As promised, here is #3 of the nine patch quilts:

Here's the "bones" for it:

And here's the fill in design:

Stay tuned for the final looks of these 3. I think I'm going to have fun stitching these out!

Here's a couple of Lisa's student works.

I think I'm on the right track with my designs.

Well, I promised more of those 9 patch quilts. Here's #2.

And here's the bones...

And here's some of the detail....

Of course, this isn't the final product, stay tuned for what it ends up looking like!

And here's the additional designs for it:

I'll have to post the other 2 in individual post. It seems I can't add them all at once.

What's kind of funny about all this is that Lisa Calle just did a teaching engagement in NJ & she posted some of her students works on Facebook.  Guess what the quilt top looked like? Yep, the same as mine!  Here's one of her student's works:

It looks like I took the class! But, I did mine a couple of weeks ago!  I'll post another one tomorrow,

Well, it's been awhile since I updated the blog, but due to bad weather keeping me out of the studio, there really wasn't a lot to post! Now that the weather has improved, I can get back to doing something!

While being out of the studio, I did some quilting related stuff. Like design the quilting on 3 mini quilts. They're @ 24" square & all made out of left overs from other quilts. Hurray for me! Here's one of them.

And here's the "bones" of the quilting.

Well, we're off & running with the new year. I've been pretty good at keeping up with what I had planned for the daily trip to the studio, except the weather has gotten in the way! The cold, coupled with the wind, has prevented me from being in the studio for any length of time due to the fact the wind has forced cold air up under the studio & my feet have gotten way too cold!  But, I've been getting things done!  I've been working on those leader/ender scrap quilts & have made a nice dent in 2 of the projects. I'll post some pictures when they get to the finished stage.
I have a sad note to add today. Yesterday we lost our beloved Duke. Poor little guy was almost 16 years old, blind & has been going down hill the last couple of months. He really took a nose dive night before last with a seizure. He came out of it scared & crying most of the night. Yesterday morning he went into another seizure & it just kept on. I hurriedly got dressed & got him to the Vet just as they opened up for the day. There was no alternative but to have him put to sleep. It was a pretty tough day yesterday. He's been my constant companion 24/7 for the last 7 or 8 years. What's funny is that he was my hubby's dog, but he chose to be with me in the truck the last years I was driving & retired when I did almost 2 years ago.  Now he's in doggy heaven with his sister, Candy, that we lost just over 3 years ago. I sure do miss him & her, but we still have the purr girls to keep us in fur!

Rest in peace buddy! Mommy & Daddy miss you!

Treadle machines

The other day when I dropped off those first quilts of the new year, my customer & I were discussing treadle sewing machines.  My BFF just acquired 2 of them & I was interested in one. Come to find out, she has 3 of them!  I took the serial numbers off of two of them & inquired to Singer about them. One came back as having been manufactured July 22, 1014 in Elizabeth, NJ. It's just about to have it's 100 birthday! And, better yet, it works beautifully!  My customer is in her mid 70's & is looking to get rid of some of her stuff that's taking up space...including these machines! I may be getting a treadle here soon. Don't really know where I'm going to put it, but I'm not going to let it sit & just be a piece of furniture, I want to use it!
Question...do any of you have treadle machines that you use??