A lovely collection of Liberty of London...

I hope these pictures don't bore you to death - of course, in person these fabrics are fabulous!  Maybe I should have showcased them in a more interesting way, but I just wanted to play with them last Saturday.

 I think my hubs was quite convinced that I had gone over the deep end.  I lovingly placed each and every one while he was on the phone chatting with his 92-year-old aunt.

I've been collecting these fabrics for almost a year now from different on-line Etsy sites or fabric web sites.

 
It wasn't until I carefully picked them all back up and placed them in a nice neat stack that I realized I should have taken a count, but, duh, I didn't think of that!  

Oh, well.  Next time I feel like taking them out to play I will see how many I have.  These are all 5" charm squares. 

That be-ribboned package is a stack of fat-eighths. 

I hope you enjoyed this Liberty show!

~ Jodi ~

Kim's quilt:

I just realized I never showed you the pics of Kim's finished quilt.  It now resides on her bed and she seems pretty happy with it.  Here it is, free-motion quilted, in all its glory:

 My son was doing the honors of holding it up for me.  (I should have paid attention to the "stuff" in the background - ugh!)

Okasan is mother in Japanese (I hope I spelled it correctly!)  She calls herself my Japanese mother.  She will be 80 in July.
Have a blessed rest of the week, to those of you who have tarried with me this post!
xo  ~ Jodi ~
 

My Monday night quilting class

Linda, our "teacher", started us on a "Mystery" quilt a few months ago.  

                                  Here's Sue holding up her finished mystery top, posing pretty for my camera.

Sue was debating on whether or not to put borders.

And here's Ruthie, with borders:

Priscilla did not like some of the fabrics she chose for her quilt, so she's showing us another beauty that's she's working on:

 Priscilla, who's been quilting for umpteen years, keeps us going, encouraging us and lending us her wisdom when needed.  She also is so reliable, always there opening up the building ahead of time and getting everything ready for us.    

And Jean, hiding behind her's:

And here's Paula:

 
And another beauty Paula let me take some pics of:

There's are the words to a hymn.  I love this quilt!

Now you might be wondering where MY mystery quilt top is?  I confess.  It's not all put together YET!  Not only had my mojo dried up for blogging, but for sewing, too.  I think I'm back, though.  Sometimes life (and death) turns you upside down and it's hard to get righted again.  But if we stand on our SOLID ROCK, He will pick us back up again!  

~ Jodi ~

I'm back...

Had a bit of a lull in my blogging mojo.  Thanks to those of you who are still with me.  I have been busy.

I made a couple of external hard drive "Passport" covers.  One for myself:

Don't you just love Kaffe Fassett? (the brown background fabric - I don't know the name of it) 

And one for a friend, who said she likes red:   

                                   

And here's a baby quilt I made a bit ago for a friend's grandson using 5" charm squares:

And the back:

I hope to be back soon with some more to show you!

~ Jodi ~

Jacqueline, oh, Jacqueline...

my dear, sweet sister-in-law, has left this world, and, oh, how I pray she's now at peace in the arms of her Heavenly Father...

"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."  Rev. 21:4

A peek

of sister Kathy's quilt, the culprit (the quilt top, not my sister :-) responsible for the carpal tunnel pain a week ago:  

The setting sun is shining on the left side.  (Ignore the mess items on the right side, please). 

I have, since the pictures, finished the top.  Now I need to pick out a backing fabric, which means a trip to a fabric shop!  Poor me!
~ Jodi ~

Destination: Newport

was where I headed last Saturday for the day to sew with friends at a Newport condo.

This is what I was working on, not the houses, but the stacks you see in the above foreground - my sister Kathy's quilt.  LOTS of paper piecing and ironing, which gave me LOTS of carpal tunnel pain that night and the next day.  I should have known six hours of the same movements would bring trouble!  

This is what Michele was working on for her hubby who loves turtles, and they've been to Hawaii three times so she was bringing that aspect into this quilt:

 
Here's Ruth with her gorgeous fabrics.  She's making a Blooming Nine Patch:

I would love to see this quilt in its full glory someday.  

Next is Lori, who was so sweet to invite me.  She is working on a UFO, unfinished for quite a while because she decided that she just doesn't like these fabrics.  You know how you buy some fabrics you love in the store, and then that love takes flight and, ugh, what was I thinking!  Well, I think the fabrics are great and work well together.  They remind me of Morocco or Egypt, a place I so far only dream about. 

And here's Betty's wonderful quilt, I think for her granddaughter, but I might be mistaken.  It's absolutely gorgeous, and look at all that embroidery in every block:

  She didn't want to be in the pictures, so you can't get a look at the talented lady!  

Here's the view we had from the glass doors, America's Cup Avenue in the forefront:

I hope you enjoyed my Destination:  Newport.  I sure did!  Later this week I will show my results of all that piecing and ironing!

Have a great day - may you bless and be blessed!

~ Jodi ~