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A little bit about me, and why I made a BLOG (can you believe it??). I suppose you could say I'm "middle age", though I don't believe it! Yes, I'm in my early 60s, but certainly don't feel it! At least not on most days. I'm from a suburb of Buffalo, NY, born here and except for the 8.5 years we lived in Montreal, been here my whole life. My husband is from here, also. I work part time in a little quilt shop, where I learned how to quilt, 8 years ago. Guess you could say I've come full circle. I have 2 grown daughters, and I'm a grandma to 2 wonderful granddaughters. And a husband of 41 years. What more could one ask for? So, why did I make a BLOG? Good question. I'm not a writer, so there won't be any extraordinarily written stories here. Just me and my keyboard. I guess I wanted a place to share my thoughts and pictures about my quilts. This has been an amazing journey for me...one I wish I had started years ago. Now, I'm planning on starting to do craft shows. I'll be making a lot of smaller items, to go along with my quilts. You can see my quilts on the original "Sew? What's New?" blog. Enjoy!

Winter 2011~

Winter 2011~

I wish there was more time! More time to quilt, more time to relax! Just time to enjoy life! There's so much stress in my (and most people's) life, that I'm simply not enjoying it. I'm trying! We now actually have FUN in the cold, snowy winter! We go snowshoeing with amazing friends. We hike, and bike and I run! The hiking and biking are fun...the running? Not so much. But I do it. I ran 5 miles in the Turkey Trot this past Thanksgiving! First time in that event. Larry stayed home and cooked! Loved that part!


But I think about all that I want to do. I just turned 59...can't believe that! 59! When did I get that OLD?? Funny thing is, I'm more active NOW than I was back when I was YOUNG! I'm in better shape, and I think I'm a happier person.


Just wish I had more time....

Saturday, December 20, 2008


Dec 20, 2008. We had a LOT of snow yesterday. Larry is still in the hospital. Today is day 12. He had quadruple bypass, and a few setbacks. I've been home from work for 2 weeks now. Got a lot of quilting done, still could have done more, but got some done. We're hoping he'll come home today, but I'm not counting on it.

This is the quilt I was supposed to finish for last Father's Day for my dad. Finally finished it and now it's a Chanukah gift! It's pretty much his whole family history, from his dating my mom, to all of his grand & great-grandchildren. The cottage, and our late Duchess. It turned out great, so I hope he likes it. I named it Family Story"
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Kathy said...

Laurdee, this is SSKatie from BCB. I LOVE your quilts! They are simply beautiful! I especially like the Rose Garden one and the one that you said is your favorite. I'll be it is so fun putting all those pieces and colors together -- something I may try doing some day. I bought a White sewing machine for $8 at a flea market a few years back and I need to put it to use!

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A square is a square... ~ May 2010

A square is a square... ~ May 2010
This quilt was made to be raffled off to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes.

Finally Finished

Finally Finished
This quilt, which I did "finally finish", was made for a young woman I work with. She picked out almost all of the fabric, and then I had to figure out what to do with it! There were SO many different fabrics, I had no idea what to do or how it would turn out. I'm glad to say, I'm very pleased with the outcome. though these are not colors I would normally use, or combine, I'm happy with the result, and so was she!

Ocean view

Ocean view
My absolutely favorite! this one is MINE!

Puppy Love

Puppy Love
Paper-pieced puppy pillow....looks just like my late "Duchess".

Memories of Mom

Memories of Mom
This one touches me every time I look at it. A lot of tears went into making it, also. I've used 2 of mom's hankies and in the bottom corner, are a bunch of her buttons. This proudly hangs in my living room

Chanukah gift for Michele and Dave 2009

Chanukah gift for Michele and Dave 2009

chanukah wall hanging

chanukah wall hanging

Bright with dragonflies

Bright with dragonflies
For Abby's baby shower 5-21-11

Label

Label
"A baby has a special way, of bringing joy to every day."

Quilt made for baby Charlie~ June 2009

Quilt made for baby Charlie~ June 2009
this one was made for my best friend, Linda's first grandchild

Heart of Love

Heart of Love
Made in class, this was a gift for my "other daughter", Katie

Twins

Twins
8-3-09 Made for a neighbor having twins!

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

Another baby one

Another baby one

Sweet Baby

Sweet Baby
A baby shower gift

Baby Love

Baby Love

Hearts of Love

Hearts of Love
I made this quilt for Courtney's 11th b'day. The hearts are all machine appliques (my first attempt ever), and the quilt is supposed to be a twin size, but you can see, it fits a queen size bed.

Table runner

Table runner

Sand and Sea

Sand and Sea
Made for daughter, Debbie

Life's a Beach

Life's a Beach
This quilt was made for Linda, my best friend! As far as we are concerned, we should be living on the beach. Fabrics all have something to do with the beach, from the ocean blue, to pepples, to wine!

Mom's Rose Garden

Mom's Rose Garden
My favorite quilt (so far)..all raw edge machine applique.

Raspberry Sherbet

Raspberry Sherbet
Made this one for daughter, Michelle

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather
Birdhouse wallhanging that I had framed.

To Serve and Protect

To Serve and Protect
This was the first quilt I ever got paid for making! It was for a little boy who's dad is a police officer

Butterfly

Butterfly
This was one of my first attempts at paper-piecing.

Mystery quilt

Mystery quilt
This was made for Sara, a mystery quilt done from on-line directions

Starry Night

Starry Night
This was made as a "block of the month". It's now a wallhanging for Debbie. My first real attempt at so many triangles!

Color Me Happy

Color Me Happy
This was made for a lady at work, for her granddaughter. Loved working with such bright colors!

Spring 2008

Haven't added much of anything lately. But, here it is, Spring 2008. It's going to be warm out there this weekend, finally! Today is a day of cooking and cleaning, getting ready for the Passover Seder tomorrow night.

Just wanted to add a few pictures..way down at the bottom of the page!

Fit for a Princess

Fit for a Princess
Ah, this was a lot of quilting! This is the one where I practiced something different, free-motion style, in each block. Love the way it turned out.

A Hole in One

A Hole in One
I made this one for larry's b'day last year. I'm proud to say, he uses it every night on the couch!!

My quilts

My quilts
My very first quilt. Hand pieced and hand quilted. November 2006