Sew'n Wild Oaks Class is in Session

Hello Everyone,

 

The following phenomenal quilts and projects are proudly brought to you by my Sew'n Wild Oaks girls.  They have been busy!!  Remember, they are finishers.  Kathy has been diligently working on her Toyland Tree quilt, and it is going to be decorating her home for Christmas. 

 

Kathy personalized her little baby doll with smocking, embroidery, lace and other embellishments which make her look so real.

Her quilt is incredible.....a real heirloom!

Suzanne is working on UFO's and isn't this one cute and timely.

I started another Holiday Treats Tablerunner.  This is a pattern by Laura Nownes.  It is so much fun to make the little presents and machine applique the little plaid, polka dot, and checked bows in place.

Cindy is finishing up two Nostalgic Christmas pillows.  They are so cheerful.

The next grouping of pictures are all made from my Country Corners blocks using the Patchwork Math book.  Here are Kathy's blocks which she made from scraps from all different projects.

Barbara brought in her tabletopper that she designed to fit an 8-sided table using a variety of Christmas fabrics.

This is my Country Corners scrappy version.....more blocks will be added this week.

This is Paula's adorable block.

This is Susan's light and airy block.

Gail has half of her Winterset sewn together!  This is a labor of love.  Gail chose to bypass the applique and make the quilt larger by adding lots of extra blocks.  You'll be seeing more of this one as it grows and grows.

 

 Isabelle designed a quilt for the coach of her daughter's ice skating team.  Each block represents and aspect of the team from bake sales to, different skating formation, to ice skates, to a first place trophy.  The coach is going to be amazed!

Marti is making some patchwork for Mittens with Moxie.  It takes awhile to get to this point and Marti is doing a great job.

 

 

The following blocks are all from Harvest of Hope. Suzanne made some great looking pumpkins.

 

Kathy finished her barn and sunflower.  I could live in this bar!

Isabelle finished her acorn block.  So pretty.

Patty is working on her October Magic quilt. Once she gets the applique section completed, the rest is going to be easy!

Irene has a good start on her For The Love of Baskets.  The baskets finish as 4".

She has a gorgeous little pile going!

Aren't my girls the quilting machines!  They out did themselves this time.  The classroom at In Between Stitches was filled with beauty on the wall and at each work station.  Well done by all!

Soon,
Lynn

Sew'n Wild Oak Class is in Session

Hello Everyone,

 

Due to my crazy schedule this month, I had to re-arrange my class, and we met a week earlier than normal.  As always, the girls didn't disappoint, and we had a room full of quilted beauty.  Judy is adding to her Country Corners quilt block by block.

 

She's decided to add sashing which we collectively picked out on Tuesday. 

Barbara B. is going to make a Christmas quilt with her Country Corners blocks.

Barbara G. is making three blocks a month for her Country Corners quilt.

Isabelle is beginning Holiday Treat Table Runner by Laura Nownes.  You can find the pattern HERE at Laura's website.  Several of us will be making this in class next month.

Stephanie sent me a picture of her completed pillow!  Good job.  This is her first quilting project!  I think she's bitten by the quilting bug and we'll be seeing more projects from her.

Theresa brought in her completed pillow top from class last week.  We'll be seeing more from Theresa also.  She purchased additional fabric to make more pillows.  The Nostalgic Pillows are addictive.  I made so many blocks I finally turned them into a quilt!

Melody stopped by with her Harvest of Hope quilt almost finished!

Such wonderful details throughout the whole quilt.

Isn't he adorable!!

Would you believe this is her first applique project?

It is computer work all day for me.  Maybe, just maybe, I'll get a chance to be creative tomorrow if I get everything done on the computer today.  That's my incentive.....a whole day of non-stop sewing and creating beautiful things.  Think Autumn related things......maybe tomorrow.

There's a definite feeling of Autumn here in the mountains.  When Mazey and I took our walk yesterday, the falling leaves gave her plenty of things to chase.  She also loves pine cones.  I'm sure she thinks they are the best toys in the world.....spiky little balls falling from the sky.  It doesn't take much to amuse her.   As you go about your day, I hope you are amused by the simple things Mother Nature gives us in full abundance.  Life is good.

Soon,
Lynn

Holiday Treats Tablerunner

 

Hello Everyone.

 

I put Holiday Treats tablerunner on my HandiQuilter yesterday and got it quilted.  I was going to put this aside and save it as a birthday present for my daughter-in-law.  But I thought, NO!  I can finish this one before Christmas.  

