Well I think I have posted enough for tonight...I hope that I can figure this thing out, all the little tricks...I hope to start going backwards and blogging about all of my projects

Clean Air, Blue Skies and Sunshine

This was the 1st of 4 Quilts that I made to be raffled off for Naisha and Gavin's climb this July. They are climbing Mt. Rainer for the Climb for Clean Air 2010 American Lung Association. Naisha sent out support letters to all the people she knew, and this quilt was an incentive for them to get there money in by a certain date, for every $5 they donated they got a chance in the drawing... James Cosgrov from Arizona won the quilt...

The inspiration for this quilt was I went into Jo-ann fabrics picked up a book which was (Rolling Along by Nancy J. Martin) http://www.martingale-pub.com/ and opened it to page 29 and said what ever it was I was going to make it...Then I went over to the fabric and just started putting things together...It was originally going to be greens and browns but I could find fabric I liked in those colors, then the blues just popped out at me...and so it began, the pattern was easy to make but difficult to follow along, because the material she has in the pattern has a different pattern through out the fabric, so you are not for sure what pieces go where, and needless to say I had one piece in the wrong place and didn't realize it until all the squares were put together so you know what that means...Yep tear it all apart and redo it...Boy was that frustrating...the backing was a fleece sheet that I used with warm and natural batting. Then I did a stippling stitch for the quilting which is my favorite, and also the easiest for me as I have not yet really mastered my long arm quilter yet.

School Bus

School Bus Quilt This one was also made to raffle off for the Climb for Clean Air 2010 American Lung Association. This one was sent to Minnesota to my sister Breta's work Reinbein Transportation . She sold the tickets for $1 or 6 for $5 she raised $130.00.

The pattern for this was drawn up from a picture in a catalog that I liked, so I had to do all the calculations myself, which was not to difficult, thanks to the wonderful calculator (Quilter's Fabricalc) that my wonderful girls gave me for Christmas 2 years ago.

The material for this quilt came from a quilt shop in Anchorage Alaska, where I met this wonderful lady (that in itself is another story).

I should have named this quilt the road to nowhere, because as a bus driver you drive all day and you really don't go anywhere to exciting...I would know I use to be one...

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Lower Falls of Yellowstone,

pattern www.Storyquilts.com by Helene Knott

I made this quilt to be raffle off in Gardiner Montana which is the North entrance to Yellowstone Park, and also my home. The proceeds will also go towards the Climb for Clean Air 2010 American Lung Association. This was a fun quilt to do...the fun was really in finding the material, some of which came from the Mistletoe Ranch in Hill City SD. I made my table into a light table so that I could place the pieces a lot easier. I did learn a very good lesson when I quilted it... I thought I would be smart and do all the same color of thread at one time, instead of changing threads, but when I did this on my long arm quilter I forgot that the front ,batting and backing are all done at the same time, so when I went back up to do another color the entire quilt was stitched together, so then I had to remove in from the frame, and then everything shifted...oops Lesson learned here...was not to be lazy and try and cheat...

Flight Attendant Diva

(pattern I used)

I made this Flight Attendant Diva , to raffle off at work, to raise money to help Naisha and Gavin climb Mt. Rainer for the Climb for Clean Air 2010 American Lung Association. I used the pattern, Quilt Diva it's an Amy Bradley design and I altered it to make a Flight Attendant Diva. It was quite challenging to make her shoes , and shorten her dress as I am not a very good artist. I used an old work shirt and scarf, and navy blue material for the uniform, and embellished with a badge that I shrank down with her picture on it, and made her an attractive lanyard. It also has a flight attendant manual and announcement book, the latest magazines are also in her bag, as this is very typical for a flight attendant to carry magazines that she has found on the plane. The name badge and wings are authentic, along with the numerous pins on her vest. She also is wearing a breast cancer awareness pin in my honor. This is the second one that I have made, She has been named Blanche a fellow flight attendant from the LA base named her.