80 YEARS IN THE MAKING!

2-19-1946 at 1:30 a.m the love of my life was born.

I didn’t meet him til 3-16-1994.

Then as fate would have it I ran into him 

At the same restaurant / bar 6 months later.

We dated 5 years cause

I WAS NEVER GETTING MARRIED! AGAIN!

We were married 12-4-1999

Let’s talk about his recent 8Oth birthday!

It began with cards.

And a special quilt I made him.

He had a career in electronics, learning that skill in the Navy.

Then he repaired tube TVs for 30 years.

Built cell phone tower boxes til he retired at 62.

His daughter Tami, stopped by to help us celebrate!

And brought his favorite donuts from his favorite bakery!

Look at the little boy look in his face…priceless!

Then dinner at a Cameron Mitchell restaurant!

Don’t let the name fool you…

Had to take a second mortgage out to pay for dinner!

This dessert had ther people around us

Standing up to see it…a Frozen Mud Pie!

We ate ha,f of it and the remainder lasted him 2 more nights 

Yes it was ine very haloy birthday.

I saw a quote that is so special and true for how I feel about this man!

“I wish I had met you sooner, so I could have loved you longer” 

❤️❤️❤️

 

SPRING INTO SPRING!

Ever get the urge to buy new throw pillows 

or perhaps a table runner? 

Yeah, me too!

Ever say to yourself....nahhh, I can make that!

I do have quite a stash and many

quilting books for inspiration.

This time I set my procrastination aside

and I'm sew happy I did!

LOL Charm Packs by Me & My Sister Designs

have been in my stash forever.

Think BIG is a wonderful book full of

great ideas and inspiration.

I landed on the pattern called Equalizer.

I had just enuf yardage in the white/gray speckle 

to use for background and pillow backings.

cut and sew

and watch it grow!

I used the leftover charms from the two packs

for the backing.

And before I knew it...SPRING Themed

pillows and table runner were finished.

I did some straight line quilting myself.

Take some closer peeks.

One of two pillows for chairs.

Zippers in the back side

covered with a flap!

The rainbow colors used in the small projects.

Worked well with my Rainbow "Color Dive" quilt

in the dining room.

HAPPY SPRING!

TIPSY SANTA

The weather outside is frightful.

One day it’s 70 degrees

The next it’s 30 and snowing!

I finished my Wonky Santa Quilt and timing was perfect!  

He’s my ‘Tipsy Santa’. The blocks are sewn wonky, 

the sleigh tracks (quilting) are swerving back and forth 

and the weather is slick!  He’s waving and winking

and might just fall down the chimney!  I love this Santa!

I hope you do too!

A s,it,Rt love the back! 

Those sleigh tracks are swerving!

And my Santa Babe! 

WONKY FRAMES TUTORIAL

Sew you wanna get wonky? 

Me too!

Determine the size of the finished block 

Before you begin.

ie. pillow? mug rug? baby quilt blocks?

I am making ONE block for this tutorial that I want

a finished size to be around 16 or 16 1/2"

CUT 1 

12 1/2” square

For the top and bottom frame

Cut ONE 6” x 15” rectangle 

Cut the rectangle at a diagonal as shown here 

LEAVING 1” at each corner 

Bottom right to upper left diagonal cut!

Center as show here and sew using 1/4” seam allowance.

TRIM both sides

Cut ONE 6 x 18” rectangle on diagonal 

Same as above in 15” rectangle 

 Center 18” piece in each side.

Sew with 1/4” seam allowance

Press entire block using BEST PRESS

Trim to a square

My square was trimmed to 16 1/4”

SANTA'S ALL WONKED OUT!

I certainly wanted to work on a Santa Wonky Log Cabin quilt 

for Christmas 2025…didn’t happen!

I want to include it in my

‘Let's Get Wonky’ Lecture - trunk show.

It begins with a pile of fun Christmas fabric strips.

And a Santa fabric I fussy cut for the centers of these

WONKY Log Cabin Blocks.

It’s the same technique of making a traditional Log Cabin 

but wonky means uneven sides, uneven strips.

The center block - at least 5 sides.

Building around it, clockwise, with strips.

Santa was the center of the log cabin block,

the black fabric was second piece, just keep adding strips.

 I sewed the same fabric strip for each 

of the 12 blocks before moving to the next one.

You can stay structured or use random fabric selection. 

Keep building around and around,

Trimming each piece to even out that 

side of the block after the strip is sewn and pressed.

I wanted big blocks sew I kept adding until I got to 

a size I could trim up using my 14” square ruler.

Make sure to keep the block itself WONKY when trimming 

I built my block to larger than 19” and squares them up.

When making winky..you will use more fabric than 

Actually needed and constantly trim down.

Sew there’s a bit of waste.

Placing blocks on the design wall is sew FUN.

Twist and turn til you eyes like the layout.

You can see here all the blocks are squared up,

But the block LOOKS wonky inside that square.

That’s what you want to achieve.

I only added a side and bottom border for a bit more size

and wonky surprise. 

The top was finished and I made a huge wonky log cabin for the back.

I had some light color GRUNGE in my stash

To finish the backing.

I have the batting and binding made.

Sew quilting happens when I feel like quilting.