and the winner is....

my husband has drawn a winner this morning.congratulations sewprimitive karen,you won the settlers pride quilt pattern by maggie bonanomi,please send me your snail mail adress,so i can send it to you.

to all the others ,thanks for the lovely comments,i wished i had a pattern for all of you,have a nice day ,susi

giveaway

dear friends,i am so busy sewing on my secret project,so i can`t show you something else,but it will soon be finished and i can turn back to my other projects like the elephant quilt and the quilting of my elongated hexagon quilt.but until that i will have a giveaway: it is the pattern of maggie bonanomis settlers pride quilt,if anyone is interested,just write a comment to this post,i will draw a winner on wednesday next week.the pictures above are my version of this wonderful pattern, good luck,susi

a little porch time,block 3 and 4

hi friends here are block 3 and 4 of  the little porch time quilt,have a nice week,susi

row 6 of the elephants

hi friends,today i can show you the 6th row of elephants,i am sewing another project,but that must be a secret until it is finished,because it will be a special gift, so i am very slow to sew the elephants,but wait until row 8,that will be a little surprise,have a nice weekend,all of you,susi

5th row of elephants

hi friends ,i managed to sew the fifth row of my elephants with a circus tent in the middle,inspite of that we were 24 people here at the weekend,nearly all of of our  family ,but after a friday with thunder and lightning the weather was sunny and warm on saturday and sunday,have a nice week,susi

block 1 and 2 from "a little porch time"

here are block one and two from the book "a little porch time" by lynda hall,have a nice week,susi

4 rows of elephants

four rows of elephants are sewn,i am sewing them in the evenings while looking football,have a nice next  week of summer,here it is like it is already autumn,rainy and cold,but nice weather to handquilt my elongated hexagon quilt,susi

handquilting is done

hi friends,i finished the handquilting and the binding yesterday evening,while looking football in the tv,i quilted the filling of the borders with a thicker cotton thread in light green,my blocks are 5" square and the whole quilt is 91"square. have a nice week,susi

two rows of elephants

the first two rows of elephants are finished and one more is prepped,i had a very busy weekend with all my four grandchildren (11,6,4 and 1and a half years old), much laughing and playing,i love such weekends very much, have a nice week,all of you,susi

a little porch time

this is the first block o f "a little porch time",i am sewing it with lori from Humble Quilts ,have a nice day, susi