Show and Tell

Our Friend Shirley emailed Mom {Jenny} these beautiful pictures of the quilts she’s been busy sewing!

Take a look at her amazing work!

This one is called ‘Blue Lucky Stars’

LOVE this ‘half-hex’ quilt!
This one is called ‘the Purple Friendship Braid’ Just gorgeous!
What a beautiful rail-fence!
Sweet baby Tumbler quilt!!
Lovely X’s and O’s! Simply beautiful! This one is Shirley’s favorite! (she told me!)
Last but not least is this amazing coins quilt! Aren’t the colors so soothing! LOVE it!

We have been spoiled by Shirley and her amazing work!  I so appreciate that you all take the time to send me your pictures so we can all enjoy what you’ve been sewing!  I really can’t think of anything more enjoyable than Show and tell!!

Just so you know, the kids all made it to school with very little trauma!  (I was even able to hold off tears, if you can believe that!)  It is strangely quiet at my house today, and I am hoping for some major productivity!  I even plan on baking some cookies made for the kids!  Hope you are all having a great week!  I’m looking forward to the weekend, ready for anything!!  🙂

~Sarah

PS.  So sorry to those who have had or are still having Internet issues.  We have been unable to find a reason for them.  Every test that can be run has been, and everything checks out.  We will continue to search for answers and we apologize for the inconvenience you may have experienced!

Show and Tell {a sweet email}

A few weeks ago I got this email.  When we receive mail like this it really makes us appreciate you all and makes all the difference in what we do.  Our whole point in being in this industry, is to make this particular craft-hobby-art {whatever you want to call it} accessible to everyone.  We want everyone who has the desire to quilt to be able to.  We want you to have access to quick and easy tips and tricks to build confidence in this overwhelming world that quilting can be.

Most of all though, we want to have fun.  We want YOU to have fun.  So, letters like this certainly make us smile!

Here it is:

Hi, Missouri Star Quilters!

From across the state, you (and specifically Jenny) have saved my life and sanity time and again. I don’t remember exactly which YouTube video hooked me on Missouri Star,  but I do know that after seeing the video about the Dresden Plate template, I rushed to the basement and hauled out my Eleanor Burns Underground Railroad quilt top that I’d started about 10 years ago but never could get past the Wagon Wheel block. So I located the template and, voilá, I had that circle finished. I loved the points so much, I couldn’t bring myself to chop them off, but I’ve decided that my wagon wheel has the spokes included:

I then went on to finish the quilt. By then it was Christmas, and I watched Jenny make a ModPodge cookie plate, which only took a hot second and matched my new table runner perfectly:

I guess I was the grandest tiger in the jungle when I served the family Christmas morning brunch on my coordinated tableware.

Then I got a link from some quilter’s site or another for Jenny’s Craftsy videos. I couldn’t resist… I just had to sign up for both! My daughter-in-law was wanting a Cardinal’s baseball quilt, but there’s not a yard of Cardinals fabric left in the universe. As I was watching one of the beginning sessions about the disappearing nine-patch block, I thought about a disappearing four-patch, and in no time, I now I have the center of the quilt all pieced:

Oh! And what’s a quilt without matching pillows? The only problem is that I’d never made pillowcases and, even though I intellectually know there’s nothing to them, still, I just couldn’t bring myself to cut the fabric until I watched another of Jenny’s YouTube videos on pillowcases. So now they’re all finished and waiting for the quilt top:

One of these days when the weather turns even remotely decent, I’m driving across the state to visit. 😉

Lee Beasley

WOW!!  Lee, you have clearly outdone yourself!  I love seeing the projects you made!  I loved hearing your story!!
Thanks so much for sharing with us all!
I hope you all have a great weekend! I’m planning a little road trip with the kids! I have some redecorating in the Shop to do and schedules to make and lots of other things!   🙂
We’ll see you Monday!
Sarah

Show and Tell {from Becky}

Becky  is a new quilter and has learned so much from our videos.  {her words, not mine. 🙂 }

She sent us these pics of the three quilts she’s made and I am so impressed.

This is one she made for her daughter… Beautiful!
This one was made for her son! Isn’t it just awesome!?

Last but certainly NOT least, in fact this is my favorite.  I know, I shouldn’t pick favorites….I just have a soft spot for baby quilts, and this one does not disappoint!

Isn’t this baby quilt just darling!!??!

Thank you so much for sharing your quilts with us Becky!  You are doing an amazing job!  Did I mention that she HAND QUILTS all of her quilts!!  AMAZING!!!

Keep up the good work, and thanks for inspiring all of us!

So, what are you working on right now?

Show and tell… Disappearing nine Patch edition

Oh boy, do we have some fun things to show you today!

Today is all about the Disappearing nine patch! This one was sent to us by Judy.  She added embroidery to her blocks and even personalized it with the babies name and birth date!  How neat is that!?

I love this quilt.

The next one is from Traci.  Another DP9 and she also added a little flair.  {isn’t that great about quilting?!  taking a block or pattern and making it your own!} She used a combination of two  different charm packs, ‘Just Wing it‘ and ‘Sugar Pop’ and I just love they way it turned out.

Aren’t those circles ‘too die for?’ I love how fun they are on the border!

The best thing about the disappearing nine patch is that you can ‘set’ it so many ways. {like Judy did with solids, creating the ‘hourglass’ look} It is great to see all the different ways you make them yours.  I bet that whoever you plan on giving these quilts to will be thrilled!

Thank you Traci and Judy for sharing your quilts with us.

If you have a quilt you would like to share with us, please email me.  We would love to show {and tell} everyone about it!

Have a great weekend.  I have lots planned to do at the shop.  We have expanded the shipping room {again} and have lots of shelves to put together and some paint to do.  I’ll try to get some pictures and show you what we’ve been doing Monday!

See you then…

~Sarah

PS.  A giveaway is happening at It’s Sew Kiki! If you are interested in winning a 10″tumbler template go there and enter!

Show and Tell…

I got this email recently from our friend Loretta.

Her words:

‘This Tonga Nature Wing and a Prayer quilt was a BOM from Missouri Star Quilt Company last year. I signed up late and they sent the first 5 blocks a month at a time, but then sent the rest of the kit all in one box !! Yikes !! Well, that scared me and I didn’t work on it for a while. Then I started again and did the center piece and stopped again. Whew. Gotta get this finished because I absolutely fell completely in love with it . . . sooooo, I picked it up again and went full force and ta da !! The quilt top is fully assembled. I am not saying it is wonderful, but to me it is magnificent !! Oh, the kit is all batiks and also included backing/binding fabric !!
The pattern is quite detailed and has a lot of piecing work involved, but the color choices for this kit are fantastic and really “makes” the whole thing in my eyes. I would not hesitate to do this quilt again because the instructions are very easy to follow and they offer time/fabric saving steps up front for a lot of the piecing.”

Check out her beautiful work….It’s just stunning Loretta.  What marvelous work you did.  You are proof that digging in and finishing up even the most intimidating projects are worth it! Thanks so much for sharing with us all!