Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop!

Welcome to International Quilt Week.  It was a pleasure to be invited by Marian at Seams To Be Sew to be part of the Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop!  Starting today through March 25th, bloggers like me will be telling you about their inspiration, what made them start quilting, perhaps create something new and tell us about their proudest achievements as a quilter.  Also each day, the opportunity to win various giveaways from each of the featured bloggers for the day.   You will need to leave a comment on each of the featured blogs of the day to enter.

Today, I would like to share a previous blog post from December, 2012 on my biggest Inspiration in my sewing and quilting.
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My Mom, Sister, and Me 2012

My mom is my biggest inspiration for my sewing. When I was young, she would make my sister and I clothes and also sew my dad’s shirts. I can remember watching her lay patterns out of fabric, and then make them into nice clothes. Also I remember going with mom to the Sew and Vac store in downtown Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and watching her test drive sewing machines. She still is using that New Home that she purchased so many years ago. My mom first taught me to sew on a Holly Hobby sewing machine that I received one Christmas as a gift. When I was in middle school and high school, I took several home economics classes and we had a semester or two in sewing. I was always ahead of the class due to what my mom had taught me. One year I remember making a pair of sweatpants with her supervision for high school home economics class project. The teacher was so pleased with how fast and nicely I completed the work. I own it all to my fantastic mom. 
Also while I was little, I remember my mom going to a quilt class in Spokane, Washington and watching her put the log cabin blocks together for a quilt. It was very scrappy, and I still have and cherish that quilt. I think that was when I fell in love with quilts, now that I think about it. I have collected a lot of her quilts that she made over the years, I used them for our bed and throughout our house. That’s what I love about quilts, they will last forever due to the loved and care that is put into making them.

Another inspiration in sewing is my aunt. She is a gifted seamstress, and would make clothes for people in her sewing room from her house. She was especially gifted in making formal clothing. In fact she made my prom dresses for two different years, and then she made my beautiful wedding gown.

This summer, when I was home on vacation my mom gave me a box of quilting patterns that had belonged to my great-grandma Evers. These patterns came to her by mail from Farmers Magazine. In working on the pattern my great-grandma cut many of the patterns templates from old cereal boxes. Also in the box containing the old template pieces was an old quilt block she had sewn together. You turn it over you can see her hand stitching.

As you can tell, sewing and quilting runs in the family. But my biggest inspiration in my life, sewing and quilting is my mom. Plus, she along with my dad have always been my number one fans. I thank them for always being there for me and my sister. I love you!
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Thank you for letting me share with you my inspiration in quilting and sewing.  Do you have family inspirations like it do?

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Happy Mother's Day!

 I would like to wish all the mom out there a Happy Mother's Day.  In honor of my mom I'm going to re-post this blog I wrote a while back about My Inspiration, my mom.

My Inspiration

My mom, sister and me summer 2012

My mom is my biggest inspiration for my sewing. She would make my sister and I clothes and my dads shirts. I can remember watching her lay out patterns out of fabric, and then sew them into nice clothes. Also I remember going with her to the sew and vac store in downtown Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and watching test drive sewing machines. She still is using that New Home sewing machine that she purchased to this day. My mom first taught me to sew on a Holly Hobie sewing machine, that I received one Christmas as a gift. When I was in middle and high schools and I took several home economics classes and we always had a semester or two in learning to sew. I was always ahead of the class due what my mom had shown me before I even had the class. I remember making pair of sweatpants with her supervision for high school home economics class project. The teacher was so pleased with how fast and nicely I did the work. I own it all my to my fantastic mom. 

Also while I was little, I remember my mom going to a quilt class in Spokane, Washington and watching her put the log cabin blocks together for a quilt. It was very scrappy, and I still have that quilt. I think that was when I fell in love with quilts now I think about it. I have a lot of her quilts that she made over the years and have used them for our bed and throught out our house. That what I love about quilts they will last forever, due to the loved that is put into them.

Another inspiration in my sewing is my aunt. She is a gifted seamstress, she would make clothes for people in her sewing room in her house. She would make prom, and wedding dresses also for people. In fact she made my prom dresses for two different years, and then she made my beautiful wedding gown.

This summer, when I was home on vacation my mom gave me a box of quilting patterns. These patterns belonged to my great-grandma Evers. These patterns came by mail from Farmers Magazine. Some of the patterns templates were cut from old cereal boxes. Also  in the box was an old quilt block she had sewn together. You turn it over you can see the her hand stitching. I will be sharing more about these patterns in a later blog.

