9-Year Old Sara Finishes Her Quilt

Well, Sara has finished her quilt this week!  She was so excited, and anxious to start a new project.  She has given this quilt to her Mom, so now she thinks maybe she should make one for her Dad.  She pieced the binding on by the sewing machine, she didn't think she would like to hand stitch to the back, so she picked a decorative stitch to fancy it up.

Her next project will be a wallet, she is using my pattern Little Bits for that.  this pattern uses lots of little strips, and she has chosen lots of purples to do it.  I think that if she makes one for her Dad it won't be purple!

Mariners Quilt in the Making

One of the ladies, and a good friend of mine, in my classes is making a great quilt.  We are designing it together as it is being made!  It is Glenda's quilt, and I think it will be awsome!  It certainly is a challenge, what do we add next?  Glenda has chosen the fabrics and has lots of each because we are not sure what we will do.  We know there will be borders of blocks, but it is a work in progress.  Feel free to offer ideas, we could use some!  We are thinking of a plain red border, as shown, for the next row, then another border of some kind of blocks.

Mystery Quilt

Well, we had a great time yesterday at the mystery class.  The quilts will be gorgeous, and all very different!  We had some ladies partner, and some doing it on their own, that means they will have enough blocks for 2 quilts.  There were two ways to put the blocks together, and we had both!  I will post more pictures when we have some finished quilts.

Mystery Quilting Class

Well, tomorrow I am teaching another mystery class, the ladies sure like a surprise!  This time they know that it is a quilt, and they need a partner this time!  The instructions were to each choose the same background fabric, but they could choose different fabrics, they just had to go together well.  I can't wait to see all the fantastic quilts!  I will be posting pictures on Sunday, after the class I am going to a Chinese NewYear Dinner, can't wait!

Just thought you might like to see a picture of one of my cats, Daisy.  Why is it that cats love baskets so much????  And in case you were wondering, yes, I do love purple!

Winner of Contest

Congratulations to Quiltmom, she has won the bag.  I just loved to here all the memories from everyone!  There were alot of the same things, but some very different toys as well.  I hope everyone had the merriest of Christmases, and a wonderful New Year!
Thanks also for all the birthday wishes, how nice!  I had birthday cake for breakfast yesterday, so back  to eating a little healthier today! 
I had a contest on my fanpage at Cool Cat Cretions on facebook, the prize was 4 of my patterns, the winner there was JoAnne Harris, congratulations to her as well.  For anyone out there on facebook I have contest quite often there for patterns.

I have taken lots of time off over Christmas, so back to work, those patterns do not write themselves!  The picture is the pattern cover that I made the bag from.

New Year Give-Away !

Happy New Year to all!  I will be spending the evening at home with my husband watching the ball drop in New York.  It is my birthday tomorrow, so I will have a little birthday cake along with some other goodies!  You still have time to enter my contest, just tell me your favorite toy that you received as a child.  I am loving reading the responses, brings back lots of memories.

Do not forget that I need your e-mail address to contact you, if it is not on your profile when I press on your name, you could send it to me at coolcatsandquilts@hotmail.com  Good luck to everyone!

Merry Christmas Quilted Contest!!

Merry Christmas everyone!  I am sure you are all as busy as I am, cooking, wrapping, cleaning!!  Now that my children are older it is much easier, it seems so much busier when they are little. 
As promised here is a Christmas contest, you need to be a follower to participate.  Make sure that I can get in touch with you by e-mail in case you win.  My prize is a finished bag, I thought this might be nice for this time of year when everyone is so busy.  This bag is made from Bali Batiks and I used my pattern Bits and Bites.  There are long pockets on either side of the lining.  Good Luck!

Now what I would like you to do, is tell me your favorite gift - as a child!  This is a hard one for me, but I think it would have to be my Chatty Baby Doll.  Does anyone remember those?  She was the younger sister of Chatty Cathy.  You have until Jan 1 to add your comments, I will draw on Jan 2.  Good luck, and have a very Merry Christmas!

