Happy Easter 2019

Hello Everyone,

 

May you all have a happy and blessed Easter.  We will be with family and eating entirely too much, as we have a lot of good cooks in the group.  We always have our annual softball game at the park.  The little grandsons are team captains.  I hope I'm not picked last!

This quilt is called Rabbits Prefer Chocolate by Bunny Hill.  I made it in 2006.  Time flies! 

Soon,
Lynn

Weekly Update

Hello Everyone,

 

She's a flimsy!  Country Courthouse now has a flange and borders and she's ready to be quilted.  I wanted to do something to separate the setting triangles from the borders, so a 1/2" flange was just the ticket.

 



The quilt is 81" x 81", so it's hard to get a good picture of the entire quilt.  The flange is very subtle and adds a nice little touch.  It's all about the details.

Each corner looks like this.  Adding the flange was the equivalent of doing the border twice......but so worth the effort.

 

Here's a heads up for quilters living in the Sacramento Valley.  I'm teaching both the big sister Country Courthouse, and little sister Cute as a Button in Colusa at Friends Around the Block on Friday, April 26th.  Click HERE to check out the shop and see the class schedule.  The shop has something for everyone.  The staff is so friendly and helpful too.

 

I'll be teaching Country Charmer on Saturday, April 27th, also at Friends Around the Block, a destination quilt shop. 



This is my most popular pattern.

 

This pattern was picked up by Robert Kaufman fabrics a couple of years ago.  They remade it in one of their Christmas lines, and it was in a Keepsake Quilting catalog.

 My friend Jean made her version and added a beautiful border.

You can see an extensive tutorial on this block by clicking HERE. 

 

The next couple days I have to update my teaching notes for each of the quilts. Then I will turn full attention to Easter preparations. I always make and decorate sugar cookies for Easter.....BUT....my bunny and carrot cookies cutters are at the city house.  Shopping in my small, mountain community is pretty sparse....not a bunny cookie cutter to be found.  I could drive an hour to civilization, but why do that? I have a squirrel cookie cutter, so this year is going to be the year of the Easter squirrel! 

 

We are all meeting up at my eldest son's house for Easter brunch.  My daughter-in-law called last night and said we are up to 18.  The family circle is growing to include a boyfriend and his family.  The more the merrier.  We also have 4 April birthdays to celebrate.  This is an expensive month for the Wilder family!

 

Speaking of birthdays, Mazey turned 5 earlier this month. She wasn't crazy about wearing her birthday necklace.  She puts up with our nonsense.

 

She got to spend time playing in puddles while we went for our afternoon walk at the school.  She is just like a little kid.

 

 

Soon,

Lynn

 

Tuleburg Quilt Guild Lecture

Hello Everyone,

 

Quilts piled high on the bed can mean only one thing.  

 

I'm headed out this morning for a lecture at the Tuleburg Quilt Guild in Stockton, CA.  This isn't all of the quilts either......it's going to be a long lecture!  I fold the quilts and then pack them in large bags.  Each bag is marked in the order to be unpacked.  There is quite a system to my packing. Heaven help me when I mess up my packing!  I have done that before.

I have to run now and eat breakfast then get ready to leave.  Two of my quilty friends are joining me on the ride....to keep me awake!

We will talk soon,

Lynn