Sewing Day

The Jersey Girls had a sewing day recently. They celebrated Patti's birthday and made Mondo Bags, a pattern by Quilt Smart.

Here are the bags in the making.

Gail's project

Patti's project

Cat's project

Mad's project

Kat wasn't at sewing day but she made one too. Pictures of all 5 bags will be posted soon.

Cat's Table Accessories

A table runner and mat that Cat whipped up. She used the Easy Striped Table Runner Pattern.

More Projects by Gail

Gail has been sewing up a storm.

She made an Easy Striped Table Runner. Perfect for the upcoming holiday.

Another holiday project - hexagon table mat.


Here is a laptop sleeve that she made. It is padded for traveling. The sides are open.

She also made another Margo Bag. This one is for winter.

Another pair of leisure pants.

Gail's Projects

Gail has retired. Congratulations Gail!!!
Now she has more time for sewing. Here are some of the projects she has completed.

A Quilt by Cat

Here's a cute little quilt that Cat made.

No Sew Floor Mats

Patti and Mad attended a class today at The Village Quilter. This was a crafting class with no sewing. Each made a floor mat from charm packs. Pattern by Beach Garden Quilts.

Patti's mat

Mad's mat

Mystery Quilts

Cat and Kat attended a mystery quilt away. They completed these wonderful quilt tops.

Kat's quilt top

Cat's quilt top.

Shop Hop Prizes

Patti and Mad both won daily prizes on day 2 during the Shop Hop.

Mad won the drawing at Pieceful Choices in Vernon, NJ.

Patti won the daily at Aardvark in Morris Plains.

NJ Shop Hop Adventure

Gail, Mad, Cat, and Patti along with a new quilting pal, Lois, completed the 2011 NJ Shop Hop. Kat wasn't able to hop this year.

Day 1 - We went to all the local shops

Haddonfield NJ

Burlington City NJ

Mt. Holly, NJ

Day 2 - Northern NJ

Vernon, NJ

Morris Plains, NJ

Clinton, NJ

Pennington, NJ

Patti won the daily prize from Aardvark and Mad both won the daily prize from Pieceful Choices on Thursday, day 2. They don't have them yet but we will post once they do.

Day 3 - The Shore and Southern NJ

Ocean City, NJ

Forked River, NJ

Mullica Hill, NJ

Swedesboro, NJ

Of course everyone added to their stash. Check out the loot:

Cat's stash

Gail's stash

Lois's stash

Mad's Stash

Patti's stash

Patti's charm packs.
Everyone has these. You collected a charm pack and a pattern at each of the 11 shops. You have enough squares to make a quilt top. Every shop had their quilt displayed.

Another great adventure by the Jersey Girl Quilters.

Gail's Projects

Gail made this lovely tote. The pattern is the Professional Tote from Creative Thimble.

Gail also made a pair of leisure pants with this really neat fabric.