Holiday Inn quilt

This quilt is the Holiday Inn quilt designed by Jo Morton. The construction is completely by machine and the fabrics are all from Jo Morton's collection from Andover Fabrics. It was made for the class Jo's Little Women at Glad Creations. The quilt was designed to be taught as a 4-part medallion quilt. I hope the 30 women in the class had fun making it. I know I did. If any of my class members have finished this quilt email me a picture and I will send you something special. The quilt now hangs in my living room.

Spring 2009 Rotary Star Sampler Class

Well, they did it again! The students in the Beginning Rotary Star Sampler class successfully completed their quilt tops and basted them. From left to right; Erin's quilt will be sent to a friend's baby in Paris. Next in order is Sue and her quilt is for her mother in Grand Rapids, MN. Anita's quilt, once finished, will be donated to a Feline Rescue Auction (date to be determined) all of her fabric was cat related. Finally, Lacy, with her quilt which see says is for 'whatever'.

All were wonderful students and I hope they will be making many quilts in the future.

Congratulations!
Happy Quilting,
Annemarie

Spring is Finally Here!

Today it feels like spring. The sun is out and the trees have a hint of new growth...hooray!
When spring arrives and Easter is here it's time to change out my quilt ladder. So a collection of pastel 2 color quilts went up. They will stay on the ladder until mother's day when the summer quilts go up. Unfortunately, I did not make any of these and they are not family quilts. They are antiques from the 1930s and 40s. I have collected them from various places and over the last 20 years. Enjoy!
Happy quilting,
Annemarie

Paducah Nine Patch

I am not the best finisher in the world. I love to say "Oh, I can do that" or "Oh, I should do that" but the fact of the matter is I start a lot of quilts and finish only a small portion. The other day I decided to unearth one of those boxed up projects and finish it. The top that is. Today I finished it. I started this quilt in March 29, 2003. So, almost 6 years to the day the top is complete. To be accurate this quilt was started a year before that with my small quilting group, Scarpbaggers. When the book Nickel Quilts by Pat Speth and Charlene Thode came out we all loved the quilts in it. The quilts were made from using 5-inch squares. So our group traded squares every month for about 2 years. Some of us have made our quilts and some of the traded squares are still in boxes. What would quilters do without Rubbermaid? I have a fortune in Rubbermaid!

There are still plenty of boxed up "Oh, I can do that" and or "Oh, I should do" quilts left to sew.

Happy quilting,
Annemarie

A Night on the Town

Last night Dale and I went to Bite of Burnsville, an evening of good taste. It took place at the new Burnsville Performing Arts Center in the heart of the city. We had been asked to be food judges. Well, who could say no to that? What were our qualifications you may ask...the answer is we love to eat...duh! There were 18 restaurants from the Burnsville and Lakeville area. Each restaurant gave samples from their menu. The samples were really a plate full of food. WOW, what fun. One of my favorite samplings came from AppleWood Rustic Grille. YUM it was good! There was wonderful live music and both a live auction and (not so silent) auction. We could bid on everything from a trip to Marco Island to the pick of the litter Golden Retriever puppy. The end of the evening was capped off with a performance from Bob Stromberg, Co-creator and star of "Triple Espresso." His hour long show was both funny and nostalgic. We had a great time and look forward to next years Bite of Burnsville.

Parties!!!

I hope everyone is prepared for the holidays. So many parties, so little time. I made a list the other day and WOW do I have a lot to do. The shopping is half done, the baking is only a thought and my house is decorated as much as it is going to be. There are still ledges to decorate and trim to put on the tree but enough is enough and I have to move on.

Scrapbaggers is a quilt group that I belong to and we had a Christmas party last week. We usually draw names and exchange presents. This year we decided to make each other a 'Quilt on a Stick'. Minnesota Quilters did this for the State Fair this past year. We each filled out a questionnaire and then exchanged them. Then we had to come up with an idea of what to make our person according to their 'likes'. I made the Camper quilt. The person I made it for loves camping and loves her granddaughter. So my 'Quilt on a Stick' is entitled "Grandma and Shannon go camping". The other picture is of the Scrapbaggers group holding the 'Quilt on a Stick' we received.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Enjoy Life,
Annemarie

Quilts Remembered

Quilts Remembered is my new pattern company. I have been working very hard on getting this idea off the ground. The concept of a pattern company came to me while working on the quilts for Jo's Little Women Club. As I made the quilts for the club I was also designing and making an 'Extra' quilt for the club members. They seemed to enjoy the 'EXTRA' quilts. So I thought maybe more people would enjoy them and want to make them. The 'EXTRA' quilts then became the quilts for Quilts Remembered. You can see the first 7 quilts and the patterns at Glad Creations, Quilt Block. They are on display in a trunk show until mid-December.

Along with the Quilts Remembered patterns I needed a website. So, why not design that at the same time? It seem to do my best under pressure. I had no idea what I was getting myself into and I can see I have a lot to learn. Please check out my website at, http://www.quiltsremembered.com/.

I have little gremlins that live in my house. They love to play tricks and do thoughtless things. They thought it would be funny to add one more layer of complexity to my life so the wonderful little dears crashed my computer. I had been babying my computer for a long time and it did need to be replaced. However, not while I was writing patterns and building a website. So off to the computer store I went.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get help on Black Friday at a computer store??? I looked at several models and of course confusion set in. My head hurt! After a couple of stores, reams of paper listing specifications of the different models, talking to salesmen that didn't know what a quilt was, I made my decision. I am happy with my choice...so far. Unfortunately, I didn't get the pretty one.

Hope you had a tasty Thanksgiving...did you know that quilting thread is a good substitute for kitchen string to tie up a turkey? Worked for me!

Happy Quilting,

Annemarie S. Yohnk