Sewing a Book...

The other day I was in Quilts Etc. and I saw this cute Mother Goose fabric panel.
They had a sample there using the panel to make a book. My little grandaughter Sophie LOVES books but of course is at that stage where she also wants to rip out the pages...so I thought this would be a great little project to make for her.


I just cut out the pages from the panel and numbered which order they would be in...

Then I put a piece of Warm and Natural batting inbetween each page....stitched with right sides together...and turned. I stitched the opening closed at the same time that I top-stitched each page.

Then I layed them all out and did a zig-zag stitch down the center to make the binding.

This is the cover....

...and this is the back cover. It was a fun and very quick project....about an hour from start to finish.

The fabric is by Amy Barickman for Red Rooster Fabrics. You can check it out here.

Saturday night Sophie Belle came to our house for a nice long visit and lots of spoiling from Grandma and Grandpa along with Aunt Kassidy and Uncle Sterling.

She loved the book! She patted all of the cute little people on each page while saying "HI!" over and over again. Hi is Sophie's favorite word. She says Hi to whoever walks in the room and to all of her toys and to herself in the mirror.

Look Grandma...no ripped pages!

Sophie is going to be ONE in a few weeks. Can you believe it? She is walking and says several cute words. I just love to hear her talk and giggle. Grandpa is really good at making her laugh.

Her hair is getting long enough to put a barrette in it...after she fell asleep, we painted her fingernails and toenails pink.

It's so fun being a Grandma!

February Clothesline Club

I have belonged to the "Clothesline Club" for three years now...ever since it began. The club is held at Quilts Etc. in Sandy and is taught by my friend Sandra Mack.
I just love her! She is such a good teacher and she brings so much fun and enthusiasm to the club. The quilt above and the quilt below are hers.

The format of the Clothesline Club was created by Darlene Zimmerman for quilt shops to teach about 1930's fabrics and patterns.

Darlene designs the patterns and fabrics to go with them herself and then sets up the club to go for a year.

Each year she changes it up with new fabrics and patterns but still sticks with the 1930's theme.

The patterns are free each month for members of the club.

Sandra stays one month ahead of us by showing the completed project for next month so that we can sign up for a kit (or 2 or 3 for over achievers!)...and then Sandra cuts the kits for us and we pick them up at next months meeting.

There are lots of prizes to be won through drawings each meeting.

Your name is entered in if you finish the project during that month, bring show and tell or arrive on time.

We each have our name written on a wooden clothespin that sits on the lip of an old cleaning bucket and as we arrive, we place our clothespin into the clothespin bag for the ontime drawing.

Sandra keeps track of who goes into the drawing for other prizes throughout the meeting.

The above quilt was last months project and several members finished thier quilts. So if you see a repeat of this quilt pattern in the rest of my show and tell, you will know why!

We like to bring things that have been in our family for show and tell and talk about our Mothers, Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers. Sandra teaches us a different history each month about the 1930's. That era in American history is such an interesting one and we all enjoy learning more about it every month.

Look at this amazing yo-yo quilt. I've never seen one set this way but I love it!

Okay...enough "tell"...it's time for the "show" part.

After we have show and tell, we always have a very nice luncheon that is put on by members of the club. We form groups of 3-4 and sign up for a month at the first of the year.

We all try to bring our best tried and true family dishes and a recipe for everyone.

We have so many good recipes by now that we have decided to compile a cookbook that we will sell and donate the proceedings to Rae Ann's charitable organization that she heads up every year.
We sure laugh alot there (and sometimes cry when telling family stories) but we always have a good time. I look forward to it every month.

I hope you...

...aren't getting tired of show and tell because that's what I have for you again today....and will have again tomorrow. Although this is the last show and tell from my retreat, tomorrow will be Clothesline Club show and tell.
These two darling quilts are Melanie's. She is one of Amy's daughters. All of her daughers came to the retreat to help out and have fun. They are all so cute and talented just like Amy.

The quilt below is a vintage quilt that I just fell in love with. You can tell by how many pics I took! I don't know the sweet lady who brought it but she kindly let me take photos to share with you. I'm sure you will find the quilt as amazing as I did.

This quilt is another amazing one....can you believe it? I wish I knew everyone's names to share with you but as this was the first time I had gone on this retreat, out of 60 women...I only knew a handful before the retreat...... While I was there I met so many lovely and talented women.

I do know that the quilt below is Diana's. She is a hoot and a half. I've known her for several years because she used to work at Broadbent's Quilt Shop in Lehi.

And the cute lady below is my friend Rae Ann. I've told you about her before. You can check out her quilts on her cute blog here.

I don't know who's quilt this is either but I had to show you because I love it and I have a thing for pumpkin quilts.

This "Choose the Right" quilt was made by my friend Kim from Bitty Bits and Pieces. She designed and made it for her daughters baptism day. I think it's very special and so well done. You can see more of her quilt on her blog here.

Another one I don't know ....but I love Dresdon plate quilts as you know.

Look at this creative quilt that was made by a cute lady for her grandson who likes skateboarding. Isn't it great?

This is Amy helping to hold up this quilt. This one wasn't made by her although it is her design. You can check out her patterns here.

I thought this quilt was so fun. What a great way to use up scraps.

Another pumpkin quilt. So bright and cheery.

The rest of the quilts below were taught at the retreat by Amy and her daughters. One kit was cut for each student and they could choose which of the 2 quilts below they would like to make from the kit.

Isn't that a great idea? Amy had all kinds of clever ideas, demos, classes, trunk shows and giveaways throughout the entire retreat. She really knows how to take care of us. Thanks for the great time Amy!