Country Sunshine

Hello Everyone,

 

Between teaching, and doing trunk shows, I found a bit of time to get Country Sunshine together. 



 

No borders just yet.  I had the lion's share of this quilt together when I decided to move one of the blocks.  That boo-boo took hours to fix and change.

The fabrics are from Betsy Chutchian's line called Rachel Remembered for Moda.  I love this line.  In the picture below, I'm planning and visualizing how I'm going to quilt this one.

This is one of my favorite blocks.  I would like to work on this quilt more today.....but it's not on my to-do list.  I'm doing a trunk show tomorrow night at the Moonlight Quilters of Sonoma Country Guild.  I've had the honor of being a vendor at their quilt show for the last two years, and I thoroughly enjoy this group of women.  It is going to be a fun evening if any of you local to Sonoma County want to join us.

 

Oh the little boys of summer.  How we love to be out on a nice summer evening watching our grandson play ball.  His first pitch of the game, he hit a triple and drove in a run.  The boys played well but came up short in the end by one run. 

 

This team's summer season has come to and end.  A few of the boys were invited to join the 10-year-olds team, and play resumes for them next week.  Jess was invited to "move up" and play with the big boys. Just when we thought America's Pastime was over for us......we get to enjoy more summer evenings in the ball park. 

  

Play ball!

Lynn

Zinnie's Choice Class Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

It's been  a fun, and busy teaching week for me.  Wednesday, Zinnie's Choice class took place in the classroom of In Between Stitches.  Here are just some of the results from the class.

 

The girls learned how to make the four components that make up this block.

They were like sponges, soaking in the information and learning precision quilting.

Some beautiful quilts were being born during class.

 

Tomorrow, July 15th, I'll be at Ladybug's Quilt Shop in Manteca for their 12 Days of Christmas. You are welcome to join me anytime between 10am and 1pm for a mini trunk show and an abbreviated Patchwork Math presentation.  I'll be presenting a new component continuously throughout our time together.  Come on by and check out Ladybug's wonderful selection of fabrics, patterns, wool and projects.  Ladybug's is a "gem" of a quilt shop.  Just my style!

 

In addition, I will show you how to make this intricate, little block in Checkerberry's tummy.

 

The day I finished this pillow, it started to snow.  It snowed, and snowed.  I took it out for a photo shoot and you can see the flakes falling in the picture.  It even looks like he's throwing a snowball! 

 

Hope you all have a great weekend.

 

Soon,

Lynn

 

 



 

 



Sew'n Wild Oaks Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

Your twice monthly quilt show is brought to you by my Sew'n Wild Oaks girls who meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at In Between Stitches.

 

Their work is impeccable and creative.

 

Many, many UFO's are being worked on and finished during class.

 

 Here is Suzanne's Madrigal quilt.

Wendy's wedding quilt is coming together nicely.

This pillow is made from 136 prairie points!

Candle mat by Jeanne.

Pat made this beauty from flannel.  It is so much fun to decorate with seasonal quilts.

 

 Barbara B. is designing something new!

Oopsie!

 Ah....better.

Valery is finishing up her Bird Walk quilt.

Lynnette is adding a lot of blocks to her Grammy Squares quilt.

Lynnette Perkins was determined to get this UFO together during class.

Irene's Journey's End is coming together so beautifully.

 

Debby brought in a small version of Lil' Orphan Scrappy to show me.  She is donating this quilt to a worthy cause.

 

My girls constantly amaze me with their productivity. It is an absolute delight to spend the entire day with all of them.  What fun!

 

Soon,

Lynn