Time for a little update

Summer has been crazy so far. We've done a little bit of this,

A little bit of that,

And even some of this,

And in between all of the fun stuff, I have been sewing, a little bit!

I taught the girls to embroider, so I decided to do a little bit myself.

I think this will become either a pillow or I will frame it in a hoop.

 

Last week I cut these out.

The charm squares will eventually become one baby quilt and the other pile has already been sewn into blocks because I need a baby quilt for our family doctor before the end of the month.

 

I have also been working on some flags in support of the disaster in Lac Mégantic, Québec. You can read more about the project here. It is going to be something similar to the "To Boston With Love" project that you can read about here.

Here is my first flag, all done.

I fused the hearts on then hand appliqued them with a blanket stitch. I machine embroidered my name and city on the back. I have 3 more in the works. I will take pictures to share with you before sending them next month.

And finally, I cleaned out and organized my fabric cupboard. Boy did that feel good! I used this tutorial to arrange my yardage and then I bought plastic bins at Home Depot (at 97 cents each) and sorted the big pieces by colour. My fat quarters are in 2 bins all neatly folded. Now I need to go buy one more BIG bin for my scraps because they don't seem to fit in the small ones anymore. I think 2014 will be the year of the scrap quilts!

Hope you are having a great summer too!

 

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Jeanne Dumont

Last week was a difficult one around these parts. We lost a terrific lady. My 89 year old grandmother Jeanne Dumont passed away on June 27.

As some of you know, I am a fourth generation quilter. I have spent a lot of my 19 quilting years, sharing this passion with both my mom and my wonderful Grandmother, Jeanne. If you don't mind, I would like to share with you some of the quilts my grandmother made. I guess it is a little tribute to the fantastic quilter she was.

Crooked Star, machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

Flying geese quilt, machine pieced and hand quilted by Jeanne Dumont

These first two quilts, I own. She gave them to me a few years ago when she moved into a retirement home near here.

Bricks and Stepping Stones, machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

HSTs in a Barn Raising setting, machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

Half Log Cabin, machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

Double pinwheels machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

Garbage Quilt machine pieced by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

Dresden plate, machine pieced and machine appliqued by Jeanne Dumont, machine quilted by Alice Chancey

These last 2 quilts were made in 2012. My Grandmother loved sewing and quilting, and she did so until the last few weeks of her life.

These are some cuddle quilts she sewed up this past winter.

I enjoyed sharing my passion for quilting with my sweet grandmother. I am sure I will think of her often as I continue creating with fabric and thread.

Me, my mother and my grandmother at a quilt show in May 2010

Repose en paix ma belle Mémère. Tu vas nous manquer.

Jeanne Dumont March 16, 1924 - June 27, 2013

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