Blog Hop Winner!

The winner of the prize at my blog is Nanbon44, congratulations!  This was such fun, thank you everyone that participated, and a big thank you to Michelle for hosting this blog hop.  I have made many new friends, whom I am sure I will learn lots of new things from.
All you followers stay tuned for a contest next week for my followers.

More Quilters Christmas Trees!

Here are some pictures of my to real Christmas trees.  I love the lights, and anything sparkly!  The purple is my favorite.  The white, silver and gold is kind of neat because I need something to use instead of tinsel, with 4 cats tinsel is a very bad thing!  I took feather boas and cut them into pieces, I think it looks pretty good, and the cats don't bother too much with it.

Stay tuned in for another contest for my followers I will tell you about it when the blog hop is done.

A Quilter's Christmas Trees

Here are 2 more of my Christmas trees.  The white one is new this year, I have wanted one for several years.  It is in my dining room, and my daughter gave me most of the little snowmen.  I added a wide ribbon garland to fill in the holes, when in front of a window the light shines in and through the tree.  I found the little snowflakes at Canadian Tire and the snowball ornaments at the Superstore. I bought the tree last year after Christmas, so got a great deal on it.
The other little tree is in a bathroom.  I made the ornaments using leftover bali fabrics and wild yarns.  The topper is a kitty angel, it came as one of those cut out wood pieces, I painted it, and added wings. 

I still have more trees to show you later.

Christmas Trees!

I love to decorate for Christmas, and I have lots of Christmas trees.  Too many for one post, so I will break it up.  The little one on the old sewing cabinet is in my kitchen.  Did I mention that I love purple?  The little scene is in an entry way, and I like these quirky little birds!  The three trees together are the most traditional of all my trees, decorated with acorns and raffia.  I am all decorated for Christmas, now it is time to make some cookies!

My First Blog Hop and Give Away

I am happy to be part of the blog hop and give away that is happening thanks to The Quilting Galleries Blog Hop Party with Giveaways.  Just hit the button on the left, or go to  http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/quilters-blog-hop-party/ There is a long list of bloggers for you to check out, all with giveaways.
I am giving a Bali Pop and 2 of my patterns, Bali Bags and Little Bits.  These are very popular patterns, and you can get all 4 bags and the wallet set out of 1 Bali Pop.   Part of the fun is seperating the Bali Pop into 4 piles, each will become a bag.  There are 40 different fabrics in the Bali Pop, I find this makes for interesting bags.  Use the leftover pieces to make the wallet set.
This is my first blog hop, or give-away.  I am relatively new at blogging and am not all that great at it, but I feel I am learning more all the time.  I do enjoy reading other blogs, and I am learning alot from them.

If you leave a comment, and I would love you to become a follower, I will be drawing a random name at the end of the blog hop I will number them.  I will use random.org to pick a number for me.  Make sure that I can reach you, in case you win.  Good luck everyone, and I hope I make some new friends!

Crazy Daizy Quilts

Here are two of the quilts that my friend and student, Cherry,  made.  I love this line of fabric with the little birds, I actually used it the first time I made this pattern.

Cherry only started sewing 1 year ago in October, she is from Brazil and is living in Canada for a few years, lucky for us!  She is fantastic, and I have never seen anyone catch on so quickly to everything, amazing!  She quilted these herself also!

Sara, The 9-Year Old Quilter Finishes Her Quilt Top - Easy Peasy!!!

Well, Sara was very excited on Monday evening, she finished her quilt top!  Next week she will quilt it on the sewing machine herself, then the binding, I think on the machine too.  She is so excited, she has big plans for this quilt, although it is a secret for now.  Sara is already planning her next project, I am not sure her grandmother, Marie, expected that!  Marie just finished her quilt on Monday evening, I will post a picture of her Easy Peasy later.  Sara has plans to make a change purse from my pattern Little Bits.  That will be a great second project for her, very easy!  Just in case you are wondering the pattern that Sara used is Easy Peasy.

10-Minute Block - Wedding Quilt