 

Each present is quilted differently.  I started on the binding last night and I should be able to finish it up tonight or tomorrow during football.  Now wait a minute, I was going to wrap presents during football.  I may have to adjust my schedule around a bit.

I decided to quilt snow flurries down the center.  This design needs more practice and this runner was a good place to start.  Now every 'Wilder' in the family will have a tablerunner.

It's a windy, stormy day here in California.  Old Man Winter is making his presence known.  It seems more like Christmas to me when there is a storm raging outside and I'm nice and toasty inside.  Our twin granddaughters will be over later on this afternoon to make Elf Belly Button cookies.  I think we are going to put some lint in Mr. Joe's cookie!  Pictures tomorrow.

Soon,
Lynn

Holiday Treats Table Runner

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm sorry that I left you for a few days without posting, life has been busy!  I haven't stepped foot in my sewing room until yesterday, when I picked up all of my supplies to teach Holiday Treats Table Runner at In Between Stitches.

 



Nancy has a good start on her presents.  Aren't they fun!  She is going to make 12 packages, 6 for each side of the runner.  She has all of the rest of her fabrics paired together by boxes and bows and is ready to cut and sew.

 



Rose has her two plates ready just waiting for the little Gingerbread Men. She brought in a darling collection of Christmas fabrics that I'd not seen before.  So cute!  Her stripes line up perfectly.

Susan had so much fun making her presents.  She was fussy cutting her bows and had a great time.

Mary Jane is making a table runner for all occasions.  Great idea!  She is totally committed to utilizing fabric from her stash and I applaud that.  This pattern is a good one to pull your scraps together, find a unifying background, and you are good to go.

 

In my last post I mentioned using your bobbin hook when you set your machine to the blanket stitch setting.  This changes the tension just slightly and makes a nice stitch as you go around the little bows.  Not all sewing machines come with a bobbin hook.  Only two of us in the class had one.

Nancy took my Nostalgic Christmas pillow class and she brought in one finished pillow and one finished pillow top to share.  They were gorgeous!  This one is going to be an unwrapped gift at a holiday party.  I'll bet the people will be fighting over this one and it will get passed around several times.  Some lucky person will end up with it in the end.

 

The perfect flange!  I love it.

 



So today, my list in a long one.  It is so extensive that I'm enlisting the help of my 10-year-old twin granddaughters.  They get out of school early on Wednesday so they are going to help me decorate.  About three years ago, they started the tradition of helping me put my Christmas house scene up in my pie safe.  The pie safe normally looks like this.....full of cookbooks.  The girls will transform it into a Christmas village by the end of today.  They will arrange and re-arrange the whole little town while the Christmas music plays in the background.  They started asking me in August if they could work on the Christmas village......so they are more than ready to help me today. 

All of us enjoyed the Christmas music at the shop yesterday.  I heard the girls humming along and Susan threw in an occasional whistle! Put on the Christmas music and get into the spirit of the season as you go about your day.

Soon,
Lynn

Moving Forward

 

Hello Everyone,

 

First of all, I want to thank all of you for your input on the size of the Butterscotch Basket quilt.  You have spoken, and I have listened.....I am going to make a bed-sized quilt, not a square quilt.  I started making more baskets immediately!

 

Then I started making more pinwheels and setting triangles.

I had to switch gears and make some little presents.  My daughter-in-law tells me every Christmas that she is the ONLY Wilder without a Holiday Treats Table runner.

I'm teaching this class on Tuesday at In Between Stitches, so I started getting everything ready for class.  One present led to another and before I knew it, I had a table full of presents.

I keep going to my plaid "well".  I'm afraid that one of these days the well is going to run dry.

These little presents are so much fun to make.

I'm machine appliqueing the bows to the background using a buttonhole stitch.  I always thread my bobbin thread through the bobbin hook when I buttonhole stitch.  Some machine have it, some don't.  It changes the tension just enough to create a nicer stitch.  (If my machine wasn't packed, I'd show you a picture of it.)

The plaids, polka dots and stripes are so festive together.

It all works.  Pairing the fabrics up for this runner is so much fun that I just want to keep making more and more!

It's not too late to start your own Holiday Treats Tablerunner by Laura Nownes.  The shop also has the pattern available if you are interested in ordering one......maybe for next year?

There is going to be a break in our stormy California weather long enough for us to drive back to the Bay Area this morning without getting pelted with rain.  Decorating will begin in earnest the minute I get home.  It usually takes me three to four days to get the house decorated for Christmas and only half a day to put everything away.  Why is that?

Enjoy your weekend everyone.  I'm sure all of you will be in full Christmas mode, making, baking, decorating and quilting.    

Soon,
Lynn