teaching someone to quilt

The following is what I posted on my facebook personal blog site (cinnamon holiday workshop) on March 20: "A nurse I work with wants to learn how to make a quilt!! How exciting is that!!! I am taking her books and samples today to show her. I am taking Pat Sloan's I Can't Believe I'm Quilting book!!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since then I have taken her what we call a "quilt inservice" on the days I work.... I spend a few minutes and show her tips and things she needs to know.... She got her fabric for a large quilt right away.... then decided as I suggested that she just do a small quilt first... so now she is working on her practice quilt in her spare time... She has a baby and works full time so her time is limited... FOR ME it is so exciting to see her excited about making a quilt and to enjoy our "little inservices"... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SO NOW MY QUESTION to those reading this..... Give me some ideas of what you would show someone in 3-4 minute sessions... thank you so much for any help.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

progress with projects

I started this project last year with Sarah and her FYB Makealong.... I put it away and have done other things.... Last week I finished the red stitching with my Tuesday night group... I had some leftover KiwiBerry Bali strips from another quilt... No measuring...I just put them on the borders... then I did some machine quilting.... I want to put something in the middle???... like buttons...can't remember what I thought of last year.... Also not sure how to quilt around the words??... any suggestions would be welcomed...

This is the baby quilt ready to quilt... not sure how I am quilting it yet... I know it will have words sewn in.... precious and other sweet words.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Happy Easter

borders zebra and pink

some of you may have seen this photo I put on flickr two days ago...

yesterday checking out borders....

so the plan is about an inch of the zebra print for the first border... then about 3 inch pink for the outer border.... that will make it about 36 inches square.... yup...that is what I will do.... I never did use that pink and white stripe....may use it for the binding.... and then again it might not work.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

more blocks zebra and pink

I wanted some variety in the blocks for the baby quilt....

I also changed the size of the blocks... I cut them down smaller.... and added some different pinks....

I finished the blocks today and sewed all the blocks together tonight.... I still need to add borders... will probably have a narrow zebra print first... then pink outer border in one of the pink fabrics... this is soooo much fun.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

2012 Golden Quilter Awards

"> Only a few days left to vote.... go over to Sew Cal Gal blog and vote for your favorites.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

zebra and pink

Some of the blocks look like this..... will have more photos later today.... yesterday I looked for pink dots or similar... couldn't find all the fabric I wanted... the striped fabric in the previous post just doesn't look good with the zebra stripes!! so leaving it out for now... maybe use it for the binding??.... Smiles and hugs....Caryl

fabrics for zebra and pink baby quilt

Yesterday I bought some zebra fabric in two different sizes... some pink stripes... also a zebra print for the back....

today I went through my stash and found some black with frosted dots... some pinks.....one is too light and the other is too dark... a small piece of white with pink dots.... I still would like to find a different pink... the quilt will be a simple design....either all squares... or rectangles with strips around... I would also like to find a different back in flannel... maybe in pink or pink with dots... I have been getting lots of help from my friends in the quilting world in places to look for fabrics... this is so much fun!!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

March FMQ Challenge

This month's tutorial is by Ann Fahl... Such fun....loop and twist, stars, hearts, spirals and flowers.... this is really a lot of fun to do....

go check out SewCalGal and see what everyone is doing in the FMQ Challenge!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

possibility for my swap blocks

I got the idea to try a panel with my swap blocks from Pat on her blog... these blocks are from Pat Sloan's Mashup group swap.... I have had this panel for several years.... my design wall is a sheet on my patio with my blocks on top :)... I have other projects to do....so will give this more thought!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

QuiltMashup Swap

Today I received my blocks.....yipppeee... we had a swap on Pat Sloan's forum..... see all those signatures!!!...love it!!... I put a photo on flickr of the blocks I sent for the swap... http://www.flickr.com/photos/38219638@N07/6795456330/in/photostream ~~~~~~~~~~~ We even surprised Pat with blocks for her...so much fun!! Smiles and hugs....Caryl

let's talk about recipes...

Pinterest has a lot of yummy looking recipes.... the latest one I tried was crock pot chicken parmesan...

very simple...breaded chicken on the bottom...

add the cheese....

mix the mushrooms with the mushrooms with the spaghetti sauce...

I made some whole wheat spaghetti... and a loaf of artisan bread from the dough in the frig.... very delicious..... check it out on my recipes board on pinterest.... http://pinterest.com/carylwilson/recipes/ .............. Smiles and hugs....Caryl