Triangles, Triangles everywhere...

Fedelia's Hearts RS7

Sally's Steeple LS7 and Norway's Fjord TR7

Love Forever RS8 and Brigadoon TR8

Ugly Bunnies???

My lovely daughter calls this table runner "Ugly". I have to agree that it is probably not my most favorite that I have made to date, but ugly might be a little too strong. "Garish" might be a better word, not "ugly".

Colored Pencils in a Roll

Fun way to organize my colored pencils. I couldn't believe that I had some of each color in my stash.

Sadie Rose

I decided to use English paper piecing to complete this block. Instead of cutting out 31 pieces, I only needed to cut 11 pieces (10 octagons and 1 corner). It still took quite a while to put together but it was so simple.

Sarah Jane

This is the Bottom Right Corner--Sarah Jane. It is the signature block. I will stitch "In Bishopric Time, 2009" in my corner if I finish it this year. My goal is to finish it before summer and spend the summer quilting it by hand. They say 'a goal not written down is only a wish' so maybe this is my way of making finishing a goal and not just a wish.

The petals are appliqued and the star is reverse applique.

Two Corners and a Triangle

I finally finished some of the outside border for my Baby Jane. I first had to make sure in my mind that I would be able to make them the right size and that I had enough of each of my fabric to complete my desired scheme. I am not as obsessive compulsive as I used to be but I did have to have everything mapped out.

BLC Goshen

TRC Longwood

BR7 Cheryl's Clown

My little babies...

I have also been puzzling over the sashing between my center blocks. I have googled how big it should be and decided that I should cut them one inch by five inches with corner squares one inch square.

Double Irish Chain

My table runner for St. Patrick's Day. I may yet get it done. I need to work on getting my corners to match but all in all I think it turned out pretty cool.

I have always felt a close relationship with the Irish. My mother was a McKenna, her grandfather having come from Drogheda, Ireland.

Hugs and Kisses

Surfing the web one weekend I came across a wonderful quilt site, http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/. It is wonderful because it has tons of free patterns for some of the cutest quilts. I just finished quilting this one and now it just needs to be bound. It is called, "Hugs and Kisses". I just love the curly cue hugs and the X kisses. I haven't figured out yet what I am going to do with it, but it was fun to make.

Cathedral Window

My first attempt at a Cathedral Window block. The fabric is from Wal-Mart, one of their more expensive pieces. I say that tongue in cheek as none of their fabric is very costly but this one had a real good feel to it. I had thought to make a skirt from the piece but when I bought the book "Cathedral Window Quilts" by Lynne Edwards I thought that it was perfect for my sample pincushion block. Intense to make but the instructions are easy to follow. An entire quilt from this pattern would be fabulous. Maybe when Baby Jane is completed.

~Christine

Many Thanks to a Student Teacher

We had an accident earlier this school year which involved one of our English teachers. She and her friend were struck by a car while in a crosswalk. The kids at school were in need of a teacher for a very long time to come. We hunted for a sub, thought we had one only to be looking again. After several attempts I finally told the principal that it might be easier to get a sub in the library than in the English classroom and that I would do it. Well after wondering what was I thinking and being in the classroom for two days another teacher suggested a former student who was doing her student teaching. We investigated and the other school gave up their student teacher and BYUI allowed her to be transferred to us. I spent the next couple of weeks making sure all was great and she took off. I was able to go back to my library.

It was hoped that our injured teacher would be back with us by late January. But she was going to take a lot more time than that to come back to us healthy and strong. So our first student teacher, Heidi, could only stay until the end of January because she was due to have her first child...a little girl. So we applied for another student teacher to start the beginning of January. Heidi got Kari going in the classroom and we have been blessed with two of the best young women in the world.

Thank you Heidi...

The quilt is a pattern from Cotton Way called "Sugar N' Spice and Everything Nice"




~Christine