Projects by Cat and Gail

Cat had participated in a Mystery Quilt Weekend back in October. Here is her finished quilt top. It is gorgeous.


Gail finished some holiday projects. She did two hexagon table toppers. One is for Valentine's Day and the other can be used for Memorial Day or July 4.

A Christmas door hanging. She hand sewed beads on the hanging. Lovely!

First Sewing Day of the Year

The Jersey Girls had their first get together on Saturday, January 16 2010. Gail, Cat, Mad and Patti met at Cat's house for a day of friendship and fun. Kat was not able to make this gathering.



The get together was two fold, exchange Christmas gifts and finish up the last two blocks from the Block of the Month project from Pastimes Quilt Shop.

There was plenty of food to go around. As usual when we get together, we had a good time.



Next get together will be February 5. We are taking an embroidery class on the Endless Hoop at Stonybrook Sew & Va.

A Baby Quilt

From start to finish, this quilt was designed by Kat. She found the idea of the bow-tie blocks and played around with their layout. Then she played with the possible color combinations. Being a quilt for a baby boy, this was done in shades of blue and green.

The fabrics include batiks, nursery prints, and miscellaneous cotton prints.

She also used a newer product to the quilting market. It is a rolled paper with printed lines on it, and there are tape strips on the top and bottom of the roll. You cut the paper to the length you need, tape it to the quilt, and simply follow the lines. After the quilting is complete, you tear away the paper. This one is called 'Stipples and Stars'.

(This is created by a company called Stipples Made Easy. They make the larger fill prints, skinnier border prints, and also simple block prints. All of their designs are continuous line designs.)

The backing and binding are actually soft novelty flannel prints. These worked well for the design, the colors, and the soft quality wanted for a baby quilt. Plus, who can resist those wonderful nursery prints. :)