trick or treat.....

Lucy as Wednesday Adams, how adorable is this.....


Analisa is the peppy cheerleader & Tinkerbell Sofia.....


Cooper in Ninja attack.....

lots of fun with this crew tonight....

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Happy Halloween.....

enjoy your Halloween Night.....

wishing safety and solace to all those affected by Hurricane Sandy's devastation......

flat irons.......

have been inspired by this antique flat irons block quilt.....


looks way more difficult to me than it actually was......here's the step by step of my first block......using a 60' ruler i cut 2" triangles and a 3&1/4" triangle.....




laid out my triangles and then off they go to the sewing machine, before you know it you've got a flat iron block, not perfection to be sure, but i strived for enjoyment of the quilting process along with a little of that primitive look......










while the iron was hot made a couple more, looks like i'm going with a blackish background and possibly either gold or red for the 5&3/4" alternate triangles....




thoroughly enjoy a day spent at my sewing machine........

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baking day......

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well actually yesterday i baked this really delicious fresh apple coffecake......click on the picture to get recipe...... YuMMy YuMMy

laughing at my try to link the recipe website to my blog, oops, of course i just linked the picture!!!!!    maybe better luck next time.....

here's the link to Cake Duchess

http://www.cakeduchess.com/2012/05/fresh-apple-coffee-cake.html

dang it's not working either, oh well sorry, you'll have to type it in...... not so good at this computer stuff, you know that left/right brain stuff.....

  cheri

lucy......

go lucy look at lucy go.....

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my sewing day.....

spent my sewing day working on a variety of on going projects..... i did accomplish finishing my blocks for the sew along with Lori/Humble Quilts, her blocks were made with 1&1/4" wide pieces, i used 1" as i do have alot of those ready to go a moments notice..... i did use creative license and changed a couple of things on mine, i always find that fun to see......


here's Lori's wonderful original version and if you didn't sew along visit her blog http://www.humblequilts.blogspot.com for cutting & layout information.....


picture borrowed from Lori's blog.....

hope your day was creative.....

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new designs.....

a couple of new patterns just listed on my website....
Halloween or Not





Folk Art Gameboard



you can order by clicking on photos on my sidebar or by going to......
http://www.quiltsbycheri.com

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feeling angelic....

feeling a little angelic today.....

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autumn in california....

pool & popsicle....that's autumn in so. california, pretty nice....

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New York and back at home.....

we had an enjoyable, entertaining and lively time in New York City.....we stayed at the W Hotel right in the middle of Times Square.....

here's greg with his award plaque at the Wesley J Howe Awards....awards are given in the research and development of medical devices, greg received his for his work in developing Veritor, a flu test.....

many events were planned including getting to see the Broadway Musical It's Nice Work If You Can Get It with Matthew Broderick....the free time was filled with a Central Park stroll, Anthropologie and the Folk Art Museum.....






after catching up on orders and cleaning house i headed out to my sewing room, this is what's on my design floor right now.....an antique quilt inspired, using the Four Knaves block, oh i'm loving it.....will be lap size when done....

and i finished quilting and binding on three new designs for patterns soon.....

now back to my sewing machine, enjoy your day.....

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the three little quilts....

back home and picked a winner for the little primitive quilt.......it's lucky Gayle "Middle Sister" YeaH!!!! to you, just need your address and the little quilt will on it's way to your house.....
enjoy cheri

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my bags are packed.....

tomorrow i will be here, my bags are packed and ready to go.....greg is receiving the BD Howe Award, a prestigious award given within his medical device company.....they are flying us to New York for the swanky affair (that means i'm wearing spanx to look the part!) and sending us to see the Broadway play It's Nice Work If You Can Get It......we do have a few hours to ourselves and i'm hoping to run over to the Folkart Museum.....
so excited for this very nice treat.....


will pick a winner for the little quilt as soon as we return.....enjoy your week, know i will..... cheri

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the three little quilts.....

the little quilt......
center uses twenty-five 1&1/2" squares.....
green inner border 2" wide strips.....
frame that with your thirty-two flying geese, eight on each side, corners are light & dark 3&1/4" squares, cut diagonally twice.....
last border 4&1/2" wide....
just a little bit more sewing today......

and this little quilt will be given away to one of you, maybe you haven't gotten a chance to make your own, don't quilt or just want another......leave me a comment and please make sure that i have a way to contact you.......
enjoy cheri

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the three little quilts......

the littler quilt.....
three rows of eleven flying geese and two strips 2&1/2" x 11&1/2" ......just a littler bit of sewing....






this is a picture of the littlest quilt borrowed from pleasentree's blog, don't you just LoVE It!!! looks like i'll be making another one, thanks for the inspiration Tamami......



also wednesday is grammy & lucy day, she's popped out a tooth and a second one following right behind, this is the best picture i got...... wait that's not a tooth it's a foot!!! i'll keep trying......



see you friday to use up your remaining, i believe thirty-two flying geese...... till then enjoy

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look what i found......

look what i found on Pintrest, my Merry Winter's Night that is in the Winter 2012 issue of Primitive Quilts and Other Projects.....remember i told you my sister Barri, Bareroots designer, will have a project in this issue also......haven't heard but it must be shipping soon, i'll be checking with my local quilt shops for mine.....don't have a subscription but have so many good shops around me and i really enjoy supporting them by making my purchases there.....

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the three little quilts......

with just fourteen flying geese (i know i can't count said eleven) and four 3&1/2" squares you get the littlest quilt..... i counted once, twice and again and you will need thirty-three flying geese for the littler quilt.....
see you wednesday, enjoy your littlest bit of sewing......

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