Sues birthday quilt is done...

Quilted this quilt today...its Sues very tardy birthday quilt...her birthday was in January. Sue is a cat person...she has four cats...Margaret Wesley drew the center of this quilt...Sues backyard garden...too cute...and of course the call for blocks...cats and sues colors ....

Sues Garden with her kitties

My block...done with Tsunieko inks. I cut out the inked chair and cats and fused it to the flower garden fabric.

Sharon Walls kitty block...I gave it a cat face and whiskers.

Ille Water's block...too cute kitties...also inked with Tsuniko inks. We had a few intensive classes in how to use the inks.

Kim Masseys adorable appliqued cat...its a squash i think?? Part of a set of cats done with veggies...

Now whose block is this?? Marie...the other birthday quilt girl...the Quilt Angel.

Linda Yehle, the famous Sunbonnet Sue Kitty block.

9 kitties from Kate!

Connie's sunflower and kitty block.

Beautiful embrodiered Laurel Burch cat from Dana Wegner.

Awesome applique from Judy Lockhart

Another gorgeous applique from Rachel Watson

Two blocks...the pink crazy quilt by the vroom vroom vroom seamstress Maureen Massey. I quilted it with a feathered wreath. The adorable cat block is Connies I think...love those browns.


Grey kitty from Pam...quilted with kitty features...and Tsunieko Ink Laurel Burch cat by Mary Verdery

Siobhan Furguson's basket full of kitties.

Now I am sure you are wondering what this is but Tom the quilt cat fell in love with this quilt while I had it on the floor to take pics of it...catnip had nothing on this quilt...he rolled on it and stretched and just totally enjoyed this kitty quilt...As I tried to fold it up he got inside the quilt...a kitty cat quilt tent...silly cat...BYTW the dogs did not so much as bat an eyelash at the quilt..but the cat...well he nutted up over it!!

Another birthday quilt done...

Maries birthday quilt is quilted...hot off Lila the long arm!!...We make our friends birthday quilts when they have a significant birthday.

Margaret and Ille and I designing the middle and I did the quilting. Marie is always trying to help people so last year I decided that a Quilt Angel would be the perfect theme for her birthday quilt...and now here she is finally in cloth all done!! Just the binding remains.

Before it was quilted


The center
Quilt minus the borders...we sent out a call for 10 1/2" blocks with a fall theme but not Halloween for Marie's birthday. Along with the call for blocks we sent a list of things about the birthday gilr like she loves pumpkins...and fall leaves..this is what we got back!

The quilting

Upclose shot of the center..I quilted her name in it as well as the words The Quilt Angel. The pictures are a little dark ...no idea why other than the more I take with my camera the darker they get.


Up close shot of the pumpkins' quilting.

Now whose block is this?? I am too tired to remember.

Ille's awesome oak leaf block.

Kay's awesome applique block.

Dana's cute little ragdoll embroidered block

Siobhan's leaf block

Marie loves pumpkins so I did her block with the Tsuniko inks and drew a pumpkin...i do love to color!!

Not the best pic of this beautiful block...Betsy's i think.

Linda Birchall's Hole in the barn door. She did two and evidently I only took a pic of one of them.

Connie's favorite block..another hole in the barn door or Monkey Wrench.

Maureen does love a crazy quilt...

Rachel W's awesome applique oak leaves

Sharons lovely fall shades...hmm what is the pattern? In keeping with our theme I quilted some leaves on it.

Kate does a lot of prayer quilts for her church so she did a prayer block for Marie's quilt.

A leaf...by Connie??

Pam's beautiful batik block.

OK so i cant remember who did this block either...some people need to sign them...

Sues block ...I LOVE this angel...



Hard to see the quilting on the borders which are stripped...its a vine of oak leaves and ribbons


Linda Yehle's favorite block...the card trick.

My great big awesome American Birthday quilt

My friends have been realy busy working on this quilt for my birthday...Last nite they presented me with the top....and soon it will be quilted after the holidays...

isnt it awesome...one of the things that amazed me is they picked out my favorite Phillip Jacobs for the border but had no idea it was my favorite....and the corner stones are from one of my long time fav Kaffe Fassetts....the orange kimono fabric...

