My little sewing machines!

Pay no attention to the angel legs in the top right hand corner of the picture! Ha ha! I never said I was a photographer! I just thought I would take a shot of my sewing machines on a shelf in my sewing room! The top left machine is electric and works! It's a Betsy Ross, given to my older sisters from our Cousins, and then handed down to Gretchen and me! The large one I got from one of our vendors in our Painted Cupboard shop within our Quilt shop! The other two you can't see as well, but there is a cute little red toy machine, called Gateway, and the little black Singer! I'll do better shots when I get done moving all my stuff in my sewing room!

Someone asked how to get the pattern or kit, of the cute Stars, Canes and Holly's quilt I made last week! Just call the Woolen Willow at 304-375-WOOL (9665) and we will take care of ya! It goes together quickly, so you can get it done in time for your Christmas decorating or gift giving! I finally got the red binding on mine, but didn't take a new picture!
   
I was up in the middle of the night last night, and watched a cute Debbie Macomber movie with Faith Ford as the main character. It was really nice. Just couldn't sleep, and I should have worked on my log cabin quilt I started last weekend, but I didn't. I have three sides of strips to put on my 30 blocks still. Wonder if I'll get it done in time for a Christmas gift?????  Tonight is Open Craft Night at the shop, so I think I better take it with me to work on this evening, because I really think I want to give it to my husband for Christmas, along with some tools! He loves tools, and is building a step back cupboard to sell in the shop. I wonder if he'll make one for me too?
    Have a wonderful day, hopefully full of sewing!
           Jeni

Furry Friends in the sewing room!

Just sharing a cute photo of my keeper of the 2 1/2" strips! I am sewing some log cabin blocks today, for a quilt for my bed finally! I thought it was time, after almost 20 years of quilting, to make one for myself! Oh, I will share it with hubby, I guess! ha ha!  I turned around to cut another strip, (because I just fly by the seat of my pants when making quilts and didn't have enough cut) and she was laying on my fabric nice and cozy! This kitty is Grey, one of my Daughter's kitties, named after Grey's Anatomy, her favorite show! ha ha! Here is the other one, Peepers, sleeping in an empty basket I just stuck under my wool cabinet!

I just moved my sewing room into my Daughter's old room again, She moved back home a little over a year ago with her kitten's and then just moved out a few weeks ago. HMMMM, I think she forgot some things! They think this is still their room. It is nice to have my sewing room back in this space, I made some changes since the last time. I really like it, even though it is small, it is bigger than the laundry room! I will take some pictures soon, when I finish moving in. For now, I will sew. I'm home today with Pink Eye, of all things. Luckily I can work from home, and did get some designer emails taken care of! No wool club tonight, but I should be good to go for Craft night at the shop on Thursday evening! Hope to see some of you then!
     Happy Tuesday!
             Jeni

Fun teaching class!

All done but the binding! I'm using strips of the reds left over for a scrappy red binding!  Here are a few pictures from class yesterday!  Today I taught needleturn applique, and invisible machine applique. Everyone liked the Needleturn best! Not as much to prepare! It was a very fun both day of classes! Tomorrow after church I plan to SEW!!  Or, maybe I should clean up the house and start decorating for Christmas?  If I do decorations I will do a show and tell!

I finished my little quilt last night at Open Craft night at the shop! I plan on going in early to quilt it before class, so I can just sew on the binding during class! I hope everyone does okay with the paper piecing. It sure can be tricky to get your head around it! Haha! Thanks ladies for the suggestions on finishing the quilt! I hope the light striped wool shows up in the picture that I used for the candy canes! I love that wool! I'll take some pictures during class today to share with you later!
    Have a great day!   
             Jeni

          

Little project for class Friday!

This is a little preview of what I'm working on for my class on Friday.  I am still deciding how big and if I'll do any wool applique on it. Will it be a runner? Will it be a wall hanging? Decisions decisions!!! The blocks are 6" square, and are paper pieced. Any suggestions? I'll be working at home today on it, for the morning, and hope to have it all ready for applique if I decide to do that, and quilting this afternoon! I'll post a picture tomorrow of the class and finished project!!   Oh, does that mean I have to finish? 
     I hope you all have a wonderful day, and get to sew ALL DAY!!
           Jeni

 

Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our family had another great one, and for the first time in a long, long time, all my siblings were here to celebrate with our Parents!  It was really nice, and we had a lot of laughs also!!
    I wanted to tell you all about the blog hop that Stacy from Buttermilk Basin has organized! It started yesterday with Tara Darr, you can click on the button above if you missed it!  I am later on down the list, which is good, because I procrastinate! Haha!  There will be a wonderful recipe from each of the designers, and an ornament pattern! I can't wait, myself, because I love making ornaments, and will really enjoy what the other designers come up with! Gee, I better get to work on mine!  Have fun on the blog hop, and be sure to not miss a day!! 
    Jeni
Monday, Nov. 26
 *Tara Darr * Sew Unique Creations

Wed Nov 28 * Debbie Busby * Wooden Spool Designs

Friday 30 * JoAnn Mullaly * JAM – Wool Crazy

Monday Dec 3 * Lori Brechlin * Notforgotten Farm

Wed Dec 5 * Lynda Hall * Primitive Pieces by Lynda

Friday Dec 7 * Cheri Payne * Quilts By Cheri

Monday Dec 10 * Stacy Nash * Stacy Nash

Wed Dec 12 * Ali Strebel * Ali Strebel Designs

Friday Dec 14 * Kathy Schmitz * Kathy Schmitz

Monday Dec 17 * Jeni Gaston* The Woolen Willow/ Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

Wed Dec 19 * Lisa Bongean * Primitive Gatherings

Friday Dec 21 * Stacy West * Buttermilk Basin

 

wool club project for tonight!

Tonight is our October Wool Club at the shop. It was moved from last Tuesday because I was in Michigan at our printer for the press check for our magaine! It was a lot of fun, and my sister Sally went with me! I did take my camera, but I'm not very good at remembering to get it out! We stopped at a few quilt shops and missed a few also! Sure would like a trip just to hit all the quilt shops possible! What fun would that be?!!!!!  Anyway, here is our project so far for tonight! The gals last month requested a Crazy quilt type project, so I have been working on it here and there, got the instructions written yesterday afternoon, and plan to finish working on it along with the class! It can be a table mat, or a pillow! I think I'll make mine a pillow!  I hope you all have time to sew today!
     Jeni