Holidays and classes

Well I am back from holidays and getting back into the swing of things.
We had a great time in Hawaii, we did some sight seeing

the first time we saw Whales ...
awesome!!!

and even took in a class ....... Hawaiian quilting :0)

my orchid block

I found out that you just take your time and enjoy the stitching while you work away on your block. We took our class at the  MAUI QUILT SHOP.  Here is a picture of my friend and I with our teacher in the middle

Thanks Elyn for a great class

Now that we are home again I have been working on my project for the blog hop ( coming soon ) as well as the classes I will be teaching in the next little while. 

one sample using t shirts in a quilt

I had a little fun making a Valentine post cards for a swap the Sheila put together .... here is just a peek.

Well that's all for now I have a little more prep to do for my class this week 

sew I bid you adieu

in stitches

Annette

We Support You Blog Hop Begins

We Support You Blog Hop 

Coming soon!

These lovely bloggers and I are getting ready to show our support 

for our stitching sisters around the world who are touched by cancer.

Thanks to everyone who is working with me to make this beautiful blog hop happen!

We Support You Blog Hop Full Schedule


Jan 29^th 

Life in The Scrapatch

Living With Purpose

What About Rheema?

Kwilt Krazy

Jan 30^th 

Just Let Me Quilt

Stitch and Quilt

how arT you

Living My Dream

Feb 2^nd 

Quiltscapes

Made By Me In Red

Ga's House

Sew Incredible Crazy

Feb 3^rd 

My Quilting Journey

Creativity Amongst Chaos

Peanut's Patchwork

KaHolly

Feb  4^th 

Kris Loves Fabric

Words & Stitches

Jane's Quilting

Tea Time Creations

Feb 5^th  

Selina Quilts

Dutchess Crazy & Sane Quilting World

Moose Stash Quilting

Lovelli Quilts

Feb 6^th  

I Piece 2 - Mary

Baa's Amazing Adventure

Quilted Delights

The Blended Blog

Feb 9^th 

Stitchin By The Lake

 Tea Leaf Quilts

Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc

Seams To Be Sew

Stitchen' My Life Away

Feb 10^th  

 ^{Creatin' In the Sticks}

^{The Quilting Queen Online}

^{Everyone Deserves A Quilt}

^{The Quilted Cat}

Hill Valley Quilter

Feb 11^th  

Buzzing and Bumbling

In Stitches and Seams

All thingz sewn

The Slow Quilter

Crayon Box Quilt Studio

Sew We Quilt

Well that is the full schedule for the hop. I am still working on my project and I am looking forward to seeing what the other ladies have come up with. So let's show our support and follow along in the hop.

In stitches

Annette

next sample ready to quilt

..... I have been busy in my sewing space this week . I now have the small t shirt quilt ready to baste and quilt. I just wanted to be able to give a idea of at least one way to make a t shirt quilt and I do plan on making a larger one to work on in class a bit using some other ideas I found on line.
For this sample I used just the sleeves off the t shirts  and added some boy scout badges to liven it up a bit. I think these were my brothers from years ago and  I only guessed at what the number of the pack ... I had a 1 and a 6/9 so I picked 61 as that is the year I was born and thought good enough for me.The next t shirt quilt will have more t shirt fabric and a lot less cotton. The cotton may only be in a border. I did have fun playing with ideas and figuring out how to put my sections together. I did like using a fabric / woven fusible interfacing to back the t shirt fabric to give it more body and reduce the stretch. Here is what I came up with ......what do you think??

in stitches

 Annette

post cards .....

I have a few post cards to share from a couple of swaps that I took part in Sheila hosted a Christmas swap and Brandy hosted a snowflake swap.

from Maria in Australia 

from  Alice NS Canada

from Missy AB Canada

from Sandra GA USA

and one unexpected surprise

from Eglia in Brasil

Finished the dress

you can see the back in the mirror another unexpected surprise

and started the sashing on the t shirt quilt last night. :0)
I even started looking at a few ideas to do up for the blog hop.
stay in stitches
Annette

A New Year and

a new hop to be a part of

Sew We Quilt is hosting We Support You blog hop starting later this month. I will be a part of the last day of the hop. I am looking forward to getting at my project for the hop and hope that you will check out the other sites when the hop begins. I will post links to the sites.
 I will be away  from my blog when the hop starts but I will check in.
I do have a few classes this winter that I will be teaching. The first 2 will both be quilts, one is a learn to quilt class with a number of different techniques and the second a t shirt quilt which will have the students getting even more creative with their supplies and ideas.
It is always a busy time making up the samples for the classes Here is one finished sample

and one that is only just begun
( this is only to give some ideas and in a smaller size)

now to pick out a sashing and borders> I hope it turns out okay for a mini sample and then off the the full size sample.
Now back to a dress that I am making .... almost done buttons and hem left.

I wish you all the best for 2015 and I hope it dose not fly by as fast as last year ;0)

stay in stitches
Annette

stockings

large and small
I seam to be working on them all
Here is a Christmas stocking I made for a friend

and here is one in progress that I am knitting I really like working with these bamboo knitting needles

and the little stoppers have been sew handy I will have to pick up another set or two.
The post cards for the Snowflake swap are off in the mail to there new homes. I hope they like them .... I will share the ones I made now and when the others arrive I will share those

catching snowflakes

winters sparkles
a beaded snowflake

Sew that the latest of what I have been up to in the sewing room.

Thanks for stopping by 

in stitches

Annette

December has arrived

not sure how it got here sew fast but the calendar was turned to the start of a new month.
                            Welcome December the month that is filled with sew much.

To start of my post I will share the post card I received in the mail from Alice in Nova Scotia .

Alice's post card ..... in the mail today

 We are in the  Christmas post card swap that Sheila organize. I have also swapped with a gal in Australia.

the post card I sent to Alice

I have been working on a sample quilt for the learn to quilt class that I will teach in February here in town at the college .It covers all kinds of piecing  techniques.

I was using up some sock yarn and made up this little pair of socks

then I made up an apron for a friend

and now I will be off to build a stocking for another friend.
Today I will be linking up with  The Needle and Thread Network
Have a great week and enjoy December and all it's business
in stitches Annette