hanging is 36" wide and was machine quilted. The face is really Abby, printed on fabric. The manatees I made with gray batik and then shaded them with fabric dye markers (after misting with some water so that the shading would blend well). She has a hot-fix crystal in her belly-button, but you can't really pick up on the sparkle from this picture. I bordered it in a red batik that matches the coral at the bottom. This was REALLY fun to do! Merry Christmas Dabbadoo! I love you! Thanks to the ladies at Gloversville Sewing Center for helping me pick out the background fabric... PERFECT underwater effect!

Snow Globe Centerpiece

2007-12-03T02:40:00.000-08:00

Hey, this one was fun... because I quilted it on Mom's Husqvarna Designer SE! Wow! What a treat! Stopping and starting without all the fuss made quilting this piece a pleasure.

Just Mauvy

2007-12-02T03:26:00.000-08:00

Christmas quilt for Brittney, my son's girlfriend. She loves fairies, but I had promised hubby that the next quilt I made would use fabric from my stash! (So I added a little fairy to the label instead). This is a smaller than typical snowball block from my autographed copy of Kaffe Fassett's book, Quilts in the Sun.

Stargazer

2007-12-02T03:10:00.000-08:00

Christmas gift for a friend who would never be caught dead without a place mat beneath her plate! Stargazer Crystal Pattern (available online for personal use). Machine quilted in the ditch with invisible thread.

The Healing Hand

2007-12-02T02:47:00.000-08:00

Gift for a friend who does Reiki. Having fun getting creative with this really easy octagon pattern! Machine pieced and quilted, of course. I'm much too impatient for anything else.

Harder Than It Looks!

2007-11-30T03:15:00.000-08:00

These cute table mats are a great way to use up some holiday fabrics. However, these corners were a pain! lol

I made another one with 30's Fabrics too. I guess I didn't get a pic of that one.

"Almost Autumn"

2007-11-05T02:10:00.000-08:00

"Almost Autumn" with the blocks from Mom My Birthday Blocks - pieced together for the Almost Autumn wall hanging. Added the fabric origami at the corners.
Here's the

Josh is Turning Twenty!

2007-09-06T02:54:00.000-07:00

Okay Josh... here it is (but hope you're not peeking too soon!)
OOOXXX from Mom A.

Fabric Origami

2007-09-06T02:42:00.000-07:00

I checked the book out from the library, "Flower Origami" by Sudo Kumiko
Here's a start with the simplest form. More to come!! (it was fun)

Gracie's New Project

2007-09-06T02:32:00.000-07:00

Another stack of Moda Charms made a great starter project for Grace! And voila! A colorful curtain to cover her closet. Go Gracie!!

Table Topper

2007-09-05T16:56:00.000-07:00

A small table topper with some Moda Holiday charms I picked up at the Wings Falls Quilt Show last spring.

Sepia

2007-08-24T05:30:00.001-07:00

Wall-hanging for a friend (36" sq). Made the collages on PSP and converted to Sepia. Raided my stash for some coordinating fabrics. Made the star blocks myself... Geesh! very challenging for a mathematical moron. (finally had to get some help from my friends at Adirondack Quilts.

The Road to a Friend's House is Never Long

2007-08-24T05:15:00.000-07:00

Here's Tina's very first quilt! She quilted some... I finished it off today. She just needs to bind it now! WOOHOO!
Good Job TINA!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!

2007-08-05T11:07:00.001-07:00

Birthday gift for me from Mom and Dad. (Mom's creation of course! lol ) All ready for a new quilt! Here they are and here's my gift...

Friendly Cacophony

2007-06-29T08:56:00.001-07:00

Here's the finished product of a WONDERFUL block exchange from "The Quilting Stash" Yahoo Group using Hoffman 2007 challenge fabric. It certainly brightens my office! Pieced together with the quilt-as-you-go technique I just learned in a class by Linda Denner. Lots of fun and the machine quilting is much easier a block at a time. The colors came together wonderfully.

Father's Day!

2007-06-19T14:49:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to Orion. Small wall hanging for my husband. Love how the Cherrywood fabric looks like suede!

The 3rd Memorial Quilt

2007-06-19T13:57:00.001-07:00

Here's the last of the three memorial quilts for my friend, Lee Ann. This one, for her daughter, Ashley, is made with 2 inch squares of fabric hand appliqued onto a muslin background. Some of the squares are actually small pictures printed onto fabric. There are also 2 larger pictures as focal points. I machine quilted between the squares with free motion quilting on the border.

"A Moment of Clarity"

2007-05-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

Anyone who has traveled down the difficult path of Alzheimer's Disease with a loved one, knows that waiting for those all too infrequent "moments of clarity" is what keeps you motivated to face each day.

I named this quilt"A Moment of Clarity" and it is dedicated to those who search every day for these moments. The quilt was raffled off on May 12, 2007 and earned more than $400 to benefit the local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

Pattern adapted from "Aria" by Valori Wells
Techniques used: paper piecing, machine piecing and machine quilting.

Here's me and the winner(s) of the quilt!

