Owl Swap

Okay I wasn't going to participate in any swaps for awhile because the last swap of last year really left a bad taste. But Jill told me she was hosting an owl swap. Owls!! You know I couldn't resist. So I'm working on my swap projects now.

Super Bowl XLVI Champions

Congrats to the NY Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2nd Super Bowl win in 4 years.

Baby Quilt

Linda, a friend and co-worker is a grandma. She had so been looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild. Her grandson was born on January 17 and shares a birthday with my grandson Naseem who just turned five years old. I made a quick quilt for Linda to take to little Cole.

Bags Bags Bags

I made some more bags this month. First up is my Giants tote. They did so well in the playoffs that I made myself a bag in celebration. I even found some football buttons for it.



Next up are some bags that I made from faux leather and suede. For the first two bags I used Pink Sands Beach Designs Bermuda Bag pattern. For the last was their Kona Carryall pattern.

Old Projects

Howdy! Happy New Year to all! These projects should have been posted last year. These are two projects that have been going on way too long.

The first is a quilt I started for my oldest son quite a few years ago. You can't find MLB fabric so I bought a bunch of lounge pants and cut them up. I used my Accuquilt cutter and 6 1/2" die to cut the blocks and made snowballs with baseball fabric. It should have been finished last August in time for his birthday but he got it for Christmas instead. It is nice and toasty, I used fleece on the back (you can find MLB in fleece) and batting too.



Next up is block of the month project from the now closed Past Times Quilt Shop. I had the quilt top together and put it aside. When my mom was visiting early in December she saw it (and a few others) on a pile in my sewing room. She commented "you need to finish these quilts." So I made a point to get this one done to give to her for Christmas. She was happy! BTW my pals the Jersey Girl Quilters all did this project. Go take a look at how they all turned out by clicking here.

Quillows for Christmas

At the November 2011 sewing day with the Jerseygirl Quilters, I started working on quillows (a quilt that folds into a pillow). I had six to get done before Christmas. I am happy to say I succeeded.

My great nephew Damyan's Sesame Street quillow:

My great niece Madison's Sesame Street quillow:

My granddaughter Airyana's Dora quillow:

My grandson Teon's Cars quillow:

My grandson Naseem's Sponge Bob quillow:

My cousin Alex's Winnie the Pooh quillow:

I finished the first 5 pretty quickly using fabric from the stash. The 6th one I had to buy fabric for. I'm glad I was able to get them all done in time for Christmas.

Some Projects

Some recent projects I completed:

A reversible apron that I gave to my sister for Christmas.

A holiday table runner:

A few holiday towels I embroidered:

I made another Quiltsmart Mondo Bag and a Zippy Strippy that I made for a co-worker who is going to be a grandma.

Bermuda Bag, pattern by Pink Sand Beach Designs:

Secret Santa Swap

Shawnee's latest swap, the Secret Santa swap didn't turn out too good. For some reason there were too many flakers this go round. What nerve of someone to sign up for the swap, receive a package, and fail to send one out. I don't know how some individuals can sleep at night. Anyway I received this cute package from Lenore, an angel since whoever had me originally flaked:

My partner was Laura and I sent out this package to to her:

I also angeled and sent out this package to Lenore:

New Jersey Shop Hop 2012

Wow, the quilt shops have the dates for the NJ Shop Hop set and posted already. My quilting buddies and I are looking forward to it.

Here's a list of the 2012 participants:

• Aardvark & Company, Morris Plains
• Cozy Quilt Shoppe, Maywood
• Fabric Inspirations, Manalapan
• Kindred Quilts, Clinton
• Mouse Creek, Howell
• Needles & Pins, Swedesboro
• Olde City Quilts, Burlington
• Pennington Quilt Works, Pennington
• Quilting Possibilities, Forked River
• The Little Shoppe, Haddonfield
• The Village Quilter, Mount Holly

Einstein Jacket

For the past two months I had been working on the Einstein Jacket by knit designer Sally Melville. It's finally finished and I'm very happy with it. Even though the pattern was very simple and easy to follow, I enlisted the help of Myra, owner of LYS Woolbearers. A lot of straight knitting in garter stitch but surprisingly I didn't get bored with it. I used 11.5 skeins of Reynolds Lopi and size 9 needles.