Lincoln's Logs Courthouse Step Quilt
We have so many wonderful prints in our Civil War department and wanted to make use of them in a simple traditional quilt. I have made many log cabin quilts but never the courthouse steps version. Our shop is accross the street from the county courthouse so it was meant to happen.
Shirley gathered up 63 fabrics and cut 2" strips with our Accu Quilt Studio die cutting machine. Using the directions in Log Cabin ABC's the strips were cut into logs using her Michell's Log Cabin Ruler. We thought my little Featherweight Singer would be perfect for piecing this quilt. I stitched all the squares and assembled the top in one day with help from Shirley, Dallas and Jennifer who pinned and pressed while waiting on customers. Wow! We were impressd how fast this went.
Next step was to load it on the Handi quilter with Pro Stitcher computerized machine quilting. Dallas quilted a beautiful Fall leaf and acorn design in one day. You are probalbly wondering why we did not hand quilt this. We wanted this quilt to look old but to be useful. This looks so great on the antique bed in the store.
When we were cutting out 2" strips we made kits for our customers. This will saves you a lot of time. You can purchase Lincoln's Logs and make one too. Click Here Lincoln's Log Cabin kit contains precut strips to make a 66" x 72" center. Choose additional fabric for your borders and backing according to the size you want. On our quilt we added a 1" finished first border and a 6" finished second border. The finished size on our quilt is 80" x 96". We would be happy to calculate borders and colors to complete your quilt in the size you want. Give us a call 1-888-798-034 or email suzqu@windstream.net and lets talk quilts.
Happy Quilting,
Suzanne
P.S. We think the quilt needs special pillowcases. Any suggestions?
Lincoln's Log Cabin
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The Colquitt County Arts Center in Moultrie, Ga is hosting a quilt exhibit from September 8 to November 6. The quilter's in our area have been busy getting the finishing touches on their quilts and filling out the paper work. Ms. Joyann stopped by this afternoon for some assistance in completing her paper work. Here is one of her beautiful quilts that will be showcased at the exhibit.
Her quilt design comes from the Cake Walk pattern by Quilt Country. The pattern features 12 hand embroidery designs and instructions for putting the quilt together. Everyone in the shop ooohed and aaahed over it and wanted one just like it. The quilt was hand quilted by one of Ms Joyann's daughters.
If you are in the South West Georgia area this Fall make a stop at the Colquitt Country Arts Center for this exhibit that is open to the public and FREE! Teddy Pruitt will be appraising quilts on Saturday, September 11. Featured quilt artist for the show is new Moultrie resident, McKenna Linn. More into on these talented ladies later.
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For the Twelfth Day of Christmas in July, we bring you Good Tidings of Great Joy with Nancy Halvorsen's Tidings Advent Calendar Kit!
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You and your child can count down the December days with this clever calendar designed by Nancy Halvorsen. Each day add something new until, on December 24th, you complete the Nativity scene! The panel gives instructions to make the ornaments backed with felt, or you can use the kit instructions for the ornaments but will have to purchase the Tidings Great Joy Gold Panel to back them.
Tidings is the newest line of fabric from Nancy Halvorsen and it features all the rich colors and patterns she is known for.
We hope you've enjoyed our Twelve Days of Christmas in July and we'd like to leave you with this dear old Southern recipe that's been passed down. It's traditionally made at Christmas because that was when oranges were available. Now you can make it as a healthful dessert any time, but to us, it tastes best at Christmas.
Ambrosia
3 navel oranges
1/2 of a fresh coconut, peeled and grated
1 small bottle of Marischino cherries without stems
1 small can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup mini marshmallows
Peel oranges and remove pulp from skin. Add remaining ingredients, including pineapple and cherry juice. Mix well and serve with whipped cream on top.
Merry Christmas in July, and to all a good night.
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We start our journey with this shining Lumiere de Noel quilt kit. In French, Lumiere de Noel means "light of Christmas". The light radiates from the rows of eight-pointed stars, like the Star that shone over Bethlehem on that holiest of nights. Most French families celebrate the light of Christmas by putting up an elaborate Nativity scene called a creche.
Lumiere de Noel is the first Christmas fabric made by French General. It has the look of antique 18th century fabric, in authentic period colors, with lush prints and elegant toiles.
In France, children don't hang their stockings on Christmas Eve. Instead, they leave their shoes out, with hay and carrots for Pere Noel's donkey. If the children have been good, Pere Noel accepts their offerings and fills their shoes with candy and presents. If you want to leave a snack for Pere Noel, we suggest this easy French recipe from glamorous Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich.
