Camp Report, Our Birthday Boy and Tutes

First off…..blogger and I aren’t getting along.  I have fought  posting these pictures all day, so sorry if they aren’t quite lined up where they should be!!!!!

Camp was fun, fun, fun …..22 quilters, and four days.  We had to have a snack table, even though we were fed three HUGE meals each day.

 

 

 

Our wonderful sewing space with great light….

 

some time for fun and games.  CLR with fat quarters  WOOHOO!!!

And some time to just be silly …..Karon and Robin dancing for us!! Lots of time to sew and share beautiful quilts .

 

 

 

 

A wonderful four day getaway for Trudy and her daughter…..

 

 

 

And my very most favorite picture.  Our sweet friend Ruth with her beautiful block of the month but the best part …..having her five months of Chemo behind her and having her at camp with us.  We love you Ruth and are so proud of you!!!!

I am happy to report a few camp finishes for me .  A Christmas ornament quilt out of Vintage Modern, and Halloween pillowcases for The Dots.   There were also lots of quilt projects the camp committee kitted up for us.  There are a group of us getting together in October to work on them.   These vinyl pouches were one of the projects…..made by our friend Lyla.

Yesterday was Big Dots birthday…can you believe it, he’s four.  Where has the time gone?!  I had bumped my camera and had it on the wrong setting, so most of the pictures didn’t come out, but here is our big boy with his mom saying a big “thank you” for his presents.  Love him to pieces for sure.

I know some of us are dealing with major heat this time of year, but even so we had 15 people making wonderful gifts for the month.   Darlene and I are so happy you are playing with us.   It sure is hard to think Christmas with 100 plus temps, but I keep reminding myself how nice it will be to be ahead of the game come December.  Hope you join us this month.   Here are some super tutes I thought you might like.

From Lorraine at ikatbag there is this super cute tutorial for a Hallway House.  OMW,  just think how you could personalize this!!

I love aprons, and Maureen at Maureen Cracknell Handmade has this super duper Four Fat Quarter Apron tutorial……I’m thinking Vintage Modern :-)!

I was lurking around one day and came across this wonderful site, The Southern Institute….WOW…so much wonderful info and so many, many wonderful projects.   Jenny has guest crafters that are featured there and Larissa from mmmcrafts shared this wonderful tutorial for the Mini Memo books.

Amanda at Material Girl Quilts has a great tutorial for a Business Card holder.  What wonderful gifts these would make.

I think coasters are another fun gift to give and Bari J. has this great tutorial for these String

 

Block quilted coasters.  Love how they are quilted.

Another great gift …. oven mitts and this one  is sweet as can be…. Cindy at Skip To My Lou has a wonderful tutorial that she is sharing with us.

A huge giant thank you to all the crafters for sharing their pictures and tutorials with us.  If you do decide to make gifts using any of these tutorials and post the project on your blog, please link back to the crafter.

Wishing you all a very happy week!!