The Quilted Teacup

Marathon Day

2013-05-19T00:16:00Z

I have been training for the Ogden half Marathon for the past four months. Today was race day. I walked it in 3 hr 43 Min.(13.1 miles) In pouring rain!!! It was a great day and a nice walk down our canyon and then to down town Ogden....(read more)

5 baby quilts in a week and a half

2013-05-04T23:26:00Z

4 cheater quilts and one pieced. all machine quilted. We had 5 teachers that are or have had babies this year at our school. We had a huge baby shower for all of them last Friday. I had the brilliant idea to make them each a baby quilt. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!! I got all of them done in a week and a half. Here they are....(read more)

Sew Steady Table has finally arrived

2013-03-20T20:57:00Z

My Sew Steady table has been on back order for so long that I had forgotten I ordered it....(read more)

2013 Teton Patchwork quilt retreat

2013-02-22T03:22:00Z

Hi Girls, I'm back from Retreat!!! I had a great time. I completed 4 projects. The first is this fantastic picture of us at retreat. Mary Lee took the picture. Mad a copy for each of us, and gave us some scrap book paper to make a Back ground and a little cut out sewing machine to put on the picture with a picture frame. Here is mine Next is a UFO. It is a little Jumper made from a jelly roll for My cousin's daughter. The third project is on the wall next to the jumper. we were given an embroiderer...(read more)

two of three for MQ7

2013-01-30T04:38:00Z

Here is the second one for MQ7....(read more)

first of three for MQ7

2013-01-27T17:28:00Z

Yesterday, I finished the first of three MQ7 tops. It is so nice to be set back up downstairs until the quilt room is finished. Hope I will have the sewing room finished by summer. DH has a promising job lead with Brinks security. If all goes well, and they hire him soon, I will still have the money to finish the sewing room....(read more)

Featherweight find of the year.

2012-11-21T19:54:00Z

My friend Kay that is in patches with me, came to sewing two weeks ago, and said that here neighbor showed her a fetherweight and was going to give it to her. Kay told here that she thought it was worth quite alot and she would go to quilting and talk to the ladies about it. At the time Kay did not know it was a featherweight. She asked us about it and went back to her neighbor and told her what it was and that she could find a buyer for it. (Kay only serge's and didn't want it) This is an...(read more)

Thanksgiving: What are you thankful for this year?

2012-11-18T23:04:00Z

I would like to see everyone write a post on what you are thankful for this past year. I am thankful that I have a roof over my head I am thankful that I have my family here with me. I am thankful that I live in the USA. I am thankful that I have a job. I am thankful for my sons I am thankful for a loving husband and I thank God for all that I have on the lighter side:..... I am thankful that I have a fabric stash so that I can continue to quit. I am thankful that I have two groups of quilting friends...(read more)

fall mountains

2012-09-23T23:17:00Z

We have been shrouded in a blanket of smoke for more than a week. It has been so thick that we could not see the mountains. Remember that I live at the foot of the mountains, and I could not see them from my front yard. Today when we all woke up, the smoke had cleared out and this is what we saw. The mountains had become very vibrant with color....(read more)

scrappy quilt gift

2012-08-08T04:28:00Z

I have a neat story to share with you all tonight: We have a lady in our quilt group. Her name is Kay. She makes scrappy quilts on her serger. She doesn't use her sewing machine except for binding. and her long arm for quilting. she has made hundreds of these quilts. she has been with us a little over a year and I know that she has made15 scene then. She had mentioned one night that she was reaching the end of her scrapes. I got to thinking about all the scraps that I have. Now those of you who...(read more)

first long arm quilt project.

2012-07-31T00:36:00Z

This is the first quit that is a full size quilt that I quilted with the Janome 1600p-DBX. I just love this mini long-arm. I can now say that I will get some of those 15 tops hanging in the closet done. I have already started the next one....(read more)

July in-house quilt retreat

2012-07-10T23:46:00Z

It's summer and we are once again holding our in house quilt retreats for each month of the summer. We get to go and take our stuff and just leave it set up at the church for the whole week. Here are some pictures of the ladies that are taking advantage of quilting all week. this is Mary Lee This is Cindy and Audrey this is Anna, our wonderful Leader This is Donna and Betty this is Kay and Barbara Here are some of the UFO's and and projects that we have done so far....(read more)

playing with merged blocks in EQ7

2012-06-20T00:36:00Z

Kind of a lazy day today. I played with EQ7 all afternoon. The challenge this month is to design a quilt using merged blocks in serendipity. this is what I came up with. also designed this today too...(read more)

summer flowers

2012-06-19T19:43:00Z

Tomorrow is the first day of summer so I thought that I would share my flowerw with everyone....(read more)

temporary sewing room

2012-05-24T04:21:00Z

DH informed me that we were taking the trailer up the canyon a week ahead of schedule. Now if you all recall, we had set up the trailer to house my sewing room. while we do the remodel. The remodel is taking longer than we anticipated and we are ready to go on vacation and need the trailer. So...... I had to move the sewing stuff into the spare room that DS1 was living in. When he moved out, he left most of his stuff. including his box springs. dresser, and TV stand. Those are the items you see in...(read more)