Caviar d'Aubergine
Bake an eggplant in the oven until the skin is black. Let cool. Chop half of a medium-sized onion very fine. Fry it golden brown in 4 tablespoons oil. Peel eggplant and cut in small pieces. Add to the onions and fry for a few minutes while mixing constantly with a wooden spoon. Add one small can of tomato sauce and keep on mixing. Transfer to chopping board and chop very fine. (Marlene didn't say so, but you could probably put it in your blender or food processor.) Serve cold as an appetizer. Pere Noel would probably like this with plenty of whole wheat crackers and some sparkling water.
For our Trip Around the World, Suzanne has designed an original tree skirt in bright Hoffman fabrics. It will look beautiful under your tree this year and it's easy to make. It's just one of the tree skirts featured in our class that starts November 2.
We hope you've enjoyed our trip to France. Joyeux Noel!
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Even Santa likes to get away from the snow and work on his tan. He brought his favorite reindeer with him to enjoy the escape from the North Pole.
Nine different scenes in this fabric. Would make a great Christmas shirt or quilt for those who live in a Florida or Hawaii.
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It also makes a great pillowcase! Click Here
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12 Gifts Quilt Kit measures 45" x 50". The Santa in the center and 12 blocks depicting the 12 days of Christmas are from a panel print. Fussy cut the panel and add frames around the blocks and sashing. Easy to do. Don't you love the look on Santa's face?
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This would be a great backing for the 12 Gifts Quilt. It features all the bird symbols in the 12 Days of Christmas song (partridge, French hens, geese, swans, turtle doves, and calling birds.)
Santa's Holiday Punch
1 bottle white wine
32 oz. bottle of cranberry juice cocktail
12 oz can of frozen pineapple juice concentrate
12 oz can frozen pink lemonade concentrate.
Mix together in a large container and chill.
When ready to serve add 6 cups (48 ounces) chilled lemon-lime soda.
48 ounces is equal to 1 1/2 liter bottles of soda
Yields twelve - 6 ounce servings
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Six Spirited Snowmen
Back in February of this year, Moultrie got some unusual weather. We had an inch of honest-to-goodness snow that stuck to the ground and hung around for most of the day. Even though it very, very rarely snows in South Georgia, snowmen are still a popular Christmas icon at Suzanne's Quilt Shop. Our Saturday Sampler group has been enjoying working on Shivery Snowmen. Another popular Christmas kit featuring snow people has been our wonderful Holiday Spirit Placemats.
Bring plenty of Holiday Spirit to your Christmas gatherings with these festive placemats! Each of them features a different scene of snowmen celebrating the season with their families - just like you do! Kit includes directions and fabric, including backing fabric, for making 6 place mats. Fabric on the reverse side is pretty too so these placemats are reversible. Finished place mats are 14" x 18". What a wonderful gift for your favorite hostess - or for yourself!
If you are a snowman collector, you won't want to miss our Holly Jolly Snowman Quilt Kit. It features some of the jolliest snowmen you've ever seen, hanging out with their best buds, the snow birds. The kit comes in a really cool little black felt tote bag that's as charming as the snowmen.
You can't have snowmen without Snowballs, and this gives you about five dozen rich crunchy cookies covered in powdered sugar snow. This old Southern recipe more than makes up for the absence of the cold, wet stuff!
Snowballs
2 sticks of butter (not margarine, not shortening)
6 tablespoons of powdered sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Cream the butter and the sugar until it is smooth and fluffy. Sift the flour and the salt together and add the mixture a half cup at a time to the butter/sugar. Add the vanilla and the pecans. Roll the dough into bite-sized balls, place on a baking sheet and bake at 250 degrees for around thirty minutes or until they are light brown and the pecans are nicely toasted. Let them cool and dust them with more powdered sugar so they look like little snowballs. These cookies have a rich buttery, nutty taste that makes it impossible to eat just one. They are especially good with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
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Santa's Big Night
Santa comes with his reindeer to Moultrie, GA on Thanksgiving night to light up the downtown square with Christmas lights. Everyone comes out to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season with a special program and stores open for shopping. Santa with his sleigh and reindeer circle the square and magically the lights come on. We just wonder why he does not bring snow. Mrs. Claus always makes a stop at Suzanne's Quilt Shop to pick up some new fabrics.
It's not too early to prepare for Santa's Big Night! Debbie Mumm is all ready, with this warm traditional depiction of everyone's favorite Christmas symbol, Santa Claus. This fabric captures the breathless air of anticipation as children look forward to Christmas Eve and the moment when Santa's sleigh flies over. Click Here
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These are Santa's favorite cookies when he visits Georgia.
