OH I L O V E the house and the horizontal witch UNDER it.

And the liberated ladies too. The letters are JUST RIGHT.

Purrrrr fect. Ha ha ... get it?

Almost a WHOLE MONTH...

My sit & stitch friends are very creative and productive...unfortunately, I've been a deadbeat about taking pictures and posting!  Thank you Judy T. for getting most of these pictures to me!

This is a very cool liberated house quilt from Ellen T.  Check out the house on stilts next to the ocean and palm tree!!  A-lo-HA!

Kathy has been busy with her ultimate scrap saver quilt plan...can this gal crumb quilt, or WHAT!

And Judy T. has been busy in a Charlie Patricolo doll class.  Look at this enchanting girl...

 

Judy T. has also been making books...here's the cover, followed by a picture of the inside...

Norma M. had this beautiful yellow and blue finish recently.  It was quilted my Marilyn Lange (so even the back is beautiful!).

I am SHAMELESSLY remiss in posting the following for Kathy F.   (I might have posted it on Fabric Therapy before Seasoned Quilters existed...)  It is black and white with splashes of brights.  Very nice...

And here is one done by Marilyn L (quilted by herself, of course)...concentric rectangles...

And finally, when I posted this original Maine cabin block by Kathy F., I mistakingly said it was appliqued...it is PIECED!!  (replica of one of her actual cabins in Maine - you have to see this to believe how beautiful it really is!)

Until the next time...

In stitches,

Teresa    :o)

Fast flying fingers make many delightful projects...

It's been too long since I've posted pictures from our Friday morning sit & stitch!  I hope to remedy that now!  Above, Kathy is holding one of her AMAZING appliqued interpritations of her family's little houses on their northern Maine island.  Slowly, but surely, she is drafting and building all of them in fabric.  My picture is not the greatest, but if you click on the picture to enlarge it, you will notice that she is holding an actual photo of the cabin above and to the left of her appliqued block.  It is really stunning in person.

Next, we have Barb F. and THREE fabulous finishes to share with us!  She has been very busy cranking out the sweet projects for her family members.

Next, Ellen has only a foot or so of binding to finish stitching down on this hexagon beauty.

Now, back to Kathy.  Many of us are working on our quilt tops filled with our liberated ladies from our recent group swap.   Here are two views of Kathy's top in progress.  The first is taken with the light behind to show off her excellent piecing (looks like stained glass - I LOVE that effect!) and the second which better shows the actual top.  Ellen is nearly finished with hers, and I am working on mine, so we should have lots more liberated fun to share very soon.

Until the next time, happy stitching!

Teresa  :o)

New inspiration...

Kathy had a lot to show us last week...this beautiful top is ready to be quilted!  The black and white quilt below is a great hand-quilted finish.  It is Kathy's 'Around the Block' quilt from a few years ago...the third of eleven to get it finished.  Kathy picked black & white cats for her theme, and then the eleven of us passed her project around amongst ourselves for a year, adding blocks that followed her rules.  I love Jo's "pole cat" (skunk).

Kathy also whipped up a table runner and coaster/pot holder.

Mary H. was working on knitting this lovely ensemble....BUT LOOK AT THE SIZE...each piece is TINY!!! (see my wedding band in the individual shots as a size comparison...)

Now THAT'S tiny!!

In stitches,

Teresa  :o)

Getting caught up on Show and Tell...

Another chance to show off the talents of our Friday morning Sit & Stitch group at The Quilting Season quilt shop, otherwaise know as "The Seasoned Quilters."  TheYellow Brick Road quilt, above, was made by Nancy C (thanks Judy T for the picture).  Nancy is on the left.

The lovely above was made by Sandi M.  Shhhhh, don't tell anyone, but it is our shop quilt for the upcoming Stash Dash in June.  It just needs to be bound and it is ready for display.

My poor picture does not do justice to the top above.  This is Norma M's design using the new "Folklorica" panel and fabric.  It is really beautiful.

This scrap quilt, pictured above and below, was made by Margit M (thanks for the photo Judy T).

This cutie, above, was designed, stitched and pieced by Mary J.  My picture certainly doesn't capture it's charm or the cute pieced doggie paw prints in the outer border.  The two pictures below were taken of a Santa quilt made by an unknown customer who popped in to share it with us.  It has been entered in the Sauder Village Show, which takes place in Archbold, Ohio this week.  I think it is from a "Piece O' Cake" book.

In Stitches, Teresa  :o)

Finally...the Liberated Lady block swap!

Finally on Friday, April 9, the Seasoned Quilters had their much anticipated Liberated Lady swap.  I was away, but little birds told me that our swap mistress, Ellen, was ULTRA WONDERFUL and ULTRA ORGANIZED.  Here she is with Kathy getting our bundles of ladies ready for dispersal.

There were 17 numbers...17 numbered bundles...then everyone drew a number and claimed their fabulous, creative collection of Liberated Ladies.  Then some of the group posed with some of their booty.

I will  post my collection soon...they are so darn cute!

(Thank you Judy T. and Ellen - and others - for taking pictures!)

Thank you, thank you Ellen for leading us through this fantastic journey of liberation.  I can't wait to see what people do with their blocks!

In stitches,

Teresa  :o)

Before the swap...

Sets of Liberated Ladies before our group swap.  The ones above were made by Cheryl.  The ones below were made by Barb N.

The set above was made by Beth K.  The ladies in pearls below were made by Cindy J.

Swap Mistress Ellen displays her lovely ladies above.  Judy E.'s girls, below, arrived from Florida before

Judy did!

Here are Marilyn's above and Margit's below.

Ola's cuties are above and Mary J.'s witches and girls are below.

MaryLiz's girls are above and mine (Teresa) are below.

The ones above were done by Judy T.

This is not all the sets, but ones that Ellen had in time to group together and take pictures.  (Thanks for the pictures, Ellen!!!)

In stitches,

Teresa  :o)