South Shore Stitcher

A Monday Morning Star Count on a Tuesday, a day late but better late then never....now there are 16 stars for my 60 degree diamond quilt slow and steady. I did not get as many stars done this past week as I would of liked. I needed to cut more of the jelly roll strips into diamonds to be basted which caused the slow down. I can get 2 stars from each strip with a little piece left which makes 2 1 inch hexies. What about adding some solids to the mix? And what should the back ground color be? Until next time, keep stitching. Thank you for visiting.

Monday! Monday! Monday! Where did the weekend go? It was a beautiful autumn weekend here on Long Island.
I have 5 new stars to share which bring my total of  60 degree stars for my Slow and Steady quilt to 14. 


I am using a jelly roll by Tula Pink for Free Spirit called Slow and Steady. Aren't my 1 inch hexies cutes? I am using the end of the leftover jelly roll strips to make hexies for my 1 inch hexi scrappy quilt. I will share a picture in a future post.
Let's keep stitching our stars and showing our progress with hashtags #60degreediamondSAL or #mondaymorningstarcount or both!
Have a great stitching week! Christine

Happy, Happy, Happy Monday!


I am here to share my star count for this week.


I have 5 stars to add to EEP Quilt #5 .


I am just loving the fabric. The stars are just so pretty.









I am using Slow and Steady (which is a good name for a EPP quilt) by Tula Pink for Free Spirit.

This means that EPPQuilt #5 now has a name, "Slow and Steady" quilt.

Here are all my stars for "Slow and Steady" so far.....


I would love to see your progress on your EPP Quilts.
Please stitch along and use the hash tags #MondayMorningStarCount and/or #60degreediamondQAL.
Happy stitching!

Good morning all!
Happy Monday!







These stars are for my English Paper Piecing Quilt #5. 
Jessica from LifeUnderQuilts has motivated me to get back into the groove of
English Paper Piecing & Blogging!
 On Mondays I will be posting my star counts and  I would love to see your stars and progress,
so if you would like to play along please use the hash tag #MondayMorningStarCount  and/or #60degreediamondQAL
HappyStitching!

And the winner is.......Annmarie! 

Annmarie from Wisconsin has won 4 gorgeous Island Batik FQs from the French Roasted collection which is available now. You can find Island Batik at many great online shops, but please ask your favorite shop to carry Island Batik fabrics.

(I used random.org to pick my winner for the Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Blog hop.)













Thank you Annmarie for hopping along with the Island Batik Ambassadors!

The Ambassadors are participating in a blog hop featuring projects from Wendy Sheppard's new book called "Creative New Quilts and Projects from Precuts or Stash".



The blog hop starts today and goes through to March 25.

Each Ambassador has a copy of the book to give away. You can also purchase of copy of the book here.

And you can listen to Wendy's brief interview with Pat Sloan about the book
here.

The Ambassadors will be featuring one of the projects from the book using Island Batik fabrics.

You can find the schedule for the blog hop belo…

Welcome to the Planes, Trains and Automobiles Blog Hop by the Island Batik Ambassadors! I am honored to be an Island Batik Ambassador. The hop started on February 15 and goes until March 4.



Today is my day to show you the absolutely lovely French Roasted collection by Kathy Engle, so grab your passports and come with me to Paris where we can have coffee at a French café. Please bring your coat for it is a chilly 42 degrees F.


To enjoy our stay at a Paris Café fully, you must understand the rules of the café culture.

Sitting and sipping is the point.
Smoking is prohibited
To call the waiter, say Monsieur!

Sit, sip and enjoy! 





The pattern for the coffee cup blocks can be found at Connecting Threads. I added 2 1/2" sashing and  cornerstones. 
The French Roasted collection is available now, check with your favorite quilt shop.

I also made a table runner for a blog hop back in October which I also used the French Roasted collection. You can find the post about this table runner here …