They seem to know alot about me....pieces of my personality and my history are laced throughout this quilt...it truly is an american quilt....and I love it!! Thanks everyone....

PS I missed taking pics of one block....sooo I will have to add Mary's down in the left corner....

SO MS. Margaret Wesley aka the other Margaret designed and painted this for the label...thinking i just might frame this one....and print a copy for the back...I think i almost caught her at it yesterday when i went by her house unexpectedly....isnt this the most fun...has the dogs and the cat and all the things i like to do...

Siobhan Furguson's applique in all the zippy colors i Love.....

Sue Carricks cool artist palette....I think Margaret W drew the pattern for her?

Linda Birchall's monkey wrench...shes the new piecing queen..just learned to sew last fall...and now her machine goes vroom vroom vroom....Paula Browns current love is playing with Caran D'Arches crayons...great job Paula!
Kathy Mullis' fun beach ladies....we both LOVE the beach....hmm which one is WHO?! Kathy is going to quilt the quilt too..next week right Kathy:>

Kims interpretation of Bella wearing a dreadlocks hat...is this not a hoot?!

Paula Matson's hand block...the first birthday quilt i spear headed for Rachel Watson had hands on it...LOTS of hands...so this is a nice touch!!

Linda Yehle's block...called Margarets choice...neat choice linda:>

An amazing sewing machine block by Margaret Wesley...who says she cant sew...hmmmmmm

Pam Beelers way cool Jack Russell Block...Charley is alive and well again...i do miss him....
Dana Wagners hoochy mama star of Laurel Burch Fabric...love the wonkiness...
Pat Hinkle's scrapy block...i swear that flower in the middle is some of the scraps i gave her is it 5 years ago...from the tiger quilt i did....

I gave Connie the morning glory fabric...she melded it with her beloved modas for a great block...

Shelvy Miller's patriotic star for the memory of my dad THE marine:>

Okay Betsy got one of the Birthday quilts..the big skater quilt...her birthday is two days after mine....so last nite was really her birthday BUT since we had already given her her big quilt last year or was it the year before....i got to be the star last nite...

Betsy made small books of things that i do ....like her quilt, the leftover Christmas party i started at my house...and the book about how i sew...FAST:>

here are the books open!

Marie Atkinson and her daughter Sami made this block. Marie likes muted tones so Sami who is 11 /12 and the shop kid had to tell her mom what colors to use...an amazing job girls!
My friend Marsha Boasso and i shopped for halloween fabric last fall at the Quilt Expo in Atlanta...she made this wonky monkey wrench out of some of them...thanks for the memories Marsha!
Kitty Lamb's sunbonnet sue combined with Angie Faircloths nine patch. I was quite touched that Kitty did this...she has had alot of health problems lately and i know it took a real effort for her to do this! THANKS girls:>
Oh my gosh my friend Judy Lockhart went over the top on this one...a block from the lollipops pattern on glorious patchwork...immaculate applique....love it!

erKim swiped another pic from my blog of Ms. Jazz ...isnt it fun?

Ille's block of my house ...designed by margaret wesley...and the wonderful Phillip Jacobs border....it was my fav fabric on the last trip to intown...and wait...Ille and Kim who picked it out did NOT know that...good job ladies!!

Bella supervising me taking pics of the quilt...

Kay Lawrence's awesome applique wreath

Rachel Watson's awesome sewing inspired birthday cake...even the candles look like spools of thread! Rachel started the birthday quilt thing that we do now...she made one for each of her singles group when they turned fifty...but who was going to make one for rachel since none of them sewed...so we did....four years ago!! And we have been making them ever since....
Joyce Lytle's cool block using my name to write wonderful things about me:> I wish they were all true:> Thanks Joyce!!


Well thanks to everyone I had the most awesome birthday i think since well i was a child....Thanks to all my friends and family who helped me celebrate!!