As you can tell, sewing and quilting runs in the family. But my biggest inspiration in my life, sewing and quilting is my mom. Plus, she along with my dad have always been my number one fans. I thank them for always being there for me and my sister. I love you!

Tina

Happy Mother's Day!

 I would like to wish all the mom out there a Happy Mother's Day.  In honor of my mom I'm going to re-post this blog I wrote a while back about My Inspiration, my mom.

My Inspiration

My mom, sister and me summer 2012

My mom is my biggest inspiration for my sewing. She would make my sister and I clothes and my dads shirts. I can remember watching her lay out patterns out of fabric, and then sew them into nice clothes. Also I remember going with her to the sew and vac store in downtown Coeur d' Alene, Idaho and watching test drive sewing machines. She still is using that New Home sewing machine that she purchased to this day. My mom first taught me to sew on a Holly Hobie sewing machine, that I received one Christmas as a gift. When I was in middle and high schools and I took several home economics classes and we always had a semester or two in learning to sew. I was always ahead of the class due what my mom had shown me before I even had the class. I remember making pair of sweatpants with her supervision for high school home economics class project. The teacher was so pleased with how fast and nicely I did the work. I own it all my to my fantastic mom. 

Also while I was little, I remember my mom going to a quilt class in Spokane, Washington and watching her put the log cabin blocks together for a quilt. It was very scrappy, and I still have that quilt. I think that was when I fell in love with quilts now I think about it. I have a lot of her quilts that she made over the years and have used them for our bed and throught out our house. That what I love about quilts they will last forever, due to the loved that is put into them.

Another inspiration in my sewing is my aunt. She is a gifted seamstress, she would make clothes for people in her sewing room in her house. She would make prom, and wedding dresses also for people. In fact she made my prom dresses for two different years, and then she made my beautiful wedding gown.

This summer, when I was home on vacation my mom gave me a box of quilting patterns. These patterns belonged to my great-grandma Evers. These patterns came by mail from Farmers Magazine. Some of the patterns templates were cut from old cereal boxes. Also  in the box was an old quilt block she had sewn together. You turn it over you can see the her hand stitching. I will be sharing more about these patterns in a later blog.

As you can tell, sewing and quilting runs in the family. But my biggest inspiration in my life, sewing and quilting is my mom. Plus, she along with my dad have always been my number one fans. I thank them for always being there for me and my sister. I love you!

Tina

Home Again!

Only Part of Diane's stash.

Sorry I missed the post yesterday, we were flying back from our California trip and didn't get home until a little after 11pm last night.  So I'm catching up with this short blog, to wrap up our trip.  

We had a great time, but it went way to fast.  We were both wanting to turn around and go back as soon as we landed at Washington Ronald Reagan Airport and I'm pretty sure that my husband's dad and step-mom, Diane felt the same way. 

Now that the trip is over, we did come home with several  great ideas, and a good since of how we want to build our business. We still have a lot of work a head of us but feel we are starting in the right direction.  Diane was a big inspiration and I admire her so much. Her art work is beautiful which is even more impressive due to her disabilities with severe arthritis which limits her finger movements.  also thanks to Diane, we came home with a lot of fabric and books.  There were so many books we could not get them all in our suitcase, so we had to mail them.  Our suitcase was packed full of fabrics and sewing kits Diane felt we would be better off using.

Overall it was a great trip and if I had the choice I would do that trip all over again, but stay a little longer.  Hope everyone had a great week like I did!  Now to get over the jet lag and catchup on some sewing.


Tina

Home Again!

Only Part of Diane's stash.

Sorry I missed the post yesterday, we were flying back from our California trip and didn't get home until a little after 11pm last night.  So I'm catching up with this short blog, to wrap up our trip.  

We had a great time, but it went way to fast.  We were both wanting to turn around and go back as soon as we landed at Washington Ronald Reagan Airport and I'm pretty sure that my husband's dad and step-mom, Diane felt the same way. 

Now that the trip is over, we did come home with several  great ideas, and a good since of how we want to build our business. We still have a lot of work a head of us but feel we are starting in the right direction.  Diane was a big inspiration and I admire her so much. Her art work is beautiful which is even more impressive due to her disabilities with severe arthritis which limits her finger movements.  also thanks to Diane, we came home with a lot of fabric and books.  There were so many books we could not get them all in our suitcase, so we had to mail them.  Our suitcase was packed full of fabrics and sewing kits Diane felt we would be better off using.

Overall it was a great trip and if I had the choice I would do that trip all over again, but stay a little longer.  Hope everyone had a great week like I did!  Now to get over the jet lag and catchup on some sewing.


Tina