completed November 2003 In October I visited the coffee house and Decided that the décor needed a little sprucing up. That night a plan to make something with coffee cups emerged. I actually found the small cup blocks already pieced on e-bay. The weekend they arrived is when I put it all together with fabrics that I already had. The letters are cut from white flannel and ironed on with fusible web. The batting is *Warm & Natural’. Regina quilted it with all over stitching. 8th Street Coffeehouse Finished 2/2004 Bottom Stats This is the first quilt, started October 2002. It is also the one that started me getting into this great hobby. Some friends and I gathered on Saturday’s in a converted chicken coop. What fun! It’s a Sampler. I entered it in the Upper Peninsula State Fair and won a Second Place red ribbon in August of 2003. This quilt is going to my son and his lady – ( Bob & Aum) for Christmas of 2003. Beginning of Blocks Sampler 2003 Won 2nd Place at the State Fair This quilt was made for Ryan to take up to NMU and find a home in his college dorm. It never quite made it up there as my machine started missing stitches and wasn’t sewing as well as I wanted. Because of that I put it away for awhile and then a year later I went over the stitches that were missed the first time around. This is another in the series of recycled jean quilts I had a whim to make. The circles were cut from a pattern of a large coffee can and the middle is made of 100% cotton denim look fabric. This is a very large/ heavy quilt and does not have batting. I kept track of the thread used while making this and I used 9 spools. (2700 yards of blue thread!) Ryan's Jean Quilt Finished December 2002 Made out of recycled jeans Close Up Another Pic of Circle Jean Quilt The blue one is made from the same (recycled jeans) and it’s called a Rail Fence pattern. It sure has a personality of it’s own. Aum’s quilt was made from recycled dungarees (jeans or blue jeans) whatever you want to call them. J Because of the cost of fabric for making quilts I thought it would be fun to visit our local thrift shop and see what they had. I was amazed at all the different colors and really had fun putting this together. Aum received this for her birthday in August of 2002. Strip Jean Quilt Aum's Jean Quilt Second Pic I call this the Christmas Tree Throw -it is made of greens, whites, & reds. This quilt is not backed or batted. Every time I wash it there will a be slight fraying and it will become more snuggly. It was a fun one to see come together. Jean Xmas Quilt Finished December 2002 Back of Xmas Tree