On the Wall & A New Adventure!

Working on a new pattern for a new fabric line

from Maywood Studios.

The quilt is growing, and in my eyes,

becoming beautiful.

I hope to have the top together today (ha ha).

More about this one later.

I have a few items entered into the

Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival.

Of course none of them are finished.

I need to drop them off

at the fairgrounds on the 7th.

Here is a sneak peek at one of the quilts.

It is a small wall hanging.

Hoping to quilt this one today as well

(more ha ha).

Now on to the info about my new adventure...

First off this is my friend Suzanne

and her wonderful family.

Suzanne is an awesome Mom,

wonderful person,

has an awesome singing voice

and is all around full of love.

She is beautiful through and through.

Oh, by the way, she also has cancer.

She blogs about her family and her challenges.

She has quite a way with words

and with 7 children there is always

something funny going on.

If you would check out her blog,

you can find her at

 raisingsaints.blogspot.com.

She has asked me for help

making quilts for her kids from their clothes.

I usually don't take on T-shirt quilt projects,

but there is no way I could turn this down.

She has completed a quilt for Joey, the oldest.

My adventure is to get

quilts together for the other 6.

Next in line is Lindsey.

Lindsey wanted to make sure

her Mom did some stitching on her quilt,

so we got out a machine

and Suzanne stitched up some squares.

I brought home a pile of

Lindsey's clothes and had dreams

of piecing her quilt all night long.

I need to get a couple of other projects completed,

then on to Lindsey's quilt.

After that...

Sam,

Julia,

Tony,

Bella

and 

Natalie.

So much to do,

so.....

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

New Website!

Here are a few new patterns I need to share:

This is titled:

America the Beautiful

This one is called:

Arctic Foxes

You can find both of these patterns

on my new and improved Website.

Here is a link:

http://www.needleinahayesstack.biz/

I am now a .biz instead of a .com!

I had a problem with my .com

and decided to start all over again.

It has taken a while to learn new software,

but at this moment in time

I am rather happy

with what I have accomplished.

I also want to encourage you

to check out my page on Pattern Spot.

If you feel so inclined please follow me there.

A great big THANKS!!

I found out yesterday

that there is interest in a pattern

I have developed for publishing in a magazine,

but that is all I can share for now.

I will share much more when the time is right.

Have a creative day,

blog at you later,

Tiffany

Love

I am in love with this quilt called:  "LOVE"

It is a simple quilt,

but the fabrics are lovely and calming.

 I am making this one for a store sample for

Bolts in the Bathtub.

There are kits available.

This line is called "Love" and is by Clothworks.

What else have I been up to?

Well, I make an annual fund raiser quilt.

Each year it is made of batiks

and is filled with Stars.

Each star is different!

Here is the Star quilt for 2011...

Now I need to start playing

with this lovely line from Maywood Studio.

This line is called Flor D'Luna.

For anyone wondering,

the fish pond is not complete yet.

I know, bummer, huh?

As soon as I have a complete layout

I will take a picture and share.

Maybe this Friday,

we shall see.

I have had a great many big projects going on,

today I just seem to be able to do some peaceful piecing.

My favorite kind.

I wish peaceful piecing to you as well,

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

Linda's Fish Slice Quilt and other Fun Stuff

All the Fish parts have not arrived yet.

Therefore we cannot complete

the entire fish pond,

but I can show you fish parts

with the hope of a complete pond next week.

Here is Jacque and her slice of fish...

Next, Ilana and her piece of fish...

Linda will eventually enjoy the entire fish,

but for now, this is her serving...

Peggy is feeling fishy as well...

Here are some close ups of the fish parts...

Everybody did such a great job,

we can't wait to see the rest

and then get them together.

Until then,

I have more pictures of our show and share.

These are great quilts Leni brought to share.

Margaret is working on

what I think is a really cool project.

This is just one little part.

Here are some other blocks

(I think they were Margaret's,

and I think they might be pot holders?)

A few days have passed

and I seem to loose retention,

does this happen to anyone else, 

or am I solo on this?

These blocks are from Leni

(I forgot to get a picture early on

and made her get it out again)

These are very tiny and all hand pieced!!!

This is Margaret's beautiful daughter-in-law.

We were happy to have her join us on her visit,

and she even brought show and share. 

It was a really good meeting.

We shared some great ideas

and the fish parts

were really amazing in real life.

I have many projects in the works,

So that means I will have good stuff to share,

gotta go get busy, blog at you later,

Tiffany

B2B!!! Back to Blogging!!

I am just gonna jump right back in...

I have had life happen,

just like everyone else,

but no need to bore you.

Let's get to the good stuff.

I visited a store today I haven't been to before.

The Sew N Sew

Glendora, California

This is a very fun store!

 I love this quilt above the register,

I hear there is a class for this.

And look...

a room fill of Batiks (my favorite)!!

So I am going to start easy.

So that is it for tonight.

Tomorrow I do meet with my Nimble Thimble group,

and guess what?

Our next slice piece is due.

Here is the picture that we are transforming into a quilt...

I will try to get back and share the pictures

of the pieces with you tomorrow.

Goodnight,

Blog at you later,

Tiffany

Just a Little JAM

The Jam Meeting on Monday was about half size.

Dawna, Paula and myself sat a shared and chatted.

We missed the others, we'll catch up next time.

Now for the pictures...

 Dawna shared some cool embroidery work.  

You stitch this out then cut through the

stitches of the flowers for a different look.

 Here is a view of the larger piece.

This crazy work was also done with machine embroidery.

 Perfectly pieced blocks by Dawna.

Paula has new scissors to show.

They are Batt Snips,

cute, huh?

Her business name is

Batts in the Attic

 Well,

that was short and quick,

off to work,

blog at you later,

Tiffany

Busy, Busy!

I have been working my fingers

on the keyboard like crazy!

I did manage to finish the

quilt top for the

Paris pattern.

Here it is....

 The main fabric piece is from Timeless Treasures.

Pattern writing needs to follow here real soon!

Next,

some appliqué I have been working on

for a fellow JAM member,

Paula Reid.

I have 3 blocks done and the fourth is half done,

I was hoping to give them all to her later today,

not gonna happen, shucks!

Paula is an awesome machine quilter and teacher,

check out her website:

Batts in the Attic

and her blog

http://battsintheattic.blogspot.com

 Here is my latest pattern.

This is still a computer generated picture,

but it is pieced (done by Anne Marie).

Thank you, Anne Marie.

Now to quilt it get it in the store,

Bolts in the Bathtub

and up on my

WEBSITE,

ETSY SITE,

and

PATTERNSPOT!

Told ya I've been busy,

way more to do,

didn't want to abandon the blog again though,

sometimes I get a little flack

when I don't post for a while.

Well,

back at the whole process.

Blog at you later,

Tiffany