Christy Quilts

Shutterfly

2010-12-09T12:01:00.000-08:00

So I've always been a huge fan of Shutterfly. They have amazing photobooks and cards and I have found their shipping to be quick and their customer service great! I've made several photobooks in the past for gifts and they were always a huge hit. They're super easy to make from your uploaded photos and a wonderful memory to treasure. I want to get these cute photomagnets for some stocking stuffers!

They are currently giving away 50 free Christmas cards to bloggers! Check it out here.

I love Christmas time so much. Everything about it. The colder weather, snuggling up in front of our fireplace, decorating the tree and wrapping presents. I love the excitement of my Children on Christmas morning as they open their gifts and I love most of all being with my family. I send Christmas cards out almost every year, and I love receiving cards from new friends and old. My favorites are always the Christmas cards with family photos. I love to see how friends and families have changed over the past year. I'm trying to decide what kind of card to send this year (I know I'm getting later and later) but I haven't been able to narrow down with all the choices they are offering. Here are just a few of my favorites:

Here's a link to go make your own christmas cards:
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

Go check them out! I love Shutterfly!!!

A lot of purple...

2008-08-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

F-5 Parcheesi

2008-08-02T10:27:00.001-07:00

f5
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

A-3 Hunter's Moon

2008-08-02T10:26:00.003-07:00

a3
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

B-7 World Series

2008-08-02T10:26:00.001-07:00

b7
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

BR-6 Frank's Rickrack

2008-07-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

This one took me a while. I redrafted the triangle so that the center piece came to a point. This was a little more like the one in the quilt. I'm happy with the result.

D-10 Battlefield

2008-07-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

That's one more done! My DJ signature is now 39-1-0-718

Dear Jane Progress

2008-07-23T18:32:00.001-07:00

Here's my progress so far. It's fun to see it slowly coming together!

Behind on blogging....

2008-07-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

So here's more of my Dear Jane progress. I haven't quite got the hang of blogging often. :)

More Dear Jane

2008-05-17T07:03:00.000-07:00

I'm about 4 or 5 blocks behind the Dear Jane blog. Partly because of our vacation to Disney to celebrate our daughter's 4th birthday and partly because I'm SO slow at applique. I'm hoping to catch up a little this weekend.

B-6 Wild Goose Chase

2008-05-16T18:20:00.000-07:00

Once again I did the block in the wrong color and had to redo it. The blue one is my first attempt and the pink is my second.

I changed the way that I'm tracking what colors I'm doing. Hopefully this will be the last wrong color! :)

Blocks Redone

2008-05-16T18:15:00.000-07:00

I've finally gotten around to posting some of my blocks. Here are the ones I had to redo in the correct color.

I must really like green......

2008-03-31T20:33:00.000-07:00

Because I've already done two Dear Jane blocks green that should have been yellow. I guess I could swap them around, but the perfectionist in me will probably re-do them.

More Dear Jane Blocks

2008-03-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

I've been working more on my Dear Jane blocks. I was kind of dreading B-3 Mirror Image. I hate piecing curves (especially after almost completing a version of this quilt). So I decided to use a different method that I saw on TV here. I thought it worked pretty well, but the fabric didn't release from the freezer paper very easily with the glue stick. Maybe I used too much glue. I'm still pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Dear Jane update

2008-03-17T18:01:00.000-07:00

I've completed a couple more blocks for my DJ quilt and I'm especially happy with this last one. I really love how much the blue and white contrasts. I'm using bright rainbow colors and doing a modified version of Jane's Trip Around the World style.

I've really enjoyed learning how to applique as well. I never thought I would like it because I thought it would be tedious, but it gives me something to do while watching TV with DH.

D-13 Field of Dreams

2008-03-10T17:50:00.001-07:00

D-13 Field of Dreams
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

B-13 Four Corner Press

2008-03-10T16:53:00.005-07:00

B-13 Four Corner Press
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

C-1 Trooper Green's Badge

2008-03-10T16:53:00.003-07:00

C-1 Trooper Green's Badge
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

B-1 Batchelor Buttons

2008-03-10T16:53:00.001-07:00

B-1 Batchelor Buttons
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

C-12 Family Reunion

2008-03-10T16:52:00.005-07:00

C-12 Family Reunion
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

C-9 Jane's Tears

2008-03-10T16:52:00.003-07:00

C-9 Jane's Tears
Originally uploaded by gould_christy

A-6 Uncle Homer

2008-03-10T16:52:00.001-07:00

A-6 Uncle Homer

Blogging

2008-03-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

So, I'm new to this whole blogging thing, but I wanted a place to document all of my quilts as I worked on them, and I've gotten inspired by the vast number of quilting blogs out there.

I've started working on the Dear Jane quilt and have joined the Dear Baby Jane quilt group. I've done 6 blocks so far and I really like working on a smaller scale. I'll post my blocks when I get a chance.