Estate Sale Find!

On Friday last week I walked up the street to an Estate Sale. Wow am I glad I did. Entering the house I saw tables of china , some linens and books. There in the corner sat a familiar looking box shaped case.......

My heart skipped a little as I asked the cashier if I could look inside and was it a .....

SINGER FEATHERWEIGHT !

Oh my was I pleasantly suprised. I had some money that my mom gave me for Christmas and my Birthday and had been saving it for just the right something...............

My handyman shined her up and got her running nicely. Now I need to think of a good name for her.

                                                               Isn't she so cute?

Care to Help?

      A long time co worker of mine is fighting a battle with cancer and I have been trying to think of how I could help? Today I came across this request from a woman in South Carolina who has lost a mom to cancer. She is trying to collect 4000 four patch blocks by the end of February. Here is a link to the information about it.
 http://4patches4hope.blogspot.com/



I think I will go sew up a few four patches....................Care to join me?    Jeri

P.S. this dozen went together very quickly....... :)

Tick Tock

Finished quilting this quilt for my sister.......

I used black thread and a panto. See the clocks all over?

Tick Tock

a close up of the swirly panto.

and a little of the back....

Sister if you are "lurking" , it's in the mail today!    Jeri

Another Wonky Block

       I saw this tutorial....
http://www.sewjoycreations.com/2010/10/liberated-churn-dash-tutorial.html

                            and had to try this block.

 It was fun. I downsized the original to make a 12 1/2 inch block. I should have made my original background piece larger, because I had to add a slim border to make it work. Oh well......it is a "wonky" block. I think I will send it along with my january Bee blocks for the ScrapBusters Bee.

               It didn't make a dent in the Scrap Heap!

What can I say......

Three More...Out The Door!

        Just finishing up the binding on a baby charity quilt for my Guild. I had two already finished and hope to get them and me to our January meeting tomorrow.

               The first one is from some blue flannel I had leftover from another larger quilt.

I do like flannel for baby quilts. So warm.

Simple split Nine Patch.

My sister sent me these two tops to be quilted. This is the first one.

...... the back. Love those animals!

This is the second one. See the binding yet to be sewn.....

and another cute back.

I tried some clamshell quilting on this one.

                                            guess I better get back to work!