Steve the Gay Cat

2007-05-09T04:56:00.000-07:00

This is from Denyse Schmidt's Quilts book. Birthday present for Abby's 20th. He's made from an old cordoroy dress of mine, an overly shrunk wool sweater of Abby's and a flower from a dress of Grace's. Oh, and the flower button is from an old shirt of Graces'.

The Puppeteer

2007-05-05T19:41:00.000-07:00

Stop the presses! (or the pressing?) No quilts this week. Our 6 year old was tasked with creating a puppet show to demonstrate a book she had just read. Loved the online puppet pattern from www.puppetpatterns.com It was SO EASY and easy to adapt for the dog. We made these in 2 evenings.

Where's the Cabin?

2007-05-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here's my first attempt at paper piecing. I believe I had to throw away on paper for each block I did successfully! #1 and #2 pieces are the most difficult to get going. Anyway, most of this was made from a baggie of scraps I purchased at my LQS. Hadn't ever worked with 30's fabrics, so figured this was a good way to give it a try. The name, "Where's the Cabin?" comes from my friend, Tina. That was her response when I showed her my first block told her it was called a log cabin. :-)

Picture This!

2007-05-05T19:01:00.000-07:00

This is a wonderful and fun design from a friend (and quilting inspiration) of mine, Elayne Leonelli. It's fun to do with novelty prints and if your machine will embroider lettering, this can be added as well. I've added some lettering on mine with a fabric pen, but Elayne's look really nice with the embroidery. It will hold a standard 4x6 photo which can easily be swapped out. Small plastic rings on the end and the side accomodates both picture orientations and can then be hung on the wall. They make GREAT little gifts. Here's one I made for my cousin's wedding anniversary (GO MARK AND SUE!), and two others I made for nieces.

Sacred Wheel

2007-05-05T17:48:00.000-07:00

Wall hanging for the UU Church of Glens Falls annual service Auction on April 21, 2007. The wall hanging sold to the church members for $125 after it was unanimously decided to purchase it for display in the "Peace Room" at the Church. The symbol design is the work of Eleanor Wiley.

Finished size 32" square. Techniques used: raw edge applique with fabric paint, foundation piecing, machine piecing and machine quilting.

ABC's

2007-05-04T19:58:00.000-07:00

Some great Moda alphabet fabric! I couldn't pass it up, so made a wall hanging and matching pillow. This was fun!

Something for baby doll "Ella"

2007-03-31T09:59:00.000-07:00

My 6 year-old daughter, Grace has a special baby doll named Ella. Grace machine pieced this block. I machine quilted it and added some miniature matching pillow cases. Ella will look beautiful on this!

Block Exchange

2007-03-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

The Quilting Stash Podcast Yahoo Group is doing a block exchange on May 1st using the Hoffman 2007 Challenge Fabric. These are the two different blocks I'm doing for the exchange. I chose coordinating batiks from Free Spirit.

Thank You Eileen and Kathy!

2007-03-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

I really cannot post a single thing on this blog without mentioning the generous gift from two lovely people. Eileen and Kathy. Thank you SO MUCH for making all of this possible. :-)

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.": --Hada Bejar

Passage Quilt (1 of 3)

2007-03-24T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is a passage quilt that I made for a friend who's husband passed away just after the new year, 2007. I completed it in March 2007. It is machine pieced, and machine quilted and most of the fabrics are reclaimed from her husband's clothing and supplemented with some lights from my own stash. The images were printed from my HP inkjet onto "Printed Treasures" fabric. The block is called the "Anvil" block.

"Jeff, you are greatly loved, and greatly missed..."

Passage Quilt (2 of 3)

2007-03-24T08:55:00.000-07:00

Here's passage quilt #2. Made for the 12 year old son of my friend when his father passed away this year. My challenge here was to make it look a little less feminine. Most of the fabrics are from Jeff's clothing. I used the denim from his jeans and frayed it for the binding. I used the pocket from the jeans for the quilt label on the back.

My First Quilt

2007-03-11T03:43:00.000-07:00

It's called Happy Scrappy Houses and boy was it scrappy! I look at this quilt and see scraps from old craft projects (mop angels) from the mid 90's, clothing from my family, an old halloween costume, fabric I've used for a bulletin board display at work, scraps gifted from friends, and a couple new fat quarters that caught my eye when I'd only dreamed of learning to quilt. LOL!

One Quilting for Dummies book later and voila! A little surfing on the net, and I fell in love with a project that seemed fitting for my collection of scraps and which I thought suited my abilities: http://quiltville.com/happyscrappyhouses.shtml

Then... i had to quilt it! oh my! I started hand quilting it with an echo pattern around the houses. That lasted for 2 houses and I picked it all out and said "No WAY!" I was too anxious to move on to another project now that I'd discovered my passion! So, being too inexperienced to know that I shouldn't be able to machine quilt my own projects, I dove in! (after a $25 purchase of a darning foot and a walking foot for my heavy-duty Kenmore) The results are more than passable (with confirmation from the owner of my LQS!) As a life-time doodler, I found the process of free motion to be extrememly FUN! No more hand quilting for this gal! (however, hand stitching the binding onto the back was something I found very soothing).

I added a hanging sleeve for display and another at the bottom. Inserting a very light-weight dowel in the bottom smoothed it out nicely against the wall.

Finished project: 62" x 62", machine pieced, machine quilted.