Wendy’s Quilting and Life

Grandsons and Texas

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 wendysquilting

My grandsons became buddies as soon as they saw each other. During our visit to Texas Liam started sitting unassisted and pulling himself from here to there. He was wide eyed watching his big cousin Jerry and I’m sure thinking of things he’ll do to be like him.

I love these little guys more than I could ever say. How Cute are they together in the stroller! I wonder if they’ll have as much fun shopping in a few years..somehow I think they’ll choose their Dads and Uncles over us girls. But for now we sure had fun.

and being the Grandma, means that when someone gets a little restless why not buy a cookie!

We celebrated Jerry’s second Birthday while we were in Texas.

Jeremy (Dad) made and decorated the cake.

Sarah (Mom) made and decorated the cookies.

Such a sweet family!

The birthday boy..

One morning when Jerry woke up, and I went to get him from his crib..he wanted his hat and bear headed to the living room and..

off he went to start another busy day!

We arrived home last night, I miss them already.

Family, Life, Texas, Travel

Yoga

May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 wendysquilting

Sarah is my firstborn, also first to fly from the nest and first to make ma a Grandma. She has brought so much into my life!
One of the many things she introduced me to is Yoga which I’ve practiced off and on for the last few years. I’ve been practicing regularly for the last six months now and I really can’t say enough about how much I love it!

Anyways, as a early Mother’s day gift Sarah treated me to a weekend yoga retreat at the beach not far from where she lives. It was a wonderful weekend, lots of yoga,wonderful walks along the beach. Terrific healthy food, and making new friends.
So far Texas has made a great impression on me!

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

A Little Show and Tell

April 3, 2012March 6, 2021 wendysquilting

When Terri first sent me pictures of this quilt as she was working on it, I fell in love with it. I love her colour placement and that this quilt was made from her stash fabrics. The Echinacea flowers were appliqued using very soft brushed flannel or was it velvet, what ever it was the dimension that her fabric choice made was perfect. I used a Panto by Nicole Webb called Fro Fro.

these pictures were taken in MARCH in my back yard! Our weather has been so mild this year and the grass was actually dry. Very unusual for this area.

Helena brought me her Oriental Lantern with instructions to quilt it how I wanted to…

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Spring

March 14, 2012August 31, 2012 wendysquilting

and suddenly it seems that spring has arrived! It has been unseasonably warm here in Northern Ontario this winter but the last several days have been fantastic! Sunshine and warmth.

anyways here a few of my latest jobs

(before I begin this little quilt show I’d like to give my quilt model Derek credit and a big thank you!!)

Alva’s sweet flannel baby girl quilt:

Norma’s Underground Railroad.

and Sharon’s Snowman Quilt

I just love how the back looks!

Family, flowers, Longarm Quilting, Quilting

Happiness is…

February 1, 2012July 18, 2013 wendysquilting

February 3 is not only my daughters birthday but also the 26th anniversary of becoming a Mom. What a wonderful, challenging, fulfilling, stressful at times but mostly rewarding career of love being a Mom has been. When Sarah was born I was 23 and looking back I sure was young and naive, but I was young and grew in so many ways because I was a Mom. Happy Birthday Sarah!!

This little quilt had been here for a while, it belongs to my good friend Alva. When I loaded this quilt onto my longarm I wasn’t sure how I was going to quilt it but it very quickly spoke to me and I just had fun, I played and the ideas flowed as I doodled along. I enjoyed quilting this one so much that I felt a bit sad to have it finished.

Alva picked it up at the shop last week, and later that day I was brought another one to quilt! We may have a long way to go before there are flowers blooming outside but these sunny little quilts will help remind me that spring is coming. (This quilt was a BOM a few years ago)

So the title of my post… well for me Happiness is being a Mom to my 4 beautiful daughters and to the men in their lives and being a Grandma to my adorable grandsons. Having friends and family who encourage, support me in my life and are so much fun to have in my life! Workwise it is helping others to finish the quilts that they have created, I am so thankful for my customers and friends for allowing me that joy!

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Home Town Schnibbles Completed

January 23, 2012August 31, 2012 wendysquilting

I am so in love with this version of the Madeline Schnibble..I varied the border which I think made it a bit more fun and whimsical.

and here’s my completed Sweet Spot using the Home Town fabric from Sweetwater.

Fig Tree Quilts, Moda, Quilting, Uncategorized

Designer BOM 2011 Block One

January 12, 2012August 31, 2012 wendysquilting

I fell in love with the Strawberry Fields Collection by Fig Tree as soon as I saw it. Then when I saw that the Fat Quarter Shop was using the collection for the 2011 Designers BOM I decided to give in and join in. Well the other day I noticed that I’d received 7 of the blocks and maybe it was time to get started.

There was a reason though that I hadn’t started. You see I don’t like the method for making the square in the square block that was used in the pattern. I have never had any luck getting my blocks perfect.

I know it doesn’t look too bad in the picture but it’s off when put under the ruler.

I recently tried and demonstrated a new to me ruler for a quilt group called the Square2 which I fell in love with

Deb Tucker’s Square2 I love this ruler! Deb has wonderful tutorials check out her tutorial for the Square Squared ruler

and here is the result, my first block is finished and it turned out perfectly.

Looking at the next block I see the Deb Tucker Trimmer will come in really handy!

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Sweet Spot Schnibble and a Confession of sorts

January 12, 2012August 2, 2013 wendysquilting

I’ve been playing with this collection of charms (Home Town by Sweetwater for Moda)for awhile first working on this Schnibble (Sweet Spot) using a common background fabric. (Just in case you don’t know about Carrie of Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co who designs these wonderful little patterns click on the Schnibble link and go have a visit!)

BuzzNet Tags: Schnibble,Quilting

I really couldn’t believe myself but when I made the flying geese for this project..and I mean all the flying geese for the border, and I was laying them out on my design wall I realized that I’d made them wrong..where was my mind I ask??

here’s my excuse

sometimes Liam likes to hang out with Grandma in her studio..he is such a handsome distraction!

Thankfully I had more charms so I made the geese over again and correctly the second time and the wrong geese?

have become the star points in a slightly changed version of the Madeline Schnibble pattern. I like this little quilt so much that I’m thankful for that “little” mistake!

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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2012December 6, 2020 wendysquilting

As I mentioned in my last post I had something important to share. My second grandson Liam who was born November 25th!

Christmas was wonderful, I had my hearts desire which was that all 4 of my daughters were here with me, with their men and my grandsons!

My oldest was home with her husband and their adorable son Jerry who is now 19 months and so full of energy and inquisitiveness. Living in Texas they don’t experience the snow like we do.

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On the Quilting Front

December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 wendysquilting

It’s been over a month I know..but it really was a busy month. So much has happened. I’ll start with the Quilting side of my life…

I was busy quilting for others. One thing I’ve worked on this last year is my free motion fill on nature scenes.

Unfortunately my pictures didn’t fully capture my stitching, something for me to work on in the new year!

I was really pleased with how this next one turned out.

On the quilt shop front I’ve been making a few more baby quilts, that are for sale. I am at the shop every Wednesday and it seems that every week a new group of fabric catches my eye and imagination. Thankfully Luci is happy to let me play and see what I come up with.

This one has already been sold. Though I am working on another one. I just love the colours and the fabric is wonderful to work with.

The most important to me quilt that I made this fall: