In The Good Ol' Summertime

 I'd love to have a couple of these

vintage sand pails.

They're so fun 

and collectable

Of course, my sister and I

had originals in 1956.

We always got a new pail and shovel each summer

when our family would head "Up North" in Michigan

for a vacation.

This is one of my favorite summertime quilts

 "Summer Pails"

2007

 66" x 66"

The pattern is from 

Black Mountain Quilts.

The fabric was a line
from Minick and Simpson of Moda.
I used only one fabric and a tone on tone star print.

Look, it's beach pails!
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When my youngest daughters where heading off to college
 I saw this pattern and
knew I had to make each one a quilt.

"Real Women Wear Thongs"

46" x 64"

2004

Doesn't it make you laugh?

The pattern is from The Teacher's Pet
and Kathy Brown.

I had so much fun

using a variety of beads and buttons
 to embellish each block.

The chenille was from

"Chenille by the Inch" by Fabric Cafe.

It came in presewn strips that you sewed to your
quilt and by 
using a chenille brush, it fluffed up into soft chenille.

Thongs and sand pails,

remember

there are still plenty of
summer days left.

 Until Next Time-