Hooray For Red White And Blue

Bryna has finished her latest quilt and yes, you guessed it, it's red, white and blue.

Bryna machine pieced this charming quilt but all quilting is by hand.  She always uses a thick batting to make it nice and puffy.  Bryna once again did a fabulous job so I'm happy to be able to show it to you.

 

 

A Helping Hand

Recently at one of our quilting meetings I noticed a wonderful thing happening.  Sara has been working on a project for a very long time.  She has been making hexagons for her Grandmother's Flower Garden using the English Paper Piecing process.  It takes a long time to do this and lots of patience.  I saw Susan joining in and helping Sara and it made me realize again how wonderful quilters are.  Quilters are always willing to help others.  We are special people.  I'm so happy to be one of them.

Shifra's Fish Potholders

Shifra’s potholders are very popular.  Here is how we have displayed them in our kitchen.  The only problem is we are afraid to get them soiled and could never bring ourselves to use them as potholders.  We very much enjoy having them decorate our kitchen.

Thank you, Shifra.

Budrutz Donation

The Quilting Corner would like to give a very big thank you to Budrutz for their donation.  We have received 2 meters of extra wide cotton batting from their store.  It will be used for our comfort quilts that are given to sick children and anyone in need. 

Budrutz has a wide selection of cotton fabrics and quilting tools.  So if you haven't already been there, please plan a visit soon.

Public Service Announcement

This has nothing to do with quilting but the Quilting Corner, as a public service announcement, encourages everyone not to tease animals.  Here is an example:

Shifra's New Project

Shifra has started something new.  She just doesn't know what it will be.  She brought in all the fabric to share and we all talked about the endless possibilities. We liked the different fabrics and made suggestions.  We will just have to wait and see.

Darling Mug Rugs

Here are two of Susan's latest Mug Rugs.  They are the latest colors and a great way to use up scraps for gifts.  Anyone would be happy to receive this charming gift.  My hubby likes to call them Cup Carpets.

Postage Stamp Comfort Quilt

Another comfort quilt is finished.  It has been machine quilted and the binding is on. This Postage Stamp quilt measures about 31x39 inches.  I hope it brings joy and comfort for some little baby soon.  Thanks to Stephanie in Waco, Texas for donating most of the fabric.

New Hand Project

I've started a new hand project that I can take with me to appointments and when I'm traveling.  I like the old fashion way of cutting with templates and even drawing the lines.  I find it very relaxing.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

And to all women that are daughters, sisters, aunts and girl friends, have a great day too.

Shopping At Budrutz

I bought these goodies at Budrutz recently.  It's always enjoyable to shop in this friendly store.  I usually find something to take home with me.

I found these 2 flannels that are perfect for charity quilts.

Shopping At Pissott

I recently went to Pissott and I found some lovely things.  I always come home with something. 

Vacation Is Over

Today was the first time the ladies were able to get together after many weeks. Not everyone is back from vacation but we still had many ladies for our shiur (Bible Study) and quilting. We enjoyed being together and catching up on all the news.  Renee S and Renee B, both had injures due to falls.  Rina's daugher Chaya Mushka also was injured in a fall. We want to wish all of them a speedy recovery.

Sara had some new books and magazines to share. Most of us are looking for new quilt projects so we enjoyed looking through them for new ideas and patterns. We hope to be back in full swing next week.

Shifra is getting requests for her fish pot holders from friends and family.  Here are two more that she has started.

 

Pissott Spring Quilt Show and Sale

Sara, Shifra and I went to Pissott this morning and once again had a great time looking at all the quilts.  These are just a few pictures that were taken.

 These are the goodies that I came home with.

Happy Passover (Pesach)

Pissott Spring Festival 2011

Mazel Tov, It's a Boy

We now know the recipient of the Crayon Quilt.  Last night at 10:11 PM (Israel time) a 7.7lbs boy was born to our daughter Rochel.  Mother and baby (and father and grandparents) are doing well.

Crayon Quilt

I finished a quilt for a new grandchild that's expected any day now.  I'm happy it was finished in time.  Now I just have to wait for baby to arrive.

Japanese Quilting

A big thank you to Ali in Beijing, China.  Ali put a post on her blog about Japanese quilting which I thought was very interesting.  So I wrote her and asked for some information  It's called Sashiko.  She was kind enough to send me a sample with instructions which recently arrived by FedEx.  The pattern is printed on the fabric and after quilting the pattern disappears with washing.  You can see more things about Japanese quilting on her blog called Alone In The Studio.

http://alichtenstein.typepad.com/alone_in_the_studio/

Color Catchers

I've been using Shout Color Catchers for washing reds and dark fabrics.  It works well but I can't find it here in Israel.  Sara found 2 similar products and I'm going to give them a try.  One is by Woolite called Color Protection and the other is Protect Color by Ideal.  If any of you have used these products and like them I'd like to hear from you.

On The Design Wall

We've started another charity quilt and are using most of the fabric donated by Stephanie in Texas.  This will be for a 7 year old girl so I may put a light pink in the center of each block.  It shows navy blue now which is the color of my design wall.