Sweet Email–Letty’s Bag

Yesterday I received the sweetest email from Louise Wagner along with a picture of a Letty’s Bag she made.

Hi Robin,

Just wanted to show you the purse I made with your pattern "Letty's Bag".  It is a gift for my sister, Nancy, I sent her a pix of it already, and she loves it!  Me too!  Now, I'm off to make one for myself! Thank you for making the pattern so easy to follow, I do appreciate that alot.  Sometimes after you purchase a pattern you find that the directions are a tad bit sketchy and it leaves you hanging~ but not with yours, it was wonderful, and I did go to see the video on the grommets, the set I'd purchased didn't come with a template, but I'd made one up, it worked just fine. 

Thanks again, and keep on coming up with jazzy bags!  I love making them for my friends and family.

Sincerely,

Louise Wagner

Here’s the bag Nancy is getting as a gift.

It’s a pretty in pink bag I do believe. 

Thank you Louise for taking the time to write the sweet note and for sending me a picture. I love to see what people make using my patterns.

Enjoy,

Design Wall Monday–6/6/11

I’ve been working on one of my new patterns “Lattice Patch”.  I’ll be teaching it this weekend at a Two Wacky Women Retreat so I spent some time putting together the pieces for my story board.

This one is being made using all different Kaffe Fassett fabrics with Kona white for the lattice. 

Speaking of Two Wacky Women retreats we are completely sold out for the remainder of 2011 but we’re very close to announcing our 2012 schedule .  Here’s a hint……..Mary Lou Weidman will be joining us for five days in August 2012.  I expect it will sell out fast so you may want to check regularly for the new schedule.  It will be on the Two Wacky Women website and I’ll also announce it here as soon as the site is updated.   

Head on over to Judy’s Patchwork Times blog to see what others are up to 

Enjoy,

UFO # 1

Now that I’ve finished my UFO that is due next, it’s time to pull out the next one.  Due in August is UFO #1.  For me it is a completed top that needs to be quilted, bond and a label attached.  Sounds simple enough, it always does.

Here it is:

And a couple of close-ups.

I really have no idea why I never got around to finishing this one.  I really do like it.  But like the others, it was started many years ago at a guild retreat.  It was a mystery designed by my friend Sue.  Guess I better figure out how to get it quilted.  Should I do it or have Sue do it.  We’ll see. 

Enjoy,

NQR–New Car Smell–Love It!

Don’t you just love the smell of a new car?  I know I do and it’s all mine.

I’ve driven a VW Beetle Convertible for many years and although I loved it, the inability to carry much of anything in it was getting old.  It was difficult for me to even load a sewing machine in it much less all the other junk stuff we quilters carry.  If I was speaking or teaching at a guild it was nearly impossible to fit my trunk show in the car.  I often had to switch cars with my hubby which was OK but I know he didn’t love having to show up at the golf course in my girly car with his clubs in the backseat. 

I recently rented a car for the long drive to Salt Lake City and back (over 700 miles each way).  Although I had reserved a Chevrolet Impala when I went to pick it up they asked me if I wanted a free upgrade to a Crossover SUV.  As it turned out, it was a great car to drive on the trip and my sister and I were really impressed with how comfortable it was.  So the seed was planted. 

I started researching all the Crossover SUV’s out there (there’s a bunch) and finally after doing many, many comparisons I had it down to 4 vehicles.  Yesterday was the day for John and I to go look, touch and drive.  The plan was to make a decision, come home, do more research on the price and then go back today to negotiate.  All that went down the drain when we got to this one.  After looking at all the others we both knew instantly, this was the one.    It was everything I was looking for, the price was right and we were able to agree on everything fairly quickly and home it came with us. 

What is it you ask?  A 2012 Kia Sorento.  It looks brown in the picture but it’s actually dark cherry with a black interior, exactly the color I wanted.  And, one of the best things (and a John requirement) it fits is the garage. 

Enjoy,

Finally–My #*@+! UFO is Completely Finished

It’s big!  It’s actually longer than my dining room table and significantly longer than I am tall.  After my fiasco with the binding I decided to just use a decorative stitch to sew it in place.  I don’t do this very often but in this case I actually like how it looks.  And it’s done, including a label on the back. 

Here’s a close up of the binding.

and the backing, using left over fabric,

the extra block that found it’s way on to the back,

a piece of the fabric that I used for the blocks,

and last but not least, the label. 

Enjoy,

Trunk Show Thursday–May 2, 2011

This is not my original “Around the Block” but one of several that I’ve made since writing the pattern.

It’s a little difficult to see the fabric so here’s a closer look.

And the perfect backing.

This quilt now lives in my grandaughters’ bedroom at my house.  I’ve recently redone there room in light yellow with black accents.  This quilt works perfect. 

Enjoy,

More Laminated Cotton

These came in the mail today.

Yummy!

Enjoy,