Blocks anyone....

Our latest t-shirt quilt is at the long arm quilter, being quilted.  So what's on our to do list?  This month the block swap in the Charleston Modern Quilt Guild belongs to Linda.  We made LOVE blocks for her (each letter is 5 x 7).  Linda reduced the pattern and said we could make our blocks in any direction.  Here is what we did:

Jackie's LOVE block

Kim's LOVE block

Also on our list, we are getting ready for Quilt Camp on Seabrook Island at Camp St. Christopher.  Jackie and I host a quilt camp for our dearest twenty-four friends.  We will be right on the beach,  hopefully the weather will be warm, and sunny.  It is a great place to unwind, visit with each other, and quilt from Friday to Sunday.  This is our sixth year and during camp we will have a block drawing.  Which means, we either pick a theme fabric or just select fabrics from your stash in certain colors for your blocks.  This year we are making red and white 9 inch quilt blocks from our stash.  We can piece any kind of block we want and make however many we can before the drawing.  The number of blocks you turn will be in the number of times you name will be in the drawing.  If your name is drawn, winner winner, chicken dinner.  ALL of the blocks are yours.  So here are three that were made today.  What do you think?  If I win, it could be a way for me to have a red and white quilt made by me and my dearest friends.  Wish me luck.

Red/white block exchange for Quilt Camp.

Get your friends together for some play time.

Sewing Sunday...

We started at noon and we got two confetti blocks completed for Sandy.  Sandy provided all of the fabric to be used and we are going to let her size them down to 14 1/2 inches when she gets them.  They took a little longer than we thought they would.  I think she will have a wonderful quilt

April 2013 Swap blocks for Sandy

Jackie's baby quilt is completed.  Isn't it cute.  The colors are orange and purple, the couples favorite colors and their college colors.  Did you guess Clemson University, if so you are correct.  This pattern is Baby Bricks, designed by Tracey Kincheloe.  Leon and Patricia Hopkins quilted the top using a quilting pattern called "splash" and it turned out precious.  All that's left to do is the label and wait for the new baby girl to show up.

Baby Girl Quilt 

Whew!  Time to get ready for work in the morning.

Oh my goodness, gracious, it's about time...

Yes, it has been some time between postings.  Life has gotten in the way, as it usually does and time gets away from you.  We have been busy working, quilting, and going to QuiltCon 2013 in Austin, TX.  If you have been following us, do you call us quilters since we make quilt tops, but have someone else to quilt our tops to complete the projects?  Jackie and I have been having this discussion with non-quilters-they think we are sewers-not quilters.  But we love purchasing fabrics, cutting out blocks to sew into quilt.  Then moving onto the next project.  What kind of quilter are you?  Leave us a comment below.

Let's talk about QuiltCon 2013, it was fun and no one in our group has a tattoo from the trip.  It is amazing to be with others who are doing what they love.  Whether it's their job or a hobby-enjoy your life.  The shopping, classes and lectures were wonderful.  I was lucky enough to take a round robin improv class with Sheri Lynn Wood.  No rulers allowed and you really think outside the box. Make some plans to attend the 2015 show.

Our latest creation was delivered to Catherine this morning.  We used her son's shirts from the Citadel (The Military College here in Charleston, SC).  Jackie and I made cobblestone blocks to complete the quilt in white, shades of blues and grays.

A Quilt for Chris with much love from his Mother.  To remind him of his college days at the Citadel.

One of my favorite parts of this quilt is the oxford shirt in the left bottom corner.  Catherine asked us to use this shirt and include the buttons.  And we had her to personalize the quilt label to record why the quilt was made, for who and by Quirky Quilts.  Here is a close up:

Tonight we had a meeting with our next client who is graduating from the 5th grade in June.  So we are going to work with blue and sour apple green.  We will show you the quilt when it is finished.  This weekend will be doing one of our sewing Sundays.  We plan to work on the Charleston Modern Quilt Guild block swap, a confetti block for our friend Sandy.  Jackie has a binding to put on a baby quilt for her cousin.  And we have some friendship star blocks to make for another.  Can we say busy?  

