2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar Blocks

As I do every year, I thought I would post the 2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar Blocks.  For this year, my staff and I decided to hold a contest.  We were not at all disappointed in our decision!  The entries were wonderful!!!  Our only sadness came in not being able to give everyone who entered the contest, their own page.  The runners up blocks will be included in the Winter 2016 issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine.  In the meantime, here are the winning blocks:

Cover Design:

Connie Eyberg

January

Nina Burnsides

Linda Hopkins

Shannon Szkapi

Maria Mulder

Susan Shufelt

Margaret Freeland

Kathleen Klein

Sharon Peters

Sally Mennella

Margreet De Reus

Jackie Keirnan-Hale

Heather Mantz

I would like to say thank you to everyone who entered the contest.  I'm so proud of all of you.  It takes a lot of courage and strength to put yourself and your work out there.  

I always say, everyone brings something to the table!!!

 

The 2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar is available at Magcloud. 

If anyone would like to enter our contest for the 2018 Crazy Quilt Calendar, here are the guidelines:

 Since the theme will be Musicals, Cathy Kizerian came up with a list of popular musical ideas.  You don't have to choose one from this list.  These are just some ideas. 

 Click on the images to see the details up close!

2016 Holiday Issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine

I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Labor Day weekend!

I thought I would share a sneak peak of the special 2016 Holiday Issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine:

Our cover artist is Lisa Boni!  Thank you Lisa!  This issue is filled with eye candy and special holiday stories from our contributors.  Also included are tutorials for quick and easy gifts, tree ornaments and simple cookie recipes!!  Yes there's more, but I thought I'd just give a quick teaser!!
This issue will be available on October 1st.

Also, in case you missed my post last week, the 2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar is now available:

 And don't forget, the Autumn 2016 issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine is now available:

Finally for today, Saturday was our 28th wedding anniversary.  Scott and I went out for a nice dinner and then came back and sat our deck to enjoy watching the birds!  It was a nice evening.  Here is our wedding photo:

September 3, 1988, the most wonderful day of my life!

2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar Now Available!

I'm pleased to announce that the 2017 Crazy Quilt Calendar is now available for purchase:

A special thank you goes out to all of our contributors!!!

You can order your copies here at Magcloud:  http://www.magcloud.com/user/kitty-and-me

Crazy Memento Quilt Block #10

Block #10 features a little vintage "bunch of grapes" brooch that Scott's step mom gave to me:

I think Margaret gave this to a couple of years ago.  Anyway, I love the unusual aqua color of the grapes rather than the traditional purple.

The little dragonfly in the upper left-hand corner came from the scrapbook section of Michael's craft store.  I had to glue it on.  It was a package of 6 I think, in all different colors.  They were kind of different and this one worked perfectly with the colors on this block.

Crazy Memento Quilt Block #9

Growing up, I was so very fond of my cousin Kim's paternal grandmother.  She was always so happy to have us kids around.  I remember she made awesome refrigerator pickles which I loved!  She also measured us kids on the wall in her kitchen to see how tall we were all getting.

Block #9 of my crazy memory quilt is devoted to my cousin's grandmother:

Grandma loved African Violets so I knew I had to use some violets on this block.  These are velvet and they were given to me by friend Lula as were the velvet leaves.

When Grandma passed away, I asked Kim if she had a little something of her grandmother's that I could have to remember her by.  Kim gave me the brooch that Grandma wore on her coat.  Here's a photo of Kim's grandparents: