We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year with as much excitement and anticipation as we are! We are so thankful for all of your support for yet another year! We are ever mindful that without you, we wouldn’t be here doing what we love. We love you all!
Melisa and Mike
We wish you all the best this holiday season, and prosperity in the New Year.
Thank you for being our customer! We look forward to seeing you in the coming year!
All the best to you and your family,
Melisa, Mike and the Sweet Home Quilt Co. Staff
(to the tune of “Up on the Housetop”…you know you’ll be humming it the rest of the day!)
Down to the quilt shop quilters go, Out comes the MasterCard all aglow. Out through the checkout with lots of stuff, all for the quilts and the tools and such.
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Sew-sew-sew, who wouldn’t sew. Go-go-go, who wouldn’t go. Down to the quilt shop, click-click-click. Out through the checkout with lots to snip.
First are the UFO’s that fill the drawers, so many there that we can’t ignore. Finish them all, do them one by one. Finish them all then we’ll have some fun.
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Next come the quilts that are in our heads, all that we’ve planned for all our beds. One for the master room and one for the guest, we’ll stitch them all and do our best.
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Last we’ll make gifts for all our friends, quilts and placemats without end. Coasters and bookmarks, ornaments – so much! Wrap them up in ribbons and bows and such.
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(Author Unknown)
This was recently shared in The Sampler newsletter from the Georgia Quilt Council, and I thought it was too cute not to share!
Merry Christmas!
Melisa
Nancy R. has finished her Comfort & Joy quilt just in time for Christmas! She used a darker tan background than the original, and it gave the quilt a warm, cozy feeling! This was our 2011 Block of the Month that finished in August…and this is what happens when you keep up with the blocks month by month!
Melisa
Lots of show & tell to share with you today…enjoy!
This is Josie’s second quilt, made for her friend, Monica. Beautiful, bright colors!
Joyce shared her first quilt, Bugs, made for her granddaughter! I love it when new quilters are fearless and jump right in!
Joyce paid us a visit last week just after she’d picked up her quilts from her longarm quilter, Ardis Young. Love the stars…and that’s a LOT of flying geese!
Another one from Joyce, funky log cabins with a fun patriotic border!
Breathtaking…that’s all I can say! Beautifully pieced and embroidered, and Ardis did a great job of quilting it with snowflakes!
This quilt didn’t photograph well, unfortunately, but it, too, is a beauty. The center features a black and gold sparkly print, and the outside borders are a fun snowman print. Joyce pieced the back, too, so it is really reversible!
Here’s another one that didn’t photograph well (I really need to work on my photography skills!) Julie’s Crazy Quilt is really fun with pre-printed vintage postcard prints used in the centers of the blocks. I really, really want to make a crazy quilt…
Lynn made this quilt for her 11 year old granddaughter for Christmas. The striped fabric was her granddaughter’s “favorite” fabric in the whole shop! The green and orange/red really set off the stripe, and Elaine Poore did a great job with the quilting. Lynn gets to mark this one off her Christmas “To Do” list!
Shirley brought in her Queen and Her Court quilt to share, and it is beautifully appliqued…by hand! This was a BOM we did two or three years ago.
Last but not least, here’s Susan showing offer her project from our Beginner quilting class. Doesn’t she look happy? She should be…she did a great job, and even started a second quilt of the same pattern for her mother.
We love seeing your projects…stop by and show us your latest finish!
Melisa
I don’t know about y’all but these months are flying by so fast I’m having a hard time keeping up! We had six finishes in November – better and better! Congrats to everyone who finished their November PhD project. Here’s the show and tell for you:
Barb’s assignment was to quilt and bind her Christmas embroidery quilt that she started when she lived in Tallahassee. All done! Great job, Barb.
Here’s Doli hiding behind her November project, which she called Santa Fe Throwaway. Her task was to quilt and bind it, and you can see a little of the detailed quilting that she did…beautiful!
Julie’s assignment was to finish piecing her Paisley Strip quilt. All done and ready for quilting!
Leiann was tasked with finishing Butterfly Kisses, a BOM we did in 2008. This is one BIG quilt, but it is so pretty! Leiann says it is going on her bed…as soon as she saves enough money to have it quilted! Great job!
Mary Lou finished her Asian-inspired quilt called Soiree, a project from a trip she took to Sisters, Oregon several years ago. It is a stunner!
Ruthanne’s assignment was to get the mitered borders on her Civil War Sampler quilt…done and ready for quilting! Love the striped border fabric!
Mr. Random Number Generator did his thing, and the winner of the $25 gift certificate this month is….Leiann! The $10 gift certificate goes to Mary Lou! Congratulations, ladies! You may pick up your gift certificates the next time you’re in the shop.
The next project assignment is…
December PhD Project Assignment:
Project #2 on your list!
Better get started…with everything else happening this month (ahem…Christmas is only 24 days from now!) you’ll have to work extra hard to find time to finish your assignment. But I have faith that you all will at least make great progress on whatever your project happens to be!
Melisa