Last of Our March Madness...

After our time with Jarad and family..we decided since Red Lobster was so close to Jarad's we would eat at "Red Lobster"....giggle...inside joke... as every restaurant was the same differences of distanced..I am the one who claimed it was closest...I wanted to eat there..it worked:0).. Kauri, Jarad's 7 year old, joined us for our outing...She was a perfect little lady the whole day..
* Our next stop was Shiisa Quilt Shoppe...Where fabric and supplies was purchased...They have a treasure chest of scraps which you are able to buy as much as you can stuff into the bags they have...Pictured are the girls helping Rhona and Kauri as they stuff their bags... You would think one of them would have picked out the holes from the Ol'Bloggers hair in the back...Pictures always shows every detail..

Kauri also purchased fabric for her first quilt which she is going to make for a new baby in her family...Will post pictures when finished..

Next we spent time at Jo Ann's finding needed treasures...before heading home...Fun was had by all...Kauri later told her Oma" Aunt Beebs and the girls wore me out...I only needed a little material for a tiny quilt...they bought lots of material..but they make 100's of quilts..Next monthly meeting April 10th at Rhona's...we didn't have a meeting plan for April as some of the girls will be going to Chicago for the quilt show...Where our winning SoTA Sisters quilt will be on display...but on the trip home Saturday....from the back of the van plans were made for Rhona's...couldn't stand the thought of all not being together again until May...giggle

The Ol'Blogger...

A Year of Quilts...

* Rhona's Show-N-Tell was totally amazing to say the least...One of them is her April UFO...so will have to wait to see it...but here are pictures of her Calendar Quilt..There is a button up main quilt and each month a different quilt to button on...Pictured her are January,February and March all finished...

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*April, May,June and July tops are completed now she will sandwich together and quilt...Of course she will get the others done as the year progresses...And she has a full time job...we will be looking forward to seeing them...

Back in the fall we took a trip to Brown County and some of the girls tried their hand at pottery...Pictured above is Rhona's piece from that day...The Ol'Blogger

How Does Her Mind Work....

Kathy's Show-N-Tell...."The Fisherman" she is creating for her brothers 60Th birthday...He is a captain of a tug boat...what a wonderful gift....

Kathy wastes nothing...you need to click and enlarge this picture to get the full effect...her watch had quit working...instead of getting rid of it...she opens it up takes out the insides and fills it with teeny tiny beads and creates a new bracelet...How does her mind work!!!! Now she can change the beads for each outfit she wears it with...

This was a part of her show-n-tell at Cindy's last month...I hadn't gotten to it..so I am add it here....She received little boxes with candies in it at work..so using that as a pattern she recreated this one...Sherry was very thankful..the perfect size for her Easter gifts...The Ol'Blogger

March Show-N-Tell

Starting Show-N-Tell with Sherry...the first item was the completed knife she is making for the lil men in her life for Easter...that would be her grandsons and great nephews.....six total...

Of course that means she needs something for the" lil ladies" so she designed these little boxes to hold the bracelets and necklace for granddaughters and great nieces she made them...

For the more grown up ladies she is making 16 of these silverware bracelets..Her Mom, Sisters and nieces.Taking a dermal with a cut off wheel to cut the silverware...then using a drill to drill the holes she needed..she placed them around a pipe she had purchased in the plumbing section at Lowe's...and beat it out with a rubber hammer...with jump rings and the closure on the back they were complete...Yes, we all want our own...so will be planning a bracelet work day soon...

Sherry beaded this bracelet with size 11 beads for herself...

I ask her what are you making the grown men for Easter...laughing she said "lunch and petifore cakes" We all know the way to a mans heart is through the stomach....The Ol'Blogger

March Fun Meter Fill Up Meeting

This months gathering began with arriving at "The Elders" after getting situated in the SoTA Van...We were off...of course there were two more in the back seat...but they didn't get in this picture...but we knew they were with us...giggle
Our first stop...picking up my sister...led to the above pictures...as we were en route to her son's and Rhona's former supervisor Jarad's house..
Our convergence begin with giving his children the treat "The Elder" made them....
Picture speaks for them..

Jarad reading the Birthday Card we gave him...pure joy...

Ready Set Go....
He relishes every moment of it..


He is speechless
Oops checking the label
PRICELESS...
Accounts for the above picture.
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Will be sharing our Show-N-Tell tomorrow...The Ol'Blogger...

Chicago North Wood

Rhona's UFO for Feburary is this lovely quilt.... She bought this while they were in Chicago...Cindy told us she helped her cut out the pieces...now that is a true sister....I love the quilting she did on this...

Sunrise Sunset Cindy's April UFO

From the 2005 Timbleberries club came this pattern...Cindy machine pieced and quilted it all in the month of Jan 2010...and it was her UFO for Feb...2010
The back is just as magnificent as the front...with the houses and stars...among other things this was one of the projects Cindy worked on during the quilting retreat at the farmhouse in Jan...Those girls do accomplish a lot on these retreats amongst the laughter, chatter and food...It feels so good to complete a project that had been on the shelves waiting for so long...

Always Ready....

Sherry sewed this tool holder for a nifty place to store everything needed for our sewing days at each others houses...This way she is ready at a moments notice...if and when we decided on a unscheduled get together.....which we have been know to do...

Embroidery Kit

Jody got this pattern for Sherry sometime back...instead of working on her UFO...she sewed the embroidery book to hold her embroidery floss and supplies....if you enlarge you can see her beautiful embroidery on the outside front and back...

As you can see in the picture below it has all the compartment to keep all supplies handy for working on each project...

The Ol'Blogger

MJ Pillow

Another found projects while looking for February UFO by Kathy....This pillow using some pieced blocks given to Kathy by MJ...and added to it....for that reason its name will be "MJ Pillow"....Now we all have those things we must keep, honor and enjoy. By making a pillow it won't be just stash a away. Kathy has found a way to display it and make it a part of her life. Sweet...The Ol'Blogger