My Little Brother

On January 7, 2011 I lost my baby brother.  We were 20 years apart and I felt like he was as much my child as my own.  Steven Carlton as I called him when he was in trouble was very handsome to me.  Loved his smile.  I miss him so much tonight and can't believe he's gone.  I will miss you little boy (that's what I would call him when I saw him).  What I wouldn't give for a hug now.  Love you. Steven Carlton Savant.  You will always be my "baby brother."

Hop To It

I signed up for the Hop To It block of the month by Edyta Sitar at Quilts Bayou in Lake Charles, LA in 2010. As you can see they were not finished, my aunt and I are determined they will be finished in 2011.  Just finished appliqueing the 3rd block about to start on the 4th.  No one will get this one, it will be mine until I'm dead and gone :)

How I Basted My Quilt

I knew my knees couldn't stand crawling around on the floor sandwiching this quilt together so I brought out my Quilters Floor Frame that I had forever ( when I thought I wanted to hand quilt).  I used my Quilt Tack gun and it all worked great. However, I know why I pay for someone to quilt my quilts :)

New trick

I saw this binding hint on a blog and tried it and it works great.  I also did the 1/4" steam a seam 2 binding trick that Diane Fournet from the Beaumont Quilters Guild taught us at Quilts Bayou in Lake Charles and it also worked great.  Will definitely be using these hints again!

Quilt for Patty

I had started this quilt at a late night sew in at Quilts Bayou in Lake Charles.  When my uncle wanted to send a quilt to one of our cousins in Arkansas who has had a cancer scare I thought about this one.  I dug it out and finished the borders and quilted it on my sewing machine.  I hope Patty enjoys it.

Karson (my grandbaby) at Nana's

Our grandbaby got to spend the day with us yesterday and of course Nana thoroughly enjoyed it.  This is my son and daughter spoiling him.  Love him!

My Quilt Show Stash

Had a wonderful time at Quilt Festival in Houston, TX and as usual I bought too much.  If you have never been you really should try and go you will definitely enjoy it.

Go Giveaway at Lavender Ridge

I want to win this so bad since I can't afford to buy one right now and lavenderridge.blogspot.com is giving one away. 

12 Days of Christmas Retreat Quilt

This is the quilt I made at our quilt retreat in Kountze, TX.  I used Eleanor Burn's pattern, "How Charming". I just need to get it quilted now, I'm really worried about those scallops since I've never done that before.  It went together really easy, I love using charm packs.

Quilt for Karson

When I saw this quilt in this Quilt Sampler magazine I called the shop that had it posted and they sent me a kit.  The design is from Artichoke Collection.  I think when it is quilted I will hang it over Karson's crib.

Karson James

Karson James was born on September 27, 2010! 

Quilt Retreat

Went on a quilt retreat to Kountze, TX at Stone Creek Lodge.  The retreat was put on by Quilts Bayou a quilt shop out of Lake Charles, LA.  The accomodations and the food they prepared was just great.  I enjoyed it so much, I love going to quilt retreats!  Here are some of the pictures I took.

All Finished

All finished I hate doing bindings.  I don't think I'll ever get good at it.  I did it all by machine, didn't have time to do it by hand.

For A Little Boy

I used the pattern, "Sailing Sailing" from Hollyhock Quilts by Glenna Hailey.  Loved how it turned out.  A lot of pinwheel's LOL. I think I will use Thangles next time.

Blocks of the Month 1930's

These are my BOM's from The Borne Quilter in Lafayette, LA.  I love the 1930's fabric and these are super easy to put together as everything is already cut for you.

Sentimental Journey BOM

I'm all caught up on my Sentimental Journey BOM's from blockcentral.com.  I don't think I will be following another BOM online next year.  This one is always late posting the block.  Besides that I want to catch up on my un-finished projects. LOL

I Got to See Bonnie

The Beaumont, Tx Quilt Guild had Bonnie Hunter from quiltville.com at their August meeting and I got to go.  To see her quilts in person was so exciting after reading her blog for so long.

Figs

Put up so many figs this summer, I should have plenty for the fig tarts that my family loves.

New Sentimental Journey Block

Another block done for my Sentimental Journey quilt blocks.  This is from blockcentral.com website. I need to get caught up on the other ones.

Blueberries

This is what I picked this morning.  Not very many this year they are just starting to ripen.