Margaret Sullivan

This month we have Margaret Sullivan's quilts on display.

She does great scrappy quilts!
The sashing in these two quilts is not a stripe, it is pieced. Yes, pieced. Little tiny pieces of fabric sewn together to make the teeny tiny sashing between the blocks.
Lots of triangles in this one.
Margaret has lots of grandchildren that she made quilts for. Here's a Noah's Ark embroidered one.
Embroidered round animals on this one.
This one is very different! It has the outline of her Granddaughter, Susie on it. Cool!
Somehow I skipped a couple. I'll get those pictures tomorrow!

Quilts

Wendy and Jay Newberry showed us this beautiful, totally handmade quilt made by Jay's Great-Grandmother, Ida Rathburn Newberry. It's at least 75 years old, but more likely 100!

It's in perfect condition. What a treasure!
Betty Glidden is hand quilting this doll bed quilt. Her husband makes wooden doll beds and she makes quilts for them.
Debbie Zeida finished this ducky quilt for a lucky new baby. The duck applique in the center is fuzzy.
This is her label on the back of the quilt.

Misc.

It's starting to feel like SPRING!! Is everyone thinking of birds? I'm hoping to have a whole flock in the store by April 1!

In case you've been wanting to take Adele's Sewing Machine Know How Class, tomorrow's morning class filled so we changed the afternoon class to Machine Know How to fit everyone in and there's a few more spots open. It's tomorrow, March 10, from 2-5. Call to reserve your spot!

Eleanor Gates made this quilt top and her Mom, pictured, layered and bound it for her.
She also made a couple of pillowcases to match. What a nice Mom!
Denise saw this pattern in a magazine and made her own version. It's cool how graphic it looks.

Mad Hatter

I went to see Alice in Wonderland yesterday and loved it! Johnny Depp is a great Mad Hatter!!

It's hard to see in the pictures, but his costume is awesome! I particularly like the "sash" of little spools of different colors of thread across his chest. I do think that would come in handy for any quilter, especially for hand applique projects when you need a variety of colors.

Again, it's hard to see, but he is wearing a thimble on his right hand. You can't see it in this picture, but he is also wearing a pin cushion ring on his left hand, complete with pins. His hat also comes in handy for both hat pins and sewing pins.
With all his tools handy like that, he does get projects done in record time. Check it out, it's a fun movie!

Misc.

Debbie D'Angelo was on the Cape for the weekend with the Farmington Valley Quilters from Connecticut. She finished up this bag while she was here.

Sandy finished this queen size top and picked out a back for it. It's huge!
Here's a closer look.
Marian Newell used up some scraps for this scrappy little quilt.
Kathy and Lisa Paridise both made tablerunners using the Allegro pattern from Atkinson Designs.

Table Runners

Dorothy picked out these fabrics to make her tablerunner in Willie's class today. They match her glass dishes perfectly.

She's working on it here, it's coming along nicely!
Barbara choose brighter colors for her's.
Priscilla is trimming her's up.
Sandy went with shades of purple.
Dottie made one the same colors as Sandy.
Here it is!
This is a look at next month's project.
And a good time was had by all today!

For The Birds

Some of you might have to "click" the notice below to make it large enough to read easily.

I've been making birds lately.
I found this bird pattern here after visiting there in the fall. Of course I couldn't make just one.
So, we decided that making birds was so much fun that everyone should do it! Any kind of bird!

Big birds, little birds, sitting birds, standing birds, flying birds, etc.
Whatever kind of bird you want! For EACH bird you bring in by April 1 to display at the store, you will be given 1 ticket for a drawing for a $25 Tumbleweed Gift Certificate.
What fun!!! Lots of birds around will so make Spring come faster!!
All birds will be returned to their owners when the month is over. Start thinking BIRDS!!