Granny Square anyone...

Kelly Biscopink, co-author of  Modern Designs for Classic Quilts (yes, she is a member of our guild) is this month's Charleston Modern Quilt Guild's block swap.  She is on the band wagon with everyone in the blog world making Granny Squares.  Kelly gave us the text print and polka dot fabric to use.  So Jackie and I made the following blocks.

As promised, we finished another t-shirt quilt.  The quilt was made with Goose Creek High School band t-shirts.  This quilt looks very traditional with nine-patch corner stones.  Our mission was to use the school colors:  black and gold.  We are waiting to hear what Alice and her daughter think about the quilt.  Hope they love it.  What do you think?

So we are finished with this one and our next quilt will be using Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina t-shirts for our friend Catherine and her son Chris. 

Next week Kim will be going to QuiltCon in Austin, Texas.  I am excited about going to see the quilts, shopping, classes and meeting new quilters.  

It's that time of the month...

So this month the Charleston Modern Guild's block swap was for Geri.  We received all of our fabric from Geri to use.  Moda's solids, can we say yummie.  Here are the blocks that we made for this month:

Jackie's Courthouse Log Cabin with a twist.

Kim's Wonky Log Cabin

So, next month we will be working on Trip Around the World blocks for the next swap.  We are sure you have seen them on many blogs lately.  If you are interested in the directions go to Bonnie Hunter's website:  www.quiltville.com

Soon we will be showing our latest t-shirt quilt for Alice using band t-shirts from Goose Creek High School.  The quilt is being quilted by Kathy's Kreations as we speak.  Kathy is a member of the Cobblestone Quilters Guild with us and does a wonderful job.  We will share the picture as soon as it is finished.

Other news, we are now on Facebook.  So LIKE us, if you want another way to keep up with us.  We would love to hear from and want you to share us with your friends.

Oh Happy Friday!

I don't know about you, but this has been a long week.  So happy it is Friday, and it promises to be a busy weekend.  Jackie and I will start working on Alice's t-shirt quilt and making our quilt blocks for our friend Geri, as part of our Charleston Modern Quilt Guild Block Swap.  We will post our finished blocks as soon as they are finished.

Now some news to share, I have been asked to reproduce another quilt for The Charleston Museum.  It is a Water Lilly kit quilt from the 1930's.  There will be three classes starting in April, if you would like additional information or to register for the class contact The Charleston Museum.

Flyer from The Charleston Museum about Applique Workshop in April

A few years ago, the museum asked me to reproduce the Sarah Rosenstock Album Quilt from 1857.  Patterns are sold through the museum's gift shop. I am still sewing the lilies on the Water Lily quilt.  The part I can't wait to start is the embroidery work on the flowers.

The Charleston Museum has a wonderful quilt collection, if you are in Charleston take the time to visit and be inspired.  Have a wonderful and creative weekend!

Time to get started on a new quilt...

Jackie and I just got back from Charlotte, North Carolina.  We left yesterday to attend the Lady Antebellum concert at the Bank of America Stadium.  Great concert, if they come to your town make plans to attend.  Today we went to one of our favorite fabric shops in Gastonia, Mary Jo's Cloth Store.  It's a super-sized store with a lot of fabric to choose from, it can be hard to make a decision about what to purchase.  If you go, plan to spend some time shopping and bring your shopping list!

So we now have fabric to start on our next t-shirt quilt for Alice.  She has asked us to make a quilt using her daughter's Goose Creek High School Band t-shirts (school colors are black and gold).  Here are the fabrics we picked:

Keep checking back to see our progress with our newest t-shirt quilt.  In the meantime, we will be working on our Charleston Modern Quilt Guild block swap and baby quilts.  Both of us are waiting for baby girls to be born in our families in 2013.  So we hope to post our completed projects soon.  Happy weekend from us!