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My mom, Leslie and her friend Norma are launching a website for their quilt pattern company, Remember When Pattern Co.

This weekend my husband and I took some of their quilts out to photograph them for the site.  We took them to Moyle Park in Alpine, Utah.  It’s a pioneer history park at the site of the pioneer home of John Moyle and his family.  They were among the first settlers in our community.  The park has several old cabins, a milk house, and even an old Indian fort.

It seemed like a perfect setting for their quilts.

The quilt above is one of my favorites… it’s called the Lovely Stars.  As usual the picture cannot adequately capture the beautiful color of this quilt.

Here’s a lovely baby quilt.  This pattern is called Marley Jane after my sweet little niece.  I also love the old cabin walls in the photograph.

Another favorite of mine, this is the Red Cross Quilt.  The fabrics are from the Clara Barton line from Windham fabrics.  I love Civil war fabrics…. actually I love Civil War quilts.  This one is so beautiful, the picture just can’t do it justice.

And last but not least:

And last but not least, this quilt is called “Make Do”   How could I not love this one….  I love the block, but I especially love the name.

Yesterday was my first sewing lesson for our after school clubs at our local elementary school.  Since my class is mostly 1st and 2nd grade students, my thought was to keep it simple.  I decided to teach one type stitch and sew a project to accompany it each week.

I made these little sewing cards to help teach the stitch and let the kids practice, then we made the project.

For the first class we started with the most basic stitch- the running stitch.  I described to the girls that it called a running stitch because it’s fast, just like when you run.

As you can see from the card, we also practiced a simple two holed button.

The cards were made by printing out a picture and gluing it to the poster board.  I used my small hole punch to make the holes.

For both the cards and the project we used a #22 tapestry needle, which has a large eye and a more blunt tip, but it still capable of going through felt and fabric.

After a bit of practice, the girls made a little shamrock pin to wear on St. Patrick’s day.

I used inexpensive felt and buttons.  I cut out all the shamrocks and used a small dab of glue to adhere the two shamrocks together to make it easier for the girls to stitch.  As you can see they used the running stitch and sewed on a button.  You can also see that this little girl got a little impatient toward the end and her stitch got bigger.  I thought it was still such a nice job.

All of the girls did a beautiful job in fact.  When they were done, we hot glued on a brooch pin to the back.  I hope they wear them with pride tomorrow.