Georgia Peanut Field Cookies
1 box chocolate cake mix, the darker the better
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup vegetable oil
One 12 oz. package of peanut butter chips
1 1/2 cups chopped roasted peanuts
Combine the cake mix, brown sugar, egg and oil in a large bowl. Mix them by hand but don’t over mix. Add the peanut butter chips and the peanuts. Stir them into the batter, Drop the dough by teaspoons onto a well greased cookie sheet, leaving a good two inches between them because they spread. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in a 325 degree oven. Makes 3 dozen rich, nutty cookies.
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Majestic Splendor
Make one, two or all three of these stunningly beautiful wall hangings designed by Mount Redoubt Designs. Fabrics are beautiful Hoffman batiks.
Machine applique with a straight stitch. Which is your favorite?
Christmas Carol Kit
Quilt measures 18" x 46". Kit includes batik fabric for top and binding. Need to purchase your choice of backing separately. Click Here
Winter Frolic Kit
Quilt measures 21" x 26". Kit includes batik fabric for top and binding. Need to purchase your backing fabric separately. Click Here
Peaceful Enchantment Kit
Quilt measures 20" x 26". Kit includes batik fabric for top and binding. Need to purchase backing fabric separately. Click Here
Three Ingredient Christmas Pretzels
1 tablespoon each of red, green and white coarse decorating sugars
18 oz. vanilla or chocolate candy coating, cut into pieces
10 oz. package of Bavarian-style pretzels
In a small bowl, combine red, green and white sugars. Melt candy coating in a heavy medium saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and, working with 6 at a time, dip each pretzel into candy coating. Transfer dipped pretzels to wax paper and sprinkle with sugars. Let coating harden and store in an air tight container. Makes 24 pretzels.
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I am not a fan of the color blue. I like teal and green. When this time of the year rolls around I'm loving blue. On our little patch of heaven, here in Gerogia, we have 25 blueberry bushes. Most of them were here when we purchased the land to build our home several year ago. This time of year, we are out picking in the cool of the day,every morning and evening gallons and gallons of blueberries. We love to share them with friends. We welcome our friends to come pick too. There are so many berries and it is easy pickin!
Blueberries are an excellet source of vitamin C and fiber plus they have lots of antioxidants. Eat them raw, with a little milk or put them in a yogurt parfait. Have you ever had a Starbuck's yogurt parfait. It consists of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and low fat plain yogurt with ranola cereal on top. Yummy! Oh yeah we have those other berries in our garden too.
When we have so many blueberries we freeze them to use all year. Blueberry pancakes, blueberry pie and blueberry cobbler.Yummm!
I looked around the quilt shop and noticed that I had been purchasing a lot of fabrics with blue. Here is what I found. http://www.suzannesquilts.com/newsjune22.htm I guess I like blue more than I thought.
Happy Quilting
Suzanne
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These spectacular sunflowers are growing splendidly in Suzanne's own garden. Aren't they gorgeous? Sunflowers are so bright and cheerful, you can't help smiling when you see them. They're like miniature suns breaking through a cloudy day.
Sunflowers are one of our favorite flowers here at Suzanne's Quilt Shop, and our customers seem to agree. One of the hottest new quilt kits this summer is "Serenade to the Queen", by Wing and a Prayer Designs. It's bursting with beautiful blooms scattered profusely throughout the "Sunflower Serenade" fabric.
Once your eyes have adjusted to the grandeur, you may recognize "Serenade to the Queen" as a remake of the extremely popular "Queen and Her Court" quilt kit that featured "Marie Antoinette" fabric, also by Wing and a Prayer Designs. With the bold, earthy colors of navy, maroon, chocolate, sage and gold in the prints and textures of "Sunflower Serenade". we predict that "Serenade to the Queen" will be even more in demand. You can find both the kit and the fabric HERE.
Another quilt that features spectacular sunflowers is this one, fittingly called "Garden Splendor".
This colorful quilt has so many bright, blooming sunflowers, you may need your sunglasses to look at it! It features dazzling Sunshine Serenade fabric in brilliant garden shades and a profusion of wonderful wildflowers. You won't want to take this quilt outdoors -- your flowers may get jealous! To plant this beautiful Garden Splendor quilt in your home, go HERE.
Sunflowers not only lift your spirits, their seeds are a great source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. To enjoy a heathy snack, gather the sunflower seeds and soak them overnight in salt water, using 1/4 to 1/2 cup of salt to 2 quarts of water. (If you prefer unsalted seeds, skip this step.) The next morning, drain the water and pat the seeds dry on a paper towel. Preheat your oven to 300 degrees, spread the sunflower seeds evenly on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, and bake for 30 or 40 minutes until they are golden brown, stirring them occasionally to keep them from burning. Cool completely before eating and store the remainder in an airtight container.
Now that you've seen all the ways sunflowers enrich our lives, we hope you'll be inspired to try one of these splendid projects.
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